The Blue Ridge Rock Festival, set for Sept. 8 to 11 at the Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia, is releasing its 2022 lineup one act a time. Seventy-nine of a reported 171 acts have been announced as of March 18.
On social media, festival organizers have said there will be 12 reunions, seven “special performances,” two debuts, one farewell and, for VIP ticket-holders, 12 acoustic sets.
For tickets and more information, go to www.blueridgerockfest.com.
The following acts (in alphabetical order) have been announced since our last update:
- 3 Doors Down
- Afterlife
- All That Remains
- Bleeding Through (first East Coast show in four years)
- Cold
- Crazy Town
- Demon Hunter
- The Devil Wears Prada (performing the “Zombie” EP and more)
- Erra
- God Forbid (reunion show)
- Gwar
- Hed PE
- Ice Nine Kills
- The Plot in You
- Red
- Saliva (exclusive reunion with original singer Josey Scott)
- Slaughter to Prevail
- Starset
- Stick to Your Guns
- Theory of a Deadman
The following acts were announced previously:
- The Acacia Strain
- The Amity Affliction
- Anthrax
- Attack Attack!
- Attila
- Bad Omens
- Bad Wolves
- Black Veil Brides
- Buckcherry
- Butcher Babies
- Chelsea Grin
- Comeback Kid
- Crowbar
- Darkest Hour
- A Day to Remember
- Down
- Eskimo Callboy (exclusive U.S. festival performance)
- Fear Factory (first show in six years)
- Fire from the Gods
- Fit for an Autopsy
- Hawthorne Heights
- He Is Legend
- Hollywood Undead
- In Flames
- In This Moment
- Islander
- Jelly Roll
- Jinjer
- Killswitch Engage
- Kittie (reunion show)
- Kublai Khan TX
- Lacuna Coil
- Lamb of God
- Memphis May Fire
- Motionless in White
- Municipal Waste
- Nonpoint
- Otherwise
- Puddle of Mudd
- Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
- Redlight King
- Saving Abel (featuring the return of original lead singer Jared Weeks)
- Sevendust (performing “Animosity” in full and more)
- Shadows Fall (reunion show)
- Silverstein
- Skillet
- A Skylit Drive (original lineup reunion)
- Sleeping with Sirens
- Smile Empty Soul
- Story of the Year
- Lacey Sturm
- Suicide Silence
- Tenacious D
- Terror
- Texas in July (reunion show)
- Thrice
- The Union Underground (first show in five years)
- Upon a Burning Body
- We Came as Romans
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