Fest 17 Tour

HELLO FEST FRIENDS!!! We have been diligently working on FEST 17/ PRE-FEST 6 and we can’t wait to share everything with you!

So mark your calendars:
April 9- the brand new website will be launched and the first round of bands will be announced!!
April 12- Tickets and hotels go on sale!
October 24 & 25- Big Pre-Fest in Little Ybor 6!
October 26, 27, & 28- FEST 17!

Start your group chats with your buds because y’all won’t want to miss out this year!!

Is it FEST yet?!

 

IF I attend this year it will be my 8th year in a row! But I am waiting to see if Wrecking Ball happens this year because I might give that a go this year instead.

But here is just some bands I would love to see play! Some played last year and some unlikely for Fest but a man can dream...

Alkaline Trio (Headliner)
NOFX (Headliner)
The Smith Street Band
Tiny Moving Parts
Touché Amoré
Jetty Bones
No Trigger
Anchors
Nervus
House Boat
The Hotelier
Wax Bottles
Muncie Girls
Junior Battles
Iron Chic
Heartsounds
The World Is a Beautiful Place....
Camp Cope
The Unlovables

Reunions/One Off Shows

Fireworks
Polar Bear Club
Mixtapes
Modern Baseball
The Swellers
Make Do And Mend

 

PBC and Mixtapes could happen for sure

I don’t think the other will but I’d shit if The Swellers did

My two big hopes are Menzingers and LTJ and both seem likely

Others:
Jeff Rosenstock
PUP
Lemuria
Antarctigo Vespucci
Touché Amore
Broadway Calls
The Sidekicks
Bouncing Souls
The Lawrence Arms
Dead To Me
Strike Anywhere
The Loved Ones

 

Before last year you could bet your house on The Menzingers playing...Then they ruined it last year. But yeah they would be a must see for me!

The Swellers last show still annoys me! It was a Punk Festival in Belgium (Groezrock) don't get me wrong a great festival and I managed to catch part of the set! But I always felt that they would end at Fest because they played it quite often from what I recall. If not Fest then a hometown show.

LTJ I have heard playing Hello Rockview is a good possibility. Outside of LTJ it shall be be interesting to see the other headliners this year. The Menzingers could maybe one?

 

I think The Menzingers are definitely credible enough to headline for sure

LTJ playing Rockview would be so awesome

And yeah agreed about Swellers I went to their last Cleveland show and was planning on Detroit but skipped because I figured they'd definitely do a Flint show for their actual last one and I'm still so bummed they didn't

 

*fingers crossed for a 59 Sound show*

also hoping Camp Cope makes it out this year.

 

My biggest hope is for Alkaline Trio but honestly I'd settle for someone doing a cover set at this point. Other hope is for Camp Cope and The Sidekicks.

I said last year would be my final Fest but then a week after it ended I booked my hotel for this year "just in case".

 

And that's hopes of Alkaline Trio dashed early on at least. With Blink doing the Las Vegas residency unless they headlined on the Sunday at Fest.

I would actually love to go to 1 of them Blink shows in Vegas so might look into factoring it in to my travel plans.

 

This is literally the only "concert" I go to every year and I had to miss last year, which sucked. With Daggermouth releasing a new song, I am hoping they play again this year. Hoping to get my fix of A Wilhelm Scream as well, since they play every year and never come close to my town. Regardless of the lineup, I am pumped.

 

Last year was probably the most fun I had ever had at fest. My saturday schedule was amazing. Can't wait for this year.

My hope is for a hostage calm reunion. I think they were supposed to play the year they broke up .

 

Less Than Jake are not playing this year

 

Honestly quite surprised with that just given that it would be a prefect time to play Hello Rockview in full.

You have any other insight?

 

NOOOO

 

Also only 2 more weeks until the announcement!

 

Basically Tony waited too long to ask them and they already have other things planned. Similar reason why they're only playing a few days of Warped instead of the whole thing.

 

That sorta worries me hopefully they aren't struggling to get good headliners this year.

 

Gotta admit I'm super bummed about no LTJ

At least Menz still seem likely

 

Fest isn't about the headliners!

 

Yeah, I really didn't watch a ton of sets at the main stage last year. I definitely did, but I was at High Dive (I think) by the pizza place a lot.

 

The indoor shows were definitely a better vibe than the outdoor shows. Against Me being really the only exception and maybe Iron Chic

Crowd was completely dead for almost every band I wanted to see outside though.

High Dive forever

Also only one week until the announcement!!!!

 

3 Days until the announcement!!! Anyone heard any rumors?

 

the lineup is of course cool but piebald being on this...

this post got so little traction, that needs to change

 

Damn that's a bummer about Piebald didn't know that...

Also lineup is definitely cool but very bare minimum. Nothing really big to me here. Assuming the next announce will have a ton of awesome stuff though.

Right now I'm excited for:

Broadway Calls
The Copyrights
Dead To Me
Dikembe
Direct Hit
Iron Chic
Lemuria
PKEW PKEW PKEW
Prince Daddy & The Hyena
Red City Radio
Rozwell Kid
Signals Midwest
Spanish Love Songs

And I would watch:
Bad Cop Bad Cop
Cursive
Daggermouth
Elway
Gouge Away
Katie Ellen
Kississippi
Lagwagon
Makewar
Meatwave
Mom Jeans
Nothington
Pears
Riverboat Gamblers
Tim Barry
War on Women

Really hoping Menzingers play

 

Not really a Lagwagon, Cursive, or Piebald fan. Hoping for some combination of the Bouncing Souls, Lawrence Arms, Menzingers, Teenage Bottlerocket, D4 on the "headliner" side.

Stoked to see Bike Tuff and Spanish Love Songs though.

 

Audio Karate hell yea