A Chicago grungy psyche band led by Deb Sonzo. They are a band you'd expect to hear in a Tarantino movie. A dark-basement-with-candles-fog-and-loud-amplifiers kind of band that consistently leaves people with that “why haven’t I been here til now?” feeling. They host several festivals of their own own, including The Rock & Roll Circus Side Shows, Baconstöck and GOATSTÖCK. All of their releases are on Circus Side Show Records.
Wobbly stoner anarcho-prog-punk from Berwyn, IL / Valparaiso, IN.
Chicago-area punk rock - melodic and loud, intense and un-serious, not hardcore since 2004.
The Board of Directors are a punk rock-fueled power-pop trio from Cincinnati. Since forming in 2023, they've released several albums and EPs, and performed over 200 times across the US and Canada. They're known for an energetic and light-hearted stage presence, and lyrically-driven, complex-but-catchy songs.
Anger has been around since probly 2008, Dave Simon is the lone original member. The main influences are Motörhead, NoMeansNo and Bad Brains. Drummer, friend, brother Matt Meuzelaar entered Valhalla in 2024 and we dedicate every ass kicked to him and his memory.
Four-piece punk from Oxford, Ohio, pulling from rockabilly, soul, ska and jazz.
Dead Freddie IS Chicago Garage Rock and Power Pop blended with UK Punk with a touch of Ska , originally emerging from Chicago’s South Side in 1979, reincarnating in 2013. The band has three releases on vinyl, most recently in 2023 with a fourth album in the works. They are known for their high-energy live shows, with the accordion adding something unexpected to the mix. “This Chicago pop punk band is rooted in that town’s original late-’70s punk scene, even before Strike Under, The Effigies, Naked Raygun…Their sound is full of the Windy City’s over-the-top-hard-punk-with- melodic-undertow tradition” (Big Takeover, No. 87). Current members of the band are Gintas Buinevicius (drums & backing vocals), Gary Vacha (guitar), Karl Sperling (bass), and Donatas Ramanauskas (lead vocals and accordion).
Indianapolis punk trio writing about political corruption, greed, and the occasional love ballad.
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We’re FishFood and we play sillyPopPunkRock. What’s sillyPopPunkRock you ask? Well, it's driving punk/rock songs with silly lyrics and crowd participation weaved in. While FishFood rocks, audience members wear costumes and masks that match the theme of each song. Check us out!
Fun music for fun people!
The Motely Crue of Pop Punk
Alt/pop punk with a tinge of post-hardcore edge from Central Indiana. Formed in 2019 with the goal of writing fun, intricate, strong music with melodic and catchy vocals.
This musical passion is the real deal, born from a decade of carving his own path—working overnight shifts to get time on university pianos and taking his music full-time. He brings skill, energy, and a truly unique show to every performance
Hesterménage à Trois also known as Hesterman is a4 piece original band from Glen Ellyn, IL. We originally started over 20 years ago, took a brief hiatus and have been playing the past few years!
Chicago-based weirdo psych art punk with missing bones theatrics, funky bass, thunder drums, and soaring outer space guitar leads.
La Armada’s focus is to leave their mark on heavy music. A punk band at heart, they utilize elements of Afro-Caribbean rhythms and metal to create a style as unique as their story. Formed in the Dominican Republic in 2001 from where they dominated the Caribbean scene for years, the band opted to take a leap and relocate to Chicago in 2008, where they still reside. Influenced by bands ranging from the Bad Brains to Death, they take elements from their native Island’s music to conjure a unique recipe; explosive live energy, and a clear cut narrative that highlights the effects of neo-colonialism on vulnerable communities.
Chicago-style power trio
Chicago-area punk trio — self-described, tongue firmly in cheek, as "3 pambazo specials from MayHood IL."
MG Bailey Rocks🤘🏼
Richmond, Indiana punk, started in 2006 by Lyn-Z when she was fifteen.
Anti-fa punk/alt-rock band out of Indy.
Illinois pop-punk duo releasing through Outloud! Records and Laptop Punk Records.
The solo project of Chicago guitarist Steev Custer, also of Death and Memphis and Space Age Zeros.
Ramonescore with a twee streak from the Chicago suburbs, fronted by Maria Surfinbird since 2018.
Chicago blues, R&B, roots country and gypsy jazz played with a punk edge.
Local Skate Punk
Central Indiana trio moving between classic rock, rockabilly, indie and punk.
The Foleys are South Bend’s Wrestle Punk main event — loud, chant-along chaos fueled by real Midwest heart. Blending pro-wrestling intensity with high-energy punk hooks, they turn every show into a sweat-soaked underdog victory.
Indianapolis rock and roll, mixing Ramones energy with Motörhead fury.
Horror-fueled street punk from the gutters of Lombard, Illinois, raising hell since 2003. Has bled on stages alongside with Misfits, Michale Graves, The Casualties, GWAR, The Unseen, Lower Class Brats, Flatfoot 56, Nekromantix, and Blitzkid.
A garage pop punk band from the early 20s.
Performing as a duo for this fest. They combine a punk-derived recklessness and garage-rock sensibility with lyrical wit and a bittersweet vulnerability. Their songs will help you forget your troubles and remember your triumphs.
Garage-a-billy punk out of Chicago's alleys — you can mosh to it or dance to it.
Midwestern punk from St. Charles, cheerfully self-described as old, bald and unbothered.
Chicago-area ska, playing Berwyn halls and Burlington Bar bills since 2013.
Waukegan metal formed in 2012 out of a shared love of pro wrestling.
Chicago punk born at the Alley, played entirely by fifty-year-old men from Elk Grove Village.
As if Jack Benny led a band that combined Rage Against The Machine with Atom & His Package but built the whole thing using glow-in-the-dark Better Blocks and a kalimba.
Three days, three stages, 56 bands, and not one dollar at the door. Donations are what keep it that way — chip in whatever you've got.
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