Aftershock music festival kicks off in Sacramento Thursday. Here’s who to see, what to know – KCRA Sacramento
The Aftershock music festival arrives in Sacramento on Thursday, bringing more than 100 bands to Discovery Park over four days. The all-ages festival — billed as the largest rock festival of its kind in California — provides an array of all forms of metal music — including rock, heavy metal, punk, hardcore and nu-metal. Headliners include Avenged Sevenfold, Tool, Korn and Guns N’ Roses. The festival set a record last year with more than 160,000 fans, which brought in nearly $30 million to the Sacramento region. More than 65% of attendees don’t live in the region, with music fans coming from all 50 states and 35 countries, organizers said. “I mean, this is the West Coast’s biggest rock festival. We’ve been doing this for over a decade, and I mean it’s grown from a one-day event to four days, 40,000 people a day,” said Chamie McCurry, CMO of Danny Wimmer Presents. Doors open at noon on Thursday, and the last act ends at 11 p.m. on Sunday night. There are still some tickets available here. Two additions to the lineup on Thursday to see are Kentucky classic rock-style band White Reaper and Britain’s Nothing But Thieves, a critically acclaimed Indie Rock band that has a growing international presence.Here’s more to know about this year’s event. What bands are playing at Aftershock? Click here to see the full line-up and set times. You can also download an official festival app for iPhone or Android phones. 80s and 90s legends include: Guns N Roses, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Megadeth, and ToolPioneers: The Cult, AFI, L7, Incubus, Stone Temple Pilots, RancidBands with large fan bases: Avenged Sevenfold, Godsmack, Skillet, 311, Cory Taylor (Slipknot’s lead singer), Queens of the Stone AgeRising stars for the festival: Bad Omens and I Prevail have helped lead the rapid rises of hardcore and nu metal — fusing driving rhythms and screaming choruses with fantastic vocal ranges and catchy hooks that border on pop chart hits.Two Sacramento bands that have found worldwide success and popularity: Rain City Drive and Dance Gavin Dance. Both perform on Sunday.International acts: Two popular metal acts from Australia– Parkway Drive and The Amity Affliction- are performing. A band from Mongolia called The Hu has collaborated with many of the top acts in metal.Other bands that you’ll want to stop to listen to include: Memphis May Fire, Ayron Jones, Daughtry, Turnstile, Fever 333, Avatar, Catch Your Breath, and Coheed and CambriaOne band will leave you guessing: We know Sleep Token is from Britain and they just dropped a phenomenal album. But they wear costumes, don’t do interviews — and nobody knows who they are. They will thrill the crowd on Saturday.How to get to Aftershock? Discovery Park is adjacent to Interstate 5 in downtown Sacramento and its entrance is on the north side of the park at the Garden Highway entrance or Jibboom Street from the south. Fans cannot park at Discovery Park, so they’re encouraged to take a shuttle, SacRT light rale and supplemental bus service, use a ride share or taxi, or bike to the event. Click here for the full list of transportation options. What else to know? Organizers discourage people from bringing bags to the festival, but for those who do, only small purses/bags, fanny packs or clear bags are allowed. People can bring one sealed bottle of water or an empty plastic refillable water bottle, towels or light blankets. Click here for the full list of what is and isn’t allowed. –KCRA 3’s Daniel Macht also contributed to this story.
The Aftershock music festival arrives in Sacramento on Thursday, bringing more than 100 bands to Discovery Park over four days.
The all-ages festival — billed as the largest rock festival of its kind in California — provides an array of all forms of metal music — including rock, heavy metal, punk, hardcore and nu-metal. Headliners include Avenged Sevenfold, Tool, Korn and Guns N’ Roses.
The festival set a record last year with more than 160,000 fans, which brought in nearly $30 million to the Sacramento region. More than 65% of attendees don’t live in the region, with music fans coming from all 50 states and 35 countries, organizers said.
“I mean, this is the West Coast’s biggest rock festival. We’ve been doing this for over a decade, and I mean it’s grown from a one-day event to four days, 40,000 people a day,” said Chamie McCurry, CMO of Danny Wimmer Presents.
Doors open at noon on Thursday, and the last act ends at 11 p.m. on Sunday night. There are still some tickets available here.
Two additions to the lineup on Thursday to see are Kentucky classic rock-style band White Reaper and Britain’s Nothing But Thieves, a critically acclaimed Indie Rock band that has a growing international presence.
Here’s more to know about this year’s event.
What bands are playing at Aftershock?
Click here to see the full line-up and set times. You can also download an official festival app for iPhone or Android phones.
80s and 90s legends include: Guns N Roses, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Megadeth, and Tool
Pioneers: The Cult, AFI, L7, Incubus, Stone Temple Pilots, Rancid
Bands with large fan bases: Avenged Sevenfold, Godsmack, Skillet, 311, Cory Taylor (Slipknot’s lead singer), Queens of the Stone Age
Rising stars for the festival: Bad Omens and I Prevail have helped lead the rapid rises of hardcore and nu metal — fusing driving rhythms and screaming choruses with fantastic vocal ranges and catchy hooks that border on pop chart hits.
Two Sacramento bands that have found worldwide success and popularity: Rain City Drive and Dance Gavin Dance. Both perform on Sunday.
International acts: Two popular metal acts from Australia– Parkway Drive and The Amity Affliction- are performing. A band from Mongolia called The Hu has collaborated with many of the top acts in metal.
Other bands that you’ll want to stop to listen to include: Memphis May Fire, Ayron Jones, Daughtry, Turnstile, Fever 333, Avatar, Catch Your Breath, and Coheed and Cambria
One band will leave you guessing: We know Sleep Token is from Britain and they just dropped a phenomenal album. But they wear costumes, don’t do interviews — and nobody knows who they are. They will thrill the crowd on Saturday.
How to get to Aftershock?
Discovery Park is adjacent to Interstate 5 in downtown Sacramento and its entrance is on the north side of the park at the Garden Highway entrance or Jibboom Street from the south.
Fans cannot park at Discovery Park, so they’re encouraged to take a shuttle, SacRT light rale and supplemental bus service, use a ride share or taxi, or bike to the event.
Click here for the full list of transportation options.
What else to know?
Organizers discourage people from bringing bags to the festival, but for those who do, only small purses/bags, fanny packs or clear bags are allowed.
People can bring one sealed bottle of water or an empty plastic refillable water bottle, towels or light blankets.
Click here for the full list of what is and isn’t allowed.
–KCRA 3’s Daniel Macht also contributed to this story.
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