Jul 28, 2017

Community Calendar: The Department of Harmony and Song celebrates their 3rd anniversary by taking the hobbits to Isengard featuring the hobbit who started it all, former Community Manager Rick Heaton (once known as Sapience).  Speaking of famed quotes/memes, the Rangers of the West will simply walk into Mordor on *the day after the new release day, August 3rd,...

Jul 21, 2017

Weatherstock IX: The time has finally come for the biggest event in LOTRO.  Weatherstock is a spectacle like no other, with hundreds of people gathered together on the summit of Weathertop.  Landroval’s the Lonely Mountain Band plays host to this enormous event and 18 performers will be there to entertain the crowd, as well as a super band formed from the...

Jul 14, 2017

Community Calendar: We have a relatively quiet week between the mass of events of last week and next Saturday’s Weatherstock, but there are still many weekly concerts, RP gatherings, and other group activities throughout the game.  There will be one very special concert Sunday on Belegaer with Die Fäuste Durins. Breemarsch der Durins Faust der Gerechten...

Jul 7, 2017

Community Calendar: This is going to be a great weekend in LOTRO: we’ve got the Weatherstock Concert Series and the Festival of the White Lady on Landroval while the Summer of Love Festival comes to Belegaer.   We posted a preview of the WCS yesterday with information on all performers, but the lineup for the Summer of Love is also very impressive....

Jul 6, 2017

The Weatherstock Concert Series will be held this weekend on the Landroval server.  Unlike in the past when the series would take place over a month in a variety of locations, this year’s series will include 19 half hour concerts over the single weekend at the Bree Festival Grounds stage. Performers come from around the world, including musicians from...

Jun 30, 2017

Community Calendar: Next weekend will be huge.  We’ve got the Weatherstock Concert Series, the Festival of the White Lady, and the Summer of Love Festival.  We have more information on each of these events in the coming soon section.  But there’s still plenty to see this week, from the regular weekly concerts and gatherings to several special events...

Jun 9, 2017

Community Calendar: And we’re back!  Thank you for stopping back by after our week off. Festival season has officially begun.  Brandywine’s Summer Music Fest starts on Saturday at 2pm EDT at the Bree Festival Stage.  Shirefest hits Crickhollow next weekend.  And we now have a date and open signups for Weatherstock on Landroval: band registration...

Weatherstock is today!  Join the official LOTRO Twitch channel in their broadcast of Weatherstock VIII. Watch live video from LOTROstream on www.twitch.tv Weathertop, the largest hill in all of the Lone lands, provides large panoramic views for miles and miles. It was here where the kingdoms of old built a great watchtower and 8 years ago where The Lonely...

This week’s featured event: The most anticipated day on the LOTRO social calendar is finally here: Weatherstock comes to Landroval on Saturday, July 23rd.  It’s a truly massive event unlike any other, and something that all players must experience at least once.  If you don’t have a character on Landroval, spend some time making one in...

This week’s featured events: Dr. Star and the Acoustic Mayhem (sometimes known as Fraggle Rock or the Fraggles) play a monthly concert on three different servers.  They took off the last two weekends because of the Weatherstock Concert Series, but they’ll be back on Crickhollow this Saturday at 6pm on the Prancing Pony Stage.  Next...

This week’s featured events: The Weatherstock Concert Series continues this weekend on Landroval.  All concerts will take place at the Bree Festival Stage.  On Saturday the concerts run from 12pm-6pm with The Foxcleeve Inn, Polnolunie, The Rolling Kegs, Notenzauber, Skarn, and the White Flames.  Sunday’s concerts go from 12pm-4pm and feature Les...

This week’s featured events: The Weatherstock Concert Series starts as all good things should–with P.I.E.  Hear them perform at the Bree Festival Grounds on Friday at 9pm EDT.  The Hope, The Fluffy Unicorns, and Die Bunten Voegel will perform for an hour each at the Bree Festival Grounds starting at 12pm on Saturday, with Runic Knights Orchestra...

Greetings! As we approach Winterstock the pre concert series begins on Landroval. This is an opportunity to listen to an extended concert from all the competing bands. Bree Festival Grounds is the location for many of the concerts but not all. Please refer to the information below for each individual performance. Friday July 1st: P.I.E. – 9:00 PM – Bree...

This week’s featured event: Shirefest starts today on Crickhollow.  Summons to the festival grounds at the pillar south of Scary will be available throughout the weekend.  Please visit our previous post to find out all the details or take a look at the Crickhollow Music website.  The full schedule is listed at both locations. All events are listed in...

Jun 21, 2016

“We don’t eat Elvish lembas in the mountains We don’t drink miruvor, and never tea We don’t live on mushrooms like those hobbits We like livin’ right, and bein’ free.” Yes, that’s us – THE ROLLING KEGS, Laurelin’s all-singing, all-dancing, all-Dwarven band, full of ale and ready to roll. Double...

May 25, 2016

Dear LOTRO Players,   My friends at The Lonely Mountain Band have announced the date for this years 8th Weatherstock competition. This year is going to be a Hot Summer Jam! Band registration is open and will close on May 30th 2016. Please head to this link to read the new rules and to apply to register your band to be included. There is one major...

For those that missed our nearly 8 hour stream, here is the recording for your enjoyment. 🙂 Watch live video from Andang_LP on Twitch

Finally the big day is here. I am really looking forward to hearing all the bands perform. See you there, by all means say hello to me if you see me in game. I will count how many of you do 🙂

Weatherstock is almost upon us and LOTRO Players is excited to announce that we will be live streaming all 5+ hours of Weatherstock VII. The stream will be hosted by the LOTRO Players News team. On Saturday July 25th, the stream will start at 11:15 a.m. Eastern on Andang’s Twitch channel. Join us in the Twitch chat by clicking here! Weatherstock is...

Greetings LOTRO Players, It’s almost the weekend and this year Weatherstock begins a little earlier with an amazing warm up party. Those bands who played in the Concert Series and didn’t get a place at the top are going to be starting the festivities.   Located at the new festival stage in Bree-land. You can grab a quick transport from the...