The organizers behind Aftershock Festival have announced the full lineup for this year’s event, and it turns out they’ll be rumbling the concert grounds with headlining sets from My Chemical Romance, Limp Bizkit, Pierce the Veil and TOOL.
Following a recent series of teaser posts across socials, it was confirmed today (March 4th) that more than 140 bands are set to drop into Sacramento, California’s Discovery Park between October 1st-4th, making this the largest Aftershock lineup yet. This will also be the first year to feature on-site camping at Discovery Park.
Each day will feature five stages of music, with the Thursday night (October 1st) opener finding emo-punks My Chemical Romance headlining the main stage. They’ll be joined on that stage by Sublime, while the rest of the day’s acts include Killswitch Engage, the Pretty Reckless, NothingMore, Sevendust, Coal Chamber, the Used, the Offspring, L.S. Dunes, Starset, From Ashes to New and more.
October 2nd has Limp Bizkit topping a rap-and-rock-focused main stage that also features Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy, Drowning Pool, P.O.D., Cypress Hill and more. Elsewhere, the day features $uicideBoy$, Slaughter to Prevail, Drain, Coheed and Cambria, Underoath, Alexisonfire, Dethklok, Paleface Swiss, Alissa White-Gluz, Atreyu, Chad Gray, Black Dahlia Murder, SPITE and more.
The Saturday night shindig sports a headlining performance from Pierce the Veil, who will be joined on the main stage by BABYMETAL, Sleeping with Sirens, Chiodos and more. The rest of the grounds feature sets from A Day to Remember, Wage War, the Devil Wears Prada, Black Label Society, Down, Corrosion of Conformity, Kylesa, Melvins, Circa Survive, Thursday, the Ghost Inside and more.
Finally, the Sunday night finale has TOOL topping the main stage, which also features film composer Danny Elfman, AFI, Zakk Sabbath, Helmet and more. The other stages feature Queens of the Stone Age, Stone Temple Pilots, Body Count, Suicidal Tendencies, Cavalera and Soulfly, Sleep Theory, PRESIDENT, Jutes and more.
“This year’s Aftershock marks a bold new chapter for the festival. We’ve brought together metal, punk, emo, and nu-metal to create a lineup that’s raw, youthful, and unapologetic,” Danny Wimmer of Danny Wimmer Presents added in a statement. “With TOOL anchoring the weekend and Pierce The Veil making their headlining debut, we’re breaking boundaries and redefining what Aftershock can be.
“And after years of fan requests, we’re finally introducing camping — giving fans the chance to fully immerse themselves in the weekend. This is a new era for Aftershock, and Sacramento is about to feel it.”
Various ticket, pass, camping and VIP options are already up for grabs. Details on the pricing can be found here.