It’s the time of year again! FEST have announced the first wave of bands for FEST 15! The Mecca of all punk rock festivals takes place in Gainesville, Florida in October. Last year featured 388 bands playing across 18 venues. This year is the 15th Anniversary and is going to be bigger and better than ever!
You can check out more details on the bands in full over at the FEST 15 website. Passes go on sale on May 20th and more bands are being announced on May 13th! As always PRE-FEST takes place over the 26th and 27th of October in Ybor City, FL and FEST 15 takes place October 28th, 29th and 30th in Gainesville, Florida. See you by the pool!
The full list of the first wave of bands is as follows:
Propagandhi, Less Than Jake, Strike Anywhere, Off With Their Heads, Latterman (reunion), A Wilhelm Scream, Knapsack, Samiam, The Flatliners, Braid, Tim Barry, Dead to Me, The Menzingers, AJJ, Shellshag, Small Brown Bike, PEARS, Toy Guitar, Golden Pelicans, Captain We’re Sinking, Red City Radio, War on Women, Prawn, After the Fall, Annabel, Big Eyes, Audacity, Toys That Kill, Mustard Plug, Underground Railroad to Candyland, United Nations, Rozwell Kid, Iron Reagan, Night Birds, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Jeff Rosenstock, You Blew It!, East Cameron Folkcore, Dikembe, Arliss Nancy, Chris Farren, The Unloveables, We Are the Union, Arms Aloft, Oso Oso, Drug Church, Coaster, Max Levine Ensemble, Coke Bust, Worship This!, Tiltwheel, Runaway Brother, Northbound, The Brokedowns, Regents, Choke Up, Wonk Unit (UK), Caffiends, Raging Nathans, No Fun, Prince Daddy & the Hyena, Kamikaze Girls (UK), Western Settings, Tender Defender, Ducking Punches (UK), DFMK (MEX), Empty Lungs (UK), Worthwhile Way (JPN), No Weather Talks (DE), Make War, The Slow Death, Too Many Daves, Fucking Invincible, Dead Bars, Gouge Away, Ordinary Lives, Pity Party, Ghostlimb, Nato Coles and the Blue Diamond Band, Jake and the Jellyfish (UK), Dead Broke, Spill, Matt Woods, Jason Guy Smiley, The Caulfield Cult (JPN), The Pauses, Just Friends, All Eyes West, Sinai Vessel, Old Flings, Henrietta, The Girls, Options, Caskitt, Binary Heart, Typesetter, Birthday Suits, Jabber, Sea of Storms, Sister Kisser, Ghouls (UK), Bong Mountain, Meatwound, KIDS, Adult Magic, Andrew Cream (Full Band), All People, Holy Pinto (UK), Young Ladies, The Fake Boys, Up For Nothing, Warren Franklin & the Founding Fathers, Shawn James and the Shapeshifters,