Chicago’s newest music venue, Avondale Music Hall, will host a new metal festival, Heavy Chicago, offering three shows over two weekends in fall 2023.
Saturday, Oct. 28, will host the return of Chicago’s own Trouble after five years, along with Acid King featuring the return of Chicago native Lori S, plus stoner rock act Bongzilla from Madison, Wisconsin, and Chicago act Novembers Doom to kick off the night.
The following weekend, Saturday, Nov. 4, and Sunday, Nov. 5, will keep Heavy Chicago rolling with a Saturday night headlining spot from Corrosion of Conformity and support from California space rockers Nebula as well as Milwaukee’s The Crosses featuring Die Kreuzen singer Dan Kubinski for an “all Die Kreuzen” set. Sunday will wrap things up with crossover thrash kings DRI celebrating 40 years of “Crossover,” as well as the only 2023 worldwide show date for grindcore legend Repulsion and Chicago’s own Macabre. More acts will be announced soon.
In addition to the music, Kuma’s will be onsite selling burgers and there will be PBR drink specials.
A pre-sale will run for 24 hours on Friday, June 23, with the general public on-sale beginning Saturday, June 24, at www.HeavyChicago.com. Options include limited three-day passes for $100, two-day passes for Nov. 4 and 5 for $80 and a special “24 Hour Only” two-day pass for Oct. 28 and Nov. 4 for $70. Single-night tickets also will be available soon.
“We are so excited to be partnering with Live Wire, Kuma’s and Pabst Blue Ribbon to bring a brand-new metal festival to Chicago, hosted in the city’s newest music venue, Avondale Music Hall, which even Time Out says is located in one of the buzziest neighborhoods in the world,” said Last Rites founder Sean Duffy. “Three shows over two weekends will bring some of the heaviest music the Northside has seen, including Trouble’s first Chicago show in over five years, Acid King, Corrosion of Conformity, DRI on their 40th anniversary tour for ‘Crossover’ and the ONLY show in 2023 for Repulsion. We wanted to make sure to bring out as many metalheads as possible and have kept the prices super affordable with three-day tickets starting at $100 (that’s just $33.33 a day). We look forward to seeing everyone in the inaugural year in what we hope is an annual event.”
OCTOBER 28
Trouble
Acid King
Bongzilla
Novembers Doom
More to be announced
NOVEMBER 4
Corrosion of Conformity
Nebula
The Crosses
More to be announced
NOVEMBER 5
DRI
Repulsion
Macabre
More to be announced
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