Danny Wimmer Presents

Danny Wimmer Presents

Industry	Music Festivals, Entertainment
Founded	2011
Founder	Danny Wimmer
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California
Website	dannywimmerpresents.com

Danny Wimmer Presents (DWP) is a music festival production and promotion company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Focusing primarily on the rock music scene, DWP is one of the smallest high-capacity national promoting companies in the United States. In addition to being ranked on Pollstar's Top 100 Promoters Worldwide in 2014 ^[1] and 2015, ^[2] Since 2011, DWP has created, developed and produced events including Rock on the Range, Aftershock, Louder than Life, Welcome to Rockville, Bourbon & Beyond, Golden Sky, Inkcarceration & Carolina Rebellion. ^[3]

Music festivals

Aftershock is a hard rock and heavy metal festival in Sacramento, California. ^[4]

Carolina Rebellion was an annual rock music festival held in Concord, North Carolina. ^[5] Due to a split between DWP and AEG, it was replaced in 2019 by Epicenter. ^[6] Epicenter was held in Rockingham, North Carolina in 2019. In 2020 it was cancelled due to the pandemic. There are no current plans for Epicenter to return.

Louder Than Life is a 4 day hard rock and heavy metal festival in Louisville, Kentucky. ^[7]

Rock on the Range was a rock music festival in Columbus, Ohio that was co-produced by Danny Wimmer Presents and Live Nation. ^[8] It was replaced in 2019 by Danny Wimmer Presents with the Sonic Temple Festival. ^[9]

Welcome to Rockville is a hard rock and heavy metal music festival in Daytona Beach, Florida. ^[10]

Inkcarceration is a hard rock, heavy metal, and tattoo festival held in Mansfield, Ohio at the historic Ohio State Reformatory. ^[11]

Bourbon & Beyond is a 4 day music and bourbon festival held in Louisville, Kentucky. The festival is held the weekend prior to Louder than Life at the same location. ^[12]

GoldenSky is a multi-day music and beer festival held in Sacramento, California presented by Danny Wimmer Presents and in partnership with Visit Sacramento. The festival held typically the weekend after Aftershock at the same location, Discovery Park. After 3 years, GoldenSky was put on pause for 2025 with plans to return in 2026. ^[13]

CEO Split

After 10 years of Danny Hayes being at the helm of DWP as CEO, he announced his departure from the company. Danny Wimmer bought Hayes' shares and remains on. Sources close to the situation say the split was the result of differing strategic focus. While the partnership was long and successful, the decision to go separate ways was ultimately about aligning visions for what comes next.

Danny Hayes has not yet shared his future plans. ^[14]

References

1. "2014 Year End Worldwide Ticket Sales Top 100 Promoters" (PDF). Pollstar. December 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2016.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. "2015 Year End Worldwide Ticket Sales Top 100 Promoters" (PDF). Pollstar. December 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2016.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. "Danny Wimmer Presents". linkedin.com. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
4. "Aftershock Festival Featuring Guns N' Roses, Queens of the Stone Age, Megadeth, Tool, Incubus, Pantera, and More Taking Place This Fall". 955klos.com. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
5. "Carolina Rebellion". carolinarebellion.com. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
6. "Epicenter Festival 2020". Epicenter Festival. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
7. "REVIEW: Here's What We Experienced At Louder Than Life 2022". leoweekly.com. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
8. "ROCK ON THE RANGE". rockontherange.com. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
9. "Info". sonictemplefestival.com. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
10. "Welcome to Rockville gives first look at 2022 lineup". clickorlando.com. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
11. "Inkcarceration Website".
12. "Bourbon and Beyond Website".
13. "GoldenSky Festival Page".
14. "WIMMER, HAYES SPLIT; WIMMER BUYS OUT HAYES STAKE IN DWP". HITS. April 7, 2025.