Mayhem Festival Returns as Single-Day 2024 Festival, Full Lineup Announced

After basically promising to come back, Mayhem Fest will take place as a one-day fall festival instead of as a summer tour across the country. The event will feature many rap and metal musicians this year along with the headliners Bad Omens.

There are many metalcore bands, from the current scene and yesterday’s success stories, on this bill, including Parkway Drive and Architects.

The complete details of this year’s Mayhem Festival appear below.

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Mayhem Festival 2024

Let’s get to know about this festival:

When + Where Is Mayhem Fest 2024?

On October 12, Mayhem Fest will take place at the Glen Helen Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California.

Who Is Playing Mayhem Tour 2024?

Of the 23 artists performing at the Mayhem Fest, 19 are taking the stage for the first time and four have played it before.

The bands booked for this year’s single-day event are:

Bad Omens
Parkway Drive
Architects
Jinjer
Poppy
Kittie
August Burns Red
Seven Hours After Violet
We Came As Romans
Suicide Silence
After the Burial
Hanabie
Throwdown
Born of Osiris
Mothica
Peyton Parrish
Darkest Hour
Unearth
Brutus
It Dies Today
Escuela Grind
Holy Wars
Roman Candle

Mayhem Festival 2024 Tickets

For tickets which will be available soon, as well as more details, visit the Mayhem Fest website.

When Was the Last Mayhem Fest + Who Played?

Until this time, the final Mayhem Festival lineup had Slayer, King Diamond, Hellyeah and The Devil Wears Prada on the main stage.

On the second stage were Whitechapel, Thy Art Is Murder, Jungle Rot, Sister Sin, Sworn In, Shattered Sun, Feed Her to the Sharks, Code Orange and Kissing Candice.

2024 Rock + Metal Festival + Cruise Guide

You’ll be able to see several bands perform at the festival.

Ottawa Bluesfest

Dates: July 4-14
Location: Lebreton Flats in Ottawa, Ontario
Notes: Nickelback, Motley Crue, Mother Mother, 50 Cent, Maroon 5, Zac Brown Band, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Tyler Childers and Nas lead the list of performers.

Festival D’ete de Quebec

Dates: July 4-14
Location: Quebec City, Quebec
Notes: Nickelback, The Offspring, Motley Crue, Rise Against, Killswitch Engage, Kansas and more will play.

Camp Punksylvania

Dates: July 5-7
Location: West End Fairgrounds in Gilbert, Pa
Notes: The Bronx, Big D. & the Kids Table, Laura Jane Grace, The Dirty Nil are set to perform.

Great South Bay Music Festival

Dates: July 18-21
Location: Shorefront Park in Patchogue Village, New York
Notes: Former Yes frontman Jon Anderson, Dark Star Orchestra, Joe Bonamassa, Pepper, The Disco Biscuits, Justin Hayward, Jim Messina, Streetlight Manifesto, Martin Barre, Badfish and more are all taking part.

Minnesota Yacht Club Festival

Dates: July 19-20
Location: Harriet Island Regional Park in St. Paul, Minn.
Notes: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gwent Stefani and Alianis Morrissette headline, with The Black Crowes, The Offspring, Gary Clark Jr., Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and more set to play.

Inkcarceration Festival

Dates: July 19-21
Location: Historic Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio.
Notes: Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin and Godsmack will headline, with Bad Omens, Halestorm, Parkway Drive, Killswitch Engage, I Prevail, Machine Head, Sevendust and Chimaira all set to perform.

Rock Fest 2024

Dates: July 18-20, 2024
Location: Cadott, Wis.
Notes: Full lineup yet to be announced, but Jelly Roll named as Saturday headliner.

Upheaval Festival

Dates: July 19-21
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Notes: Godsmack, Bad Omens, Killswitch Engage, Sevendust, The Hu, Saliva, Ayron Jones, Beartooth, Badflower, From Ashes to New, Stabbing Westward and more.

Project Pabst

Dates: July 27-28
Location: Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon
Notes: Billy Idol and Big Thief, with support from T-Pain, The Violent Femmes, Gossip, Denzel Curry, Manchester Orchestra, Jeff Rosenstock, STRFKR, Soccer Mommy, Militarie Gun and more.

Lollapalooza

Dates: Aug. 1-4
Location: Grant Park in Chicago
Notes: Blink-182 and The Killers are among the headliners, with sets from Deftones, Pierce the Veil, Destroy Boys, In This Moment, Militarie Gun and more.

Osheaga Festival

Dates: Aug. 2-4, 2024
Location: Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec
Notes: Full lineup still to be announced, but Noah Kahan, Green Day and Sza will headline the three days.

This Is Hardcore

Dates: Aug. 2-4
Location: Philadelphia, Pa.
Notes: E. Town Concrete, Cold as Life and Black Flag will headline.

Loud as Hell Open Air

Dates: Aug. 2-4
Location: Drumheller, Alberta
Notes: Beyond Creation, Malignancy, Green Jelly, Striker, Vitriol, Ripcordz, The Convalescence and more will play.

Northwoods Rock Rally

Dates: Aug. 14 – 17
Location: Glen Flora, Wisconsin
Notes: Nonpoint, (hed) p.e., Accept, Smile Empty Soul, Any Given Sin and American Hitmen will perform.

All Your Friends Festival

Dates: Aug. 23-24
Location: Burl’s Creek, Ontario
Notes: Fall Out Boy and Billy Talent will headline, with Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional, All-American Rejects, Silverstein, Mayday Parade, Gob, Lights, Plain White T’s, Grandson, The Maine and more.

Michigan Metalfest

Date: Aug. 24
Location: Leila Arboretium in Battle Creek, Michigan
Notes: Mushroomhead, (hed) p.e., Gideon, Filth, Traitors, VCTMS and more playing.

Rocklahoma

Dates: Aug. 30-Sept. 1
Location: Rockin’ Red Dirt Ranch in Pryor, Okla.
Notes: Avenged Sevenfold, Evanescence, Disturbed, A Day to Remember, Slipknot and Lamb of God will headline, with Halestorm, Kerry King, Mastodon, Anthrax, Skillet, Clutch, Nothing More, Coal Chamber and Tom Keifer set to play.

Summer of ’99 and Beyond Festival

Date: Aug. 31, 2024
Location: Glen Helen Amphitheatre in San Bernardino, California
Notes: The single-day festival features the Creed reunion, with support from 3 Doors Down, Daughtry, Finger Eleven, Fuel, Vertical Horizon and The Verve Pipe

Punk In Drublic (Brockton)

Dates: Aug. 31-Sept. 1
Location: Brockton, Mass.
Notes: NOFX will be joined by August Burns Red, Coheed and Cambria and Underoath as headliners, with Coalesce, Poison the Well, Trapped Under Ice, Better Lovers, The Devil Wears Prada, Haste the Day, He Is Legend, Saosin and Unearth.

Full Terror Assault Open Air

Dates: Sept. 4-7
Location: Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
Notes: Suffocation, Cancer, Misery Index, Mantar, Weekend Nachos, Devil Master, No/Mas and more have signed on.

Crucialfest

Dates: Sept. 13-15, 2024
Location: Metro Music Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah
Notes: Black Tusk, Mars Red Sky, Jaye Jayle, The Otolith, Frail Body, Midwife, Howling Giant, Horseburner, The Well and more will play the three-day event.

Berzerkus

Dates: Sept. 14
Location: Poconos Park in Bushkill, Pa.
Notes: Black Label Society headlines, with Cody Jinks, Clutch, Rival Sons, Black Stone Cherry and more.

Sea Hear Now

Dates: Sept. 14-15
Location: The beaches of Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Notes: Bruce Springsteen and Noan Kahan will be joined by The Black Crowes, 311, The Revivalists, The Gaslight Anthem, Trey Anastasio Band, Norah Jones, The Hives, Gogol Bordello and more.

Bourbon and Beyond

Dates: Sept. 19 – 22
Location: Louisville, Ky.
Notes: Zach Bryan, Dave Matthews Band, Tyler Childers, Neil Young, Beck, The National, My Morning Jacket, The War on Drugs, Matchbox Twenty, the Beach Boys + more will play.

Riot Fest

Dates: Sept. 20-22, 2024
Location:‘RiotLand at SeatGeekStadium in Bridgeview, Illinois.
Notes: Fall Out Boy, Beck and Slayer will headline, with performances from Pavement, The Offspring, St. Vincent, Rob Zombie, Public Enemy, Bright Eyes, Sublime, Dr. Dog, The Marley Brothers, Spoon, Sum 41, Something Corporate and more.

HFStival

Dates: Sept. 21, 2024
Location: Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.
Notes: The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Incubus, Bush, Garbage, Jimmy Eat World, Girl Talk, Violent Femmes, Tonic, Filter and Lit will all perform.

Knotfest Iowa

Dates: Sept. 21
Location: Waterworks Park in Des Moines, Iowa
Notes: Knocked Loose, Hatebreed, Poison the Well and GWAR will join Slipknot on the bill.

Metal Injection Festival

Dates: Sept. 21-22, 2024
Location: Brooklyn Monarch and Meadows in Brooklyn, New York.
Notes: Jinjer and Converge headline, with God Forbid, 3 Inches of Blood, Cave In, Hanabie, Revocation, Goatwhore, Pallid Veil, Oceans of Slumber Rivers of Nihil, Born of Osiris and more set to play.

New England Metal & Hardcore Festival

Date: Sept. 21 + 22
Location: The Palladium Outdoors in Worcester, Mass.
Notes: 25th anniversary festival! Killswitch Engage, Slaughter to Prevail, Suicidal Tendencies, As I Lay Dying, Bane, Suicide Silence and more all playing.

Louder Than Life

Dates: Sept. 26-29
Location: Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky
Notes: Slayer, Motley Crue, Slipknot, Korn, Disturbed, Judas Priest, Five Finger Death Punch, Evanescence, Falling in Reverse, Breaking Benjamin, The Offspring, Staind, Till Lindemann + more will play.

Ohana Festival

Dates: Sept. 27-29
Location: Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, Calif.
Notes: Pearl Jam will play two headline sets with Neil Young and Crazy Horse leading the third night. Garbage, Maren Morris, Crowded House, Alanis Morrisette, Turnpike Troubadours, Black Pumas, Jenny Lewis, Idles, Cat Power, Glen Hansard and The Breeders are also on the bill.

Oceans Calling

Dates: Sept. 27-29
Location: Ocean City Boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland
Notes: Blink-182, The Killers and The Dave Matthews Band will headline, with Cage The Elephant, The Offspring, Mt. Joy, Rebelution, Counting Crows, 311, The Beach Boys, Boyz II Men, O.A.R., Young the Giant, Barenaked Ladies also on board.

Soundside Festival

Dates: Sept. 28-29, 2024
Location: Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Notes: Noah Kahan and Foo Fighters will headline with Queens of the Stone Age, Goo Goo Dolls, Fleet Foxes, Norah Jones, Teddy Swims, Boyz II Men, The Kills and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram set to play.

South Star Festival

Dates: Sept. 28-29
Location: John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Ala.
Notes: Blink-182 and Gwen Stefani headline, with support from Shinedown, Jane’s Addiction, Beck, Sublime, Goo Goo Dolls, Jimmy Eat World, Ludacris, Big Boi, Pete Yorn, TLC, Juvenlie, Gin Blossoms, Candlebox, Vanessa Carlton and more.

Evolution Festival

Dates: Sept. 28-29
Location: Forest Park in St. Louis, Mo.
Notes: The Killers and Beck will headline the two-day music weekend, which also features sets from Jane’s Addiction, Blondie, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Killer Mike, Elle King, Todd Rundgren, Pete Yorn, Son Volt, Robert Finley, Beachwood Sparks and more.

Furnace Fest

Dates: Oct. 4-6
Location: Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Ala.
Notes: August Burns Red, Coheed and Cambria and Underoath will headline with Coalesce, Poison the Well, Trapped Under Ice, Better Lovers, The Devil Wears Prada, Haste the Day, He Is Legend, Saosin, Unearth and more playing.

Rock the Locks

Dates: Oct. 4-6
Location: Umatilla, Ore.
Notes: Halestorm, Stone Temple Pilots and Barenaked Ladies will be joined by Tim Montana, Eclipse, Sponge, Jeff Scott Soto and Jason Bieler, Hoobastank, Puddle of Mudd, Winger, Steelheart, Josey Scott, Philip Phillips, Warrant and Chase the Bear among others.

Austin City Limits Festival

Dates: Oct. 4-6, 11-13, 2024
Location: Zilker Park in Austin, Texas
Notes: Blink-182, Chris Stapleton, Dua Lipa, Pretty Lights, Tyler the Creator and Sturgill Simpson head up this year’s fest, with Leon Bridges, Renee Rapp, Norah Jones, Foster the People, Khruangbin, Teddy Swims, Dominic Fike and more set to play.

Tennessee Metal Devastation

Dates: Oct. 5, 2024
Location: The Amp in Jackson, Tennessee.
Notes: Summoner’s Circle, Autumn Lies Buried and Aresnil Addiction headline, with sets from Violence System, The Red Mountain, Diabology, H1Z1 and more set to play.

Aftershock 2024 Lineup Rumors

Dates: Oct. 10-13
Location: Sacramento, California’s Discovery Park
Notes: Iron Maiden, Slayer, Five Finger Death Punch, Judas Priest, Motley Crue, Slipknot, Pantera and Disturbed are all set to play.

Best Friends Forever Festival

Dates: Oct. 11-13
Location: Downtown Las Vegas Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev.
Notes: Bright Eyes, Sunny Day Real Estate, Cap’n Jazz and The Jesus Lizard will be joined by Unwound, The Dismemberment Plan, Built to Spill, American Football, The Get Up Kids, Jawbox and more.

Mayhem Festival

Dates: Oct. 12, 2024
Location: Glen Helen Amphtitheater in San Bernardino, California.
Notes: Bad Omens, Parkway Drive, Architects, Jinjer, Poppy, Kittie, August Burns Red and more will play.

Halloween Hullabaloo

Dates: Oct. 13, 2024
Location: Accesso ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington.
Notes: Godsmack will headline this radio festival for KISW-FM, with Halestorm, The Warning and Flat Back also set to perform.

When We Were Young 2024

Date: Oct. 19, 2024
Location: Las Vegas Festival Grounds, Las Vegas, Nev.
Notes: Many of the bands on the festival will be playing full album sets, including headliners My Chemical Romance, who will perform The Black Parade. Other bands of note on the bill include Fall Out Boy, A Day to Remember, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional, Pierce the Veil, The Used, Simple Plan, All-American Rejects and more.

Headbangers Boat 2024

Dates: Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 2024
Location: Miami to Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic.
Notes: Lamb of God brings back their cruise for a second year, welcoming Dethklok, Chimaira, Poison the Well, At the Gates, Soulfly, Exodus, Napalm Death, Corrosion of Conformity, After the Burial, Unearth, Eyehategod, Frozen Soul and Unity TX on board.

Apocalypse Fest

Dates: Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2024
Location: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Notes: Motionless in White headlines both nights with support from The Devil Wears Prada, Silent Planet, Like Moths to Flames, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Kublai Khan, Dark Divine

Blissmas

Dates: Dec. 14, 2024
Location: Riverworks in Buffalo, New York.
Notes: Better Lovers welcome Converge, Fleshwater, Twitching Tongues, Dying Wish, Teenage Wrist, Anxious and Atomic Rule.

ALTer EGO

Date: Jan. 13, 2024
Location: Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
Notes: Paramore, The 1975, The Black Keys, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Bush, Sum 41, Yellowcard, Lovely The Band and The Last Dinner Party.

RokIsland Festival

Date: Jan. 17-20, 2024
Location: Key West, Fla.
Notes: Night Ranger, Bret Michaels, Tom Keifer and Stone Temple Pilots will headline the four days with performances from Mr. Big, Winger, Wig Wam, Dee Snider, Lou Gramm, Jefferson Starship, Trixter, Don Felder, L.A. Guns, Enuff Z’Nuff, Buckcherry, Lit and Bowling for Soup.

Chris Jericho’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling Rager at Sea

Dates: Jan. 26-30, 2024
Location: Miami to Cozumel
Notes: Fozzy, The Georgia Thunderbolts, Trixter, Bulletboys, Kuarantine and James Durbin & the Lost Boys lead the music lineup, while wrestlers Bully Ray, Devon, Jim Ross, Matt Cardona, Jerry Lynn, Ultimo Dragon and more are also on board.

Disturbin’ the Peace

Date: Jan. 27-28, 2024
Location: Baltimore Soundstage in Baltimore, Md.
Notes: Biohazard, H20, Gut Instinct, The Outburst, The Chisel, Raw Brigade and more set to perform

The Rock Boat XXIII

Dates: Jan. 30-Feb. 4, 2024
Location: Miami to Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas to Costa Maya, Mexico
Notes: This rock cruise features Young the Giant, The Struts, Bowling for Soup, Lit, KT Tunstall, Jon Foreman of Switchfoot and hosts Sister Hazel among others.

Homesick Festival 2024

Dates: Feb. 2-3, 2024
Location: The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, Calif.
Notes: Superchunk, Julie, Fucked Up, Spellling, Harms Way, Eternal, Zulu and more.

ShipRocked

Dates: Feb. 4-10, 2024
Location: The cruise starts in Miami, hits Bimini, Ocho Rios and Grand Cayman
Notes: I Prevail, Killswitch Engage, Beartooth, Highly Suspect, Code Orange, Badflower, Black Stone Cherry, Crobot, Dorothy, Eva Under Fire, Fire From the Gods, From Ashes to New, The Warning and more.

Rock Legends Cruise XI

Dates: Feb. 22-26, 2024
Location: Miami to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Notes: Sammy Hagar and the Circle headline, with Billy F. Gibbons, Bret Michaels, Rick Springfield, Collective Soul, Geoff Tate, Jefferson Starship, Last in Line, The Kentucky Headhunters, Canned Heat and more.

Innings Festival

Dates: Feb. 23-24, 2024
Location: Tempe, Ariz.
Notes: Red Hot Chili Peppers and Hozier will headline the two day festival with Greta Van Fleet, Jimmy Eat World, 311, Macklemore, Third Eye Blind, Young the Giant, Phantogram, Matt and Kim, Cannons and more set to play.

Extra Innings

Dates: March 1-2, 2024
Location: Tempe, Ariz.
Notes: Chris Stapleton and Dave Matthews Band headline the two nights, with Turnpike Troubadours, Caleb Bingham, Elle King, Noah Kahan, Sheryl Crow, Morgan Wade, Gin Blossoms, Larkin Poe and more set to play.

Monsters of Rock Cruise

Dates: March 2-7, 2024
Location: Miami to Jamaica to the Bahamas
Notes: Joe Satriani, Ace Frehley, The Darkness, KK’s Priest, Accept, Quiet Riot, Winger, Armored Saint, April Wine, Y&T, Slaughter and more.

Cruise to the Edge

Dates: March 8-13, 2024
Location: Miami to George Town, Grand Cayman and Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Notes: Marillion, Steve Hackett, Flying Colors, Adrian Bellow, Jordan Rudess, Martin Barre, Symphony X, Queensryche, Haken and more.

Shamrock Rebellion 2024

Dates: March 16-17, 2024
Location: Oak Park Canyon in Silverado, Calif. and Las Vegas Events Center in Las Vegas, Nev.
Notes: Flogging Molly will play back-to-back festival shows in honor of St. Patrick’s Day with Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, Buzzcocks, Face to Face, Amigo the Devil, NOBRO, Gen and the Degenerates and more.

Decibel Metal & Beer Festival 2024

Dates: April 12-13, 2024
Location: The Fillmore at Philadelphia, Pa.
Notes: Biohazard, Deicide, Dying Fetus, Crowbar, Will Haven, Enforced and more.

Coachella

Dates: April 12 – 14, April 19 – 21
Location: Empire Polo Field in Indio, California.
Notes: No Doubt, Lana Del Rey, Tyler, The Creator and Dojo Cat will headline, with sets from Sublime, Deftones, Taking Back Sunday, Blur, Militarie Gun, Brittany Howard and. More.

Creed’s Summer of ’99 Cruise

Dates: April 18-22, 2024
Location: Miami to Nassau, Bahamas
Notes: Creed reunites about the Summer of ’99 Cruise, bringing along 3 Doors Down, Buckcherry, Tonic, Vertical Horizon, Fuel, The Verve Pipe, Tantric, Dishwalla, Louise Post of Veruca Salt and Nine Days.

Earthday Birthday 2024

Date: April 20, 2024
Location: Orlando Amphitheatre in the Central Florida Fairgrounds in Orlando, Fla.
Notes: Staind, Seether, Asking Alexandria, Dayseeker, Ayron Jones, Fozzy, Tim Montana, Austin Meade, SOiL, Sleep Theory and Jimmie’s Chicken Shack.

Sick New World 2024

Date: April 27, 2024
Location: Las Vegas Festival Grounds in Las Vegas, Nev.
Notes: Slipknot, System of a Down and A Perfect Circle lead the list of names performing. Bring Me the Horizon, Ice Nine Kills, Motionless in White, Primus, Bad Omens, Sleep Token, Knocked Loose, Babymetal, Jinjer, Spiritbox Sevendust, Loathe, Black Veil Brides, Wage War and Helmet are among the day’s many other performers.

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Dates: April 25 – May 5
Location: Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Notes: The Rolling Stones, Foo Fighters, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, The Killers, Hozier, Vampire Weekend, Greta Van Fleet, Heart, Chris Stapleton, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Bonamassa, George Thorogood and the Destroyers and more are among the talent lined up for this year’s event.

Austin Psych Fest

Dates: April 26 – 28
Location: South Austin, Texas’ Far Out Room
Notes: Chicano Batman, All Them Witches, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Witch, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Dehd and more are set to play.

Austin Death Fest 2024

Dates: April 27-28, 2024
Location: The Mohawk in Austin, Texas
Notes: Witch Vomit, Mortuous, Maul, Civerous, Torture Rack and Lunar Chamber will be joining the previous announced headliners Mortiferum as well as Outer Heaven, Tomb Mold and Phobophilic are part of the initial lineup.

Creed Summer of ’99 and Beyond Cruise

Date: April 27-May 1, 2024
Location: Port Canaveral, Florida to Nassau, Bahamas
Notes: Creed’s reunion continues with Daughtry replacing 3 Doors Down, and special guests Buckcherry, Tonic, Vertical Horizon, Fuel, The Verve Pipe, Tantric, Louise Post of Veruca Salt, Nine Days, Jimmie’s Chicken Shack and Sugar: The Nu-Metal Party.

Beachlife Festival

Dates: May 3 – 5
Location: Redondo Beach, California
Notes: Sting, Incubus and My Morning Jacket headline, with sets from Dirty Heads, Seal, Devo, Local Natives, Trey Anasasio, Fleet Foxes, ZZ Top, Courtney Barnett, Sugar Ray and more.

Shaky Knees Festival

Dates: May 3-5, 2024
Location: Atlanta’s Central Park
Notes: Noah Kahan, Weezer and Foo Fighters will headline, with Queens of the Stone Age, Arcade Fire, Billy Idol, The Offspring, Young the Giant, Portugal. The Man, Interpol, The Struts, Royal Blood, Dinosaur Jr. and more performing.

Punk in the Park (San Francisco)

Date: May 4
Location: The Cow Palace in San Francisco
Notes: Descendents, Vandals, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, T.S.O.L., The Exploited, Adolescents, The Dickies, Dwarves and more will play.

M3 Rock Festival

Dates: May 4 – 5
Location: Columbia, Maryland’s Merriweather Post Pavilion
Notes: Queensryche, Bret Michaels, Night Ranger, Stephen Pearcy, Stryper, Last in Line, Y&T, Quiet Riot, Lynch Mob, Doro, Aldo Nova and more.

Welcome to Rockville 2024

Dates: May 9-12, 2024
Location: Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Notes: Motley Crue, Limp Bizkit, Foo Fighters and Slipknot will headline the four-day festival, with Judas Priest, Falling in Reverse, Greta Van Fleet, Breaking Benjamin, Disturbed, Jelly Roll, Queens of the Stone Age, Evanescence, Mudvayne, The Offspring, A Day to Remember, Bad Omens, Kerry King, Cypress Hill and more set to play.

Milwaukee Metal Fest

Dates: May 16-19, 2024
Location: The Rave / Eagles Club in Milwaukee, Wis.
Notes: The first wave of acts has been announced, led by Mr. Bungle, Blind Guardian, Slaughter to Prevail, In Flames, Hatebreed, Deicide, Katatonia, Kamelot, Marduk, Possessed, Metal Church and more.

Sonic Temple

Date: May 16-19, 2024
Location: Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.
Notes: Disturbed, the original Misfits, Pantera and Slipknot will headline the four-day festival, with sets from Judas Priest, Rise Against, Sleep Token, 311, Limp Bizkit, Staind, Falling in Reverse, Evanescence, Kerry King, Cypress, Hill, Mr. Bungle and more.

Hangout Festival

Dates: May 17 – 19
Location: Gulf Shores, Alabama
Notes: Headliners Zach Bryan, Lana Del Rey and Odesza will be joined by Cage the Elephant, A Day to Remember, All Time Low and more.

Rock Lansing

Dates: May 18
Location: Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing, Michigan
Notes: Taproot, Nonpoint, Of Virtue, Eva Under Fire, Heartsick, Any Given Sin, The Gasoline Gypsies and more will perform.

Maryland Deathfest 2024

Dates: May 23-26, 2024
Location: Baltimore, Md.
Notes: Broken Hope, Cenotaph, My Dying Bride, Noctem, Ahab, Dismember, Vomitory, Forbidden, Abbath, Bloodbath, Cryptopsy, Gorguts and more.

Big Texas Metal Fest

Date: May 24-26
Location: Far Out Lounge in Austin, Texas
Notes: Hatebreed, All Shall Perish, Atreyu, Memphis May Fire, Unearth, Gideon and more.

Boston Calling

Dates: May 24 – 26
Location: Allston, Mass.
Notes: The Killers, Ed Sheeran and Tyler Childers are headlining, with Young the Giant, David Kushner, Cannons, Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, Trey Anastasio, The Revivalists, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and more set to play.

BottleRock

Dates: May 24 – 26
Location: Napa Valley, California
Notes: Pearl Jam, Ed Sheeran and Stevie Nicks will headline, with Queens of the Stone Age, The Offspring, the Kid LaRoi, St. Vincent, My Morning Jacket, Miike Snow, Oliver Tree, Cold War Kids, Cannons, All Time Low, Gogol Bordello, Chevy Metal, Pete Yorn and many more set to play.

Punk Rock Bowling

Dates: May 24 – 27
Location: Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada
Notes: Madness, Devo and Descendents will headline, with Gogol Bordello, Billy Bragg, Rocket From the Crypt, The Chats, Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Stiff Little Fingers, Lagwagon and more.

Let’s Go Festival

Dates: May 31-June 2
Location: Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds in Crownsville, Md.
Notes: Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, The Revivalists, The Band Camino, Bush and Daughtry lead a bill that includes Motion City Soundtrack, Coin, Our Lady Peace, Thursday and Big Wreck.

Point Break Festival

Dates: June 1-2
Location: The Virginia Beach Oceanfront
Notes: Sublime, Rebelution, Stephen Marley, Wiz Khalifa, Steel Pulse, Pepper, Tribal Seeds, Fortunate Youth, Hirie will all play.

So What?! Festival

Dates: June 1 – 2
Location: Panther Island Pavilion in Fort Worth, Texas
Notes: Underoath and Skillet headline, with The Devil Wears Prada, Boys Like Girls, Silverstein, Mayday Parade, Asking Alexandria, P.O.D., Relient K, The Amity Affliction, Veil of Maya, The Almost, Attila, He Is Legend and more set to perform.

Tied Down Festival

Dates: June 1-2
Location: Detroit’s Russell Industrial Center.
Notes: Have Heart, Drain, Terror and more will play.

Throwdown at the Campground

Dates: June 6-9
Location: Soperton, Ga.
Notes: Buckcherry, Nonpoint, Butcher Babies, Taproot, Otherwise and more will play.

No Values

Date: June 8
Location: The Pomona Fairplex in Pomona, Calif.
Notes: The Original Misfits and Social Distortion lead a lineup that also features the stage return of Power Trip. Also on the bill are Iggy Pop, Turnstile, Bad Religion, Sublime, The Damned, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Suicidal Tendencies, Vandals, Black Flag and more.

Toledo Deathfest

Date: June 8
Location: Mainstreet Bar and Grill in Toledo, Ohio
Notes: Oceano, The Convalescence, Visceral Disgorge, Rose Funeral and Casket Robbery will play.

Bonnaroo

Dates: June 13 – 16
Location: Manchester, Tennessee
Notes: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Post Malone, Pretty Lights and Fred Again will headline, with support from Cage the Elephant, Taking Back Sunday, IDLES, Khuangbin, Interpol, Gary Clark Jr., The Mars Volta, The Maine, David Kushner, Larkin Poe and more.

Summerfest

Dates: June 20-22, June 27-29, July 4-6
Location: Milwaukee, Wis.
Notes: Motley Crue, Seether, Buckcherry, Drowning Pool, Taking Back Sunday, Gin Blossoms, Better Than Ezra, REO Speedwagon, Sleater-Kinney, Boys Like Girls, Metric, The Afghan Whigs, The Church, Hawthorne Heights, Anberlin, the Dandy Warhols, Tracy Bonham, Cold War Kids, Sleeping With Sirens, The Wallflowers, Extreme, Set It Off, Living Colour, Cracker, Oxymorrons, Tim Montana and more have been announced as part of this year’s lineup.

Four Chord Music Festival

Dates: June 22-23
Location: Carrie Furnace in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Notes: A Day to Remember and All-American Rejects will co-headline, with The Story So Far, Something Corporate, Motion City Soundtrack, Senses Fail, State Champs, The Get Up Kids, Relient K, Four Year Strong and more playing.

Is For Lovers Festival

Dates: June 22, July 13, July 27, Aug. 24 and 31 and Sept. 7
Location: Harvey’s at Stateline, Nevada, GoMart Ballpark in Charleston, W.V., Pop’s in Sauget, Ill., Harrah’s Stir Cove in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the Torch at Long Beach Memorial Coliseum in Long Beach, California and PNC Pavilion at Riverbend in Cincinnati.
Notes: Hawthorne Heights will be joined by All-American Rejects, Underoath, Motion City Soundtrack, Thursday, Anberlin, Yellowcard, Saosin, Finch, Hot Mulligan, Silverstein on select dates.

Harley-Davidson Homecoming

Dates: July 25 – 28
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Notes: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jelly Roll, Hardy The Offspring, Warren Zeiders, Cypress Hill and more are set to perform.

Capulet Fest

Dates: June 28-30
Location: Thompson Speedway in Thompson, Connecticut.
Notes: Skillet, August Burns Red and Nothing More headline, with Lacey Sturm, Saint Asonia, Senses Fail, Blessthefall, Haste the Day, Sleep Theory, Red, Adelitas Way, 10 Years, Taproot, Cold, Alesana and more set to play.

Conclusion

Mayhem Festival 2024 is shaping up to be a monumental gathering for fans of heavy metal and hardcore music. With its impressive roster of bands and immersive atmosphere, this year’s festival is set to deliver unforgettable performances that will resonate long after the final note is played.

The excitement surrounding this event highlights the resilience and passion of the metal community, making it a must-attend for anyone who lives for live music. Whether you’re a seasoned festival-goer or a newcomer to the scene, there’s something for everyone at Mayhem Festival.