X-Fest

X-Fest
X-Fest
Genre	Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Industrial Rock, Heavy Metal, Grunge
Dates	Various
Location(s)	San Diego, California, ; Noblesville, Indiana, ; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ; Dayton, Ohio, ; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ; Huntington, West Virginia, ; Cleveland, Ohio, ; Fayetteville, Arkansas
Years active	1995 - present

X-Fest is an annual music festival held each year in various venues throughout the U.S. by Clear Channel Communications radio stations. It features alternative rock, hard rock, heavy metal, grunge, and industrial rock bands.

Noblesville, Indiana

The original event is hosted by radio station WRZX and has been held at the Verizon Wireless Music Center, formerly known as the Deer Creek Music Center, since 1995. Since its inception, the Noblesville X-Fest has drawn nearly a quarter million people.[1]

Lineups

1995: Bush, Weezer, Fig Dish, Neena Foundry, Teenage Fanclub, Toadies, Quicksand, Birdmen of Alcatraz, Johnny Socko, Sponge, Letters to Cleo, Sugar Ray, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Material Issue, 15 Minutes

1996: Super 8, Reacharound, Goldfinger, The Nixons, Prong, Spacehog, Seven Mary Three, Everclear, The Why Store, No Doubt, The Verve Pipe

1997: Bloodhound Gang, Matchbox Twenty, Sugar Ray, The Vents, Artificial Joy Club, Local H, Gravity Kills, Wilco, The Why Store, Better Than Ezra, Reel Big Fish

1998: Our Lady Peace, Limp Bizkit, Marcy Playground, Stabbing Westward, Third Eye Blind, Creed, Athenaeum, Eve 6, Black Lab, Sprung Monkey

1999: Kid Rock, Everclear, Powerman 5000, Fear Factory, Oleander, The Verve Pipe, Buckcherry, Loudmouth, Pennywise, Push Down & Turn

2000: Papa Roach, Wheatus, Fuel, Stone Temple Pilots, Green Day, Kottonmouth Kings, Disturbed, P.O.D., Kittie, Vallejo

2001: Rammstein, Live, Days of the New, Better Than Ezra, Lifehouse, Zoo Story, Linkin Park, Static-X, Mudvayne, Nonpoint, Saliva
Toadies were originally scheduled to play 2nd on the second stage, but they broke up days before the concert, therefore Nonpoint stepped in and took their place.

2002: Kid Rock, Stone Temple Pilots, Earshot, Uncle Kracker, Trust Company, Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, Extra Blue Kind, Birdmen of Alcatraz,

2003: Godsmack, Seether, Alien Ant Farm, Violent Femmes, Eve 6, Mudvayne, Powerman 5000, Smile Empty Soul, Ill Niño, SR-71

2004: Linkin Park, Korn, Snoop Dogg, The Used, Less Than Jake, Ghostface, M.O.P., Funeral for a Friend, Downset,

2005: Disturbed, Fuel, Shinedown, Smile Empty Soul, Cold, Ill Niño, 10 Years, Megan McCauley

2006 (September 16): Godsmack, Rob Zombie, Shinedown, Buckcherry, Bullet for My Valentine, Alien Ant Farm, Eighteen Visions, The Classic Crime

2007 (October 6): Smashing Pumpkins, Fuel, Hurt, Alter Bridge, Another Animal, Black Light Burns, Sick Puppies, A Band Called Pain, The Bravery

Dayton, Ohio

Formerly known as "Edge-Fest" when 103.9 was "The Edge". Became X-Fest in 1997 when 103.9 became "The X". Held at The University of Dayton Arena from 1998-1999. Held at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds by WXEG from 2000 to present.

Lineups

1996: Seven Mary Three, Poe, Guided By Voices, The Verve Pipe, Howlin' Maggie, Flock of Seagulls, Magnapop, Van Gogh's Daughter

1997: Matthew Sweet, Veruca Salt, The Refreshments, Kara's Flowers, Sponge, Jars of Clay, K's Choice, Plumb

1998: The Fixx, Better Than Ezra, Everything, Reel Big Fish, Agents Of Good Roots, Candlebox, K's Choice, The Urge

1999: Citizen King, Joydrop, Men at Work, Marcy Playground, Guided by Voices, Fuel, The Verve Pipe, Fastball

2000: Due to birthday bash there was no X-Fest

2001: Stroke 9, Transmatic, Jettingham, 8Stop7, Tantric, Stroke 9, American Hi-Fi,The Calling,Leo

2002: (September 15): Chevelle, Sinch, Goldfinger, Sevendust, Audiovent, Seether, Switched, The Union Underground, Stroke 9, Filter, and Jeremiah Freed

2003: Mudvayne, Hoobastank, Powerman 5000, Cold, Seether, Eve 6, Shinedown, Three Days Grace, Sloth, Smile Empty Soul, V Shape Mind

2004: Puddle of Mudd, Shinedown, Saliva, Finger 11, Breaking Benjamin, Smile Empty Soul, Future Leaders of the World, Silvertide, Earshot, and Crossfade

2005 (September 18): Seether, Papa Roach, Cold, Crossfade, Dark New Day, Theory of a Deadman, 10 Years, Hawthorne Heights, Day of Fire, and 30 Seconds to Mars

2006 (September 17): Staind, Avenged Sevenfold, 3 Days Grace, Buckcherry, Hinder, Bullet for My Valentine, Hurt, Damone, Black Stone Cherry, 18 Visions.

2007 (September 16): Three Days Grace, Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, Sum 41, Seether, Flyleaf, Finger 11, Sick Puppies, Evans Blue, Fair to Midland.

San Diego, California

Hosted by XTRA in the Coors Amphitheater.

Lineups

2006 (June 9): The Colt, Dashboard Confessional, Franz Ferdinand, Panic! at the Disco, Echo and the Bunnymen, She Wants Revenge, Hard-Fi, the noise, Reeve Oliver, Rob Zombie, Avenged Sevenfold

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The event has, historically, been held at the Post-Gazette Pavilion in late May, hosted by WXDX. However, a recent decline in the Pittsburgh concert market has forced the festival's format to change yearly.

Lineups

1998 (partial list): Green Day, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Scott Weiland, The Clarks, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Fuel, Deftones, God Lives Underwater, The Urge (Stabbing Westward were forced to cancel on the day of the show]])

1999: The Offspring, Orgy, Live, Lit, Fuel, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Sponge, Citizen King, The Flys, Staind, Videodrone, The Living End, Liars Inc., The Ike McCoy Band, Grapevine, The Distractions, The Buddy Brown Show

2000 (partial list): Stone Temple Pilots, Everclear, Eve 6, Stroke 9, Cypress Hill, Staind, The Flys, 8stops7, Grapevine, 7th House, The Distractions

2001 (partial list): Staind, Fuel, Our Lady Peace, The Clarks, Crazy Town, Dope, The Buzz Poets

2002 (partial list): Tenacious D, Puddle of Mudd, Rob Zombie, The Clarks

2003 (partial list): Staind, Evanescence, Godsmack

2004 (partial list): The Offspring, Cypress Hill, New Found Glory

The initial 2005 festival was to be held May 27 at the Chevrolet Ampitheater. This would be the first year that the festival was not held at the Post-Gazette Pavilion. However, the event, which featured Social Distortion, My Chemical Romance, Sum 41, Unwritten Law, and 30 Seconds to Mars, was not given the X-Fest name. The festival occurred later in the year at the Post-Gazette Pavilion.

2005 (September 9): Disturbed, Our Lady Peace, Megan McCauley, Bloodhound Gang, Cold, Ill Nino, 30 Seconds to Mars, 10 Years.

In 2006, the festival was changed to a concert series, with multiple (smaller) concerts throughout the summer.

2006 (May 29, Chevrolet Ampitheater): Staind, Three Days Grace, Blue October, People in Planes, Hurt

2006 (June 27, Chevrolet Ampitheater): Taking Back Sunday, Angels and Airwaves, Head Automatica, The Subways, and Punchline.

2006 (July 18, Chevrolet Ampitheater): Panic! at the Disco, The Dresden Dolls, The Hush Sound

As of July 2007, no event with the X-Fest name attached has been announced for the summer of 2007. Given the continued decline in interest since the early 2000's , a 2007 X - Fest seems unlikely.