A brand new festival has entered the game with Destroy All Lines unveiling their plans to bring Metal/Punk/Rock bands to the Medieval Theme Park Kryal Castle in Ballarat this December for two huge days to see out 2021 in style. Not much is known about this new venture, but as we learn more, we'll update our Rolling Coverage (which you should know we'd be all over by now) with all the useful information you need to know about Knight And Day Festival...
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Dates and Venue
December 30 and 31st 2021 at Kryal Castle, Ballarat, Victoria - Confirmed this date is happening!
Knight And Day is NOT a camping festival and doesn’t offer accommodation on site. But there are local options available for booking here
Shuttle buses will be available though. More info to come...
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTq_qO_F2ro/?utm_medium=copy_link
Transport
https://www.facebook.com/KnightandDayFestival/posts/149652547401975
Map
Festival Run/Set Times
Doors open at 12pm on both days of the festival. The first band will hit the stage approximately 1pm.
Bands finish at approximately midnight on Thursday 30th December and 1am on Friday 31st December - more info here
Covid Strategy
It’s the news we were waiting for and thanks to the recent announcement of easing of restrictions, Destroy All Lines is beyond excited to confirm that the Knight and Day Festival will proceed as originally announced. With the event already sold to 70% of capacity, we'd advise thou folk whom have been fence sitting to get organised before it's too late! Send the ravens, and rally your banner people as now, and once and for all we wish this ghastly year to ‘Go thy way!’ See you in the medieval pit!
Poster
Lineup Changes
Due to WA border restrictions still in place - Make Them Suffer and Saviour have had to pull out of performing as they can't leave the state. In their place is Thy Art Is Murder and Mirrors.
Future Static have been unveiled as the final band announced for the main stage!
Lineup
Parkway Drive and Polaris - Headlining
featuring Alex Lahey | Bakers Eddy | Clowns | Diamond Construct | Hellions (Performing Opera Oblivia) |
Justice For The Damned | Make Them Suffer | Paperweight | Saviour | Terra | The Beautiful Monument | The Chats |
The Getaway Plan (Performing Other Voices, Other Rooms) | The Gloom In The Corner | To The Grave |
Trophy Eyes | Void Of Vision | Windwaker
Thy Art Is Murder & Mirrors - Replacing Make Them Suffer and Saviour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDrydrsHXc4&t=7s
Acoustic sets
𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢, 𝐀𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫s, 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭, 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐮s, 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛 𝐅𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝, 𝐋𝐢𝐳𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨 and 𝐒𝐮𝐳𝐢 wll all be performing solo on the acoustic stage at the event!
In-door stage lineup
Single Day Tickets Now Available
𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟎 - $𝟏𝟐𝟗.𝟗𝟎
𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟏 - $𝟏𝟒𝟗.𝟗𝟎
Tickets Here
https://www.instagram.com/p/CXfIXFkhCbO/
Ticketing Options and On-Sale Date
General Admission - $232.70
VIP Admission - $457.10
Early Bird Pre-sale Tickets Are Available: Tuesday, 21 st September @ 10am AEST time.
Sign up for Early Bird Pre-Sale Tickets here.
General Public Tickets On Sale: Thursday, 23rd September @ 10am AEST time.
Tickets Here
𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐇 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.
Socials
Facebook Event
Horse Protection Plan
"Rest assured, we won't be inviting the horses to the pit. They'll be safe and sound elsewhere whilst the event is on".
Our Predicted/Potential Bands
Parkway Drive - They signed to Destroy All Lines and haven't been able to play a show this year.
Thy Art Is Murder - They were on Full Tilt Festival but had to withdraw, surely they can play one festival in the mean time!?
Polaris - Their postponed Summer Tour kicks off at the end of February - plenty of time to play a one-off festival in Ballarat.
Reliqa - Another recruit to Destroy All Lines and a fast emerging band that's going places. They're more than ready for a spot on another festival lineup (not including two Full Tilt dates in BNE and SYD) so let's see them in VIC at Knight and Day!
The Beautiful Monument, Falcifer or Vilify - Crowd favs and with members intertwined within each other's band. All have more than proven their weight in gold and all would be a healthy addition to break in a new festival.
Make Them Suffer - JUST PLEASE PUT THEM ON THE LINEUP SO WE CAN HEAR ALL OF THE NEW SONGS!
Cosmic Psychos - Come on, these icons wouldn't even look out of place at Knight and Day!
Bodyjar - They're already in Victoria, so why not chuck them on. They're also playing aWallapalooza on the Gold Coast in November so they're still active in the festival circuit at least.
Caligula's Horse - Prog Metal. Horse in the name. It's a given they'll be on the list, right?
Flynn Effect - Speaking of Prog, this band relocated from Brisbane to Melbourne for some bigger and better opportunities. This would be a great place for the band to start their next phase!
King Parrot - If you need a band to create tension and heighten senses when there's Knights and jousting about, you can count on King Parrot to bring the noise!
High Tension - As above, High Tension playing in a castle would be fucking mental!
Karnivool - They're starting to get active again on socials and had to cancel their Sound Awake Tour because of covid. Could they reemerge for Knight and Day?
Lagerstein - I know they're Pirates but come on, booze and medieval go hand in hand with these guys in tow!
Outright - Another Victorian based hardcore band with enough energy to break down castle doors. Would love to see them come back to the heavy scene at this event.
DREGG - Medieval festivals need jesters and since Windwaker aren't back yet, these loose units can fill the void instead. They signed to Epitaph and are just going gangbusters with new music... that they haven't been able to play live yet!
Deadlights - Surprisingly they weren't on UNIFY so could they be holding out for Knight and Day?
Confirmed Bands
Windwaker - officially confirmed via socials
https://www.facebook.com/KnightandDayFestival/videos/218847150260258/
Hellions - Playing Opera Oblivia in full (our interview here)
That’s it for now, stay tuned as we’ll be updating our Knight And Day Festival coverage whenever any news breaks or clues are presented to us about the event…
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Knight and Day Festival
Parkway Drive and Polaris
featuring Alex Lahey | Bakers Eddy | Clowns | Diamond Construct | Hellions (Performing Opera Oblivia) |
Justice For The Damned | Thy Art Is Murder | Paperweight | Mirrors | Terra | The Beautiful Monument | The Chats |
The Getaway Plan (Performing Other Voices, Other Rooms) | The Gloom In The Corner | To The Grave |
Trophy Eyes | Void Of Vision | Windwaker | Future Static
December 30 & 31, 2021 at Kryal Castle, Ballarat
Backup Dates: Friday 8 April and Saturday 9 April 2022.
