THE FEST

THE FEST is an independent multi-day, multi-venue music festival held annually in Gainesville, FL. FEST 24 is happening October 23rd, 24th, 25th, 2026

06/01/2026

last call on early bird tickets! June 1st (tomorrow!) prices go up! don't say we didn't warn ya. on friday it's gonna get a lot harder to read this flyer cause we're adding over 200 more bands!

05/26/2026

Don't snooze! one more week left of early bird pricing! Next Monday the prices go up and next Friday we announce 220 more bands!!

05/13/2026

Another round of Fest Freshmen for ya! I honestly can't believe that haven't played Fest before? Is that even true? Feel free to fact check me. So stoked on all these bands , , skankin to and and wait til you hear For Dear Life... it's a lot of Fest Vets you definitely know. But it's a secret I think. Anyway, go listen to them all at TheFestFL.com radio player!

05/08/2026

This is a long one, but we are so stoked to have our great friends, back at Fest. They’ve come a long way since their first time at Fest 6 (2007) and we’re excited to have them celebrating a new record this year! Here’s some archival footage of them from Fest 6, 8, 10, 17, 20 and 22 lol anyway, love you guys see ya in October

Shout out to @ gilesarb on YouTube for the interview footage.

05/06/2026

Another round of fresh faces at Fest! Pop punk/emo peoples, if you like and/or definitely check out these other bands playing Fest for the first time! You can listen to them all at TheFestFL.com on our radio player

04/29/2026

If you're looking for something a little more hardcore/punk/heavy, here are the Fest first timers to check out! So stoked to have make it down! Make sure you head to TheFestFL.com to listen to all the bands on our radio player. Finding new music and new bands is one of the joys in life, do it.

04/28/2026

Who else is absolutely STOKED to see again, playing dead reckoning in full too. I can’t wait. Here’s a throwback to Fest 8, and a bootleg tape I made for my friend, don’t sue me Mike.

RIP Travis Dopp, we love ya

04/25/2026

Hi, we have the “festing” graphics up if ya wanna use it and let people know, here’s how! It’s really easy, even I figured out how to do it. Passes just went up yesterday and are over half way gone already!!

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Gainesville, FL
32601–32614, 32627, 32635, 32641, 32653

Website

https://thefestfl.com/

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