The Fest Gets 7 Seconds, Japanther, Russian Circles for Eighth Year

BY Josiah HughesPublished Jul 27, 2009

Like a dirtier, more punk rock SXSW, Gainesville, FL's The Fest has turned into a yearly gathering of some of the world's greatest DIY punk bands. Now in its eighth year, the line-up has been announced for the 2009 edition.

Among the nearly 200 bands playing, some highlights include 7 Seconds, Cloak/Dagger, Japanther, Russian Circles, Shook Ones, This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb, Trash Talk and Youth Brigade.

The Fest 8 takes place from October 30 to November 1 and tickets can be purchased here for the low price of $60. That will save you some money for your plane ticket.

Here's the full line-up:

12XU
7 Seconds
A Wilhelm Scream
ANS
Above Them
Algernon Cadwallader
Alligator
Altercation Punk Comedy Tour
American Cheeseburger
Ampere
Anchor Arms
Annabel
Assassinate The Scientist
Assholeparade
Averkiou
Bad Friends
Bangers
Banner Pilot
Battle!
Ben Davis & The Jett$
Bible Children
Blacklist Royals
Bomb The Music Industry
Brainworms
Bridge and Tunnel
Brothers
Caitlin Rose
Calvin Ball
Capsule
Cheap Girls
Cheeky
Chillerton
Chronic Youth
Cinemechanica
City of ShipsClairmel
Cloak/Dagger
Coffee Project
Coffin Dancer
Coliseum
Comadre
Constrictor
Crash Burn Repeat
Crime In Stereo
Cruiserweight
Cutman
Dan Padilla
Daniel Striped Tiger
Dave Dondero
Dead Friends
Dead To Me
Dear Landlord
Deep Sleep
Die Hoffnung
Diet Cokeheads
Dillinger Four
Dirty Tactics
Eric Ayotte
FIYA
Failures' Union
Fellow Project
Field Day
Fleshies
Gatorface
Ghastly City Sleep
Git Some
Giving Chase
Good Luck
Grabass Charlestons
Hard Girls
Hawks and Doves
Hidden Spots
Hometeam
Honest Arrow
Hour Of The Wolf
How Dare You
In Defence
In The Red
Iron Chic
Itchy Hearts
Japanther
Jonesin'
Junior Battles
Kevin Seconds
Kylesa
Landmines
Lemuria
Less Than Jake
Liquid Limbs
Litany for the Whale
Little Lungs
Living With Lions
Look Mexico
Low Red Land
Madeline
Magrudergrind
Maruta
Mehkago NT
Mike Hal
eMonikers
Mose Giganticus
Mouthbreather
Nervous Dogs
New Bruises
Ninja Gun
No Friends
No More
North Lincoln
Nothington
O Pioneers!
OK Pilot
Off With Their Heads
Old Growth
Only Thunder
Outbreak
PEZZ
Polar Bear Club
Pretty Boy Thorson and the Falling Angels
Protagonist
Psyched To Die
Pulling Teeth
Pygmy Lush
Radon
Red City Radio
Rehasher
Religious as Fuck
Ringers
Ruiner
Russian Circles
Samiam
Savage Brewtality
Scum of the Earth
Shang-A-Lang
Shellshag
Shitstorm
Shook Ones
Sick Sick Birds
Sinaloa
Smalltown
Snacktruck
So Pastel
Spanish Gamble
Static Radio (NJ)
Street Eaters
Stressface
Strike Anywhere
Strikeforce Diablo
The Arrivals
The Arteries
The Bomb
The Brokedowns
The Casting Out
The Catalyst
The Copyrights
The Disappeared
The Dopamines
The Emotron
The Flatliners
The Future Virgins
The Ghost
The Max Levin Ensemble
The Measure [SA]
The Menzingers
The Ones to Blame
The Riot Before
The Shaking Hands
The Sidekicks
The Takers
The Thumbs
The Tim Version
The Tupolev Ghost
This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb
Thousandaires
Tiltwheel
Tim Barry
Tin Armor
Too Many Daves
Torche
Totally Michael
Towers of Hanoi
Toys That Kill
Trash Talk
Tubers
Underground Railroad to Candyland
Used Kids
Vaginasore Jr.
Vena Cava
Vicious Fishes
Virgins
WORLDS
Watson
We Moderns
Whiskey & Co.
Wormburner
Worn In Red
Young Livers
Young Widows and Youth Brigade.

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