It’s no hidden secret that one of our favourite weekends of the year (well at least one staff members favourite weekend of the year anyway) is always The Fest in Florida. It’s one hell of a journey to get there from the UK but worth every penny and mile. This year they’ve upped their game to SIX DAYS OF PUNK ROCK FUN. Yeah you got that right, SIX DAYS. You get two days of Pre-Fest in Ybor, Tampa and then four days of The Fest in Gainesville.
They’ve confirmed 110 bands so far including The Bouncing Souls, Braid, Boy Sets Fire, A Wilhelm Scream, The Dopamines, The Flatliners, Mean Jeans, The Menzingers, Mustard Plug, No Trigger, Torche, Masked Intruder, Big D and the Kids Table , Code Orange Kids, I am the Avalanche, The Copyrights, Banner Pilot, Broadway Calls, Citizen, Calculator, Blacklist Royals, Crusades, Great Cynics, Heartsounds, Look Mexico, Luther, Restorations, Red City Radio, Smith Street Band, Elway, Sundials, Broadcaster and reunion sets from The Draft and Ann Beretta!
That’s just the start of it people. You can check the rest of the bands here: http://thefestfl.com/fest12/bands but there’s more to come. The Fest hosts about 300 bands over 4 days, and this year it promises to be bigger and better than ever.
Ticket details? Ok. Let’s take this straight from the site:
PASSES GO ONSALE MAY 4TH 2013 AT 4:00 PM EST.
FEST 12 PASS and BIG PRE-FEST IN LITTLE YBOR PASS INFO
From May 4th through June 30th: (ONLINE) EARLY TURD SALE PRICE:
FEST 12 IN GAINESVILLE – 4 DAY PASS (Oct 31st – Nov 3rd) = $100
BIG PRE-FEST IN LITTLE YBOR – 2 DAY PASS (Oct 29th – 30th) = $60
FEST 12 PASS + PRE-FEST PASS COMBO PACKAGE: 6 DAY PASS (Oct 29th – Nov 3rd) = $140
From July 1st – Oct 24th: (ONLINE) GENERAL SALE PRICE*:*If not sold out!
FEST 12 IN GAINESVILLE – 4 DAY PASS (Oct 31st – Nov 3rd) = $130
BIG PRE-FEST IN LITTLE YBOR – 2 DAY PASS (Oct 29th – 30th) = $70
FEST 12 PASS + PRE-FEST PASS COMBO PACKAGE: 6 DAY PASS (Oct 29th – Nov 3rd) = $180
Want more? Ok how about a Fest11 Highlights video AND also to help you decide why you should go why not give our video about why Fest is the worth the miles a watch.
GET STOKED.