The Fest is an annual music festival in Gainesville, Florida, organized by No Idea Records. It is a predominantly punk rock festival, though there are also a good number of indie rock, country, and metal acts. The Fest first took place in 2002 and has since attracted a large number of punk bands throughout the years. Bands perform across as many as 12 relatively small local venues in the downtown Gainesville area.
Ticket Price: $65 (ADVANCED); $80 (WEEKEND OF)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- 1994!
- A Wilhelm Scream
- Aficionado
- Assassinate the Scientist
- Battle!
- Bent Left
- Big Soda
- Bomb the Music Industry!
- Bridge and Tunnel
- Broadway Calls
- Chris Wollard and The Ship Thieves
- City of Ships
- Cobra Skulls
- David Dondero
- Dead To Me
- Dear Landlord
- Defeater
- Defiance Ohio
- Dirty Tactics
- Fake Problems
- Frank Turner
- Franz Nicolay
- Future Virgins
- Hellmouth
- High on Fire
- Hot New Mexicans
- How Dare You
- Kylesa
- La Dispute
- Landmines
- Leatherface
- Living With Lions
- Look Mexico
- Me First and The Gimme Gimmes
- Municipal Waste
- Ninja Gun
- O Pioneers!
- Paint It Black
- Paul Baribeau
- Planes Mistaken For Stars
- Protagonist
- Smoke or Fire
- So Pastel
- Soul Control
- Spanish Gamble
- Static Radio
- Strike Anywhere
- Teenage Bottlerocket
- The Arrivals
- The Copyrights
- The Dopamines
- The Enablers
- The Flatliners
- The Menzingers
- The Suicide Machines
- The Takers
- The Tim Version
- Tim Barry
- Todd Congelliere
- Torche
- Underground Railroad To Candyland
- Valient Thorr
- We Are The Union
- Wormburner
Festival News and Rumors
Dethklok and Run the Jewels Top the Bill for 2022 Adult Swim Festival Block Party
The three-day fest will be staged across multiple venues August 5th-7th in Philadelphia.
Spencer Kaufman May 18, 2022
Music Midtown 2022: Jack White, MCR, Fall Out Boy, and More to Play Atlanta Fest
Alex Young May 17, 2022
Chemical Brothers, M.I.A., Flume, Jamie xx to Play Inaugural Portola Music Festival in San Francisco
Alex Young May 16, 2022
Reunited Sunny Day Real Estate Added to Furnace Fest Lineup
The emo pioneers are making their first live appearances since 2010.
Jon Hadusek May 12, 2022
Riot Fest 2022 Lineup: MCR, Misfits, Nine Inch Nails, Bauhaus, Sunny Day Real Estate & More
Carys Anderson May 11, 2022
