Band performance times have been announced for the 2025 Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival, set for May 8, 9, 10 and 11 at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.
Metallica leads the festival lineup, bringing its “No Repeat Weekend” to Sonic Temple for two nights and two unique sets. More than 100 bands will take the stage during the four-day destination event, marking its biggest year ever. Thursday night at Sonic Temple will feature headliner Korn, along with Bad Omens and Three Days Grace. On Friday, Metallica will be supported by Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper, and on Saturday, Linkin Park will be supported by Incubus and I Prevail. Metallica will close out the weekend on Sunday night with Alice in Chains and Chevelle.
Festival promoter Danny Wimmer Presents and BravoArtist also are presenting two special after-parties to keep the music going after the festival wraps on Friday and Saturday.
Friday, May 9, offers Converge, Peeling Flesh and Bather at King of Clubs. Doors are at 9 p.m., and tickets are available here. Saturday, May 10, features Power Trip, Mutilatred and Tomb Sentinel at Ace of Cups. Doors are at 9 p.m., and tickets are available here. Both events are all ages.
Sonic Temple is 97 percent sold out, but limited passes are still available at SonicTempleFestival.com, including 4-Day and Single Day Stadium GA, 4-Day Stadium VIP, as well as Rock Royalty Reserved 4-Day and Single-Day passes. Hotel packages are available via Jampack. Exclusive Rock Royalty Reserved meet-and-greets also have just been announced with Hatebreed, From Ashes to New, Sunami, Municipal Waste, Alien Ant Farm, The Funeral Portrait, I Set My Friends on Fire and Silly Goose.
The music schedule for the 2025 edition of Sonic Temple is as follows (subject to change) and also can be found at https://sonictemplefestival.com/schedules. Attendees can create a personalized festival schedule with alerts and find all Sonic Temple details via the festival’s official mobile app, available on both iPhone and Android.
The full band schedule for the weekend is as follows.
| Thursday, May 8 | |||
| Temple Stage | Cathedral Stage | ||
| 9:20 PM | Korn | 8:15 PM | Motionless in White |
| 7:00 PM | Bad Omens | 6:10 PM | Poppy |
| 5:15 PM | Three Days Grace | 4:35 PM | Memphis May Fire |
| 3:45 PM | Sevendust | 3:05 PM | Fit for a King |
| 2:25 PM | Alien Ant Farm | 1:50 PM | Boundaries |
| 1:15 PM | Orgy | 12:40 PM | Caskets |
| 12:05 PM | Return to Dust | 11:30 AM | Wind Walkers |
| Citadel Stage | Sanctuary Stage | ||
| 8:15 PM | Killswitch Engage | 9:20 PM | Ministry |
| 6:40 PM | Jinjer | 7:30 PM | Filter |
| 5:20 PM | Shadows Fall | 6:00 PM | Health |
| 4:05 PM | Fit for an Autopsy | 4:45 PM | Nitzer Ebb |
| 2:55 PM | Bleeding Through | 3:30 PM | DED |
| 1:45 PM | Left to Suffer | 2:20 PM | Uncured |
| 12:35 PM | As You Were | 1:10 PM | Silly Goose |
| Friday, May 9 | |||
| Temple Stage | Cathedral Stage | ||
| 8:50 PM | Metallica | 10:00 PM | Insane Clown Posse |
| 6:40 PM | Rob Zombie | 7:45 PM | Mastodon |
| 4:40 PM | Alice Cooper | 5:45 PM | Acid Bath |
| 3:05 PM | Testament | 3:50 PM | Suicidal Tendencies |
| 1:45 PM | Exodus | 2:25 PM | Deafheaven |
| 12:35 PM | Overkill | 1:10 PM | Converge |
| 12:00 PM | 200 Stab Wounds | ||
| 11:25 AM | Dead Heat | ||
| Citadel Stage | Sanctuary Stage | ||
| 8:35 PM | Cannibal Corpse | 9:25 PM | Whitechapel |
| 7:05 PM | Hatebreed | 7:50 PM | All Shall Perish |
| 5:35 PM | Municipal Waste | 6:20 PM | The Black Dahlia Murder |
| 4:25 PM | Gatecreeper | 5:00 PM | After the Burial |
| 3:15 PM | Armored Saint | 3:50 PM | The Acacia Strain |
| 2:05 PM | Frozen Soul | 2:40 PM | Upon a Burning Body |
| 12:55 PM | PeelingFlesh | 1:30 PM | Angelmaker |
| Saturday, May 10 | |||
| Temple Stage | Cathedral Stage | ||
| 9:20 PM | Linkin Park | 10:00 PM | Three 6 Mafia |
| 7:00 PM | Incubus | 8:15 PM | Bullet for My Valentine |
| 5:15 PM | I Prevail | 6:05 PM | Jimmy Eat World |
| 3:50 PM | Trivium | 4:35 PM | Of Mice & Men |
| 2:30 PM | Hoobastank | 3:10 PM | Escape the Fate |
| 1:15 PM | Citizen Soldier | 1:50 PM | Set It Off |
| 12:10 PM | Sick Puppies | 12:40 PM | Erra |
| 11:35 AM | Nevertel | ||
| Citadel Stage | Sanctuary Stage | ||
| 8:35 PM | grandson | 9:25 PM | Underoath |
| 7:00 PM | Crossfade | 7:50 PM | Silverstein |
| 5:30 PM | Trust Company | 6:15 PM | The Devil Wears Prada |
| 4:15 PM | Framing Hanley | 4:55 PM | Invent Animate |
| 3:05 PM | The Funeral Portrait | 3:40 PM | Silent Planet |
| 1:55 PM | Bleed from Within | 2:30 PM | Scary Kids Scaring Kids |
| 12:45 PM | Fight from Within | 1:20 PM | I Set My Friends on Fire |
| Sunday, May 11 | |||
| Temple Stage | Cathedral Stage | ||
| 8:50 PM | Metallica | 7:45 PM | Ice Nine Kills |
| 6:40 PM | Alice in Chains | 5:45 PM | Hollywood Undead |
| 4:55 PM | Chevelle | 4:05 PM | Asking Alexandria |
| 3:20 PM | Quicksand | 2:40 PM | Badflower |
| 2:00 PM | Cavalera | 1:25 PM | From Ashes to New |
| 12:50 PM | Corrosion of Conformity | 12:20 PM | The Plot in You |
| 11:25 AM | Fame on Fire | ||
| Citadel Stage | Sanctuary Stage | ||
| 8:40 PM | Arch Enemy | 9:30 PM | Power Trip |
| 7:05 PM | GWAR | 7:55 PM | Sunami |
| 5:40 PM | Obituary | 6:25 PM | Terror |
| 4:30 PM | Nails | 5:05 PM | Harms Way |
| 3:20 PM | Sanguisugabogg | 3:55 PM | Pain of Truth |
| 2:10 PM | Shadow Of Intent | 2:45 PM | Candy |
| 1:00 PM | Fulci | 1:35 PM | Gridiron |
Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival is produced by Danny Wimmer Presents, one of the largest independent producers of destination music festivals in America.
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