THE FEST 6

ALLIGATOR.ORG

Best of The Fest: Gainesville's annual music festivus for the rest of us

By BETH ROMANIK

If it seems as though there are a lot more bearded, PBR-chugging 20-somethings in tight jeans roaming Gainesville today than usual, it's not your imagination.

The sixth annual Fest is upon us.

Yea yeah, Matt & Kim's concerts are more like parties

By BETH ROMANIK

Nowadays, it seems too many bands have fights and power struggles, too many albums are seen as status symbols and too many shows are treated as recitals.

Enter Matt and Kim.

Fest Twitter

Check out the Official Fest 6 website.

Share your Fest! Send text messages about the shows (the first words in the message must be "@thefest") to 40404!

Share your experiences at The Fest with the Alligator. First, log on to www.twitter.com to create a Twitter account. Then, start following "thefest." Send text messages about the shows (the first words in the message must be "@thefest") to 40404.

You can also share photos with the Alligator by creating a Flickr account at www.flickr.com. Tag your photos with "thefest," and watch your pictures appear here at the Alligator's Fest coverage site!

www.flickr.com

Venue Map

View Larger Map

Friday

12:00 - 5:00 Fest Flea Market - University Hotel
6:40 - 7:00 Watson - The Side Bar
6:40 - 7:00 The Get Down - The Atlantic
7:00 - 7:20 Black Tusk - Common Grounds
7:20 - 7:40 Kid Crash - The Atlantic
7:20 - 7:40 The Measure - 1982
7:20 - 7:40 ADD/C - The Side Bar
7:40 - 8:00 Nothington (side stage) - The Venue
7:40 - 8:00 Triclops! - Common Grounds
8:00 - 8:20 Cutman - The Atlantic
8:00 - 8:30 The Briggs (main stage) - The Venue
8:00 - 8:20 Nervous Dogs - The Side Bar
8:00 - 8:20 Pegasuses XL - 1982
8:20 - 8:40 Religious as Fuck - Common Grounds
8:30 - 8:50 The Horror (side stage) - The Venue
8:40 - 9:00 Die Hoffnung - The Atlantic
8:40 - 9:00 Matt Kurz One - 1982
8:40 - 9:00 The Potential Johns - The Side Bar
8:50 - 9:20 Methadones (main stage) - The Venue
9:00 - 9:20 Thunderlip - Common Grounds
9:20 - 9:40 Brainworms - The Atlantic
9:20 - 9:40 Das Kapital (side stage) - The Venue
9:20 - 9:40 The Swellers - 1982
9:20 - 9:40 The Future Virgins - The Side Bar
9:40 - 10:10 Toys That Kill (main stage) - The Venue
9:40 - 10:20 Planes Mistaken For Stars - Common Grounds
10:00 - 10:20 Liquid Limbs - The Atlantic
10:00 - 10:20 The Anchor - 1982
10:00 - 10:20 Dan Padilla - The Side Bar
10:10 - 10:30 Canadian Rifle (side stage) - The Venue
10:30 - 11:10 Radon (main stage) - The Venue
10:40 - 11:00 Young Livers - The Atlantic
10:40 - 11:00 Ape Shit - The Side Bar
10:40 - 11:00 In The Red - 1982
10:40 - 11:10 ASG - Common Grounds
11:10 - 11:30 Shot Baker (side stage) - The Venue
11:20 - 12:00 Glass & Ashes - The Atlantic
11:20 - 11:40 The Valley Arena - 1982
11:20 - 11:40 Party Garbage - The Side Bar
11:30 - 11:50 Scum of the Earth - Common Grounds
11:30 - 12:10 Youth Brigade (main stage) - The Venue
12:00 - 12:20 O' Pioneers!!! - 1982
12:00 - 12:20 Bitchin' - The Side Bar
12:10 - 12:30 Dead Town Revival (side stage) - The Venue
12:10 - 1:00 Baroness - Common Grounds
12:20 - 12:40 Nakatomi Plaza - The Atlantic
12:30 - 1:30 Naked Raygun (main stage) - The Venue
12:40 - 1:00 We Versus The Shark - 1982
12:40 - 1:00 Chinese Telephones - The Side Bar
12:50 - 1:30 Army of Ponch - The Atlantic
1:20 - 1:40 Bomb The Music Industry - 1982

Saturday

12:00 - 5:00 Fest Flea Market - University Hotel
12:50 - 1:10 The Emotron - 1982
1:00 - 1:20 Science of Yabra - The Atlantic
1:10 - 1:30 The Riot Before - Market Street Pub
1:20 - 1:50 Damn Writes - 2nd St Bakery
1:30 - 1:50 Max Levine Ensemble - 1982
1:40 - 2:00 No Truth Lies - The Side Bar
1:40 - 2:00 Amature Party - The Atlantic
1:50 - 2:10 Lemuria - Market Street Pub
2:10 - 2:30 Environmental Youth Crunch - 1982
2:10 - 2:30 Saw Wheel - 2nd St Bakery
2:20 - 2:40 Haram - The Atlantic
2:20 - 2:40 Rest Of Us - The Side Bar
2:30 - 2:50 Bridge and Tunnel - Market Street Pub
2:40 - 3:00 Ringers - Common Grounds
2:50 - 3:10 The Dauntless Elite - 1982
2:50 - 3:10 Austin Lucas and the Pressmen - 2nd St Bakery
3:00 - 3:20 Vagina Sore Jr. - The Side Bar
3:00 - 3:20 Sinaloa - The Atlantic
3:00 - 3:20 Vagina Sore Jr. - The Side Bar
3:10 - 3:30 Down In The Dumps (side stage) - The Venue
3:10 - 3:30 Pink Razors - Market Street Pub
3:20 - 3:40 The Copyrights - Common Grounds
3:30 - 4:00 Dead To Me (main stage) - The Venue
3:30 - 4:00 Josh Small - 2nd St Bakery
3:30 - 3:50 Delay - 1982
3:40 - 4:00 The Conniption Fitts - The Side Bar
3:40 - 4:00 Off Minor - The Atlantic
3:50 - 4:10 Ninja Gun - Market Street Pub
4:00 - 4:20 Akleys (side stage) - The Venue
4:00 - 4:20 Shark Pants - Common Grounds
4:10 - 4:30 Hot New Mexicans - 1982
4:20 - 4:50 Smoke or Fire (main stage) - The Venue
4:20 - 4:40 Banner Pilot - The Side Bar
4:20 - 4:40 Comadre - The Atlantic
4:20 - 4:40 The Wading Girl - 2nd St Bakery
4:30 - 5:00 Above Them - Market Street Pub
4:40 - 5:00 Underground Railroad To Candyland - Common Grounds
4:50 - 5:10 Guff (side stage) - The Venue
4:50 - 5:10 Pretty Boy Thorson - 1982
5:00 - 5:20 Mason Dixon Disaster - 2nd St Bakery
5:00 - 5:20 Monikers - The Side Bar
5:00 - 5:20 Daniel Striped Tiger - The Atlantic
5:10 - 5:50 American Steel (main stage) - The Venue
5:20 - 5:50 High Tension Wires - Common Grounds
5:20 - 5:50 Look Mexico - Market Street Pub
5:30 - 5:50 To The Sirens - 1982
5:40 - 6:00 Witches With Dicks - The Side Bar
5:40 - 6:00 Ampere - The Atlantic
5:40 - 6:10 Nathan Kalish and the Wildfire - 2nd St Bakery
5:50 - 6:10 The Brokedowns (side stage) - The Venue
6:10 - 6:50 Lawrence Arms (main stage) - The Venue
6:10 - 6:30 One Reason - 1982
6:10 - 6:40 Gaslight Anthem - Market Street Pub
6:10 - 6:40 Swing Ding Amigos - Common Grounds
6:20 - 6:50 Drunken Boat - The Side Bar
6:20 - 6:40 Young Widows - The Atlantic
6:30 - 7:00 Ones To Blame - 2nd St Bakery
6:50 - 7:10 Dirty Money (side stage) - The Venue
7:00 - 7:30 Fay Wray - Common Grounds
7:00 - 7:30 Fake Problems - Market Street Pub
7:10 - 8:10 Avail (main stage) - The Venue
7:10 - 7:40 Chillerton - The Side Bar
7:30 - 8:00 Madeline - The Atlantic
8:10 - 8:30 Hell or Highwater (side stage) - The Venue
8:20 - 8:40 Ruiner - Common Grounds
8:20 - 8:40 Antlers - The Atlantic
8:30 - 9:30 Dillinger Four (main stage) - The Venue
8:50 - 9:10 The Menzingers - 1982
9:00 - 9:20 Shook Ones - Common Grounds
9:00 - 9:20 Building The State - The Atlantic
9:30 - 9:50 The Humanoids - 1982
9:40 - 10:00 Modern Life Is War - Common Grounds
9:40 - 10:00 Verde - The Atlantic
10:00 - 10:20 New Bruises - The Side Bar
10:10 - 10:30 Old Growth - The Atlantic
10:10 - 10:30 The Blacklist Royals - 1982
10:20 - 10:50 Circle Takes The Square - Common Grounds
10:40 - 11:00 Four Letter Word - The Side Bar
10:40 - 11:00 Tubers - The Atlantic
10:50 - 11:10 No More - 1982
11:10 - 11:40 Municipal Waste - Common Grounds
11:10 - 11:40 La Salle - The Atlantic
11:20 - 11:40 Dear Landlord - The Side Bar
11:30 - 12:00 No Trigger - 1982
12:00 - 12:30 Paint It Black - Common Grounds
12:00 - 12:30 Fin Fang Foom - The Atlantic
12:00 - 12:20 A Death In The Family - The Side Bar
12:20 - 1:00 The Flatliners - 1982
12:40 - 1:00 Monotonix - The Side Bar
12:50 - 1:20 Savage Brewtality - Common Grounds
12:50 - 1:30 Argentina - The Atlantic
1:20 - 1:40 Modern Machines - The Side Bar

Sunday

12:00 - 12:20 Matty Pop Chart - 2nd St Bakery
12:35 - 12:55 Paul Baribeau - 2nd St Bakery
1:00 - 1:20 Polluted Youth - The Atlantic
1:10 - 1:30 The Closet Fairies - Market Street Pub
1:10 - 1:30 Andrew Jackson Jihad - 2nd St Bakery
1:20 - 1:40 Cassette - 1982
1:30 - 2:00 Armalite - Common Grounds
1:40 - 2:00 Hour of the Wolf - The Atlantic
1:45 - 2:15 Sundowner - 2nd St Bakery
1:50 - 2:10 The Hidden Spots - Market Street Pub
2:00 - 2:20 Spinaker - 1982
2:20 - 2:40 Everything Falls Apart - The Atlantic
2:20 - 2:50 The Arrivals - Common Grounds
2:30 - 2:50 Stressface - Market Street Pub
2:30 - 3:00 Erin Tobey - 2nd St Bakery
2:40 - 3:00 Deep & Holy Sea - 1982
2:40 - 3:00 Maruta - The Side Bar
3:00 - 3:20 Static Radio - The Atlantic
3:10 - 3:30 Four Star Alarm - Market Street Pub
3:10 - 3:40 Off With Their Heads - Common Grounds
3:15 - 3:45 Ghost Mice - 2nd St Bakery
3:20 - 3:40 Papermoons - 1982
3:20 - 3:40 Luca Brasi - The Side Bar
3:20 - 3:40 Tiny Mountain - Durty Nelly's
3:40 - 4:00 Cloak/Dagger - The Atlantic
3:50 - 4:10 You Me and the Atom Bomb - Market Street Pub
4:00 - 4:20 Red Room Cinema - 1982
4:00 - 4:20 Capsule - The Side Bar
4:00 - 4:40 Grabass Charlestons - Common Grounds
4:00 - 4:20 Devon Stuart - Durty Nelly's
4:05 - 4:45 Defiance Ohio - 2nd St Bakery
4:20 - 4:40 Affirmative Action Jackson - The Atlantic
4:30 - 4:50 The Sass Dragons - Market Street Pub
4:40 - 5:00 Lost Hands Found Fingers (side stage) - The Venue
4:40 - 5:00 Win Win Winter - 1982
4:40 - 5:00 Apeshit! - The Side Bar
4:40 - 5:00 Mike Magarelli - Durty Nelly's
5:00 - 5:20 New Mexican Disaster Squad - The Atlantic
5:00 - 5:40 The Figgs (main stage) - The Venue
5:00 - 5:40 The Marked Men - Common Grounds
5:05 - 5:45 This Bike Is A Pipebomb - 2nd St Bakery
5:10 - 5:30 North Lincoln - Market Street Pub
5:20 - 5:40 Auxes - 1982
5:20 - 5:40 Gomek - The Side Bar
5:20 - 5:40 Mike Hale - Durty Nelly's
5:40 - 6:00 Fiya - The Atlantic
5:40 - 6:00 Worn In Red (side stage) - The Venue
5:50 - 6:10 Vena Cava - Market Street Pub
6:20 - 6:40 Cross Examination - The Atlantic
6:00 - 6:20 Oh Sanders - 1982
6:00 - 6:40 The Draft (main stage) - The Venue
6:00 - 6:20 Mehkago NT - The Side Bar
6:00 - 6:20 Hazel Levy - Durty Nelly's
6:00 - 6:30 Falcon - Common Grounds
6:05 - 6:45 Matt and Kim - 2nd St Bakery
6:30 - 7:00 The Tim Version - Market Street Pub
6:40 - 7:00 Laserhead - 1982
6:40 - 7:00 Giuseppe (side stage) - The Venue
6:40 - 7:00 Dead Friends - The Side Bar
6:40 - 7:00 Parker Hastings - Durty Nelly's
6:50 - 7:10 Short Attention Span - Common Grounds
7:00 - 7:20 Rager - The Atlantic
7:00 - 7:40 Lopan Takes Japan (main stage) - The Venue
7:20 - 7:40 Blood Bath and Beyond - Market Street Pub
7:20 - 7:40 Naked Love - 1982
7:20 - 7:40 Catalyst - The Side Bar
7:20 - 7:40 Frank Turner - Durty Nelly's
7:30 - 8:10 The Ergs! - Common Grounds
7:40 - 8:00 American Cheeseburger - The Atlantic
7:40 - 8:00 Landmines (side stage) - The Venue
7:50 - 8:20 Tiltwheel - Market Street Pub
8:00 - 8:20 The Immaculate Shark - 1982
8:00 - 9:00 Small Brown Bike (main stage) - The Venue
8:00 - 8:20 Git Some - The Side Bar
8:00 - 8:20 Intertia! - Durty Nelly's
8:20 - 8:50 Quadilliacha - The Atlantic
8:40 - 9:10 Billy Reese Peters - Market Street Pub
8:40 - 9:00 Auto Automatic - 1982
8:40 - 9:00 Dukes of Hillsborough - The Side Bar
8:40 - 9:00 Dry County - Durty Nelly's
9:00 - 9:20 Sir Prize Fighter (side stage) - The Venue
9:10 - 9:50 Assholeparade - The Atlantic
9:20 - 9:50 Summer Birds in the Cellar - 1982
9:20 - 10:30 Seaweed (main stage) - The Venue
9:20 - 9:40 Jawsome - The Side Bar
9:20 - 9:40 Chill Wizzard - Durty Nelly's
9:30 - 9:50 The Ruins - Market Street Pub
10:00 - 10:30 By The Horns - The Side Bar
10:00 - 10:30 Frozen Cobra - Durty Nelly's
10:10 - 10:40 Morningbell - 1982
10:10 - 10:40 Blacksnake - Market Street Pub

Support your local paper

Donate Today

The Independent Florida Alligator has been independent of the university since 1971, your donation today could help #SaveStudentNewsrooms. Please consider giving today.