- THE FESTIVAL CREATED BY THE FANS -
After months of iconic artist announcements, the full lineup for 2023’s BLUE RIDGE ROCK FESTIVAL is finally here. Along with over 20 previously unannounced artists, single day lineups have been released. That also means single day passes are on sale now, starting at $89.99 plus fees. Single day and weekend passes can be purchased online at www.blueridgerockfest.com. Price levels are tiered and will increase, so do not sleep on this!
Returning to the VIRginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia, Blue Ridge Rock Festival takes place from Thursday, September 7th – Sunday, September 10th and will feature some of the biggest names in rock and metal, including Shinedown, Slipknot, Five Finger Death Punch, Pantera, Limp Bizkit, Till Lindemann (Rammstein), Megadeth, and Evanescence. Previously unannounced artists include the return of I Prevail, Chelsea Grin, Kingdom Collapse and Afterlife, while welcoming for the first time Danzig, Lorna Shore, Staind and Flo Rida (and many more!)
With more than 75 acres of dedicated campgrounds, campers are invited to set up on Wednesday, September 6th, and attend an exclusive FREE festival pre-party happening later that evening. Also available as a perk exclusive to campers is access to the Club Experience happening Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights! As the headliners close out the main festival grounds, campers can keep the party going with the Club Experience featuring Flo Rida, 2 Chainz, Three Six Mafia and more. (Club Experience tickets are sold separately).
The daily music lineup is as follows, not in order of appearance, and subject to change:
Wednesday, September 6th (Pre-Party):
Pre-Party for Campers Only
Scott Stapp, 10 Years, Braincell, Burden of the Sky, Madame Mayhem, Motograter, Nonpoint, Scars Remain, Tantric
Thursday, September 7th:
Five Finger Death Punch, Evanescence, Three Days Grace, Staind, Adema, Alpha Wolf, Atreyu, Biohazard, Bodysnatcher, Born of Osiris, Caskets, Cavalera Conspiracy, CKY, Coheed & Cambria, Cypress Hill, Deadlands, Edge of Paradise, Escape the Fate, Exodus, Heartsick, Highly Suspect, Kingdom Collapse, Kingdom of Giants, Machine Head, Outline in Color, Psychostick, Rise Against, Stephen Pearcy, Stitched Up Heart, The Ghost Inside, Vended, Ville Valo (HIM), Vince Neil
Friday, September 8th:
Slipknot, Till Lindemann, Danzig, Motionless in White, After the Burial, Afterlife, Angel Maker, Armored Dawn, Catch Your Breath, Chelsea Grin, Coal Chamber, Conquer Divide, Crown the Empire, Demun Jones, Electric Callboy, Flyleaf, Job for a Cowboy, Knocked Loose, Like Moths to Flames, Lorna Shore, Of Mice & Men, Overkill, Patient Sixty-Seven, Rain City Drive, Savage Hands, Sleep Token, Starbenders, Struggle Jennings, Tech N9ne, Testament, The Black Dahlia Murder, TRUSTcompany, Upon a Burning Body, Woe, is Me
Saturday, September 9th:
Shinedown, Megadeth, Papa Roach, I Prevail, Asking Alexandria, Beartooth, Black Label Society, Blue October, Bury Tomorrow, Death Angel, DOPE, Drowning Pool, Eternal Frequency, Finger Eleven, Fit For An Autopsy, Gemini Syndrome, Hanabie, I Set My Friends on Fire, LANDMVRKS, Make Them Suffer, Memphis May Fire, No Resolve, Northlane, Our Last Night, Paleface, Parkway Drive, Slaughter to Prevail, Spiritbox, Stabbing Westward, Static-X, Taproot, The Amity Affliction, The Used, Veil of Maya
Sunday, September 10th:
Limp Bizkit, Pantera, Lamb of God, Corey Taylor, Armored Dawn, Attila, Avatar, BABYMETAL, Bad Omens, Bleed From Within, Chevelle, Cold, Dayseeker, Dethklok, Drain, Dropout Kings, Emmure, Erra, Eva Under Fire, Fame on Fire, Holding Absence, I See Stars, Jinjer, Pierce the Veil, Saving Vice, Senses Fail, Sleeping With Sirens, Suicidal Tendencies, Tallah, Ten56., The Color Morale, Thousand Below, Until I Wake, Waking the Sleeper
CLUB EXPERIENCE
Club Experience is for campers only. Tickets must be purchased separately. Gates open at 11:30 PM.
Thursday: Flo Rida, Vanilla Ice
Friday: 2 Chainz, Soulja Boy
Saturday: Project Pat, Insane Clown Posse, Three Six Mafia
That’s over FOUR DAYS of music with more than 140 ARTISTS!
Festival gates open at 11 AM for VIP & Rockstar Ticketholders,
and 11:30 AM for General Admission Ticketholders.
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW AND GOING FAST
3-MONTH PAYMENT PLANS ARE STILL AVAILABLE!
*Children 8 and Under are FREE and do not need a ticket. They must be accompanied by an Adult.
Accommodations:
Campsites are still available and can be purchased at www.blueridgerockfest.com.
New this year! Fuse Experiences is offering hotel and shuttle packages from Raleigh and Greensboro. More information on these packages can be found through Fuse Experiences here.
Coming from out of town?
VIRginia International Raceway is located near the VA/NC border in Alton, VA, approximately 140 miles from Richmond, 200 miles from Virginia Beach, 150 miles from Charlotte, 80 miles from Raleigh, NC and 60 miles from Greensboro, NC.
About Blue Ridge Rock Festival
Founded in 2017 by a handful of rock fans, Blue Ridge Rock Festival was created to bring major rock names to a community of passionate, but starved rock and metal fans in small town Virginia. In an increasingly corporate rock landscape, Blue Ridge Rock Festival is known as “The Festival Created By The Fans”, due to uniquely placing the fan at the controls of the Festival. There is no greater representation of this fact than the record 2.5 million votes on social media that fans have cast towards booking the 2023 Artist Lineup. Blue Ridge has not only become a force in the Rock Festival landscape globally but has been recognized as one of the largest non-corporate owned music festivals in America. Tickets for 2023 have already been sold in all fifty states, and more than two dozen countries.
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The Music Festival and Racetrack Have Entered into a Multi-Year Agreement for VIR to Serve as Host Venue
Alton, Va. – April 6, 2023 – Blue Ridge Rock Festival (BRRF) is excited to announce it will return to VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) for a second consecutive year and for numerous years to come. The wildly popular rock and metal music festival will head back to VIR Sept. 7-10 after a successful first showing at the venue in 2022. Music fans can look forward to future festivals at the racetrack as the two have partnered for a multi-year agreement for VIR to serve as BRRF’s home.
The announcement comes after a 91 percent approval rating from 2022 attendees of VIR as the venue. Given that it was not only the first time the festival had been held at VIR, but the first time VIR had ever held a music festival, receiving this high of feedback sets the stage for fan expectations to be exceeded moving forward.
“Our inaugural partnership with VIR in 2022 was a great success and one we knew we wanted to continue. Being able to hold the festival at the same location for several years is a huge advantage for BRRF and its fans,” said a festival spokesperson. “In the past we’ve consistently outgrown our host venues, which has caused us to have to start over each year from scratch. Partnering with VIR for the foreseeable future allows all parties involved to create improved systems and invest in infrastructure, creating the best possible fan experience.”
“Bringing a variety of offerings and events to VIR has always been a priority of ours,” said Connie Nyholm, co-owner and CEO of VIR. “The partnership with BRRF makes perfect sense – we’re two independent, Virginia born-and-bred groups looking to provide outstanding entertainment for our fans.”
Acknowledging the recent increase in event ticket prices across the country, BRRF has taken several steps to make the festival more accessible than ever before. Despite the highly acclaimed lineup scheduled to play at this year’s festival, general ticket prices as well as tent camping prices have been reduced from last year’s rates. In addition, following fan feedback, BRRF has implemented a payment plan option available at no additional cost. There is currently a four-month payment plan available to fans and 77 percent of ticket buyers to-date have purchased via payment plan.
Sales for 2023 have moved at a record-pace, making Blue Ridge officially America’s Largest Rock & Camping Festival. BRRF has revealed over 100 artists performing at this year’s festival so far, but will release several headliners with the full lineup announcement soon. Tickets and campsites are still available now at blueridgerockfest.com.
About Blue Ridge Rock Festival
Founded in 2017 by a handful of Rock Fans, Blue Ridge Rock Festival was created to bring major rock names to a community of passionate, but starved Rock and Metal fans in small town Virginia. In an increasingly corporate Rock Landscape, Blue Ridge is known as “The Festival Created By The Fans”, due to uniquely placing the fan at the controls of the Festival. There is no greater representation of this fact than the record 2.1 million votes on social media that fans have cast towards booking the 2023 Artist Lineup. Blue Ridge has not only become a force in the Rock Festival landscape globally, but has been recognized as one of the largest non-corporate owned music festivals in America. Tickets for 2023 have already been sold in all fifty states, and more than two dozen countries. The annual event generates more than $25 million in economic impact.
Blue Ridge Rock Festival continues to stack the already surreal lineup with even more reunions, special sets, and the announcement of their third headliner: Evanescence, who will close out one of the main stages. This year marks the 20th anniversary of their debut album, “Fallen,” which became 1 of just 27 albums led by a female artist to ever be certified Diamond. Total sales for that album alone exceed 17 million. Evanescence will perform alongside previously announced headliners Pantera and Shinedown, with another five yet to be released.
In addition to hitting the stage with Pantera, the Festival welcomes Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society. Zakk will be on double duty, also serving as the axe-man for Pantera’s set. Recent announcements also include festival alum Asking Alexandria, the comedic metal outfit Psychostick, a long-awaited reunion of Brooklyn-based Biohazard, and unsigned talent search winner Eternal Frequency from Central PA. Delivering another unique opportunity to the fans, Max and Iggor Cavalera will bring Cavalera Conspiracy to the stage performing a special Sepultura set.
Other recent announcements include (listed chronologically):
Thousand Below
Emmure
Until I Wake
Pierce the Veil
Chevelle
Electric Callboy**
Northlane
Coheed and Cambria
Hanabie**
Tallah
Make Them Suffer
Exodus
Job for a Cowboy**
The Color Morale**
Bad Omens
Bleed From Within
Death Angel
Stitched Up Heart
Ten56
** Denotes Reunion or Special Performance
Blue Ridge Rock Festival returns September 7-10, 2023, with a pre-party exclusive to campers on September 6. Interested in leveling up your experience? Meet & Greet and Rockstar passes are still available! Festival tickets are on sale now with payment plans available. Click here for full lineup and ticket information.
Blue Ridge Rock Festival has confirmed Shinedown as one of eight headlining performances for the 2023 lineup following the prior announcement of Pantera. Shinedown returns after their electrifying headlining set in 2021, now celebrating continued success with their seventh album Planet Zero. Despite millions of records sold and copious awards and nominations, the band remains one of rock’s humblest and hardest-working groups out today.
Artists from across the musical spectrum continue to be added to this growing lineup, proudly hosting Megadeth and the post-hardcore memelords I Set My Friends on Fire. The last few weeks have also continued to add to the international flair, featuring Landmvrks (France), Caskets (UK), Paleface (Switzerland) and Holding Absence (Wales). True to their roots, after 30,000+ votes, Blue Ridge also delivered the congratulatory announcement for Heartsick, winner of the Unsigned Fan-Voted Talent Search.
With six headliners and over 75 bands yet to be announced, the Festival resumes announcements next week.
Blue Ridge Rock Festival returns September 7-10, 2023, with a pre-party exclusive to campers on September 6. Interested in leveling up your experience? Meet & Greet and Rockstar passes are still available! Festival tickets are on sale now with payment plans available. Click here for full lineup and ticket information.
Blue Ridge Rock Fest wraps up the week with almost 50 artists announced to date. The Festival returns to Alton, Virginia from September 7-10, 2023, with a pre-party available to campers on September 6. Since announcing Pantera as one of their eight headliners last week, they’ve added some of the biggest names in rock including the return of Spiritbox and Motionless in White. Blue Ridge also welcomes Parkway Drive with a massive pyrotechnic performance and Attila‘s 10-year anniversary of their pivotal record “About That Life.”
Blue Ridge Rock Fest has historically been one of special performances and reunions with 2023 following closely. Stabbing Westward will make their debut next year, following their first new album in 22 years, and TRUSTcompany‘s original lineup will reunite for the first time in over a decade. The Festival prides itself on delivering a “Fan-Driven Experience,” and perhaps nothing says this as loudly as welcoming the independent powerhouse Patient Sixty-Seven for their first ever US performance.
With over 100 more artists to go, the lineup so far includes, in alphabetical order:
Independently-owned, Blue Ridge Rock Festival is the home of the “Fan Driven Experience,” with fans voting on the lineup and festival experiences through surveys across social media. What started as a one-day event in 2017 has since exploded into a 4-day festival in 2022, featuring almost 200 bands and proudly hosting a community of over 150,000 at the VIRginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia. Last year’s headliners included Slipknot, Disturbed, Mudvayne and Ghost, and featured special reunions and performances from the likes of Kittie, Shadows Fall, Starset, Tenacious D and Insane Clown Posse.
Blue Ridge Rock Festival returns Sept 7-10, 2023. Click here for ticket information!
Next year’s lineup for Blue Ridge Rock Festival just got bigger: they’ve confirmed the recently reunited heavy metal legends Pantera. The reunion brings back original members Phil Anselmo (vocals) and Rex Brown (bass) while welcoming Zakk Wylde on guitar (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society) and Charlie Benante (Anthrax). Notably missing are the late Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell, both of whom had larger-than-life personalities that the band intends to celebrate and respect with this reunion. Pantera originally formed in the ’80s and quickly became one of the most influential bands in the metal scene.
Pantera is one of many reunions already announced for the Virginia-based Festival, following Flyleaf (featuring the return of Lacey Sturm), Coal Chamber, Taproot, and Woe, Is Me. The full lineup so far includes (in order of announcement):
Taproot (reunion)
Finger Eleven
Woe, Is Me (reunion)
Cold (“Year of the Spider 20th Anniversary Set)
Adema
Coal Chamber
Senses Fail
Ville Valo (HIM)
Dayseeker
Tech N9ne
Like Moths to Flames
Flyleaf (reunion)
cKy
Tantric
Born of Osiris
Escape the Fate
Beartooth
The Ghost Inside
Dropout Kings
Jinjer
Pantera
More artist announcements are expected almost daily over the weeks to come, featuring additional reunions and special sets. The independently owned Festival is the home of the “Fan Driven Experience,” asking fans to weigh in on the lineup and festival experiences through surveys and voting across social media. What started as a one-day event in 2017 has since exploded into a 4-day festival in 2022, featuring almost 200 bands and proudly hosting a community of over 150,000 at the VIRginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia. Last year’s headliners included Slipknot, Disturbed, Mudvayne and Ghost, and featured special reunions and performances from the likes of Kittie, Shadows Fall, Starset, Tenacious D and Insane Clown Posse. Blue Ridge Rock Festival returns Sept 7-10, 2023.
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