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
Insane Clown Posse Announce Otherworldly 2023 Edition of Gathering of the Juggalos
The festival promises such such attractions as "ICP's Alien Probe Adventure"
Bryan Kress May 22, 2023
Hopscotch 2023: Pavement, Denzel Curry, Japanese Breakfast Top Lineup
Alvvays, Digable Planets, Soccer Mommy, and more will also hit the Raleigh fest this September.
Abby Jones May 19, 2023
Live Nation Offering $99 All-In Festival Tickets During Festival Weekend
Governors Ball Roots Picnic, Sound on Sound, and more are participating in the discount.
Carys Anderson May 17, 2023
The National's Homecoming 2023 Lineup Led by Patti Smith, Pavement, & The Walkmen
Weyes Blood, Snail Mail, and Bartees Strange will also play the Cincinnati festival.
Eddie Fu May 17, 2023
Riot Fest's Killer 2023 Lineup Led by Foo Fighters, The Cure & The Postal Service
Carys Anderson May 16, 2023
Guns N' Roses, Billie Eilish, and P!NK to Headline Music Midtown's 2023 Lineup
P!NK, The 1975, Flume, Incubus, and Tove Lo are also set to play the Atlanta festival.
Scoop Harrison May 16, 2023