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Aftershock announces their don’t miss 2023 lineup !

March 14, 2023

Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, Korn Godsmack, Pantera, Incubus, Queens Of The Stone Age, Limp Bizkit Announced For Massive Edition Of The West Coast’s Biggest Rock Festival Returning October 5-8, 2023 To Discovery Park In Sacramento, CA With Four Full Days Of Nonstop Music And Entertainment, Including 95+ Bands Featuring Additional Performances From Megadeth, Rancid, Turnstile, 311, The Cult & Many More Passes On Sale Now Starting At $10 Down The West Coast’s Biggest Rock Festival, Aftershock, grows even more in 2023 with its most packed lineup yet offering 95-plus bands over four full days, led by headliners Guns N’ Roses, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold and Korn. The destination event, held at Discovery Park in Sacramento, CA on October 5-8, builds on last year’s record-setting success including an audience of 160,000 music fans and bringing in nearly $30 million to the region. In addition to the must-see headliners, the weekend’s curated lineup of rock and metal heavyweights also includes Godsmack, Pantera, Incubus, Queens of the Stone Age, Limp Bizkit, Megadeth, Rancid, Turnstile, 311, The Cult, AFI, I Prevail, Dance Gavin Dance and many more. Returning as host [Read More]

BottleRock Napa Valley announce lineup for their 10th Anniversary

January 9, 2023

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Post Malone, Lizzo, Duran Duran, Lil Nas X, and The Smashing Pumpkins to Headline BottleRock Napa Valley 10th Anniversary Festival features over 75 musical acts including Leon Bridges, Billy Strings, Wu-Tang Clan, The National, Caamp, Sheryl Crow, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Carly Rae Jepsen and dozens more at the music, wine, craft brew and culinary festival on Memorial Day Weekend, May 26-28, 2023 3-Day Festival Tickets on Sale Tuesday, January 10, 2023, NOON/12pm PT Check out the news for the 10th Anniversary Lineup! Stay tuned as we will feature and spotlight all the bands on the lineup. January 9, 2023, Napa, CA — BottleRock Napa Valley, presented by JaM Cellars, announces the 2023 10th Anniversary festival lineup today, featuring over 75 musical acts including headline artists Red Hot Chili Peppers, Post Malone, Lizzo, Duran Duran, Lil Nas X, and The Smashing Pumpkins. The 3-day music, wine, craft brew and culinary festival will take place in the heart of the City of Napa at the Napa Valley Expo on May 26-28, 2023. 3-day festival tickets go on [Read More]

160,000 music fans came to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Aftershock Festival

October 13, 2022

It was the 10th anniversary of the Aftershock Festival and it was one for the books! The four day festival brought 160,000 music fans to Sacramento on October 6-9th and it became the festival’s biggest event in its 10 year history. The popular event brings an economic impact of $30 million to the region annually, says Visit Sacramento. In total 90 bands played on the four stages and delivered quite a lot of memorable performances from Slipknot, Kiss, My Chemical Romance,Muse, Papa Roach, Shinedown and so many more. The festival also brought a strong International Presence Including Bring Me The Horizon (England), Nemophilia And Band-Maid (Japan), Bloodywood (India), Meshuggah (Sweden), Apocalyptica (Finland), Airbourne (Australia) & The Warning (Mexico). The fans came from all over and braved the intense heat to catch all the incredible performances. Some stayed right at the rail from the moment they got there to get the perfect spot for the day’s headliners. More about the Festival Aftershock’s memorable music performances included showstopping headline performances from charttopping metal act [Read More]

FLANNEL NATION FESTIVAL: A CELEBRATION OF THE 90’s August 13th!

August 6, 2022

Next weekend’s Flannel Nation Festival on Saturday, August 13th, has been moved to a new and improved location– BROUWERIJ WEST Craft Brewery & Beer Garden (110 East 22nd Street, San Pedro, CA), just steps away from the original location within the Port Of Los Angeles. Festival producer Scott Tucker of Sellout Productions says, “This burgeoning brewery in the Port of Los Angeles has hosted artists such as X, Sleep, and many other great acts and now welcomes Flannel Nation. In a beautiful location with tons of amenities, this show will be amazing.” The day-long event features a stacked lineup of 90’s faves, including: Sugar Ray, Everclear, Soul Asylum, Candlebox, Filter, Cracker, Fastball, Sponge and more! Saturday, August 13th 2022 Brouwerij West @ Port of Los Angeles 110 East 22nd Street, San Pedro, CA 11AM – 11PM Kids 6 and under free Set Times Announced: 12:00-12:45- X Wire 1:00-1:45- Star Zero 2:00-2:45- Sponge 3:00-3:45- Cracker 4:00-4:45- Fastball 5:00-5:45- Filter 6:00-6:45 Candlebox 7:00-7:45- Soul Asylum 8:15-9:15- Everclear 10:00-11:00- Sugar Ray www.Flannelnation.com The ‘80s were neon and big hair; then the styles changed [Read More]

Sonoma Harvest Music Festival – perfect combo of wine and music

June 24, 2022

BottleRock Presents have announced the lineup for their 2022 Sonoma Harvest Music Festival set at B.R. Cohn Winery. The festival is set to take place on October 8th & 9th and will feature headlines Gary Clark Jr. and Portugal the Man. One thing is certain BottleRock Presents knows how to put on a festival. We recently covered their BottleRock Napa festival and it was another top notch event. Lineup The festival will feature the perfect array of music. food and wine set in the picturesque Sonoma Valley. The lineup will includeThievery Corporation, Anderson East, MAGIC GIANT and Lily Meola. Joining Portugal. The Man on Sunday, October 9 will be Phantogram, K.Flay, The Wrecks and Yoke Lore. During the festival you will be able to enjoy 10 amazing bands, and enjoy gourmet food from some of Sonoma’s finest chefs and restauranteurs. General admission will be available as a one or two day ticket and in and out privileges are allowed. Dave Graham, Partner of BottleRock Presents comments, “We are happy to be bringing music back to [Read More]

The Suffers new album and check out their set at BottleRock Napa

June 9, 2022

Gulf Coast soul band The Suffers took the crowd by storm with their set at BottleRock Napa 2022. The crowd went wild for their high energy groovin set. They instantly had the crowd on their feet and dancing around. Check out some photos from their set: The Suffers released their new album It Starts With Love via Missing Piece Records on June 3rd. The song features their song, Nunya which frontwoman Kam Franklin describes: “‘Nunya’ is a song about just a few of the hardships, lessons, wins and losses we have experienced in our 11 years together as a band. I wrote it in Nashville after experiencing a really bad day filled with big promises, gaslighting, and deceitful behavior from an industry big whig. Instead of letting the moment get the best of me, I decided to fight back via song. ‘Nunya’ allowed me to air some industry grievances, confront the trauma that came with having our gear stolen a few years back, and it gave me my power back. We recorded most of it with [Read More]

It was a FAN-tastic BottleRock. Check out our fan photo gallery!

June 3, 2022

This year was our return to BottleRock Napa and it was definitely one of the best ever. The lineup was filled with a variety of bands to satisfy every music fan, regardless of what their favorite genre is. The audience age gap ranged from seasoned rockers to toddlers with their ear protective headphones. One thing was certain was everyone was vibing and grooving to the music. Check out some of the fans we caught this year at BottleRock Napa. We hope to see you out there next year! It was a welcome return for us to BottleRock and it delivered the much needed dose of music. We were excited to catch some of our long time favorites like Metallica Greta Van Fleet, The Black Crowes, Pink, Aly & Aj, and Michael Franti to some awesome upcoming new bands like Liily, Blu De Tiger, The Happy Fits, Taipei Houston, Otto, Bastardane, and Hot Milk. We were racing from stage to stage to catch all the great music performances and we will be bringing you features of [Read More]