No Sleep Fest has announced its first wave of bands for this year. Blind Equation, The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Withpaperwings, and Bulletsbetweentongues will be playing the fest. No Sleep Fest will take place December 7-8 in Houston, Texas.
Virginian music festival LTC Fest has announced its lineup for this year. Drug Church, Fleshwater, Modern Color, Anxious, Soul Blind, Keep, PONY, Milly, Praise, Dazy, Sign Language, Hollow Suns, Heavyhex, Wild Red, and Bellweather will be playing the festival. LTC Fest will take place at the Canal Club in Richmond, Virginia on November 2.
London, UK-based Level Up Fest has announced its lineup for this year. Sonic Boom Six, Mustard Plug, The JB Conspiracy, Omnigone, Till I’m Bones, Operation Ibis, The Pisdicables, Captain Accident, Chris Murray, Eat The Evidence, Fidget and The Twitchers, King’s Alias, Bossmags, Harijan, Joystick!, Andy B and The World, Prize Dink Camp, Dakka Skanks, and Eager Tiger will be playing the festival. Level Up Fest will take place on July 26-28 at New Cross Inn in London, UK.
Punk In The Park has announced its lineup for Orlando. Alkaline Trio, The Vandals, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, T.S.O.L., Down By Law, Swingin Utters, and Dwarves will be playing the festival. Punk In The Park Orlando will take place on September 14 at Central Florida Fairgrounds.
Moments Fest has announced their lineup for this year, METZ, No More Moments, 1876, Amy Nelson, Bad Egg, Toxic Fem, Quit It!, Ethereal Tomb, Alien Boys, Our Last Crusade, Iron Tusk, Tipless, and Space Queen will be playing the festival this year. Moments Fest takes place at the Siksika Pow Wow Arbor in the Siksika Nation in Alberta on August 30 - September 2.
Riot Fest has announced its lineup for this year. Fall Out Boy, Beck, Pavement, Slayer, The Offspring (performing Smash in full), St. Vincent, Rob Zombie, Public Enemy, Bright Eyes, Sublime, Dr. Dog, The Marley Brothers, Spoon, Manchester Orchestra (performing Cope), Sum 41, New Found Glory, Tierra Whack, Beach Bunny, NOFX, Taking Back Sunday, Lamb of God, Mastodon (performing Leviathan), Hot Mulligan, State Champs, L.S. Dunes, The Hives, Suicidal Tendencies, GWAR, Poison The Well, Rival Sons, Decendents, Circle Jerks, Pennywise, The Lawrence Arms, Face to Face, Buzzcocks, Laura Jane Grace with Catbite (Operation Ivy set), Dillinger Four, Lagwagon, The Vandals, ALL, Strung Out, Dead Milkmen, D.O.A., Codefendants, Swingin’ Utters, Cursive, Sincere Engineer, Slaughter Beach, Dog, The Armed, Gel, The Chisel, Drug Church, Fiddlehead, Sweet Pill, Home Front, Heart Attack Man, Jhariah, Winona Fighter, Spiritual Cramp, Sprints, Action / Adventure, and Games We Play are among the bands announced. Riot Fest will take place September 20, 21, and 22 at Riotland at Seatgeek Stadium in Bridgeview, IL this year instead of Douglass Park where it’s been held for the past few years. Riotland has parking, an arcade, a casino, Kevin Smith tribute zones, and a lot of other cool stuff. You can see a video explaining their decision along with the full lineup below.
Red Scare has announced the lineup for its 20th anniversary shows in Chicago. Brendan Kelly and The Wandering Birds, The Brokedowns, The Bollweevils, and Won’t Stay Dead will be playing on September 13. The Methadones, Arms Aloft, Heart and Lung, and a special guest will be playing on September 14. Both shows will take place at the Beat Kitchen in Chicago, Illinois.
LA Punk Invasion has announced its lineup for 2025. U.K. Subs, Peter and the Test Tube Babies, 999, Zero Boys, Lower Class Brats, The Virus, Dead Boys, Lion’s Law, Clit 45, Mess, The Voids, Beton Arme, Resilience, Still Pist, The Exploited, Major Accident, The Erections, The Unseen, and Cheap Sex are among the bands playing. LA Punk Invasion will take place on March 15, 2025 at The Belasco and Mayan theatres in Los Angeles. See the poster and full lineup below.
Punk Rock Saves Lives has announced its full lineup for this year. Sarah and the Safe Word, Vandoliers, The Iron Roses, Fire Sale, The Havoc, Blind Adam and the Federal League, Generation Exit, Bad Year. The Frickashinas, The Dollheads, Boob Sweat, JC and the Church, Seize and Desist, Dead Pioneers, Suburban Resistance, Gas Station Boner Pills, Hold Fast, Crimson Riot, Bridge the Gap, Indecisive, and Thomas Nicholas Band will be playing the festival. These bands join the previously announced lineup of Middle-Aged Queers, Jon Snodgrass, Chad Price Peace Coalition, 1876, Spells, Volores, Lights in the Sky, Pitch Invasion, Venomous Pinks, and Black Guy Fawkes. Tickets will go to the Punk Rock Saves Lives Missions of Wellness and Equality. Punk Rock Saves Lives Fest will take place on July 5-7 at Ratio Beerworks in Denver, Colorado.
Coming off its inaugural weekend, heavy music festival has announced that they will be returning to downtown Toronto in 2025. The festival has also announced its first band. YOB will be headlining the festival and will be playing their 2011 album ATMA in full. Prepare the Ground will take place on May 30-June 1, 2025.
Fest have added more bands to their lineup for this year. Recently added bands include Touché Amoré, American Steel (playing a set to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Rouge’s March), Soul Glo, The Bollweevils, Tiltwheel, Mikey Erg, Chuck Ragan, War On Women, Codefendants, Chastity, Ways Away, Hans Gruber and the Die Hards, The Penske File, The Iron Roses, Half Past Two, and Houseghost. These bands join the previously announcedt first-wave lineup which includes Hot Water Music, Streetlight Manifesto, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Bouncing Souls, Mean Jeans, Chris Gethard, The Flatliners, Mvll Crimes, and Single Mothers. Fest will take place October 25-27 in Gainesville, Florida. Check out the full lineup / updated poster below.
Little Steven, the guitarist for the E Street Band and host of the Little Steven’s Underground Garage SiriusXM radio show, has announced a lineup for Little Steven’s Underground Garage Cruise. Social Distortion, X, Rocket From the Crypt, Reverend Horton Heat, Old 97s, Low Cut Connie, Los Strait Jackets, Lenny Kaye, Flamin’ Groovies, The Dictators, The Fleshtones, The Chesterfield Kings, Supersuckers, Linda Gail Lewis, Slim Jim Phantom Trio, The Dollyrots, The Woggles, The Coolies, The Untamed Youth, Deke Dickerson, The Neanderthals, The Sound Minds, and Goons! will be performing. DJs from Little Steven’s Underground Garage will also be spinning tunes including Michael Des Barres, Palmyra Delran, Kelly Ogden, The Mighty Manfred, and Count Peter Zaremba. The cruise takes place from May 9-13, 2025 and goes from Miami, Florida to Nassau, Bahamas.
Flogging Molly have announced the lineup for their upcoming Salty Dog Cruise. Along with Flogging Molly, The Gaslight Anthem, The Living End, Fidlar, The Devil Makes Three, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Mariachi El Bronx, The Aggrolites, Good Riddance, Street Dogs, Scowl, Riverboat Gamblers, The Tossers, Sprints, The Cherry Cokes, and Punk Rock Karaoke will be performing. They will have also have a half-pipe which will feature pro-skaters Matt Hensley. Christian Hosoi, and Dave Duncan. Matt Stocks, Boss Hooligan Soundsystem, DJ Sweet C, and Smoke and Mirrors Sound System will be the DJs for the cruise.The Salty Dog Cruise will take place on February 17-22, 2025. They will be setting sail from Miami, Florida and heading to Grand Cayman and Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
Dilly Dally Fest has announced the first wave of bands for this year. Saetia, Gillian Carter, In Loving Memory, Herlovebeheadsdaises, Party Hats, New Forms, Thotcrime, Homewrecker., Ted Williams, The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir, Pyre, Who Put Bella in the Witch Elm?, MT.Ida, KIande Amedha, Agile, Kirkby Kiss, and Everything and Nothing will be playing the festival..Dilly Dally Fest will take place November 15-17 at Underground Arts in Philadelphia and tickets go on sale on May 31. A portion of ticket sales will go to the Bread and Roses Community Fund.
Spring Reverb Festival has announced its lineup for this year. Protest The Hero, Daniel Romano’s Outfit, Miesha and the Spanks, Bleeker, Bad Waitress, Chinese Medicine, Pony Girl, Logan Staats, Fred Eaglesmith, Boston Levi, Lil Windex, Luella, Ballsy, Burs, Corey Gulkin, Hanorah, Ivy Gardens, Kojak, Kryple, Lake Porter, The Mature Themes, Thanya Iyer, Megan Hamilton, Parliment of Owls, The Great Octopus, The Meringues, The Petras, The Sugar Pills, Thunder Glove, Veloce Andre, Sitcomes, Joan Smith and the Jane Does, Emilie Steele and The Deal, Alan Cross, Bad Fortune, Clara Smallman, Robbie G, This Is Affy, Jake Clarke, Dupel Echoes, Almond Milk, and DJ Ted will be playing and/or hosting panels at the festival. Spring Reverb takes place around downtown Kingston, Ontario on May 30-June 2.
Punk Rock Raduno has announced its lineup for this year. The Gories, Mean Jeans, The Ergs, Grade 2, M.O.T.O, Gli Ultimi, Detroit Cobras, The Yum Yums, The Jasons, Zatopeks, Jagger Holiday, Sweatpants Party, Crummy Stuff, Depressing Claim, Crocodiles, Semprefreski, Home Alone, The Odorants, Andrea Manges and the Veterans, Neon Bone, Riccobellis, Slang Poor Kids, Jaguero, The Carmines, 7 Years Bad Luck, Ratbones, MaDDaM, Stiglitz, Civic-50, Useless4, L.O.P.S., Mando Senzabenza, Gab de la Vega, and Menagramo will be playing the festival. Punk Rock Raduno will take place on July 11-14 in Bergamo, Italy.