Sonic Temple (festival)

Sonic Temple
Beartooth performing at Sonic Temple 2019[1]
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock, punk[2]
Dates	May 17–19, 2019 May 25–28, 2023 May 16–19, 2024 May 8–11, 2025
Location(s)	Historic Crew Stadium (formerly Mapfre Stadium), Columbus, Ohio, United States
Years active	2019, 2023–present
Website	sonictemplefestival.com

Sonic Temple is a hard rock and metal festival held in Columbus, Ohio, United States at the Historic Crew Stadium. The inaugural festival was held in May 2019, replacing the previously annual Rock on the Range. Sonic Temple was to return in 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which put the festival on hiatus until its return in 2023.

History

In 2018, it was announced by Danny Wimmer Presents that their former Rock on the Range festival, held in Columbus, Ohio, United States at Mapfre Stadium (renamed to Historic Crew Stadium in 2020), would be replaced by the Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival at the same location in 2019.[3] The inaugural festival was a three-day event held from May 17–19 with estimated sold-out crowds of 120,000.[4]

In December 2019, the full lineup for Sonic Temple 2020 was revealed. Metallica were to headline both Friday and Sunday night, with Slipknot headlining on Saturday. Other performers were to include Deftones, Bring Me the Horizon, Evanescence, Sublime with Rome, Rancid, Dropkick Murphys, Cypress Hill, Pennywise, Royal Blood, The Pretty Reckless, Alter Bridge, Anthrax, Flatbush Zombies, Pop Evil, Hellyeah, Ghostemane, Suicidal Tendencies, Testament, Dance Gavin Dance, Ice Nine Kills, Sleeping with Sirens, The Darkness, Knocked Loose, Code Orange, Power Trip, Saint Asonia, Dirty Honey, Jinjer, City Morgue, Bones UK, Airbourne, Fire from the Gods, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Des Rocs, Counterfeit, Crobot, Cherry Bomb, DED, Goodbye June, Brutus, 3Teeth, BRKN Love, Killstation, Brass Against, Crown Lands, Ego Kill Talent, Dregg, Bloodywood, and Zero 9:36, with more to have been announced.[5]

In February 2020, it was announced that Metallica would be replaced as headliners by the Red Hot Chili Peppers on Friday and Tool on Sunday following frontman James Hetfield's entrance into a rehabilitation program for substance abuse.[6] The following month, however, the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] It was once again cancelled in 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic.[8]

In November 2022, it was announced that after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Sonic Temple would return in 2023 and be held as a four-day festival during Memorial Day weekend from May 25–28.[9][10][11]

On August 23, 2023, the 2024 festival dates were announced for May 16–19. It was also revealed that the 2024 festival would expand to have four stages to allow for more bands to perform.[12]

The 2025 festival dates were announced in June 2024. The 2025 edition was moved up a weekend and will be held from May 8–11.[13] On September 19, 2024, it was announced that Metallica would headline both Friday and Sunday nights, as they were originally supposed to do in 2020, with Rob Zombie and Alice In Chains opening for them on the respective nights.[14]

Events

2019

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Day one (Friday, May 17) Monster Energy Stadium Stage: System of a Down Ghost Halestorm Parkway Drive Beartooth Avatar Badflower Echo Stage: Meshuggah Black Label Society Bad Wolves Zeal & Ardor Wage War SHVPES The Jacks Wave Stage: Tom Morello Pussy Riot Ho99o9 Cleopatrick Hands Like Houses Radattack SiriusXM Comedy & Spoken Word Tent: Henry Rollins Tom Morello Shapel Lacy Nadya

Day two (Saturday, May 18) Monster Energy Stadium Stage: Disturbed Papa Roach Lamb of God In This Moment Gojira Fever 333 Black Coffee Echo Stage: The Cult Killswitch Engage Architects The Black Dahlia Murder While She Sleeps Evan Konrad The Plot in You Wave Stage: Action Bronson (did not perform due to an "unforeseen knee injury")[16] Mark Lanegan Band Don Broco Movements Boston Manor No1Cares SiriusXM Comedy & Spoken Word Tent: Andrew Dice Clay Eleanor Kerrigan Mark Normand Craig Grass

Day three (Sunday, May 19) Monster Energy Stadium Stage: Foo Fighters Bring Me the Horizon (did not perform due to high winds)[17] Chevelle (did not perform due to high winds) The Distillers (did not perform due to high winds) The Struts The Glorious Sons Amigo the Devil Echo Stage: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts The Hives (performance ended early due to high winds) The Interrupters Yungblud Palaye Royale Dirty Honey Teenage Wrist Wave Stage: Scars on Broadway (did not perform due to high winds) Refused (did not perform due to high winds) Black Pistol Fire (did not perform due to high winds) Basement (did not perform due to high winds) Scarlxrd (did not perform due to high winds) Demob Happy (did not perform due to high winds) SiriusXM Comedy & Spoken Word Tent: Pauly Shore (did not perform due to high winds) Carmen Lynch (did not perform due to high winds) Joe Deuce (did not perform due to high winds) Bill Squire (did not perform due to high winds)

2023

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Day one (Thursday, May 25) Temple Stage: Tool Godsmack Beartooth Pennywise Miss May I Oxymorrons Fever 333 (did not perform) Octane Stage: Bullet for My Valentine Bad Omens Anti-Flag Joey Valence & Brae Bones UK Malevolence Bastardane SoundWave Stage: Suicidal Tendencies Ho99o9 Angel Du$t Bloodywood Wargasm OTTO

Day two (Friday, May 26) Temple Stage: Avenged Sevenfold Queens of the Stone Age Chevelle Badflower Black Stone Cherry Des Rocs Vended Octane Stage: I Prevail Knocked Loose Dorothy Born of Osiris Fame on Fire Dayseeker SoundWave Stage: Sleeping with Sirens Converge Band-Maid Brutus Mike's Dead A Feast for the Crows

Day three (Saturday, May 27) Temple Stage: Kiss Rob Zombie Falling in Reverse Trivium Rival Sons Giovannie & the Hired Guns The Violent Octane Stage: Puscifer Avatar From Ashes to New Attila Varials Tallah Capital Theatre SoundWave Stage: Yelawolf Presents: Sometimes Y Senses Fail Mothica Point North Over the Moon Dead Poet Society (did not perform)

Day four (Sunday, May 28) Temple Stage: Foo Fighters Deftones Jawbreaker The Pretty Reckless Nothing More Holy Wars The Bronx (did not perform) Octane Stage: Sublime with Rome Awolnation White Reaper Ayron Jones Zero 9:36 Tigercub Bob Vylan (did not perform) SoundWave Stage: Grandson Filter Nova Twins Starcrawler Aeir Poorstacy (did not perform)

2024

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Day one (Thursday, May 16) Temple Stage: Disturbed Evanescence Mudvayne Theory of a Deadman P.O.D. Drowning Pool Nita Strauss Cathedral Stage: Judas Priest Kerry King The Ghost Inside Nova Twins Taipei Houston Bob Vylan Tim Montana Citadel Stage: Cypress Hill Electric Callboy Enter Shikari The Chats Magnolia Park TX2 Lø Spirit Sanctuary Stage: Machine Head August Burns Red Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes Fire from the Gods Miss May I Catch Your Breath SiM HotBox

Day two (Friday, May 17) Temple Stage: The Original Misfits Falling In Reverse Seether Anthrax Dirty Honey Nonpoint Point North Cathedral Stage: Rise Against Sum 41 Black Veil Brides Movements Terror Scowl Gel Citadel Stage: Code Orange Mr. Bungle Drain Militarie Gun Rain City Drive The Chisel Gideon Sanctuary Stage: Avatar Atreyu Soulfly Kublai Khan TX New Years Day Fleshwater I See Stars Fuming Mouth

Day three (Saturday, May 18) Temple Stage: Pantera Staind Breaking Benjamin Starset Living Colour Saint Asonia (did not perform due to travel issues) Flat Black Cathedral Stage: Sleep Token In This Moment Flyleaf with Lacey Sturm Kittie Destroy Boys Calva Louise VUKOVI Citadel Stage: Polyphia The Amity Affliction Currents Spite Bodysnatcher thrown Dying Wish Sanctuary Stage: Slaughter to Prevail In Flames Lacuna Coil Harm's Way Empire State Bastard Imminence Mike's Dead

Day four (Sunday, May 19) Temple Stage: Slipknot Limp Bizkit A Day to Remember Royal Blood Bad Religion Saliva Sleep Theory Cathedral Stage: 311 Architects Wage War Of Mice & Men Reignwolf Kim Dracula Blind Channel Citadel Stage: Clutch Baroness Helmet Red Fang Crobot Plush Moon Fever Return to Dust Sanctuary Stage: Tech N9ne L7 While She Sleeps Taproot Bad Nerves Dead Poet Society Eva Under Fire

References

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7. Lagatta, Eric (March 23, 2020). "Sonic Temple canceled in wake of coronavirus outbreak". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
8. Dowd, Rachael (February 3, 2021). "Epicenter Festival and Sonic Temple are no longer happening in 2021". Retrieved March 8, 2021.
9. "Dates Set For 2023 'Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival'". theprp.com. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
10. "Sonic Temple music festival returns to Columbus in May after 3-year hiatus". 10tv.com. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
11. "Sonic Temple Arts + Music Festival 2023". Consequence. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
12. Langbein, Trinity (August 23, 2023). "Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival announces 2024 dates in Ohio". WSYX. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
13. Maki, Greg (June 20, 2024). "2025 dates confirmed for Sonic Temple, Welcome to Rockville festivals". Live Metal. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
14. Carter, Emily (September 19, 2024). "Sonic Temple announce Metallica, Rob Zombie and Alice In Chains, with "more than 100 bands" still to be revealed". Kerrang!. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
15. "2019". livemetalblog.wordpress.com. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
16. "10 highlights from Sonic Temple 2019 music festival". cleveland. May 20, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
17. Darus, Alex (May 20, 2019). "Sonic Temple evacuates venue due to high winds, fans seek shelter — UPDATED". Retrieved March 8, 2021.
18. "Foo Fighters, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold And Kiss To Headline This Year's Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival". Blabbermouth.net. January 10, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
19. Childers, Chad (May 2, 2023). "Sonic Temple 2023 Set Times + Stage Assignments Revealed". Loudwire. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
20. Benatar, Orri (April 15, 2024). "2024 Sonic Temple Festival schedule at Historic Crew Stadium released". NBC4 WCMH-TV. Retrieved April 19, 2024.

External links

• Official website