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The Fest 24 Lineup:

Ska Punk

  • Against All Authority (Miami, FL) - Political ska-punk with political lyrics.
  • Catbite (Philadelphia, PA) - Ska-punk with tour-tested energy, new-wave color, and pop polish.
  • Half Past Two (Southern California) - Ska-punk with veteran history, big hooks, and heavy guitars.
  • Kill Lincoln (Washington, DC) - Ska-punk with a concise, personality-forward FEST bio.
  • Mustard Plug (Grand Rapids MI) - Ska-punk with DIY roots, veteran history, and tour-tested energy.
  • Sorry Sweetheart (Denver, CO) - Ska-punk with tour-tested energy, heavy guitars, and pop polish.
  • The Doomstompers (Queens, NY) - Queens punk-rocksteady band with a concise FEST pitch.
  • The Impossibles (Austin, TX) - Ska-punk/power-pop with late-90s hooks and a playful throwback identity.
  • The Planet Smashers (Montreal, QC) - Ska-punk with veteran history, tour-tested energy, and new-wave color.

Post-Hardcore & Screamo

  • Bear Vs. Shark (Detroit, MI) - Post-hardcore with tour-tested energy, chaotic intensity, and emotional writing.
  • Cuni (Washington, DC) - Post-hardcore with fast directness and technical playing.
  • Drosera (Gainesville, FL) - Chaotic metallic hardcore with chaotic intensity and heavy guitars.
  • Drought (Bay Area, CA) - Post-hardcore with veteran history, tour-tested energy, and emotional writing.
  • Gillian Carter (Orlando, FL) - Blackened death screamo with a concise, personality-forward FEST bio.
  • Love Letter (Boston MA) - Post-hardcore with veteran history, tour-tested energy, and heavy guitars.
  • Memory Entry (New York, NY) - Post-hardcore with emotional writing.
  • Quiet Fear (Los Angeles) - Post-hardcore with political lyrics, DIY roots, and community-minded spirit.
  • sleepytime trio (Harrisonburg, VA) - Post-hardcore with veteran history and emotional writing.
  • Sparta (El Paso) - Post-hardcore with veteran history, tour-tested energy, and pop polish.
  • Texas is the Reason (New York, NY) - Post-hardcore with DIY roots, veteran history, and tour-tested energy.

Metal & Heavy Rock

  • Dead Bars (Seattle, WA) - Hard rock with veteran history, tour-tested energy, and big hooks.
  • Flagman (Seattle, WA) - Alternative metal with tour-tested energy and heavy guitars.
  • Molly McGuire (Kansas City MO) - Post-punk hard rock with veteran history, tour-tested energy, and melodic songwriting.
  • Torche (Miami) - Hard rock with veteran history and heavy guitars.

Emo & Midwest Emo

  • Adjust the Sails (Atlanta, GA) - Emo-adjacent indie punk with big hooks and danceable momentum.
  • Arcadia Grey (Chicago) - Emo/indie punk with queer perspective and DIY roots.
  • Blvck Hippie (Memphis, TN) - Emo with outsider themes, DIY roots, and community-minded spirit.
  • Camping in Alaska (Huntsville, AL) - Emo with new material.
  • Cold Wrecks (Brooklyn, NY) - Emo with pop polish.
  • Combat (Baltimore, MD) - Emo-adjacent indie punk with new material.
  • Daisyhead (Nashville, TN) - Alternative rock presented as a distinctive FEST 24 guitar-band entry.
  • Dear Cincinnati (Tallahassee, FL) - Emo presented as a distinctive FEST 24 guitar-band entry.
  • Dear Maryanne (Scituate, MA) - Midwest emo presented as a distinctive FEST 24 guitar-band entry.
  • Don’t Panic (Stroudsburg, PA) - Pop-punk with veteran history, tour-tested energy, and melodic songwriting.
  • Equipment (Toledo, OH) - Emo with DIY roots, big hooks, and danceable momentum.
  • Excuse Me, Who Are You? (Madison, WI) - Midwest emo with community-minded spirit.
  • Flowers for Emily (Orlando, FL) - Orlando three-piece emo with a very short FEST bio.
  • Hit Like A Girl (Philadelphia, PA) - Emo/indie songwriting with queer perspective, big hooks, and emotional writing.
  • Leisure Hour (Muncie, Indiana) - Midwest emo with DIY roots, pop polish, and community-minded spirit.
  • Ogbert the Nerd (New Brunswick, New Jersey) - Emo with a concise, personality-forward FEST bio.
  • Pollyanna (Old Bridge, NJ) - Emo/indie punk with queer perspective, DIY roots, and tour-tested energy.
  • PONY (WINDSOR, ON) - Power-pop punk with veteran history, tour-tested energy, and pop polish.
  • Pretty Bitter (Washington, DC) - Emo with DIY roots, pop polish, and emotional writing.
  • Summerbruise (Indianapolis, IN) - Emo presented as a distinctive FEST 24 guitar-band entry.

Pop Punk & Power Pop

  • F.Y.P (San Pedro,CA) - Pop-punk with DIY roots, tour-tested energy, and melodic songwriting.
  • Fat Heaven (Brooklyn) - Pop-punk with DIY roots, tour-tested energy, and melodic songwriting.
  • Fenix Tx (Houston, Tx) - Pop-punk with veteran history, tour-tested energy, and pop polish.
  • Hell Beach (Manchester NH) - Power-pop punk with pop polish.
  • Nerf Herder (Goleta, CA) - Pop-punk with veteran history, tour-tested energy, and pop polish.
  • Pity Party (Portland, OR / Los Angeles, CA / Grand Rapids, MI) - Emo-pop with tour-tested energy, heavy guitars, and pop polish.
  • Teen Agers (Orlando, FL) - Melodic pop-punk with tour-tested energy, melodic songwriting, and pop polish.
  • The Dreaded Laramie (Nashville, TN) - Power-pop punk with big hooks and pop polish.

Folk Punk & Singer-Songwriter

  • Jen Pop (Los Angeles) - Solo acoustic punk with pop polish.
  • Logan Greene (Tucson, AZ) - Singer-songwriter with DIY roots and tour-tested energy.
  • TIM BARRY (RICHMOND, VIRGINIA) - Folk punk with a concise, personality-forward FEST bio.

Hardcore & Punk

  • A WILHELM SCREAM (New Bedford, MA) - Melodic hardcore with melodic songwriting, big hooks, and technical playing.
  • Bouncing Souls (Asbury Park, NJ) - Punk rock with veteran history, emotional writing, and new material.
  • Brendan Kelly (Chicago, IL) - Punk-rooted solo project tied to The Lawrence Arms, framed as full-band songwriting rather than acoustic novelty.
  • Debt Neglector (Orlando, FL) - Punk rock with new material.
  • Descartes a Kant (Guadalajara, Mexico) - Experimental art rock with tour-tested energy, heavy guitars, and experimental arrangements.
  • Emperor X (Jacksonville, FL) - Punk/hardcore with DIY roots, veteran history, and tour-tested energy.
  • For Dear Life (Ohio/New York) - Punk rock with new material. Spotify link not listed on the FEST page.
  • Gameface (Orange County, CA) - Hardcore with big hooks, pop polish, and emotional writing.
  • Home Front (Edmonton, Canada) - Punk rock with DIY roots, veteran history, and tour-tested energy.
  • Houseghost (Dayton, OH) - New wave punk with new-wave color.
  • Human Issue (Los Angeles) - Hardcore punk with tour-tested energy, fast directness, and chaotic intensity.
  • Initiate (Ventura, CA) - Hardcore with long-running scene roots and a current-wave edge.
  • Kerosene Heights (Asheville, NC) - Punk/hardcore with new material.
  • MakeWar (Brooklyn, NY) - Punk rock with veteran history, tour-tested energy, and emotional writing.
  • NOBRO (Montreal) - Party punk with tour-tested energy, pop polish, and danceable momentum.
  • NØ MAN (Washington DC) - Hardcore/punk with political lyrics, fast directness, and emotional intensity.
  • PUP (Toronto, ON) - Punk rock with veteran history, tour-tested energy, and big hooks.
  • Samiam (Berkeley, CA) - Punk/hardcore with tour-tested energy.
  • Signals Midwest (Cleveland, OH) - Indie rock with veteran history.
  • Slingshot Dakota (Allentown, PA) - Hardcore with tour-tested energy and pop polish.
  • SPACED (Buffalo, NY) - Hardcore with political lyrics, chaotic intensity, and heavy guitars.
  • SUCK BRICK KID (ORLANDO) - Punk/hardcore with veteran history, fast directness, and heavy guitars.
  • Sweet Gloom (Los Angeles) - Punk rock with tour-tested energy, melodic songwriting, and big hooks.
  • Teddy DuChamp’s Army (Pittsburgh, PA) - Hardcore with DIY roots, tour-tested energy, and fast directness. Spotify link not listed on the FEST page.
  • The Barbed Wires (Richmond, Va) - Melodic hardcore with melodic songwriting.
  • The Bollweevils (Chicago, IL) - Punk/hardcore with veteran history, big hooks, and new material.
  • The Copyrights (Carbondale, IL) - Punk rock with DIY roots and veteran history.
  • The Crosses (Milwaukee WI) - Hardcore with veteran history, tour-tested energy, and heavy guitars. Spotify link not listed on the FEST page.
  • The Moms (New Jersey) - Punk rock with veteran history, big hooks, and heavy guitars.
  • The Raging Nathans (Dayton, OH) - Hardcore with DIY roots, veteran history, and tour-tested energy.
  • The Underground Railroad to Candyland (San Pedro) - Punk/hardcore with tour-tested energy, melodic songwriting, and pop polish.
  • Tired Radio (Brooklyn, NY / Philadelphia, PA) - Punk rock with emotional writing.
  • Toys That Kill (San Pedro,CA) - Hardcore with tour-tested energy, big hooks, and fast directness.
  • War On Women (Baltimore, MD) - Punk rock with political lyrics, veteran history, and tour-tested energy.
  • Watts (Orlando, Florida) - Hardcore punk with a concise, personality-forward FEST bio.
  • Won’t Stay Dead (Chicago, IL) - Horror punk with horror imagery, veteran history, and tour-tested energy.
  • ZETA (Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela) - Post-rock with tour-tested energy, heavy guitars, and experimental arrangements.

Indie & Alternative Rock

  • 0 Miles Per Hour (Orlando, Florida) - Alternative rock with melodic songwriting and heavy guitars.
  • Innerlove (Long Island, New York) - Indie rock with pop polish.
  • Punchline (Pittsburgh, PA) - Alternative rock with tour-tested energy and emotional writing.

Punk & Alternative

  • Banquets (New Jersey) - Punk/alternative with new material.
  • Codefendants (Location not listed) - Genre-blending punk/hip-hop/alternative project with protest-minded rap, punk energy, and cinematic production.
  • Dikembe (Gainesville, FL) - Gainesville band with a deliberately brief FEST bio.
  • DRAG THE RIVER (FORT COLLINS, CO) - Long-running Fort Collins band whose page spotlights a 30th anniversary appearance.
  • Elway (Fort Collins, Colorado) - Punk/alternative with a tongue-in-cheek dystopian setup on the FEST page.
  • Her Head’s On Fire (Chicago, IL) - Punk/alternative with a concise, personality-forward FEST bio.
  • HORACE PINKER (Chicago, IL) - Punk/alternative with tour-tested energy and new material.
  • Jumpstarted Plowhards (San Pedro) - Punk/alternative with tour-tested energy, pop polish, and new material. Spotify link not listed on the FEST page.
  • New Forms (Boston) - Punk/alternative with outsider themes, DIY roots, and tour-tested energy.
  • Oolong (Long Island, NY) - Rambunctious punk/alternative built around restless, jammy energy.
  • Playboy Manbaby (Phoenix AZ) - Danceable, irreverent punk/alternative with a high-energy live reputation.
  • Pressure Wheel (Philadelphia, PA) - Punk/alternative with community-minded spirit.
  • Rodeo Boys (Lansing, MI) - Punk/alternative with queer perspective, tour-tested energy, and community-minded spirit.
  • Sleep in. (Jersadelphia) - Punk/alternative with new material.
  • Small Brown Bike (Marshall, MI) - Punk/alternative with veteran history and tour-tested energy.
  • Spaceman Bob (Space) - Punk/alternative with a surreal, space-themed persona.
  • The Flatliners (Toronto) - Punk/alternative with DIY roots, veteran history, and community-minded spirit.
  • TIGHTWIRE (Minneapolis, MN) - Punk/alternative with DIY roots.
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