May Festivals

Here's another month of festivals you should check out. We, here at Patrician Music Reviews ask you to check out fest that the mainstream media aren't interested in.

OutBreak Fest

Outbreak fest is a British hardcore/punk fest. It's a one day festival that is in Canal Mills, Leeds, United Kingdom. This fest is annual and draws a lot a good portion of American to play the UK. This fest will be on Sunday May 3.

May 3

Title Fight, Basement, Cold World, Turnstile, Justice, Survival, Broken Teeth, Angel Dust, Headroom, Milk Teeth, Drug Church, Not Afraid, Shrapnel, Insist.

Spring Fling 3

Spring Fling is an annual fest that’s one day and takes place at the Agora Theatre/Ballroom. This is a mix of Punk, Pop-Punk, Hardcore, and Emo bands. This event takes place on Friday May 15.

May 15

The Story So Far, The Movielife, MEWITHOUTYOU, Four Year Strong, Turnstile, Defeater, Terror, Pianos Become The Teeth, Crime In Stereo, Iron Chic, Loma Prieta, Light years, Better Off, Gates, Pentimento, Head North, Souvenirs, No Good News, Heart Attack Man, Royal Psalms, Creature Comforts, Vice, Bare Walls.

Skate & Surf

Skate and Surf is back for its second year in Asbury Park, New Jersey. This festival was the offshoot of Bamboozle. The festival consists of Alternative, Punk, Pop-Punk, Emo, Hardcore, and Metalcore. This event is on May 16th and May 17th.

May 16

Dropkick Murphys, Thrice, The Wonder Years, The Story So Far, Motionless In White, Attila, American Nightmare, Me Without You, Four Year Strong, NORA, Big D & The Kids Table, Chunk! No Captain Chunk!, Fireworks, Cancer Bats, Hit The Lights, Terror, Defeater, Diamond Youth, Superheaven, Iron Chic, Elder Brother, Sorority Noise, Steady Hands, Alcoa, Rozwell Kid, Light Years, Souvenirs, No Good News.

May 17

The Gaslight Anthem, Manchester Orchestra, The Front Bottoms, Poison The Well, From Autumn To Ashes, Hot Rod Circuit, Acceptance, Real Friends, Cloud Nothing, Modern Baseball, The Palor Mob, Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band, Small Brown Bike, Gates, DADS, Pianos Become The Teeth, The So So Glos, Pentimento, Gideon, Beach Slang, Major League, Aaron West, The Weaks, The Scandals, Head North, Runaway Brother, Rebuilder, Spraynard.

Black n Blue Bowl  

This is an annual hardcore festival that takes place in New York City as the same week as Skate and Surf. This is a day two event and takes place at the Grand Ballroom at Webster Hall.

May 16

The Regulators, Candiria, Madball, Turnstile, Earth Crisis, Suburban Scum, Everybody Gets Hurt, Rude Awakening, Agents of Man, The Wilding Incident, Devil In Me, Booze & Glory, Mizery.

May 17

BURN, CrumbSuckers, Sick Of It All, The Rival Mob, Fury Of Five, Expire, Dave Smalley, King Nine, 100 Demons, Wisdom In Chains, Bitter End, Heavy Chains, Freedom.

RainFest

This is an annual hardcore festival in Seattle, Washington and takes place on Memorial Day weekend. This is from May 22- 24 and features the best in hardcore.

May 22

Chain of Strength, Expire, Baptists, Clarity, Freedom, Fury, Heiress, Keep It Clear.

May 23

Turnstile, All Out War, Angel Dust, Mindset, Cult Leader, Forced Order, GAG, King Nine, New Gods, No Future, Of Feathers and Bone, Praise, Red Scare, Singled Out, True Love.

May 24

Judge, Code Orange, Xibalba, Blistered, Caught In A Crowd, Cross Me, Dead Weight, Discourse, Incendiary, Power, Stand United, The Helm, True Identity, VEXX, Wreck.

Maryland Death Fest  

This is an annual festival that takes place on Memorial Day Weekend and is located in Baltimore, Maryland. This fest consist of Extreme metal and some hardcore.

May 21

Soundstage: Mobb Deep, Devourment, Skinless, Internal Bleeding, Origin, Mortal Decay.

Rams Head: YOB, Ufommaut, Conan, Jex Thoth, Mantar, Usnea, Primitive Man.

May 22

Edison Lot

Stage A: Bloodbath, Suffocation, Lock Up, Vallenfyre, Funebrarum.

Stage B: Obituary, Aura Noir, Master, Cianide, Artificial Brain.

Soundstage: Napalm Death, Ghoul, Splatterhouse, Noisear, NekroFilth, F.I.D., Homewreckerm Traic.

Rams Head: Aeternus, Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult, Drawn And Quartered, Vattnett Viskar.

May 23

Edison Lot

Stage A: Sodom, Razor, Bulldoze, Blood Red Throne, Twilight of The Gods, Serpentine Path.

Stage B: Arcturus, Triptykon, Vulcano, Einherjer, Morpheus Descends, Fulgora.

Soundstage: Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Wolfbrigade, Cephalic Carnage, Engorged, Martyrdod, Lycanthrophy, P.L.F, Antigma, Full of Hell, Inter Arma, Chainsaw To The Face, Backslider.

Rams Head: Tsjuder, Demoncy, Gnaw Their Tongues, Adversarial.

May 24

Edison Lot

Stage A: Neurosis. Skepticism, Winter, Goatsnake, Tombs.

Stage B: Amorphis, Demlich, Anaal Nathrakh, Promordial, Masacre, Prosanctus Inferi.

Soundstage: D.R.I., Melt Banana, Excel, Spazztic Blurr, Water Torture, PizzaHiFive, Coke Bust, Corrupt Leaders, Early Graves, Grin and Bear It, Mother Brain.

Rams Head: Portal, Knelt Rote, Impetuous Ritual, Thantifaxath.