Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival

Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival 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. The inaugural festival was a three-day event held from May 17–19 with estimated sold-out crowds of 120,000.

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.

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. The following month, however, the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In February 2021, it was announced that it would once again be cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic. No further announcements were made and an event was again not held in 2022.

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.

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.

2019
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")
 * 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)
 * 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
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 Valance & 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
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