Festival No. 0000943 · Est. 2015
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- Venue
- Douglas Park Cultural & Community Center
- Address
- 1401 S. Sacramento Dr. 60623
- City
- Chicago, US
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About the artists
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Adolescents formed in Fullerton, United States, in December 1979. Plays hardcore punk, punk, punk rock. -
Alkaline Trio formed in Mchenry, United States, in December 1996. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, emo, pop punk, punk, punk rock, skate punk.
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Andrew W.K. was born on 9 May 1979. Plays hard rock, heavy metal, piano rock, pop rock, punk rock, rock.
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Atmosphere formed in Minneapolis, United States, in 1994. Plays boom bap, conscious hip hop, hip hop.
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Avengers formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1977. Plays punk.
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Bad Religion formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1980. Plays hardcore punk, melodic hardcore, punk, punk rock, skate punk.
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BECK was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 8 July 1970. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, anti-folk, chamber folk, electronic, electronica, experimental hip hop, experimental rock.
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Bleachers formed in Bergen County, United States, in 2013. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, rock.
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Blondie formed in New York, United States, in 1974. Plays disco, new wave, pop, pop rock, power pop, punk, punk rock, rock.
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Bullet for My Valentine formed in Bridgend, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, groove metal, heavy metal, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore, nu metal.
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Cat Power was born in Atlanta, United States, on 21 January 1972. Plays alternative rock, art pop, avant-folk, folk, indie folk, indie rock, piano rock, pop.
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Clutch formed in Maryland, United States, in 1990. Plays blues rock, hard rock, rock, stoner rock.
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Cobra Skulls formed in Reno, United States, in 2005, and split up in December 2013, after 8 years. Plays punk.
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Conflict formed in Eltham, United Kingdom, in 1981. Plays anarcho-punk, hardcore punk, punk.
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Cypress Hill formed in South Gate, United States, in 1988. Plays alternative hip hop, boom bap, chicano rap, gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop, hip hop, nu metal, rap rock.
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Digable Planets formed in 1992, and split up in 2011, after 19 years. Plays acid jazz, alternative hip hop, boom bap, conscious hip hop, east coast hip hop, hip hop, jazz rap.
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Dillinger Four formed in Minneapolis, United States, in 1994. Plays punk, skate punk.
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Dropkick Murphys formed in Quincy, United States, in 1996. Plays americana, celtic punk, folk punk, folk rock, hardcore punk, pigfuck, punk, punk rock.
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Elvis Costello was born in Paddington, United Kingdom, on 25 August 1954. Plays art rock, country, folk, new wave, pop, pop rock, power pop, pub rock.
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Face To Face formed in Victorville, United States, in 1991. Plays alternative rock, pop punk, punk, punk rock, rock, skate punk.
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Father John Misty was born in Rockville, United States, on 3 May 1981. Plays experimental rock, folk rock, indie rock, psychedelic rock.
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Flor formed in 2014.
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Gary Numan was born in Hammersmith, United Kingdom, on 8 March 1958. Plays ambient pop, art pop, dance-pop, dark ambient, dark wave, electro-industrial, electronic, electronic rock.
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Gwar formed in Richmond, United States, in 1985. Plays comedy rock, hardcore punk, heavy metal, metal, thrash metal.
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HEALTH formed in Los Angeles, United States, in April 2005. Plays alternative rock, electro-industrial, electronic rock, experimental rock, neo-psychedelia, noise rock, post-industrial.
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Hobo Johnson was born in Sacramento, United States. Plays anti-folk, emo rap, hip hop, spoken word.
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Hot Snakes formed in San Diego, United States, in 1999, and split up in 2005, after 6 years. Plays post-hardcore.
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Incubus formed in Calabasas, United States, in 1991. Plays acoustic rock, alternative metal, alternative rock, avant-garde metal, funk metal, funk rock, indie rock, metal.
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Interpol formed in New York, United States, in 1997. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, post-punk, post-punk revival.
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JD McPherson was born in Broken Arrow, United States, on 14 April 1977. Plays rock and roll, rockabilly.
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Jerry Lee Lewis was born in Ferriday, United States, on 29 September 1935, and died on 28 October 2022, aged 87. Plays blues, country, country gospel, honky tonk, rock, rock and roll, rockabilly, singer-songwriter.
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Johnny Marr was born on 31 October 1963. Plays alternative rock, rock.
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K.Flay was born in Wilmette, United States, on 30 June 1985. Plays alternative dance, alternative hip hop, alternative pop, alternative rock, art pop, electropop, hip hop, indie rock.
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Killing Joke formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1979. Plays alternative metal, gothic rock, industrial, industrial metal, industrial rock, metal, new wave, post-punk.
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Lagwagon formed in Goleta, United States, in 1990. Plays punk, punk rock, skate punk.
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Liz Phair was born on 17 April 1967. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Matt and Kim formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2004. Plays indie pop.
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Piebald formed in Andover, United States, in 1994, and split up on 19 April 2008, after 14 years. Plays emo, emo pop, indie rock, pop punk, rock.
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Pussy Riot formed in 2011. Plays hyperpop, punk, queercore, riot grrrl.
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Reignwolf plays blues, blues rock, garage rock, rock.
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Speedy Ortiz formed in Northampton, United States, in 2011. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, noise pop.
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Suicidal Tendencies formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1982. Plays alternative metal, crossover thrash, funk metal, hardcore punk, metal, punk, rapcore, skate punk.
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Sum 41 formed in Ajax, Canada, in 1996, and split up in 2025, after 29 years. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, melodic hardcore, pop punk, punk, punk rock, rock, skate punk.
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Superchunk formed in Chapel Hill, United States, in 1989. Plays indie rock, rock.
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SWMRS formed in Oakland, United States, in 2004.
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The Aquabats formed in Orange County, United States, in 1994. Plays geek rock, new wave, pop punk, power pop, ska, ska punk, third wave ska.
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The Bouncing Souls formed in New Brunswick, United States, in 1988. Plays pop punk, punk, skate punk.
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The Districts plays alternative rock, folk rock, garage rock, indie rock.
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The Exploited formed in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, in 1978. Plays crossover thrash, hardcore punk, metal, punk, punk rock, street punk, thrash metal, uk82.
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The Fever 333 formed in Inglewood, United States, in July 2017. Plays alternative metal, post-hardcore, punk, rapcore, rock.
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The Front Bottoms formed in Woodcliff Lake, United States, in 2006. Plays emo, folk, folk punk, indie rock, pop punk.
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The Voidz formed in New York, United States, in 2013. Plays experimental rock, indie rock.
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The Wonder Years formed in Lansdale, United States, on 5 July 2005. Plays easycore, emo, emo pop, melodic hardcore, pop punk.
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Underoath formed in Ocala, United States, on 30 November 1997. Plays christian hardcore, christian metal, deathcore, melodic metalcore, metal, metalcore.
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Weezer formed in Los Angeles, United States, on 14 February 1992. Plays alternative pop, alternative rock, emo, emo pop, garage rock, geek rock, mainstream rock, pop.
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Wolfmother formed in Sydney, Australia, in 2003. Plays alternative rock, blues rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, rock, stoner rock.
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Young the Giant formed in Irvine, United States, in 2004. Plays indie pop, indie rock, pop rock, rock.