The Fest Announces 2014 Lineup: Descendents, Lifetime, Chuck Ragan, Menzingers

BY Josiah HughesPublished Apr 1, 2014

Gainesville, FL's annual punk vacation The Fest has, like clockwork, unveiled another enormous, overwhelming lineup for this year's edition.

The event, which celebrates its 13th edition this year, will take place at various venues in the city from October 31 to November 2. Yes, the first day of the festival takes place on Halloween, so plan your hilarious punk-referencing costume accordingly.

Headliners for the stacked bill include Descendents, Lifetime, Chuck Ragan, the Flatliners, Less Than Jake, Strike Anywhere, the Menzingers, Chixdiggit, Marked Men and Modern Life Is War.

That's just the tip of the iceberg, however, as the lineup is an insanely dense, diverse collection of bands.

Check out the remainder of The Fest's lineup below:

The Slackers, Into It. Over It, Tim Barry, Laura Stevenson, Cheap Girls, Night Birds, Broadway Calls, Banner Pilot, Smith Street Band, Dear Landlord, Red City Radio, The Holy Mess, Mixtapes, You Blew It!, Self Defense Family, We Are The Union, Circle Takes The Square, Look Mexico, Lemuria, The World Is A Beautiful Place to Die & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, Allison Weiss, Groovie Ghoulies, Spanish Gamble, Matt Woods, Save Ends, Timeshares, Banquets, Dads, Elway, Mikey Erg, Pentimento, Direct Hit, Gates, Apologies I Have None, Such Gold, Signals Midwest, PJ Bond, Hostage Calm, Mockingbird Wish Me Luck, Somos, Franz Nicolay, Two Hand Fools, The Careeners, Dikembe, Frameworks, Broadcaster, Killer Waves, Captain We're Sinking, The Hotelier, Prawn, Candy Hearts, Everyone Everywhere, Astpai, Little Big League, Kite Party, Gnarwolves, Leagues Apart, Rotting Out, All Eyes West, Malemute Kid, Low Derive, Cigarette Crossfire, Nona, Chumped, Roger Harvey & The Wild Life, Old Flings, Old Gray, ALL People, Muncie Girls, Lee Corey Oswald, Worriers, Lipstick Homicide, The Murderburgers, Cumulus,Caves, Bear Trade, Nai Harvest, Late Bloomer, Dan Padilla, Dowsing, Hold Tight!, Perdition, The Young Leaves, Delay, Ma Jolie, Divided Heaven, Cayetana, Aspiga, Beach Slang, Pity Party, Direct Effect, Gateway District, Kill Lincoln, Worship This, Nightmares for a Week, Boardroom Heroes, Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate), Runaway Brother, Places to Hide, The Fad, Address, Caffiends, Survay Says, My Dad, You'll Live, Wringer, No Weather Talks, Courtesy Drop, The Detectors, Cement Matters, FOXING, Dead Bars, Sad and French, Awkward Age, Wolf-face, All Dogs, Jenn Fiorentino, Work Weak, Billy Liar, Greg Rekus, Rozwell Kid, Totally Slow, Protected Left, Don Blake, Chris Stowe, BURN/WARD, Counterpunch, New Year's Revolution, American Lies, The Sky We Scrape, The Caulfield Cult, Mannequin Pussy, BOYS, Helen Chambers, Young and Heartless, Goddamnit, Jonah Vin, GROSS, New Strange, The Walking Targets, Barons and Moonbeard

Tickets for the fest are to go on sale at The Fest's official site.

If you'd rather spend your time in Ybor City, FL, the Big Pre-Fest will take place there on October 29 and 30 with an abbreviated version of The Fest's lineup. More info on that one here.

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