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The Fest 19 updates

Posted by Loren on May 15, 2021

The Fest 19 updates
The Fest 19 updates

The Fest 19, pushed back from 2020 to 2021 for reasons we're all familiar with by now, has announced several lineup additions for the 3-day festival in Gainesville, FL.

The Fest is an annual Scene Point Blank event and, for many, nears the status of a pilgrimmage at this point. Anyway, the newly announced bands are all pretty exciting, including Brendan Kelly, Pears, The Casket Lottery, Direct Hit, Nato Coles and the Blue Diamond Band, Superbloom, and more.

Here is the full "new update:"

PEARS, The Casket Lottery, Direct Hit, Ratboys, Be Well, Brendan Kelly, Sundowner, Ray Rocket, Elway, Militarie Gun, Ceschi, Pass Away, Heart & Lung, NØ MAN, Camp Trash, Antagonizers ATL, Joystick, Bottom Bracket, Bandaid Brigade, Pseudo, Racones, Totally Slow, Minimum Rage, SACK, Superbloom, Nato Coles and the Blue Diamond Band, Bricheros, Better Now, Big Loser, Fortitude, Teresa Rose, Thunderclap, Wired Up, Telepathic Lines, Johnathan Coody, Secret World, and Jen Pop.

Tickets for The Fest 19 have already sold out -- in part due to transferred sales from 2020's postponement and additionally due to fewer tickets being sold in the current pandemic-effected environment. More tickets may become available due to refunds, same-day sales, etc.

Previously announced performers include:

Hot Water Music (TWO NIGHTS), Gorilla Biscuits, Frank Turner, The Wonder Years, The Lawrence Arms, Murder By Death, Good Riddance, Planes Mistaken For Stars, Torche, Teenage Bottlerocket, Strike Anywhere, Modern Life is War, Comeback Kid, A Wilhelm Scream, Tim Barry, The Appleseed Cast, Mustard Plug, I Am The Avalanche, Chris Gethard, Cobra Skulls, Spanish Love Songs, Red City Radio, No Trigger, Broadway Calls, Sheer Mag, Skatune Network, We Are The Union, Into It. Over It. (playing Proper), Mock Orange (playing The Record Play), The Farewell Bend (playing In Passing), Blacklist Royals (playing Semper Liberi), The Copyrights, Annabel, Western Addiction, Prince Daddy & the Hyena, War on Women, John-Allison "A.W" Weiss, Doc Hopper, Zeta, Peelander-Z, The World/Inferno Friendship Society, Worriers, Giant’s Chair, Assholeparade, Free Throw, Pet Symmetry, Dikembe, John-Timeshares, Banquets, Signals Midwest, Typesetter, Mikey Erg, Kill Lincoln, Jon Snodgrass & Friends, Moving Targets, Slingshot Dakota, David Dondero, Dead Bars, Wolf-Face, The Bad Signs, Such Gold, Pool Kids, Dollar Signs, Tightwire, MakeWar, Kepi Ghoulie & BFace, Taking Meds, Gillian Carter, The Eradicator, RADON, Tiltwheel, Devon Kay and the Solutions and about 200 more buds from all over the world

The Fest 19 updates
The Fest 19 updates

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