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
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Consequence Staff October 6, 2022
The What Podcast: Mat Kearney Talks Cover Songs, His Career Journey, and More at Moon River Festival
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