Furnace Fest 2021

This article is about the 2021 festival. For the annual festival held from 2000 to 2003, see Furnace Fest (2000s).

Furnace Fest 2021 is a three-day punk/hardcore/metal music festival held on September 24–September 26, 2021 at Sloss Furnaces. The event was organized and promoted by Johnny Grimes in partnership Nashville record executive Chad Johnson, who promoted the earlier incarnation. Ryan Luther of Nashville and Mike Ziemer of Dallas, Texas were also involved in the production.

The reinstituted festival, which featured numerous Christian hardcore bands alongside secular artists, was originally scheduled for September 18–20, 2020, but then postponed to early 2021. Due to the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic it was postponed again, initially to May 14–16, and then to September.

Performers

Friday Underøath Astronoid Cave In Converge Defeater Eighteen Visions Emery End ERRA Every Time I Die Few Left Standing From Autumn to Ashes Gideon Glasseater Haste Luxury MrENC Narcissus Open Hand Reclaim the Empyre Rivals SeeYouSpaceCowboy Stavesacre Terminal Thursday Unwed Sailor With Honor Zao

Saturday Taking Back Sunday All Get Out Anberlin The Appleseed Cast The Beautiful Mistake Beloved Better Off The Bled Bloodjinn Cartel Codeseven The Darling Fire Evergreen Terrace Forever Starts Today Further Seems Forever He Is Legend Hopesfall Life in Your Way Living Sacrifice Mae Mayday Parade Mineral Mystery Signals Scary Kids Scaring Kids Shai Hulud Stretch Arm Strong Touche Amore Turnstile

Sunday Killswitch Engage '68 Andrew W.K. As Friends Rust August Burns Red Bad Cop Bad Cop Be Well Boy Sets Fire The Casket Lottery Comeback Kid Counterparts Darkest Hour Face to Face Fit for a King The Get Up Kids Hatebreed Holy+Gold Hot Water Music The Judas Cradle The Juliana Theory Knocked Loose Love Is Red Meadows Mewithoutyou Piebald Showbread Unearth

References

• Flanagan, Ben (March 5, 2021) "Furnace Fest 2021 lineup: Killswitch Engage, Taking Back Sunday headlining." The Birmingham News
• Flanagan, Ben (March 8, 2021) "Furnace Fest was 21 years in the making: ‘It’s surreal’." The Birmingham News

External links

• Furnace Fest website