Florida's first-in-the-season mega rock festival will move to Miami's downtown Bicentennial Park for its seventh running in 2009, after a one-year experiment in the Everglades that was marred by logistical problems.

The move continues the trend begun by Lollapalooza of siting large rock festivals in major urban parks. In 2008, Outside Lands in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park also joined that trend, while All Points West in the New York area and Mile High outside Denver also selected urban locations that did not accommodate on-site camping, a feature previously thought to be essential for successful megafests.

After its innaugural event at Fort Lauderdale Stadium and four years at Markham Park in suburban Sunrise FL, Langerado 2008 was held at the Big Cypress Indian Reservation in the Everglades. While the event attracted a record attendance of up to 25,000 per day, poor weather and transportation logjams detracted from the attendee experience.  Read more »