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Dark Force Festival

Dark Force Fest features over 30 top international gothic and industrial bands including classic favorite bands and newly trending artists. In addition this event features: Drag Performances, Circus Sideshow, Performances, over 100 Vendors, Club events and Panels and Presentations.

Dark Force Fest takes place March 31st-April 2nd in Parsippany, NJ (1 hour from NYC), where they take over the massive Sheraton Parsippany, including 44,000 square feet of event space and all 370 hotel rooms. The hotel rooms in the main venue sold out within days of announcing this festival, but there are still overflow hotels in the area. Dark Force Fest https://darkforcefest.com.

Bamboozle Festival 2023

Bamboozle Festival announced performers to this year’s line up, who will be taking the stage May 5th, 6th, and 7th at Bader Field in Atlantic City, NJ. The weekend-long party marks the first Bamboozle Festival since 2012, and celebrates 20 years since its initial inception.

The event will feature Trippie Redd, Motionless In White, Limp Bizkit, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Rick Ross, Papa Roach, Blackbear, Mayday Parade, The Driver Era, Ice Spice, Steve Aoki, Motionless in White, and more, including reunion sets from Say Anything, Finch, and Flyleaf. Attendees can also look forward to special performances from Attila, who will be celebrating 10 years of About That Life, and Saves The Day, who will be celebrating 20 years of In Reverie, as well as Palisades in their final performance ever.

In addition to live performances, the three day festival will also feature a midway with four amusement rides, the B-Boy Dance Competition (which boasts a $25k prize), “The Break Contest” local band competition, Game Changer Wrestling, art installations, fan activations, merchandise, handpicked food vendors, DJ’s, clowns, a Poet, and much more. Weekend passes and VIP packages are available now at www.bamboozlefestival.com.

Tenth Annual Faster Horses Festival

The tenth-annual Faster Horses Music and Camping Festival will return in 2023, with headliners Luke Bryan, Shania Twain and Zac Brown Band set to descend on the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, MI on Friday, July 14 through Sunday, July 16. The three-day, two-stage festival’s main stage will host performances by Priscilla Block, Blanco Brown, Chris Cagle, Billy Currington, Dustin Lynch, Kameron Marlowe, MIKE., Kylie Morgan, Dylan Scott, Dee Jay Silver, Conner Smith, Tenille Townes, Hailey Whitters, Dwight Yoakam and Warren Zeiders.

Faster Horses will also continue to introduce fans to country music’s most exciting acts, bringing a stacked second stage lineup, “Next from Nashville.” Trending newcomers set to play the stage in 2023 include Vivienne Artur, Chayce Beckham, George Birge, Ben Burgess, Mackenzie Carpenter, Ashland Craft, Madeline Edwards, Alexander Ludwig, John Morgan, Megan Moroney, Pillbox Patti, MacKenzie Porter, Peytan Porter, Aaron Raitiere and Lauren Watkins. Plus a special performance by Ray Wylie Hubbard.

For more information on Faster Horses, visit FasterHorsesFestival.com.

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