Epicenter, a three-day hard rock music festival, goes down May 1st-3rd at Rock City Campgrounds in Charlotte, North Carolina. Rock icons Metallica will headline Friday, May 1st and Sunday, May 3rd, performing two different headlining sets. Multi-platinum band Disturbed will headline Saturday, May 2. The diverse and massive music lineup for Epicenter also includes Lynyrd Skynyrd (in an exclusive 2020 North Carolina performance), Deftones, Godsmack, Volbeat, Staind, Papa Roach, David Lee Roth, Gojira, Chevelle, Cypress Hill, Rancid, Royal Blood, Anthrax, Dropkick Murphys, I Prevail, Alter Bridge and many more.
Update: Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Epicenter 2020 has been canceled.
Ticket Price: $180.50 (GA); $499.50 (VIP)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- 3TEETH
- Agnostic Front
- Airbourne
- Alter Bridge
- Anthrax
- Anti-Flag
- Bad Wolves
- Bones UK
- Chevelle
- Clint Lowery
- Code Orange
- Crown the Empire
- Cypress Hill
- David Lee Roth
- Deftones
- Dinosaur Pile-Up
- Disturbed
- Dropkick Murphys
- Ghostemane
- Godsmack
- Gojira
- Hellyeah
- Hollywood Undead
- I Prevail
- Ice Nine Kills
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Metallica
- New Years Day
- Of Mice and Men
- Papa Roach
- Plague Vendor
- Power Trip
- Rancid
- Royal Blood
- Saint Asonia
- Sick of it All
- Sleeping With Sirens
- Staind
- Starset
- The Amity Affliction
- The Darkness
- Volbeat
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