Aftershock Festival: Tool, My Chemical Romance, Limp Bizkit, Pierce The Veil

Aftershock is returning to Sacramento with a stacked lineup of rock icons.

The four-day festival will take place at Discovery Park from October 1 through 4, featuring headlining performances from the metalheads of Tool, emo legends My Chemical Romance, nu-metal’s Limp Bizkit, and the pop-punk outfit Pierce the Veil.

My Chemical Romance kicks-off the festival on Thursday, alongside performances from the rockers of Sublime, The Offspring, The Pretty Reckless, Killswitch Engage, New Found Glory, Sevendust, and Nothing More, as well as Theory of a Deadman, Apocalyptica, The Used, Hot Mulligan, From Ashes to New, and Hawthorne Heights.

Friday’s show will feature a mix of rock and rap, anchored by Limp Bizkit, Wu-Tang Clan, Cypress Hill, and $uicideboy$. Others set to take the stage include Insane Clown Posse, Slaughter to Prevail, three6mafia, Kublai Khan TX, Underoath, and Dethklok.

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Pop-punk and metalcore will take over Saturday’s edition with Pierce the Veil in the headlining slot, featuring Sleeping with Sirens, BABYMETAL, A Day to Remember, The Story So Far, Wage War, Down, Black Label Society, and Circa Survive.

Tool is set to close-out the weekend with rock favorites AFI, Queens of the Stone Age, Stone Temple Pilots, and Zakk Sabbath. Legendary composer Danny Elfman will also perform, alongside metal’s Body Count and Suicidal Tendencies, pop-punk’s Dance Gavin Dance, and rising act President.

“This year’s Aftershock marks a bold new chapter for the festival,” promoter Danny Wimmer of Danny Wimmer Presents said in a statement. “We’ve brought together metal, punk, emo, and nu-metal to create a lineup that’s raw, youthful, and unapologetic. With Tool anchoring the weekend and Pierce the Veil making their headlining debut, we’re breaking boundaries and redefining what Aftershock can be.”

Four-day passes and single-day passes are available here.

Find the full festival poster below: