So I was listening to Beirut on MySpace this afternoon and happened upon his tour dates, which consist of the Pitchfork Festival and the Treasure Island Music Festival. Forgetting that SF had a music festival and remember the lineup last year was killer, I clicked through to check it out. It didn't dawn on me until I checked the site again just now that it's not the Outside Lands Festival that I wrote about last year, but a new -- I think -- one that will take place in October.

I just looked around the site further and the festival actually started last year. Click here for pics. The lineup last year included Aesop Rock, JUSTICE, CSS, Okkervil River, Hot Chip, The Kills, TV on the Radio, and Vampire Weekend. Geez not bad for an opening year.

This year's lineup is just as good with MGMT, MSTRkrft, Girl Talk, The Streets, Passion Pit, Dan Deacon, The Flaming Lips, Decemberists, Beirut, Bob Mould, The Walkmen, and Grizzly Bear, among others. Click here for the full lineup.

The best part about this festival? It's on Treasure Island which is in the SF Bay between San Francisco and Oakland. I think I remember going to a Sunday outdoor rave or two there back in the day. All I remember is GORGEOUS.

It's easily visible from San Francisco's Embarcadero, a low-lying front porch jutting out towards the Golden Gate Bridge from Yerba Buena Island. Palm trees in a silhouetted row set off massive white buildings, dwarfed by the towering silver Bay Bridge marching across the water towards Oakland. That bridge carries over 130,000 people a day within yards of this artificial lily pad, most of them whizzing by at 70 miles per hour without giving it a second thought.

Read all about the island here. Click here for ticket information and here for the standard list of rules and regs: what you can bring and what you can't bring and how to get there. You can only drive if you buy VIP 2 Day passes.

It's the perfect excuse for a trip. I can't wait.