Threat Fest
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| Threat Fest | |
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| Location(s) | Smyrna, Tennessee, United States |
| Years active | 2015–2019 |
| Founded by | Ernie Fabian, Justin Jones, Zeke McKinney |
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Threat Fest was an annual two-day, multi-stage music festival based in Smyrna, Tennessee, primarily featuring DIY artists from the Middle Tennessee region.
History[edit]
Threat Fest was established in Smyrna, TN in 2015 by Ernie Fabian, Justin Jones, and Zeke McKinney, who are members of the Smyrna-based Tooth & Nail Records post-hardcore band Idle Threat. The inaugural Threat Fest in 2015 also served as Idle Threat's first EP release show. The first two years were held in the Smyrna Train Depot, a local city park establishment. From 2017 to 2019, the festival was held at Carpe Artista, a Smyrna, TN music non-profit.[2]
From its inception, Threat Fest focused primarily on local and regional artists within the punk, hardcore, post-hardcore, metal, and indie rock sphere.[1] Noted headlining artists included Daisyhead (No Sleep Records), Sinai Vessel, Comrades, Household, Greyhaven (Equal Vision Records), and Idle Threat themselves. In addition to the main stages, an outdoor stage hosted acoustic, solo, and duo artists.
2015[edit]
The festival consisted of two days of music at the Smyrna Train Depot on Friday, August 28 and Saturday, August 29. The lineup for Threat Fest 2015 included:
Friday, August 28: Burn The Bridges, Everyone Leaves, Now For Ruin, Better Eyes, Secret Stuff, Great Minds
Saturday, August 29: What We Do In Secret, Idle Threat, Rat Bastard, The Pilot's Archive, Pumpkinseed
2016[edit]
Threat Fest returned to the Smyrna Train Depot in 2016 with a larger lineup and an additional outdoor, acoustic stage. The lineup included:
Friday, August 26:
Main Stage: Daisyhead, ForeverandNever, Slow and Steady, Pale Lungs, Bogues, Harper
Outdoor Stage: Ponder, Josh Epifanio, West Native
Saturday, August 27:
Main Stage: Church Tongue, Idle Threat, Homebody, Now For Ruin, Pinion, Death Card
Outdoor Stage: Doctor Barber, Jude Smith, Portsmouth
2017[edit]
The 2017 iteration of Threat Fest was the first to be held at the Carpe Artista building. The lineup included:[3]
Friday, August 25: Sinai Vessel, Formerly Bodies, Pale Lungs, The Still Small Voice, Vagabonds, Megan Golden, Native Tongue, Faith Holt, Lacquer, Burnsie
Saturday, August 26: Comrades, Idle Threat, Pinion, Bogues, Portsmouth, Moru, Khamsin, Eureka, MO, H\rper, Parks
2018[edit]
Threat Fest returned to Carpe Artista in 2018 with an additional internal stage. The lineup included:[2]
Friday, August 24:
Main Stage: Short Term, Household, LOYALS, LonelyYouth, Early Humans, Father Mountain
Stage B: Author, Pumpkinseed, Eaves, West Means Home, Mulligan's Match
Outdoor Stage: Formerly Bodies, Nicholas Wall, Kevin Schlereth, Burnsie
Saturday, August 25:
Main Stage: Idle Threat, Ghost Key, Moru, Embracer, Khamsin
Stage B: WellWisher, Bloom, The Positives, Gaffer Project, Knuckle Dragger
Outdoor Stage: Ponder, Overgrow, Portsmouth, Abbi Knell
2019[edit]
The lineup for Threat Fest 2019 included:[1]
Friday, August 23:
Main Stage: Pale Lungs, Khamsin, Salt Creek, Mess, Tummyache
Garage Stage: Mile Twenty Four, Maewyn, Beginning, The Low Blow
Outdoor Stage: Faith Holt, Farfromit., Burnsie
Saturday, August 24:
Main Stage: Idle Threat, Greyhaven, Bloom, XY Spaces, Offhand
Garage Stage: Purity Among Thieves, Sicko, En Love, Roam Zoetta
Outdoor Stage: Nicholas Wall, Peach, FFN
2020[edit]
On January 17, 2020, Threat Fest announced that it would be held on August 28 and 29. The festival was cancelled on June 19. A compilation was released on March 3, 2021, in commemoration of the cancelled 2020 dates, featuring only Tennessee-based artists that had played at Threat Fest over the years.
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Obenschain, Philip (2019-08-23). "See Greyhaven, Idle Threat, Beginning, Bloom, En Love & More Aug 23 & 24 @ Smyrna's Threat Fest". No Country For New Nashville. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hall, Jordan (2018-07-31). "Threat Fest: Independent Rock, Metal, Solo Artists Converge for Smyrna Festival Hosted by Idle Threat". Murfreesboro Pulse. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
- ↑ Obenschain, Philip (2019-08-23). "Smyrna's Threat Fest Offers a Sampling of the Region's Best Indie, Punk, Post-Hardcore, & More Aug 25 & 26 @ Carpe Artista". No Country For New Nashville. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
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