Rise Against, Rancid and more for inaugural punk fest with “no egos, no rock star bullsh*t”

Rise Against, Rancid, Jawbreaker and Descendents are set to headline the inaugural 1234FEST.

The new punk event will hit Denver and Philadelphia in September, with the awesome line-up rounded out by Joyce Manor, Pussy Riot and Dilinger Four.

“We wanted to put on the anti-festival,” explains West Bay Invitational’s Rich Egan. “This isn’t 200 bands on 10 stages. It feels like an insanely stacked line-up you’d see at hall shows back in the day and all of these bands have approached it that way. No egos, no rock star bullshit. We have an arena headliner, legends and heroes sharing a stage with new blood and a groundbreaking women powered band. This is punk rock.”

1234FEST will take place at The JunkYard in Denver on September 9 and Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Philadelphia on September 23. Tickets go on sale at 10am local time this Friday, June 23.

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