Buzzfest

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Buzzfest


Location(s)	Antioch, Tennessee, US Houston, Texas, US
Years active	2000 - present
Date(s)	April - June, August - October
Genre(s)	Alternative rock, Rock, Hard Rock
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Buzzfest is a bi-annual rock festival held by Houston radio station 94.5 "The Buzz." The festival is held at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Houston, Texas and though it is almost entirely alternative and hard rock, it features a wide variety of bands from year to year. Apart from the main stage there is always a side stage showcasing bands that do not play on the main stage and play in between main stage sets. There is also a Buzzfest put on by Nashville rock radio station The Buzz.

[edit] Music

Buzzfest bi-annually has several big name artists perform on the main stage, along other signed, but lesser known bands. Bands or artists that have performed at Buzzfest include: Staind, Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, SOiL, Cowboy Mouth, Evans Blue, Mudvayne, Powerman 5000, Saliva, Sevendust, Cold, Earshot, Future Leaders of the World, Lit, Burden Brothers, The Exies, Die Trying, Velvet Revolver, Socialburn, The Music, Authority Zero, Our Lady Peace, Art Alexakis, Sum 41, Smile Empty Soul, Black Stone Cherry, and Nickelback, amongst others. The most recent Houston Buzzfest had Ok Go, Stone Sour, Breaking Benjamin, Boys Like Girls, The Panic Channel,Avenged Sevenfold, Crossfade, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Hurt, and Alice in Chains.

[edit] Current Scheduled Buzzfest Information (April 2007)

The first of two Buzzfests scheduled for 2007 (Known as Buzzfest XIX (19))sold out in 2 hours when tickets went on sale. It will take place in The Woodlands, Texas at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion on April 21st. The gates open at noon with the concert scheduled to begin at 1:10 PM.

The concert features the following artists (please remember that bands are subject to change):

MAIN STAGE: Seether, Puddle of Mudd, 3 Days Grace, Papa Roach, Hinder, Jet, Chevelle, and Smile Empty Soul

SIDE STAGE: Blue October, Buckcherry, Finger 11, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Saosin, The Exies, The Vanished, and Autovein