Buzzfest
GenreHouston: Alternative rock, grunge, pop punk, post-grunge, punk rock, rap rock, rock
Nashville: Alternative rock, grunge, pop punk, post-grunge, punk rock, rock, metal, hard rock,
Location(s)Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Years activeHouston: 1995–present
Nashville: 2010

Buzzfest is the name of two unrelated music festivals held in Houston, Texas and Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The Buzzfest in Houston is a bi-annual show hosted by the radio station 94.5 The Buzz while the Buzzfest in Nashville is an annual show (usually in the late summer) hosted by the radio station 102.9 The Buzz.

Buzzfest in Nashville

Past events

  • Buzzfest 2010 September 10, 2010
    LP Field
    Shinedown, Seether, Papa Roach, Sick Puppies, Janus (Cancelled), November, Manic Bloom, Adalene, Forgotten Fable, Voodoo Prophet
    Voodoo Prophet was officially the first metal band to ever play LP Field being the opening band for Buzzfest 2010. Following Voodoo Prophet, another Nashville-based metal band named Forgotten Fable took the stage at 2010 Buzzfest shortly after the band was awarded a NIMA (Nashville Independent Music Awards) for "2010 Best Hard Rock Band", which is a prestigious award in Music City.[1]

Buzzfest in Houston

Past events

Due to the cancellation of the Fall 2008 show, the Spring 2009 show was called Buzzfest XXII (instead of Buzzfest XXIII). It was scheduled for Sunday May 10, 2009 at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. A line-up and announcement party was scheduled for Thursday March 12, 2009 during a live broadcast with Dan Jantzen from 3 pm to 7 pm at House of Blues in Downtown Houston.

The line-up was Korn, Shinedown, 311, The Red Jumpsuit Apperatus, Papa Roach, 10 Years, Blue October, Hoobastank, Theory of a Deadman, Anberlin, The Toadies, Framing Hanley, Electric touch, Aranda[4]

References

  1. "Index of /".
  2. 1 2 "BuzzFest Flashback - 94.5 - the Buzz - Houston's New Rock Alternative". Archived from the original on 2008-11-10. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  3. "Official Clear Channel Radio press release regarding change of venue" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-04-12. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
  4. "BuzzFest XXII - 94.5 the Buzz Houston's New Rock Alternative Music". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  5. "BuzzFest XXIII - 94.5 the Buzz Houston's New Rock Alternative Music". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  6. "AWOLNATION Cancels Buzzfest 27 Appearance Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine". KTBZ. 21 October 2011.
  7. http://www.thebuzz.com/pages/bf32/bands.html Archived 2014-08-17 at the Wayback Machine 25 August 2014.
  8. http://www.thebuzz.com/pages/bf33/ Archived 2015-11-19 at the Wayback Machine 18 August 2015.
  9. http://www.thebuzz.com/pages/bf34/ Archived 2015-09-05 at the Wayback Machine 27 August 2015.
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