Aftershock Festival

Aftershock Festival
Aftershock 2014 line-up
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal, punk [1]
Dates	September/October
Locations	Discovery Park, Sacramento, California
Years active	2012–2019, 2021–present
Website	Aftershock Festival official website

The Aftershock Festival is a hard rock and heavy metal festival in Sacramento, California, started in 2012. ^{[2] [3]}

History

In 2019, the festival expanded to three days, and in 2021 Aftershock expanded to four days, October 7 to 10. ^{[4] [5]}

In 2022, Aftershock attracted an estimated 160,000 fans to the festival. ^[6]

Aftershock 2012

Aftershock 2012 – September 23, 2012 ^[7]

• Stone Temple Pilots
• Deftones
• Bush
• Chevelle
• Theory of a Deadman
• Escape the Fate
• Hollywood Undead
• Oleander
• Hell or Highwater
• Otherwise
• Stepchild
• Gemini Syndrome
• Beware of Darkness
• Fallrise

Aftershock 2013

Aftershock 2013 – September 14–15, 2013 ^[8]

Day 1, Saturday September 14: Monster Energy Main Stage North Shinedown Papa Roach Skillet P.O.D. In This Moment We as Human Monster Energy Main Stage South Korn Megadeth Buckcherry Testament Steel Panther Otherwise Ernie Ball Stage Love and Death Heaven's Basement Butcher Babies Eye Empire Girl On Fire Nothing More

Day 2, Sunday September 15: Monster Energy Main Stage North Avenged Sevenfold A Day to Remember Halestorm Asking Alexandria Falling in Reverse Gemini Syndrome Monster Energy Main Stage South Five Finger Death Punch Volbeat HIM All That Remains Airbourne Hell or Highwater Ernie Ball Stage Filter Pop Evil SOiL Thousand Foot Krutch Miss May I

Aftershock 2014

Day 1 - September 13, 2014 [9] [10] Monster Energy Main Stage West Limp Bizkit Tech N9ne Black Label Society Hellyeah Memphis May Fire Anti-Mortem Monster Energy Main Stage North Weezer (headliner) AWOLNATION Bad Religion Pepper Dead Sara The Last Internationale Monster Energy Main Stage South The Offspring (co-headliner) Chevelle Nothing More Fuel Sleepwave Islander Coors Light Stage Butcher Babies Emmure Eyes Set to Kill Viza Dig the Kid

Day 2 - September 14, 2014 Monster Energy Main Stage West Godsmack (headliner) Seether Theory of a Deadman Black Stone Cherry We Are Harlot Escape the Fate Monster Energy Main Stage North Rob Zombie (co-headliner) Rise Against Pennywise Of Mice & Men Atreyu Otherwise Monster Energy Main Stage South Five Finger Death Punch Mastodon Buckcherry We Came as Romans Kyng Young Guns Coors Light Stage Lacuna Coil Unlocking the Truth New Medicine Burn Halo Fallrise

Aftershock 2015

Day 1 - October 24, 2015 Monster Energy Main Stage North Slipknot (headliner) Bring Me the Horizon Black Veil Brides Pop Evil Suicidal Tendencies Turbowolf Monster Energy Main Stage South Shinedown (co-headliner) Breaking Benjamin Hollywood Undead Helmet Art of Dying Snot Monster Energy Main Stage East Marilyn Manson Seether P.O.D. All That Remains Red Sun Rising Devour the Day Coors Light Stage Clutch Beartooth Hell or Highwater September Mourning RavenEye

Day 2 - October 25, 2015 Monster Energy Main Stage North Faith No More (headliner) Coheed and Cambria All Time Low Sleeping with Sirens Issues ONE OK ROCK Monster Energy Main Stage South Deftones (co-headliner) Death from Above 1979 Eagles of Death Metal Failure Highly Suspect Pink Slips Death Rogen Monster Energy Main Stage East Jane's Addiction Stone Temple Pilots ft. Chester Bennington Yelawolf Sevendust The Sword Neck Deep Coors Light Stage Glassjaw Red Fang Madchild '68 Dance Gavin Dance

Aftershock 2016

Day 1 - October 22, 2016 Monster Energy Stage Tool Primus The Pretty Reckless Baroness Avatar Whores. American Sharks Discovery Stage Slayer Meshuggah Anthrax Motionless in White letlive. Big Jesus Capital Stage Deafheaven Face to Face Drakulas The Shrine Æges Death Angel

Day 2 - October 23, 2016 Monster Energy Stage Avenged Sevenfold Disturbed Chevelle Parkway Drive Silver Snakes The Mendenhall Experiment Discovery Stage Korn Puscifer Ghost The Amity Affliction Ignite Capital Stage Zakk Sabbath Max and Igor Cavalera return to Roots Suicide Silence Whitechapel Some Fear None

Aftershock 2017

Day 1 - Saturday, October 21, 2017 [11] Monster Energy Stage Nine Inch Nails (headliner) Run the Jewels Stone Sour Eagles of Death Metal Nothing More Greta Van Fleet Palaye Royale Blackcraft Stage A Perfect Circle (co-headliner) Mastodon Gojira Highly Suspect Anti-Flag Deap Vally Capital Stage Tech N9ne August Burns Red Code Orange He Is Legend Joyous Wolf

Tour poster for the 2017 Aftershock Festival. Day 2 - Sunday, October 22, 2017 Monster Energy Stage Ozzy Osbourne (headliner) Halestorm Of Mice & Men Beartooth Butcher Babies New Years Day Blackcraft Stage Five Finger Death Punch (co-headliner) In This Moment Hollywood Undead Suicidal Tendencies Starset Black Map Capital Stage Steel Panther Fozzy Power Trip DED Them Evils Cancellations Marilyn Manson (due to an onstage injury sustained a few weeks prior) Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

Aftershock 2018

Day 1 - Saturday, October 13, 2018 [12] Monster Energy Stage Deftones (headliner) 311 Action Bronson Jonathan Davis Sevendust Red Sun Rising Dirty Honey Discovery Stage (Presented by Cyco Flower) Godsmack (co-headliner) Shinedown Underoath Asking Alexandria The Vinnie Paul Tribute Hyro Da Hero Viza Capital Stage (Presented by Kolas) Gwar Monster Magnet Emmure Stick to Your Guns Wage War The Dose Provoker

Day 2 - Sunday, October 14, 2018 Monster Energy Stage System of a Down (headliner) Incubus At the Drive-In Bullet for My Valentine Dorothy Amigo the Devil Discovery Stage (Presented by Cyco Flower) Alice in Chains (co-headliner) Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators Seether Black Veil Brides Dance Gavin Dance LAW Capital Stage (Presented by Kolas) Everlast The Fever 333 Plague Vendor All Them Witches Slothrust The Jacks Cancellations Hellyeah (cancelled due to Vinnie Paul's death) Bad Wolves (cancelled)

Aftershock 2019

Day 1 - Friday, October 11, 2019 [13] Monster Energy Stage Slipknot (headliner) Lamb of God Dropkick Murphys I Prevail Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals Kolas Discovery Stage Staind Halestorm Clutch Beartooth Motionless in White Ded Coors Capital Stage Sum 41 The Interrupters Knocked Loose Angel Du$t The Pink Slips Santa Cruz

Day 2 - Saturday, October 12, 2019 Monster Energy Stage blink-182 (headliner) Bring Me the Horizon Stone Temple Pilots Highly Suspect Fishbone The Parlor Mob Dead Posey Kolas Discovery Stage Rob Zombie Marilyn Manson Bad Religion Ghostemane Badflower Sick Puppies COORS CAPITAL STAGE Fidlar Andrew W.K. Health Ho99o9 Spirit Adrift

Day 3 - Sunday, October 13, 2019 Monster Energy Stage Tool (headliner) A Day to Remember Gojira The Crystal Method Brkn Love Blue Midnight Kolas Discovery Stage Korn Chevelle Babymetal Falling in Reverse New Language Coors Capital Stage Deadland Ritual Fu Manchu Fire from the Gods The Hu Evan Konrad Cancellations and no shows Poppy (no show) While She Sleeps (cancelled) Broken Hands (cancelled) Joyous Wolf (cancelled) Architects (cancelled) Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes (cancelled)

Aftershock 2021

Previously in 2020, it was postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Danny Wimmer Presents announced because of the unfortunate events a Thursday night was added for free for anyone who purchased their tickets in advance.

Day 1 - Thursday, October 7, 2021 Kolas Stage Cypress Hill (headliner) Anthrax Knocked Loose Destroy Boys Coors Light Stage Testament Exodus Death Angel Oxymorrons

Day 2 - Friday, October 8, 2021 Jack Daniel's Stage Metallica (headliner) Rancid Dropkick Murphys Avatar Des Rocs Ayron Jones Kolas Stage Volbeat Seether Skillet Pop Evil Crobot Coors Light Stage Suicidal Tendencies Butcher Babies Cleopatrick Black Map Unity TX Contracult Collective

Day 3 - Saturday, October 9, 2021 Jack Daniel's Stage Mudvayne Gojira Atreyu August Burns Red Ded The Black Moods Kolas Stage The Original Misfits (headliner) The Offspring Machine Gun Kelly Badflower Bones UK Blame My Youth Coors Light Stage Body Count Anti-Flag Alien Weaponry South of Eden Another Day Dawns American Teeth

Day 4- Sunday, October 10, 2021 Jack Daniel's Stage Metallica (headliner) Social Distortion Pennywise Black Veil Brides Mammoth WVH The Blue Stones Kolas Stage Rise Against Mastodon In This Moment Steel Panther Law Coors Light Stage Yelawolf Grandson All Good Things The Cold Stares Widow 7 Cancellations My Chemical Romance (cancelled) Limp Bizkit (cancelled) Faith No More (cancelled due to Mike Patton's mental health issues) From Ashes to New (cancelled) Parkway Drive Fit for a King Live Hatebreed

Aftershock 2022

Day 1 - Thursday, October 6, 2022 Jack Daniel's Stage Slipknot (headliner) Evanescence Killswitch Engage Nothing More Crown the Empire Vended Kolas Stage Rob Zombie Stone Temple Pilots Ghostemane Ice Nine Kills Dead Sara Solence DW Presents Stage Code Orange Royal & the Serpent POORSTACY Fit For An Autopsy Superbloom Coors Light Stage Bad Religion Alexisonfire Cherry Bombs PRONG Taipei Houston Ego Kill Talent

Day 2 - Friday, October 7, 2022 Jack Daniel's Stage Kiss (headliner) Danzig Falling in Reverse Clutch Spiritbox AEIR Kolas Stage Lamb of God Chevelle Motionless in White Jeris Johnson Joey Valence & Brae Orbit Culture DW Presents Stage Gwar Apocalyptica Nemophila Set It Off For The Better Coors Light Stage Meshuggah In Flames Helmet Mike's Dead Archetypes Collide Hot Crazy

Day 3 - Saturday, October 8, 2022 Jack Daniel's Stage My Chemical Romance (headliner) A Day to Remember Yungblud Beartooth Thursday Lilith Czar Kolas Stage Papa Roach Halestorm Theory of a Deadman Thrice Airbourne Eva Under Fire DW Presents Stage The Emo Night Tour L.S. Dunes Enter Shikari Zeal & Ardor Point North Crooked Teeth Coors Light Stage City Morgue Ho99o9 The Chats Mothica Trash Boat As You Were

Day 4 - Sunday, October 9, 2022 Jack Daniel's Stage Muse (headliner) Bring Me the Horizon The Pretty Reckless The Struts Dirty Honey New Years Day Kolas Stage Shinedown Black Label Society The Interrupters Underoath The Warning Maggie Lindemann DW Presents Stage Bayside Carolesdaughter Classless Act Jared James Nichols Bloodywood Heartsick Coors Light Stage Action Bronson Amigo The Devil Band-Maid The Alive The Bobby Lees Cancellations Foo Fighters (headliner) [14] Jelly Roll

Aftershock 2023

Aftershock 2023 mural.

Aftershock 2023 took place during a week of high temperatures and hydration stations were provided to festival goers. ^{[15] [16]} Pantera pulled out of the festival due to "circumstances beyond our control", being replaced by Stone Temple Pilots. ^[17] Prior to Aftershock, Corey Taylor injured his leg during a show in Los Angeles and also pulled out of the festival. Members of his touring group were also having difficulties with Covid-19. ^[18]

Day 1 - Thursday, October 5, 2023 Jack Daniel's Stage Avenged Sevenfold (headliner) The Cult Stone Temple Pilots Nothing but Thieves Don Broco Pinkshift Shockwave Stage Incubus AFI Pennywise White Reaper Nothing,Nowhere Holding Absence Coors Light Stage L7 The Bronx Beauty School Dropout Thousand Below Starbenders Letdown. DW Presents Stage Senses Fail DeathbyRomy Kim Dracula Kid Kapichi Static Dress SeeYouSpaceCowboy

Day 2 - Friday, October 6, 2023 Jack Daniel's Stage Tool (headliner) Limp Bizkit Coheed & Cambria Skillet Memphis May Fire Strange Kids Shockwave Stage Godsmack Megadeth Bad Omens The Hu Fire From the Gods Flat Black Coors Light Stage Converge Attila Gideon Dragged Under Hanabie. Death Valley Dreams DW Presents Stage Nu Metal Night Deafheaven Polaris Currents Varials Tallah Widow7

Day 3 - Saturday, October 7, 2023 Jack Daniel's Stage Korn (headliner) 311 Fever 333 Escape the Fate Fame on Fire Reddstar Shockwave Stage Turnstile Parkway Drive Babymetal Avatar Boston Manor Coors Light Stage Dethklok The Amity Affliction Sueco Ten56. Ithaca Traitors Amber Wild DW Presents Stage Imperial Tide Polyphia Sleep Token Catch Your Breath Holy Wars Fox Lake Luna Aura

Day 4 - Sunday, October 8, 2023 Jack Daniel's Stage Guns N' Roses (headliner) Rancid I Prevail Badflower Ayron Jones Wargasm Shockwave Stage Queens of the Stone Age Dance Gavin Dance Daughtry Mayday Parade Rain City Drive Austin Meade Coors Light Stage Suicide Silence Movements Ryan Oakes Tigercub Redlight King Asava DW Presents Stage Billy Talent Call Me Karizma Jehnny Beth Devil's Cut Gnome As You Were

Cancellations

Pantera Corey Taylor DeathByRomy Bob Vylan Rain City Drive Reddstar

'68 Devil's Cut All Waves You Me At Six Dead Poet Society

Aftershock 2024

Aftershock 2024 saw the introduction of a new fifth stage, allowing an additional 30 bands to perform on the festival lineup. Approximately 160,000 people were in attendance for the festival weekend. ^{[19] [20]}

Day 1 - Thursday, October 10, 2024 Jack Daniel's Stage Slayer (headliner) Till Lindemann Ministry Filter Hawthorne Heights Adema Like A Storm Shockwave Stage Pantera Halestorm Cypress Hill Sevendust Orgy Tim Montana Reach NYC Coors Light Stage Grandson Drain Drug Church Gel Teen Mortgage Return to Dust (band) DW Presents Stage Static-X Biohazard Better Lovers The Armed Jeris Johnson Stratejacket Soundwave Stage Insane Clown Posse Ho99o9 Descartes a Kant TX2 Silly Goose

Day 2 - Friday, October 11, 2024 Jack Daniel's Stage Slipknot (headliner) Evanescence Dropkick Murphys Highly Suspect The Warning Giovannie and the Hired Guns Brutis Shockwave Stage Five Finger Death Punch Rise Against Architects Poppy Lilith Czar Dead Poet Society Vended Coors Light Stage Mastodon Juliette and the Licks Marky Ramone Taproot Soul Glo Budderside DW Presents Stage Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway L.S. Dunes Joey Valence & Brae The Chisel Winona Fighter Local H Royale Lynn Soundwave Stage We Came as Romans Bayside D.R.U.G.S. Moonshine Bandits Hemorage Capital Theatre As You Were

Day 3 - Saturday, October 12, 2024 Jack Daniel's Stage Iron Maiden (headliner) Breaking Benjamin Anthrax Sleeping with Sirens P.O.D. New Years Day CKY Shockwave Stage Judas Priest Staind Clutch Dope Rival Sons Alien Ant Farm Jigsaw Youth Coors Light Stage Lorna Shore Kublai Khan TX Whitechapel Show Me The Body Ill Niño Nerv Lo Spirit DW Presents Stage Body Count Fugitive Militare Gun High Vis Holy Fawn Damnage The Funeral Portrait Soundwave Stage Tech N9ne Saosin Bad Wolves Any Given Sin Self Deception Deadlands

Day 4 - Sunday, October 13, 2024 Jack Daniel's Stage Mötley Crüe (headliner) Falling In Reverse Skillet Badflower Jinjer Oxymorrons Point North Shockwave Stage Disturbed Seether Nothing More Eagles of Death Metal From Ashes to New Drowning Pool Hed PE Coors Light Stage Flogging Molly Pup Set It Off Citizen Soldier Holding Absence Caskets Lowlives DW Presents Stage Tom Morello Resorte Touché Amoré Bob Vylan Powerman 5000 Mike's Dead Black Map Soundwave Stage Shadows Fall Fear Factory Narrow Head Slothrust Blame My Youth Jager Bonham Gozu

Cancellations

• Coal Chamber
• Veil of Maya (hiatus)

Aftershock 2025

Aftershock 2025 saw the removal of the Soundwave Stage from 2024 following complaints about crowd congestion and noise interference, reducing the number of stages back to four as in previous years. 2025 also saw audiences facing muddy conditions due to rainy weather ^[21] , and the renaming of the Jack Daniel's Stage to the Aftershock Stage.

Day 1 - Thursday, October 2, 2025 Aftershock Stage Blink-182 (Headliner) All Time Low Taking Back Sunday Alkaline Trio State Champs Hoobastank The Ataris Shockwave Stage Good Charlotte The All-American Rejects Hollywood Undead Mom Jeans Bowling for Soup The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Hot Milk Coors Light Stage Acid Bath Testament Carcass High on Fire Cattle Decapitation Nails Snot Dry Kill Logic DW Presents Stage Hatebreed All Shall Perish Chelsea Grin Speed Attila Thrown Left to Suffer

Day 2 - Friday, October 3, 2025 Aftershock Stage Deftones (Headliner) Turnstile Knocked Loose The Dillinger Escape Plan Basement Failure Glare Quannnic Shockwave Stage A Perfect Circle Lamb of God Bruce Dickinson Kerry King Fear Factory Lacuna Coil Winds of Plague Coors Light Stage Dream Theater Power Trip Exodus Alestorm Yngwie Malmsteen Death Angel Gloryhammer Forbidden DW Presents Stage Chiodos Of Mice & Men Get Scared Northlane Landmvrks Violent Vira 156/Silence

Day 3 - Saturday, October 4, 2025 Aftershock Stage Korn (Headliner) Gojira Chevelle Slaughter to Prevail Bilmuri Saliva Nonpoint Shockwave Stage Bad Omens Three Days Grace Trivium Dayseeker Kittie Memphis May Fire Scary Kids Scaring Kids Coors Light Stage Powerwolf DragonForce August Burns Red Imminence Dying Fetus Demon Hunter Seven Hours After Violet Born of Osiris DW Presents Stage Sunami Trash Talk Scowl Dying Wish Xibalba Snuffed on Sight

Day 4 - Sunday, October 5, 2025 Aftershock Stage Bring Me the Horizon (Headliner) Marilyn Manson Motionless in White Black Veil Brides Story of the Year The Plot in You Sleep Theory Shockwave Stage Rob Zombie Mudvayne In This Moment Machine Head Static-X Spineshank Dope Coors Light Stage Flyleaf w/ Lacey Sturm Pop Evil Hinder Crossfade Sick Puppies Rev Theory 12 Stones Return to Dust DW Presents Stage Cavalera Conspiracy Gwar DevilDriver Chimaira 3 Inches of Blood Prong Five Headed Cobra

See also

• Ozzfest
• Uproar Festival
• Mayhem Festival

References

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External links

• Official website