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Knotfest is a music festival created in 2012 by American nu metal band Slipknot and their longtime manager and CEO of 5B Artist Management, Cory Brennan. The event has been held both as a touring festival and a destination festival in several countries including the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, Mexico, Australia, Colombia, France and Chile. Aside from Slipknot, Knotfest has featured a diverse alumni of past performers including Deftones, Marilyn Manson, Lamb of God, Bring Me the Horizon, Prong, Deadly Apples, In This Moment, Amen, Butcher Babies and Prayers. [1]
Knotfest was officially announced on June 4, 2012. Among the activities, the festival offered as part of its "dark carnival experience" were circus big-top tents, pillars of fire, amusement park rides, burlesque performers, firebreathers, stilt walkers, drum circles made of junkyard cars and graffiti walls. The two shows also debuted a Slipknot museum. [2]
"It's all about having fun and going crazy, bringing it to the standard it used to be," Slipknot's Shawn "Clown" Crahan told Rolling Stone . "It's time for us to really engulf this idea known as Knotfest where we're in control, we make a day devoted to our mindset, our ideas, the people that we want to play with, the people that we think our fans want to be around... When everyone leaves their senses [will be] overloaded, and I'm talking about smells, sights, hearing, your body, everything is overloaded with stimulation, because that's what Slipknot does." [2]
The inaugural Knotfest was a two-city event and took place on August 17, 2012, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and August 18, 2012, in Somerset, Wisconsin. [3] Among the line-up were bands such as Deftones, Lamb of God, and Cannibal Corpse. [2] On March 24, 2014, it was officially announced that "Knotfest Japan" would be held in November 15 and 16 at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo. [4] Headliners were Slipknot, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Lamb of God, Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach, Bring Me the Horizon, Trivium and In Flames. On the first date of the Mayhem Festival 2014, Knotfest 2014 was announced, with it being held at the San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California, on October 24–26. [5] Knotfest 2015 was to be held at the same location, from October 23 through 25. In December 2019, it was announced that Knotfest would be held in the United Kingdom for the first time in 2020. [6]
On July 11, Slipknot announced that their closing performance at Knotfest would be broadcast via a pay-per-view streaming website. [7] Shawn "Clown" Crahan said, "It means everything for everyone to see the live spectacle we're creating in the flesh, but we understand some fans around the world can't be at the show. We've now made it possible for you to be there in spirit - so join us live on August 18." [7]
On May 27, 2020, Slipknot and 5B Management relaunched the Knotfest website as a "global media hub" for news, interviews and more. [8] [9] [10]
The Knotfest site is home to She's With the Band, a weekly podcast hosted by Tori Kravitz that focuses on women in the music industry. [11]
Friday 17 August [12] | Saturday 18 August [12] | ||
Main Stage | Second Stage | Main Stage | Second Stage |
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Lamb of God | Lamb of God |
Friday 24 October | ||
Stage 002 | Stage 003 | Campground Stage |
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Suicide Silence |
Saturday 25 October | |||||
Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage | Stage 002 | Stage 003 | Headbang for the Highway Stage 004 | Extreme Stage 005 | Campground Stage |
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Testament | In This Moment | The Faceless |
Sunday 26 October | |||||
Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage | Stage 002 | Stage 003 | Headbang for the Highway Stage 004 | Extreme Stage 005 | Campground Stage |
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Slipknot | Killswitch Engage | Dead for Denver | Napalm Death |
Saturday 15 November | Sunday 16 November |
Slipknot | Slipknot |
Friday 23 October |
VIP + Camping Kickoff Party |
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Sepultura |
Saturday 24 October | |||||
Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage | Stage 002 | Stage 003 | Extreme Stage 004 | Headbang for the Highway Stage 005 | Campground Stage |
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Kataklysm | Fire from the Gods |
Sunday 25 October | |||||
Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage | Stage 002 | Stage 003 | Extreme Stage 004 | Headbang for the Highway Stage 005 | Campground Stage |
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Slipknot | Dying Fetus | I, of Helix |
Saturday 5 December | |
Main Stage | Tecate Stage |
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Slipknot | Cradle of Filth |
Friday 23 September | ||
Saturday 24 September | |||
Lemmy Stage | Monster Energy Drink Stage 001 | Monster Energy Drink Stage 002 | Nuclear Blast Stage |
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Black Sabbath | Municipal Waste |
Sunday 25 September | |||
Lemmy Stage | Rockstar Energy Drink Stage 001 | Rockstar Energy Drink Stage 002 | Nuclear Blast Stage |
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Slipknot | Whitechapel |
Saturday 15 October | |
Main Stage | Iowa Stage |
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Avenged Sevenfold | Meshuggah |
Sunday 16 October | |||
Main Stage | Iowa Stage | ||
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Slipknot | Opeth |
Saturday 5 November | Sunday 6 November |
Slipknot | Slipknot |
Saturday 28 October | |||
Tecate Stage | Day of the Gusano Stage | The Maggots Stage | |
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A Perfect Circle | Anthrax |
Friday November 3 | ||
Monster Magnet |
Saturday 4 November | |||
Lemmy Stage | Monster Energy Drink Stage 001 | Monster Energy Drink Stage 002 | Nuclear Blast Stage |
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Ozzy Osbourne | 1349 | Municipal Waste |
Sunday 5 November | |||
Lemmy Stage | Rockstar Energy Drink Stage 001 | Rockstar Energy Drink Stage 002 | Nuclear Blast Stage |
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Rob Zombie | Testament | Sid Wilson of Slipknot |
Friday 26 October | ||
Judas Priest |
Canceled due to lack of organization. [14]
Thursday 20 June [15] | ||
Slipknot |
Lineup [16] | ||
Knotfest 30 November | |||
Main Stage | Tecate Stage | Monster Energy Stage | Prudence Stage |
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Slipknot (cancelled) | Godsmack | 311 | Carcass |
Friday 6 December | |||
Knot Stage | Carnaval Stage | Alternative Stage | |
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Slipknot | W.A.S.P. | Carnifex |
Saturday 25 September | |||
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | ||
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Slipknot |
Lineup | ||
5 November | ||
Slipknot |
Jinjer was announced to appear in the first leg, but cancelled due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, their homeland. [17]
March 16 - April 17 | May 18 - June 18 | September 20 - October 7 |
30 July | ||
Slipknot |
Friday 12 August | |||
Main Stage | Pulse of the Maggots Stage | ||
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Nightwish | Huora |
Saturday 13 August | |||
Main Stage | Pulse of the Maggots Stage | ||
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Slipknot | Huoratron |
8 December | 13 December | 15 December |
Movistar Arena | C Complejo Art Media | |
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Slipknot | Judas Priest | Trivium |
9 December | ||
Judas Priest |
11 December | ||
Slipknot |
18 December | |||
Knotstage | Carnival Stage | ||
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Slipknot | Judas Priest |
24 March - 26 March | ||
Slipknot |
1 April [18] | 2 April [19] |
Slipknot | Slipknot |
25 June |
Slipknot |
Knotfest Australia | ||
21 March - 24 March | ||
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Stage 1 | Stage 2 | |
Pantera | Disturbed |
Knotfest Australia Sideshows | |||||||||
17 March | 19 March | 20 March | 25 March | 26 March | |||||
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Adelaide | Melbourne | Sydney | Brisbane | ||||||
Pantera |
21 September |
Slipknot |
19 October | 20 October |
Slipknot | Slipknot |
26 October |
2 November |
Slipknot |
Slipknot |
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