THE FEST

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

We are beyond stoked to welcome Texas Is The Reason back to Gainesville for their first appearance at Fest! I believe it...
06/19/2026

We are beyond stoked to welcome Texas Is The Reason back to Gainesville for their first appearance at Fest! I believe it’s been 30 years since they last played here?! It’s gonna be a special one for sure

You more into folk punk/americana/alt country type stuff? We got that too! Welcome these first time fest bands (joining ...
06/15/2026

You more into folk punk/americana/alt country type stuff? We got that too! Welcome these first time fest bands (joining a ton of other awesome folk punk bands) We’re so stoked to have so many new buds party with us this year!! Make sure to check them and the other 320 something bands out on the radio player at TheFestFL.com

Can’t believe this is the first time Pulley is playing fest, so stoked!! If you’re also a fan of fast, melodic, punk def...
06/10/2026

Can’t believe this is the first time Pulley is playing fest, so stoked!! If you’re also a fan of fast, melodic, punk definitely check out these other first time festers this year that would all fit right in on any Punk O Rama comp! You can listen to all the bands on the radio player on our website too!

We’ve got so many bands playing fest for the first time this year! So so excited to have our friends in Hey Mercedes com...
06/08/2026

We’ve got so many bands playing fest for the first time this year! So so excited to have our friends in Hey Mercedes coming to party with us. If you like them, you’ll probably like these bands too! Go check them out if you haven’t already! And a reminder you can listen to all the bands playing Fest on the radio player at TheFestFL.com

We just added over 200 more bands to Fest!! So stoked to have Lagwagon Algernon Cadwallader Hey Mercedes Chris Gethard I...
06/05/2026

We just added over 200 more bands to Fest!! So stoked to have Lagwagon Algernon Cadwallader Hey Mercedes Chris Gethard IRON REAGAN Pulley Gully Boys New Junk City Flying Raccoon Suit and sooooo many more band joining the already sick line up! head to TheFestFL.com for all the info and to scoop some tickets

Don't forget we have a kick off show at Bo Diddley Plaza on Thursday before Fest! Save some moolah and grab tickets now ...
06/03/2026

Don't forget we have a kick off show at Bo Diddley Plaza on Thursday before Fest! Save some moolah and grab tickets now before we announce the linup next month! TheFestFL.com for all the info -- note this is not included in the Fest 3-day pass

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 ge...
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!

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

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

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