The Fest 13: Descendents, Lifetime, Less Than Jake and More

The first set of bands have been announced for this year’s The Fest 13 in Gainesville, Florida.

The festival, now entering it’s thirteenth year, will once again take over the city of Gainesville over Halloween Weekend from October 31st to November 2nd. Like last year, they will be holding a “Big Pre-Fest In Little Ybor 2” in Ybor City in Tampa, Florida on October 29th and 30th.

Headlining the festival this year will be The Descendents while other notable acts include Lifetime, Less Than Jake, Strike Anywhere, The Flatliners, The Menzingers, Dear Landlord, Chuck Ragan, Banner Pilot, Broadway Calls, Red City Radio, Mixtapes, The Holy Mess and many more. The full list of bands can be seen below.

One major change this year is the closing of The Florida Theater of Gainesville. Replacing the biggest capacity venue will be the outdoor venue, Bo Diddley Plaza. 

Tickets go on sale on April 20th. 

• ADDRESS
• ALL DOGS
• ALL EYES WEST
• ALL PEOPLE
• ALLISON WEISS
• AMERICAN LIES
• ANCHORS
• APOLOGIES, I HAVE NONE
• ASPIGA
• ASTPAI
• AWKWARD AGE
• BURN/WARD
• BANNER PILOT
• BANQUETS
• BARONS
• BEACH SLANG
• BEAR TRADE
• BILLY LIAR
• BOARDROOM HEROES
• BOYS
• BROADCASTER]]
• BROADWAY CALLS
• CAFFIENDS
• CANDY HEARTS]]
• CAPTAIN WE’RE SINKING
• THE CAREENERS
• THE CAULFIELD CULT
• CAVES
• CAYETANA
• CEMENT MATTERS
• CHEAP GIRLS
• CHIXDIGGIT
• CHRIS STOWE
• CHUCK RAGAN
• CHUMPED
• CIGARETTE CROSSFIRE
• CIRCLE TAKES THE SQUARE
• COUNTERPUNCH
• COURTESY DROP
• DADS
• DAN PADILLA
• DEAD BARS
• DEAR LANDLORD
• DELAY
• DESCENDENTS
• THE DETECTORS
• DIKEMBE
• DIRECT EFFECT
• DIRECT HIT
• DIVIDED HEAVEN
• DON BLAKE
• DONOVAN WOLFINGTON
• DOWSINGELWAY
• EMPIRE! EMPIRE! (I WAS A LONELY ESTATE)
• THE FAD
• THE FLATLINERS
• FOXING
• FRAMEWORKS
• FRANZ NICOLAY
• GATES
• GATEWAY DISTRICT
• GNARWOLVES
• GODDAMNIT
• GREG REKUS
• GROOVIE GHOULIES
• GROSS
• HELEN CHAMBERS
• HOLD TIGHT!
• THE HOLY MESS
• HOSTAGE CALM
• THE HOTELIER
• INTO IT. OVER IT.
• JENN FIORENTINO
• KILL LINCOLN
• KILLER WAVES
• KITE PARTY
• LATE BLOOMER
• LAURA STEVENSON
• LEAGUES APART
• LEE COREY OSWALD
• LEMURIA
• LESS THAN JAKE
• LIFETIME
• LIPSTICK HOMICIDE
• LITTLE BIG LEAGUE
• LOOK MEXICO
• LOW DÉRIVE
• MA JOLIE
• MALEMUTE KID
• MANNEQUIN PUSSY
• THE MARKED MEN
• MATT WOODS
• THE MENZINGERS
• MIKEY ERG
• MIXTAPES
• MOCKINGBIRD WISH ME LUCK
• MODERN LIFE IS WAR
• MOONBEARD
• MUNCIE GIRLS
• THE MURDERBURGERS
• MY DAD
• NAI HARVEST
• NEW STRANGE
• NEW YEAR’S REVOLUTION
• NIGHT BIRDS
• NIGHTMARES FOR A WEEK
• NO WEATHER TALKS
• NONA
• OLD FLINGS
• OLD GRAY
• PJ BOND
• PENTIMENTO
• PERDITION
• PITY PARTY
• PLACES TO HIDE
• PRAWN
• PROTECTED LEFT
• RED CITY RADIO
• ROGER HARVEY & THE WILD LIFE
• ROTTING OUT
• ROZWELL KID
• SAD AND FRENCH
• SAVE ENDS
• SELF DEFENSE FAMILY
• SIGNALS MIDWEST
• THE SKY WE SCRAPE
• THE SLACKERS
• THE SMITH STREET BAND
• SOMOS
• SPANISH GAMBLE
• STILL ALIVE
• STRIKE ANYWHERE
• SUCH GOLD
• SURVAY SAYS!
• TIM BARRY
• TIMESHARES
• TINY MOVING PARTS
• TOTALLY SLOW
• TWO HAND FOOLS
• TYPESETTER
• THE WALKING TARGETS
• WE ARE THE UNION
• WOLF-FACE
• WORK WEAK
• THE WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND I AM NO LONGER AFRAID TO DIE
• WRINGER
• YOU BLEW IT!
• YOU’LL LIVE
• THE YOUNG LEAVES
• YOUNG AND HEARTLESS