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.
Headliners
Festival lineup
- A Wilhelm Scream
- Against Me!
- Armalite
- Astpai
- Banner Pilot
- Bomb the Music Industry!
- Bouncing Souls
- Bridge and Tunnel
- Broadway Calls
- Cheap Girls
- Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieves
- Circle Takes The Square
- Cobra Skulls
- Coliseum
- Dead to Me
- Dear Landlord
- Defiance Ohio
- Dillinger Four
- Fake Problems
- Franz Nicolay
- Good Luck
- Grabass Charlestons
- Hot Water Music
- Iron Chic
- La Dispute
- Lemuria
- Less Than Jake
- Lifetime
- Look Mexico
- Magrudergrind
- Mercury Program
- Ninja Gun
- No Trigger
- None More Black
- Nothington
- OK Pilot
- Off With Their Heads
- Paint it Black
- Paul Baribeau
- Polar Bear Club
- RIVIVR
- Regents
- Rehasher
- Run Forever
- Samiam
- Screaming Females
- Shook Ones
- Small Brown Bike
- Smoke or Fire
- Static Radio
- Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
- Teenage Bottlerocket
- The Arrivals
- The Arteries
- The Bomb
- The Catalyst
- The Copyrights
- The Dopamines
- The Holy Mountain
- The Menzingers
- The Soviettes
- The Swellers
- The Tim Version
- Tiltwheel
- Tim Barry
- Toys That Kill
- Trap Them
- Trap Them
- Underground Railroad To Candyland
- Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Touring Company
- We Are The Union
- Young Turks
- Youth Brigade
Festival News and Rumors
Austin City Limits' 2022 Livestream to Feature Paramore, Kacey Musgraves, The Chicks & More
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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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Carys Anderson August 24, 2022
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Abby Jones August 21, 2022