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Fest 17 lineup announcements, wave 1

Posted by Loren on April 12, 2018

Fest 17 lineup announcements, wave 1
photo by Loren Green

The annual Gainesville, FL punk rock extravaganza The Fest has announced dates and part of the line-up for The Fest 17.

The three day event officially runds Oct. 26-28, 2018 in Gainesville with over 400 bands, comedians, and wrestling across 20 venues.

The sizeable lineup will be announced in waves. Bands confirmed thus far include Lagwagon, Curse, Tim Barry, Radioactivity, Iron Chic, Pkew Pkew Pkew, Night Birds, Lemuria, Red City Radio, and more. Tickets are on sale today.

Big Pre-Fest in Little Ybor 6 takes place Oct. 24-25 in nearby Ybor, FL. SPB hit the event last year.

Wave 1:

  • LAGWAGON (LET'S TALK ABOUT FEELINGS 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY)
  • CURSIVE
  • PIEBALD
  • DEAD TO ME
  • METZ
  • TIM BARRY
  • RADIOACTIVITY
  • IRON CHIC
  • RVIVR
  • THE STEREO
  • TORCHE
  • NOTHINGTON
  • ROZWELL KID
  • LEMURIA
  • AUDIO KARATE (REUNION)
  • THE COPYRIGHTS
  • PKEW PKEW PKEW
  • PEARS
  • BAD COP/BAD COP
  • DIRECT HIT
  • WAR ON WOMEN
  • TSUNAMI BOMB
  • CRUSADES (FAREWELL SHOW)
  • MOM JEANS
  • SLINGSHOT DAKOTA
  • DIKEMBE
  • ELWAY
  • SIGNALS MIDWEST
  • MEAT WAVE
  • BROADWAY CALLS
  • DAGGERMOUTH
  • NIGHT BIRDS
  • RADON
  • RED CITY RADIO
  • TIMESHARES
  • TILTWHEEL
  • A VULTURE WAKE
Fest 17 lineup announcements, wave 1
photo by Loren Green

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