Festival AnnouncementGenresNews

Slam Dunk Festival reveal lineup for September’s festival

Slam Dunk Festival have revealed the lineup for September’s festival!

After riding out the turbulence of 2020, which saw the entire festival season, including Slam Dunk, cancelled and postponed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, now, as lockdown restrictions are on the path to being eased in accordance to the UK government’s roadmap, the organisers of the UK’s biggest alternative party have revealed the bulk of this year’s lineup for the once-again-rescheduled dates for September this year.

SUM 41 and DON BROCO will return as headliners for the rescheduled September dates whilst WHILE SHE SLEEPS, COMEBACK KID, THE STORY SO FAR, WE ARE IN THE IN CROWD, NOFX retain their places on the rescheduled lineup. New additions to the line-up include CROWN THE EMPIRE, ESCAPE THE FATE, HACKTIVIST, MALEVOLENCE and SNUFF.

Speaking about this year’s festival, Director Ben Ray says, “it was a shame we have had to move the festival again from May however we feel the guidance now is clear enough to know the event will happen in September. With over two months between the June 21st reopening date and the festival we certainly think there is enough breathing space! After having announced the date change after the government announcement, we felt only right to take a bit of time to check with artists who could still do the new dates, before we re announced them. Now we can reveal these and I am so happy so many can make the new dates!”

The full list of bands (in alphabetical order) for this year’s Slam Dunk Festival are as follows:

A, BASEMENT, BLOOD YOUTH, BURY TOMORROW, CHUNK! NO, CAPTAIN CHUNK!, COMEBACK KID, COUNTERPARTS, CROWN THE EMPIRE, DAYS N DAZE, DEEZ NUTS, DOLLSKIN, DREAM STATE, ESCAPE THE FATE, FACE TO FACE, FOUR YEAR STRONG, FREE THROW, HACKTIVIST, ICE NINE KILLS, KNUCKLE PUCK, MALEVOLENCE, MAYDAY PARADE, ME FIRST & THE GIMME GIMMES, MOVEMENTS, NOFX, NORMANDIE, PENNYWISE, POPES OF CHILLITOWN, REEL BIG FISH, ROAM, SNUFF, SPUNGE, STATE CHAMPS, STATIC DRESS, STRAY FROM THE PATH, THE BABOON SHOW, THE BOTTOM LINE, THE STORY SO FAR, THE VANDALS, THIS WILD LIFE, TRASH BOAT, VUKOVI, WARGASM, WE ARE THE IN CROWD, WHILE SHE SLEEPS, WITH CONFIDENCE, YOUR DEMISE, ZEBRAHEAD.

Slam Dunk Festival North will take place on Saturday September 4th 2021 at Temple Newsam and Slam Dunk South will take place on Sunday September 5th at Hatfield Park. Tickets are available now and can be purchased here.

For more information on the festival like their official page on Facebook.

James Weaver

Editor-in-Chief and Founder of Distorted Sound Magazine; established in 2015. Reporting on riffs since 2012.