The Aftershock Festival is a rock music festival in Sacramento, California, started in 2012.
History In 2019, the festival expanded to three days, and in 2021, Aftershock expanded to four days, from 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
Cancellations 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
Cancellations 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
Cancellations and 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 was 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
Cancellations My Chemical Romance (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 Presents 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 Presents 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 Presents 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 Presents 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
Cancellations 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.
DW Presents 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
DW Presents 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