Aftershock Festival

Aftershock Festival is a hard rock and heavy metal festival in Sacramento, California, started in 2012.

History
In 2019, the festival expanded to three days, and in 2021 Aftershock expanded to 4 days, October 7 to 10.

In 2022, Aftershock attracted an estimated 160,000 fans to the festival.

Aftershock 2012
Aftershock 2012 – September 23, 2012


 * Stone Temple Pilots
 * Deftones
 * Bush
 * Chevelle
 * Theory of a Deadman
 * Escape the Fate
 * Hollywood Undead
 * Oleander
 * Hell or Highwater
 * Otherwise
 * Stepchild
 * Gemini Syndrome
 * Beware of Darkness
 * Fallrise

Aftershock 2013
Aftershock 2013 – September 14–15, 2013 

Day 1, Saturday September 14:


 * Monster Energy Main Stage North:
 * Shinedown
 * Papa Roach
 * Skillet
 * P.O.D.
 * In This Moment
 * We as Human


 * Monster Energy Main Stage South:
 * Korn
 * Megadeth
 * Buckcherry
 * Testament
 * Steel Panther
 * Otherwise


 * Ernie Ball Stage:
 * Love and Death
 * Heaven's Basement
 * Butcher Babies
 * Eye Empire
 * Girl On Fire
 * Nothing More

Day 2, Sunday September 15:


 * Monster Energy Main Stage North:
 * Avenged Sevenfold
 * A Day to Remember
 * Halestorm
 * Asking Alexandria
 * Falling in Reverse
 * Gemini Syndrome


 * Monster Energy Main Stage South:
 * Five Finger Death Punch
 * Volbeat
 * HIM
 * All That Remains
 * Airbourne
 * Hell or Highwater


 * Ernie Ball Stage:
 * Filter
 * Pop Evil
 * SOiL
 * Thousand Foot Krutch
 * Miss May I

Aftershock 2014
Day 1 - September 13, 2014 


 * Monster Energy Main Stage West:
 * Limp Bizkit
 * Tech N9ne
 * Black Label Society
 * Hellyeah
 * Memphis May Fire
 * Anti-Mortem


 * Monster Energy Main Stage North:
 * Weezer (headliner)
 * AWOLNATION
 * Bad Religion
 * Pepper
 * Dead Sara
 * The Last Internationale


 * Monster Energy Main Stage South:
 * The Offspring (co-headliner)
 * Chevelle
 * Nothing More
 * Fuel
 * Sleepwave
 * Islander


 * Coors Light Stage:
 * Butcher Babies
 * Emmure
 * Eyes Set to Kill
 * Viza
 * Dig the Kid

Day 2 - September 14, 2014


 * Monster Energy Main Stage West:
 * Godsmack (headliner)
 * Seether
 * Theory of a Deadman
 * Black Stone Cherry
 * We Are Harlot
 * Escape the Fate


 * Monster Energy Main Stage North:
 * Rob Zombie (co-headliner)
 * Rise Against
 * Pennywise
 * Of Mice & Men
 * Atreyu
 * Otherwise


 * Monster Energy Main Stage South:
 * Five Finger Death Punch
 * Mastodon
 * Buckcherry
 * We Came as Romans
 * Kyng
 * Young Guns


 * Coors Light Stage:
 * Lacuna Coil
 * Unlocking the Truth
 * New Medicine
 * Burn Halo
 * Fallrise

Aftershock 2015
Day 1 - October 24, 2015


 * Monster Energy Main Stage North:
 * Slipknot (headliner)
 * Bring Me the Horizon
 * Black Veil Brides
 * Pop Evil
 * Suicidal Tendencies
 * Turbowolf


 * Monster Energy Main Stage South:
 * Shinedown (co-headliner)
 * Breaking Benjamin
 * Hollywood Undead
 * Helmet
 * Art of Dying
 * Snot


 * Monster Energy Main Stage East:
 * Marilyn Manson
 * Seether
 * P.O.D.
 * All That Remains
 * Red Sun Rising
 * Devour the Day


 * Coors Light Stage:
 * Clutch
 * Beartooth
 * Hell or Highwater
 * September Mourning
 * RavenEye

Day 2 - October 25, 2015


 * Monster Energy Main Stage North:
 * Faith No More (headliner)
 * Coheed and Cambria
 * All Time Low
 * Sleeping with Sirens
 * Issues
 * ONE OK ROCK


 * Monster Energy Main Stage South:
 * Deftones (co-headliner)
 * Death from Above 1979
 * Eagles of Death Metal
 * Failure
 * Highly Suspect
 * Pink Slips
 * Death Rogen


 * Monster Energy Main Stage East:
 * Jane's Addiction
 * Stone Temple Pilots ft. Chester Bennington
 * Yelawolf
 * Sevendust
 * The Sword
 * Neck Deep


 * Coors Light Stage:
 * Glassjaw
 * Red Fang
 * Madchild
 * '68
 * Dance Gavin Dance

Aftershock 2016
Day 1 - October 22, 2016

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE
 * Tool
 * Primus
 * The Pretty Reckless
 * Baroness
 * Avatar
 * Whores.
 * American Sharks

DISCOVERY STAGE
 * Slayer
 * Meshuggah
 * Anthrax
 * Motionless in White
 * letlive.
 * Big Jesus

CAPITAL STAGE
 * Deafheaven
 * Face to Face
 * Drakulas
 * The Shrine
 * Æges
 * Death Angel

Day 2 - October 23, 2016

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE
 * Avenged Sevenfold
 * Disturbed
 * Chevelle
 * Parkway Drive
 * Silver Snakes
 * The Mendenhall Experiment

DISCOVERY STAGE
 * Korn
 * Puscifer
 * Ghost
 * The Amity Affliction
 * Ignite

CAPITAL STAGE
 * Zakk Sabbath
 * Max and Igor Cavalera return to Roots
 * Suicide Silence
 * Whitechapel
 * Some Fear None

Aftershock 2017
Day 1 - Saturday, October 21, 2017,

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE
 * Nine Inch Nails (headliner)
 * Run the Jewels
 * Stone Sour
 * Eagles of Death Metal
 * Nothing More
 * Greta Van Fleet
 * Palaye Royale

BLACKCRAFT STAGE
 * A Perfect Circle (co-headliner)
 * Mastodon
 * Gojira
 * Highly Suspect
 * Anti-Flag
 * Deap Vally

CAPITAL STAGE
 * Tech N9ne
 * August Burns Red
 * Code Orange
 * He Is Legend
 * Joyous Wolf

Day 2 - Sunday, October 22, 2017,

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE
 * Ozzy Osbourne (headliner)
 * Halestorm
 * Of Mice & Men
 * Beartooth
 * Butcher Babies
 * New Years Day

BLACKCRAFT STAGE
 * Five Finger Death Punch (co-headliner)
 * In This Moment
 * Hollywood Undead
 * Suicidal Tendencies
 * Starset
 * Black Map

CAPITAL STAGE
 * Steel Panther
 * Fozzy
 * Power Trip
 * DED
 * Them Evils

PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED BANDS THAT CANCELLED
 * Marilyn Manson (due to an onstage injury sustained a few weeks prior)
 * Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

Aftershock 2018
Day 1 - Saturday, October 13, 2018,

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE
 * Deftones (headliner)
 * 311
 * Action Bronson
 * Jonathan Davis
 * Sevendust
 * Red Sun Rising
 * Dirty Honey

DISCOVERY STAGE (PRESENTED BY CYCO FLOWER)
 * Godsmack (co-headliner)
 * Shinedown
 * Underoath
 * Asking Alexandria
 * The Vinnie Paul Tribute
 * Hyro Da Hero
 * Viza

CAPITAL STAGE (PRESENTED BY KOLAS)
 * Gwar
 * Monster Magnet
 * Emmure
 * Stick to Your Guns
 * Wage War
 * The Dose
 * Provoker

Day 2 - Sunday, October 14, 2018,

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE
 * System of a Down (headliner)
 * Incubus
 * At the Drive-In
 * Bullet for My Valentine
 * Dorothy
 * Amigo the Devil

DISCOVERY STAGE (PRESENTED BY CYCO FLOWER)
 * Alice in Chains (co-headliner)
 * Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators
 * Seether
 * Black Veil Brides
 * Dance Gavin Dance
 * LAW

CAPITAL STAGE (PRESENTED BY KOLAS)
 * Everlast
 * The Fever 333
 * Plague Vendor
 * All Them Witches
 * Slothrust
 * The Jacks

PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED BANDS THAT CANCELLED


 * Hellyeah (cancelled due to Vinnie Paul's death)
 * Bad Wolves (cancelled)

Aftershock 2019
Day 1 - Friday, October 11, 2019,

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE
 * Slipknot (headliner)
 * Lamb of God
 * Dropkick Murphys
 * I Prevail
 * Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals

KOLAS DISCOVERY STAGE
 * Staind
 * Halestorm
 * Clutch
 * Beartooth
 * Motionless in White
 * Ded

COORS CAPITAL STAGE
 * Sum 41
 * The Interrupters
 * Knocked Loose
 * Angel Du$t
 * The Pink Slips
 * Santa Cruz

Day 2 - Saturday, October 12, 2019,

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE
 * blink-182 (headliner)
 * Bring Me the Horizon
 * Stone Temple Pilots
 * Highly Suspect
 * Fishbone
 * The Parlor Mob
 * Dead Posey

KOLAS DISCOVERY STAGE
 * Rob Zombie
 * Marilyn Manson
 * Bad Religion
 * Ghostemane
 * Badflower
 * Sick Puppies

COORS CAPITAL STAGE
 * Fidlar
 * Andrew W.K.
 * Health
 * Ho99o9
 * Spirit Adrift

Day 3 - Sunday, October 13, 2019,

MONSTER ENERGY STAGE
 * Tool (headliner)
 * A Day to Remember
 * Gojira
 * The Crystal Method
 * Brkn Love
 * Blue Midnight

KOLAS DISCOVERY STAGE
 * Korn
 * Chevelle
 * Babymetal
 * Falling in Reverse
 * New Language

COORS CAPITAL STAGE
 * Deadland Ritual
 * Fu Manchu
 * Fire from the Gods
 * The Hu
 * Evan Konrad

ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED BANDS THAT CANCELLED OR WERE NO SHOWS


 * Poppy (no show)
 * While She Sleeps (cancelled)
 * Broken Hands (cancelled)
 * Joyous Wolf (cancelled)
 * Architects (cancelled)
 * Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes (cancelled)

Aftershock 2021
Previously in 2020, it was postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Danny Wimmer Presents announced because of the unfortunate events a Thursday night will be added for free for anyone who purchased their tickets in advance.

Day 1 - Thursday, October 7, 2021,

KOLAS STAGE
 * Cypress Hill (headliner)
 * Anthrax
 * Knocked Loose
 * Destroy Boys

COORS LIGHT STAGE
 * Testament
 * Exodus
 * Death Angel
 * Oxymorrons

Day 2 - Friday, October 8, 2021,

JACK DANIEL'S STAGE
 * Metallica (headliner)
 * Rancid
 * Dropkick Murphys
 * Avatar
 * Des Rocs
 * Ayron Jones

KOLAS STAGE
 * Volbeat
 * Seether
 * Skillet
 * Pop Evil
 * Crobot

COORS LIGHT STAGE
 * Suicidal Tendencies
 * Butcher Babies
 * Cleopatrick
 * Black Map
 * Unity TX
 * Contracult Collective

Day 3 - Saturday, October 9, 2021,

JACK DANIEL'S STAGE
 * Mudvayne
 * Gojira
 * Atreyu
 * August Burns Red
 * Ded
 * The Black Moods

KOLAS STAGE
 * The Original Misfits (headliner)
 * The Offspring
 * Machine Gun Kelly
 * Badflower
 * Bones UK
 * Blame My Youth

COORS LIGHT STAGE
 * Body Count
 * Anti-Flag
 * Alien Weaponry
 * South of Eden
 * Another Day Dawns
 * American Teeth

Day 4- Sunday, October 10, 2021,

JACK DANIEL'S STAGE
 * Metallica (headliner)
 * Social Distortion
 * Pennywise
 * Black Veil Brides
 * Mammoth WVH
 * The Blue Stones

KOLAS STAGE
 * Rise Against
 * Mastodon
 * In This Moment
 * Steel Panther
 * Law

COORS LIGHT STAGE
 * Yelawolf
 * Grandson
 * All Good Things
 * The Cold Stares
 * Widow 7

ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED BANDS THAT WERE CANCELLED
 * My Chemical Romance (headliner) [cancelled]
 * Limp Bizkit (cancelled)
 * Faith No More (cancelled due to Mike Patton's mental health issues)
 * From Ashes to New (cancelled)
 * Parkway Drive
 * Fit for a King
 * Live
 * Hatebreed

Aftershock 2022
Day 1 - Thursday, October 6, 2022 JACK DANIEL'S STAGE


 * Slipknot (headliner)
 * Evanescence
 * Killswitch Engage
 * Nothing More
 * Crown the Empire
 * Vended

KOLAS STAGE


 * Rob Zombie
 * Stone Temple Pilots
 * Ghostemane
 * Ice Nine Kills
 * Dead Sara
 * Solence

DW PRESENT'S STAGE


 * Code Orange
 * Royal & the Serpent
 * POORSTACY
 * Fit For An Autopsy
 * Superbloom

COORS LIGHT STAGE


 * Bad Religion
 * Alexisonfire
 * Cherry Bombs
 * PRONG
 * Taipei Houston
 * Ego Kill Talent

Day 2 - Friday, October 7, 2022 JACK DANIEL'S STAGE


 * Kiss (headliner)
 * Danzig
 * Falling in Reverse
 * Clutch
 * Spiritbox
 * AEIR

KOLAS STAGE


 * Lamb of God
 * Chevelle
 * Motionless in White
 * Jeris Johnson
 * Joey Valence & Brae
 * Orbit Culture

DW PRESENT'S STAGE


 * Gwar
 * Apocalyptica
 * Nemophila
 * Set It Off
 * For The Better

COORS LIGHT STAGE


 * Meshuggah
 * In Flames
 * Helmet
 * Mike's Dead
 * Archetypes Collide
 * Hot Crazy

Day 3 - Saturday, October 8, 2022 JACK DANIEL'S STAGE


 * My Chemical Romance (headliner)
 * A Day to Remember
 * Yungblud
 * Beartooth
 * Thursday
 * Lilith Czar

KOLAS STAGE


 * Papa Roach
 * Halestorm
 * Theory of a Deadman
 * Thrice
 * Airbourne
 * Eva Under Fire

DW PRESENT'S STAGE
 * The Emo Night Tour
 * L.S. Dunes
 * Enter Shikari
 * Zeal & Ardor
 * Point North
 * Crooked Teeth

COORS LIGHT STAGE


 * City Morgue
 * Ho99o9
 * The Chats
 * Mothica
 * Trash Boat
 * As You Were

Day 4 - Sunday, October 9, 2022 JACK DANIEL'S STAGE


 * Muse (headliner)
 * Bring Me the Horizon
 * The Pretty Reckless
 * The Struts
 * Dirty Honey
 * New Years Day

KOLAS STAGE


 * Shinedown
 * Black Label Society
 * The Interrupters
 * Underoath
 * The Warning
 * Maggie Lindemann

DW PRESENT'S STAGE
 * Bayside
 * Carolesdaughter
 * Classless Act
 * Jared James Nichols
 * Bloodywood
 * Heartsick

COORS LIGHT STAGE


 * Action Bronson
 * Amigo The Devil
 * Band-Maid
 * The Alive
 * The Bobby Lees

Originally scheduled bands that were cancelled
 * Foo Fighters (headliner)
 * Jelly Roll

Aftershock 2023


Aftershock 2023 took place during a week of high temperatures and hydration stations were provided to festival goers. Pantera pulled out of the festival due to "circumstances beyond our control", being replaced by Stone Temple Pilots. Prior to Aftershock, Corey Taylor injured his leg during a show in Los Angeles and also pulled out of the festival. Members of his touring group were also having difficulties with Covid-19.

Day 1 - Thursday, October 5, 2023 JACK DANIEL'S STAGE


 * Avenged Sevenfold (headliner)
 * The Cult
 * Stone Temple Pilots
 * Nothing but Thieves
 * Don Broco
 * Pinkshift

SHOCKWAVE STAGE


 * Incubus
 * AFI
 * Pennywise
 * White Reaper
 * Nothing,Nowhere
 * Holding Absence

COORS LIGHT STAGE


 * L7
 * The Bronx
 * Beauty School Dropout
 * Thousand Below
 * Starbenders
 * Letdown.

DWPRESENTS STAGE


 * Senses Fail
 * DeathbyRomy
 * Kim Dracula
 * Kid Kapichi
 * Static Dress
 * SeeYouSpaceCowboy

Day 2 - Friday, October 6, 2023 JACK DANIEL'S STAGE


 * Tool (headliner)
 * Limp Bizkit
 * Coheed & Cambria
 * Skillet
 * Memphis May Fire
 * Strange Kids

SHOCKWAVE STAGE


 * Godsmack
 * Megadeth
 * Bad Omens
 * The Hu
 * Fire From the Gods
 * Flat Black

COORS LIGHT STAGE


 * Converge
 * Attila
 * Gideon
 * Dragged Under
 * Hanabie.
 * Death Valley Dreams

DWPRESENTS STAGE


 * Nu Metal Night
 * Deafheaven
 * Polaris
 * Currents
 * Varials
 * Tallah
 * Widow7

Day 3 - Saturday, October 7, 2023 JACK DANIEL'S STAGE


 * Korn (headliner)
 * 311
 * Fever 333
 * Escape the Fate
 * Fame on Fire
 * Reddstar

SHOCKWAVE STAGE


 * Turnstile
 * Parkway Drive
 * Babymetal
 * Avatar
 * Boston Manor

COORS LIGHT STAGE


 * Dethklok
 * The Amity Affliction
 * Sueco
 * Ten56.
 * Ithaca
 * Traitors
 * Amber Wild

DWPRESENTS STAGE


 * Imperial Tide
 * Polyphia
 * Sleep Token
 * Catch Your Breath
 * Holy Wars
 * Fox Lake
 * Luna Aura

Day 4 - Sunday, October 8, 2023 JACK DANIEL'S STAGE


 * Guns N' Roses (headliner)
 * Rancid
 * I Prevail
 * Badflower
 * Ayron Jones
 * Wargasm

SHOCKWAVE STAGE


 * Queens of the Stone Age
 * Dance Gavin Dance
 * Daughtry
 * Mayday Parade
 * Rain City Drive
 * Austin Meade

COORS LIGHT STAGE


 * Suicide Silence
 * Movements
 * Ryan Oakes
 * Tigercub
 * Redlight King
 * Asava

DWPRESENTS STAGE


 * Billy Talent
 * Call Me Karizma
 * Jehnny Beth
 * Devil's Cut
 * Gnome
 * As You Were

Originally scheduled bands that were cancelled
 * Pantera
 * Corey Taylor
 * DeathByRomy
 * Bob Vylan
 * Rain City Drive
 * Reddstar
 * '68
 * Devil's Cut
 * All Waves
 * You Me At Six
 * Dead Poet Society

Aftershock 2024
Day 1 - Thursday, October 10, 2024


 * Slayer
 * Till Lindemann
 * Filter
 * Hawthorne Heights
 * Adema
 * Like A Storm


 * Pantera
 * Halestorn
 * Cypress Hill
 * Sevendust
 * Orgy
 * Tim Montana
 * Reach NYC


 * Grandson
 * Drain
 * Drug Church
 * Gel
 * Teen Mortgage
 * Return To Dust


 * Static X
 * Biohazard
 * Better Lovers
 * The Armed
 * Jeris Johnson
 * Stratejacket


 * Insane Clown Possee
 * HO99O9
 * Veil of Maya
 * Descartes A Kant
 * TX2
 * Silly Goose

Day 2 - Friday, October 11, 2024


 * Slipknot
 * Evanescence
 * Dropkick Murphys
 * Highly Suspect
 * The Warning
 * Giovanne & The Hired Guns
 * Brutis


 * Five Finger Death Punch
 * Rise Against
 * Architects
 * Poppy
 * Lilith Czar
 * Dead Poet Society
 * Vended


 * Mastodon
 * Juliette & The Licks
 * Marky Ramone
 * Taproot
 * Soul Glo
 * Budderside


 * Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway
 * L.S. Dunes
 * Joey Valence & Brae
 * The Chisel
 * Winona Fighter
 * Local H
 * Royale Lynn


 * We Came As Romans
 * Bayside
 * D.R.U.G.S.
 * Moonshine Bandits
 * Hemorage
 * Capital Theatre
 * As You Were

Day 3 - Saturday, October 12, 2024


 * Iron Maiden
 * Breaking Benjiman
 * Anthrax
 * Sleeping With Sirens
 * P.O.D.
 * New Year's Day
 * CKY


 * Judas Priest
 * Staind
 * Clutch
 * Coal Chamber
 * Rival Sons
 * Alien Ant Farm
 * Jigsaw Youth


 * Lorna Shore
 * City Morgue
 * Whitechapel
 * Show Me The Body
 * Ill Niño
 * Nerv
 * Lo Spirit


 * Body Count
 * Fugitive
 * Militare Gun
 * High Vis
 * Holy Fawn
 * Damage
 * The Funeral Portrait


 * Tech N9ne
 * Saosin
 * Bad Wolves
 * Any Given Sin
 * Self Deception
 * Deadlands

Day 4 - Sunday, October 13, 2024


 * Mötley Crüe
 * Falling In Reverse
 * Skillet
 * Badflower
 * Jinjer
 * Oxymorons
 * Point North


 * Disturbed
 * Seether
 * Nothing More
 * Eagles of Death Metal
 * From Ashes to New
 * Drowning Pool
 * Head PE


 * Flogging Molly
 * Pup
 * Set It Off
 * Citizen Soldier
 * Holding Absence
 * Caskets
 * Lowlives


 * Tom Morello
 * Resorte
 * Touché Amoré
 * Bob Vylan
 * Powerman 5000
 * Mike's Dead
 * Black Map


 * Shadows Fall
 * Fear Factory
 * Narrowhead
 * Slothrust
 * Blame My Youth
 * Jager Henry
 * Gozu