You wanted them, you got them!
After months of teasing and whispers throughout the industry, sideshows for the upcoming Knotfest debut down under have been announced through March and there's plenty to get involved with.
Tickets will without a doubt sell fast so make sure you get yours by signing up for the pre-sale. Details are:
Early bird pre-sale tickets on sale Wednesday 8 February @ 9am local time
Register here https://bit.ly/kf-sideshows
General tickets are on sale Friday 10 February @ 9am local time
Let's begin with...
Spiritbox
The Canadian djent-core crew will play a one-off show in Melbourne on Tuesday March 21st at the Forum alongside special guests Make Them Suffer and Reliqa! Given that this will be the box's first show in Australia, we can expect nothing less than an instant sell-out!
Tuesday 21st March - The Forum, Melbourne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWE0sSZ9yLc
Megadeth
Megadeth will make up for lost time between visits by playing two shows; one at Adelaide's Entertainment Centre on March 21st and another at Marg Court Arena in Melbourne on March 22nd alongside Swedish melo-death kings InFlames, who are set to drop their new album Foregone on Friday (our review here).
Tuesday 21 March - Adelaide, Entertainment Centre Theatre
Wednesday 22 March - Melbourne, Margaret Court Arena
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW_Xyj1sIBQ
Amon Amarth + Trivium
Two co-headline shows for the metal titans will be played at The Forum in Melbourne on March 23rd and then Brisbane's Eatons Hill on March 28th with special guests Malevolence!
Thursday 23 March – The Forum, Melbourne
Tuesday 28 March – Eatons Hill Hotel, Brisbane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55OJ17cHeJA
Knocked Loose
Get an additional dose of heavy with Knocked Loose's sideshows at the Colonial Hotel in Melbourne on March 23rd and then Brisbane's Princess Theatre on March 27th.
Thursday 23 March - Colonial Hotel, Melbourne
Monday 27 March - Princess Theatre, Brisbane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOB3IYBcJEE
Story of the Year
The post-hardcore lads will play an East Coast run, celebrating their new album Tear Me To Pieces and triumphant return down under starting in Melbourne at Stay Gold on March 22nd, The Brightside in Brisbane on March 27th then Crowbar Sydney on March 28th.
Wednesday 22 March - Stay Gold, Melbourne
Monday 27 March - The Brightside, Brisbane
Tuesday 28 March - Crowbar, Sydney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UXCh0EKdCg
Bad Omens
Rounding out the sideshows will be the highly anticipated BadOmens, playing The Triffid in Brisbane on March 21st then Sydney's Factory Theatre on March 22nd.
Tuesday 21 March – The Triffid, Brisbane
Wednesday 22 March – Factory Theatre, Sydney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBcUkTXAwbw
Got that? Make a note in your calendars stat with the following dates:
Early bird pre-sale tickets on sale Wednesday 8 February @ 9am local time
Register here https://bit.ly/kf-sideshows
General tickets are on sale Friday 10 February @ 9am local time
For everyone else, we get to see these world class bands at the first ever reiteration of Knotfest. Melbourne is SOLD OUT and other cities have handfuls of tickets left. You know what to do!
Get to know each band on the Knotfest lineup better with our New Shit & Throwback Guide here
Knotfest Australia 2023
Slipknot, Parkway Drive, Megadeth, Trivium, Northlane, Amon Amarth, In Flames, Knocked Loose, Spiritbox, Story Of The Year, Alpha Wolf, Void Of Vision, Bad Omens & Malevolence
March 24 | Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne - SOLD OUT
March 25 | Centennial Park, Sydney
March 26 | RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane
