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Slam Dunk Festival reveal more bands for 2021’s festival

A ton of bands have been confirmed for next year’s Slam Dunk Festival!

Following the COVID-19 pandemic which claimed the entire world’s festival season, including Slam Dunk Festival which had postponed once before to September but now once again to 2021 as the pandemic has continued, now, the UK’s biggest alternative party has confirmed a huge block of bands for next year’s festival!

Next year’s festival will see Canadian legends BILLY TALENT, homegrown heroes WHILE SHE SLEEPS and BURY TOMORROW, STATE CHAMPS, THE USED, THE STORY SO FAR, 3OH!3, THE WONDER YEARS, MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK, CODE ORANGE and many more artists returning from the original 2020 bill.

Speaking about next year’s festival, festival director Ben Ray says “not delivering Slam Dunk Festival in 2020 was hard, but with 2021 being the 15th anniversary we will be sure to make it a special one for us all. With overwhelming support shown by our fans by keeping hold of their tickets, I felt it was important to try to give them as many of the artists they bought their tickets for as possible. Therefore I’m so happy to be able to confirm the majority will be returning.”

The full list of bands confirmed for next year’s festival is as follows: 3OH!3, A, BASEMENT, BILLY TALENT, BLOOD YOUTH, BURY TOMORROW, CHUNK NO CAPTAIN CHUNK, CODE ORANGE, COMEBACK KID, COUNTERPARTS, DANCE GAVIN DANCE, DAYS N DAZE, DEEZ NUTSDON BROCO, DREAM STATE, FACE TO FACE, FOUR YEAR STRONG, FREE THROW, GREYSCALE, HANDS LIKE HOUSES, I AM THE AVALANCHE, ICE NINE KILLS, ISSUES, KNUCKLE PUCK, MAYDAY PARADE, ME FIRST & THE GIMME GIMMES, MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK, MOVEMENTS, NOFX, NORMANDIE, PENNYWISE, POPES OF CHILITOWN, REEL BIG FISH, ROAM, SLEEP ON IT, SPUNGE, STATE CHAMPS, STATIC DRESS, STRAY FROM THE PATH, SUM 41, THE BABOON SHOW, THE BOTTOM LINE, THE FAIM, THE STORY SO FAR, THE VANDALS, THE WONDER YEARS, THIS WILD LIFE, TRASH BOAT, VUKOVI, WARGASM, WE ARE THE IN CROWD, WHILE SHE SLEEPS, WITH CONFIDENCE, YOUNG GUNS, YOUR DEMISE, YOURS TRULY, ZEBRAHEAD.

Slam Dunk Festival North will take place on Saturday May 29th 2021 at Temple Newsam and Slam Dunk South will take place on Sunday May 30th 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.