SONIC TEMPLE Art & Music Festival Announces Music Set Times, Two Special After Parties & 2025 Mobile App Launch
By
Larry Petro,
News Monkey
Saturday, May 3, 2025 @ 10:50 AM
May 8-11, 2025 At Historic Crew Stadium In Columbus, Ohio
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The Biggest Rock Fest In Columbus History, Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival officially kicks off in less than two weeks, May 8-11 at Historic Crew Stadium in Ohio. Producer Danny Wimmer Presents is pleased to announce the music performance set times, two special after parties, and the launch of the 2025 mobile app so fans can start building their dream itineraries for the four-day event.
Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival will feature more than 100 bands on 4 stages, including METALLICA in their festival debut, offering a "No Repeat Weekend" with two nights, two unique sets on Friday and Sunday.
On Thursday, KORN will headline after sets from 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 b>INCUBUS and I PREVAIL. METALLICA will close out the weekend on Sunday night with ALICE IN CHAINS and CHEVELLE. In addition to the previously announced acts, Sonic Temple now features Three 6 Mafia, Insane Clown Posse, Shadows Fall, Bleeding Through and Terror.
Plus, newly announced are two special after parties presented by DWP and BravoArtist that will 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 PM and tickets are available here. And Saturday, May 10 features Power Trip, Mutilatred, and Tomb Sentinel at Ace of Cups. Doors are at 9 PM. Both events are all ages.
Sonic Temple is already 97% 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, with options to buy now and pay later for Stadium GA and Stadium VIP passes via Zip. Hotel packages are also still available via Jampack. Exclusive Rock Royalty Reserved meet & greets have also 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 can also 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 & Android.
Thursday, May 8
Temple Stage
- 9:20 PM - Korn
- 7:00 PM - Bad Omens
- 5:15 PM - Three Days Grace
- 3:45 PM - Sevendust
- 2:25 PM - Alien Ant Farm
- 1:15 PM - Orgy
- 12:05 PM - Return To Dust
Cathedral Stage
- 8:15 PM - Motionless In White
- 6:10 PM - Poppy
- 4:35 PM - Memphis May Fire
- 3:05 PM - Fit For A King
- 1:50 PM - Boundaries
- 12:40 PM - Caskets
- 11:30 AM - Wind Walkers
Citadel Stage
- 8:15 PM - Killswitch Engage
- 6:40 PM - Jinjer
- 5:20 PM - Shadows Fall
- 4:05 PM - Fit For An Autopsy
- 2:55 PM - Bleeding Through
- 1:45 PM - Left To Suffer
- 12:35 PM - As You Were
Sanctuary Stage
- 9:20 PM - Ministry
- 7:30 PM - Filter
- 6:00 PM - Health
- 4:45 PM - Nitzer Ebb
- 3:30 PM - DED
- 2:20 PM - Uncured
- 1:10 PM - Silly Goose
Friday, May 9
Temple Stage
- 8:50 PM - Metallica
- 6:40 PM - Rob Zombie
- 4:40 PM - Alice Cooper
- 3:05 PM - Testament
- 1:45 PM - Exodus
- 12:35 PM - Overkill
Cathedral Stage
- 10:00 PM - Insane Clown Posse
- 7:45 PM - Mastodon
- 5:45 PM - Acid Bath
- 3:50 PM - Suicidal Tendencies
- 2:25 PM - Deafheaven
- 1:10 PM - Converge
- 12:00 PM - 200 Stab Wounds
- 11:25 AM - Dead Heat
Citadel Stage
- 8:35 PM - Cannibal Corpse
- 7:05 PM - Hatebreed
- 5:35 PM - Municipal Waste
- 4:25 PM - Gatecreeper
- 3:15 PM - Armored Saint
- 2:05 PM - Frozen Soul
- 12:55 PM - PeelingFlesh
Sanctuary Stage
- 9:25 PM - Whitechapel
- 7:50 PM - All Shall Perish
- 6:20 PM - The Black Dahlia Murder
- 5:00 PM - After The Burial
- 3:50 PM - The Acacia Strain
- 2:40 PM - Upon A Burning Body
- 1:30 PM - Angelmaker
Saturday, May 10
Temple Stage
- 9:20 PM - LINKIN PARK
- 7:00 PM - Incubus
- 5:15 PM - I Prevail
- 3:50 PM - Trivium
- 2:30 PM - Hoobastank
- 1:15 PM - Citizen Soldier
- 12:10 PM - Sick Puppies
Cathedral Stage
- 10:00 PM - Three 6 Mafia
- 8:15 PM - Bullet For My Valentine
- 6:05 PM - Jimmy Eat World
- 4:35 PM - Of Mice & Men
- 3:10 PM - Escape The Fate
- 1:50 PM - Set It Off
- 12:40 PM - Erra
- 11:35 AM - Nevertel
Citadel Stage
- 8:35 PM - grandson
- 7:00 PM - Crossfade
- 5:30 PM - Trust Company
- 4:15 PM - Framing Hanley
- 3:05 PM - The Funeral Portrait
- 1:55 PM - Bleed From Within
- 12:45 PM - Fight From Within
Sanctuary Stage
- 9:25 PM - Underoath
- 7:50 PM - Silverstein
- 6:15 PM - The Devil Wears Prada
- 4:55 PM - Invent Animate
- 3:40 PM - Silent Planet
- 2:30 PM - Scary Kids Scaring Kids
- 1:20 PM - I Set My Friends On Fire
Sunday, May 11
Temple Stage
- 8:50 PM - Metallica
- 6:40 PM - Alice In Chains
- 4:55 PM - Chevelle
- 3:20 PM - Quicksand
- 2:00 PM - Cavalera
- 12:50 PM - Corrosion Of Conformity
Cathedral Stage
- 7:45 PM - Ice Nine Kills
- 5:45 PM - Hollywood Undead
- 4:05 PM - Asking Alexandria
- 2:40 PM - Badflower
- 1:25 PM - From Ashes To New
- 12:20 PM - The Plot In You
- 11:25 AM - Fame On Fire
Citadel Stage
- 8:40 PM - Arch Enemy
- 7:05 PM - GWAR
- 5:40 PM - Obituary
- 4:30 PM - Nails
- 3:20 PM - Sanguisugabogg
- 2:10 PM - Shadow Of Intent
- 1:00 PM - Fulci
Sanctuary Stage
- 9:30 PM - Power Trip
- 7:55 PM - Sunami
- 6:25 PM - Terror
- 5:05 PM - Harms Way
- 3:55 PM - Pain Of Truth
- 2:45 PM - Candy
- 1:35 PM - Gridiron
Festival doors open at 11:00 AM Thursday through Sunday.
Beyond the 100+ music artists performing on four stages during the four-day event, Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival will also offer art installations, partner onsite activations, award-winning spirits, and delectable eats.
In addition to METALLICA's anticipated performances, fans will be able to enjoy a variety of METALLICA onsite experiences all weekend long, including the BLACKENED Whiskey Bar and BLACKENED Burger Bar, featuring a collaboration between BLACKENED Whiskey, celebrity chef Chris Santos and METALLICA. The BLACKENED Burger Bar is where exceptional spirits, culinary creations, and the power of music collide in a fusion of flavors and rock, receiving rave reviews as the favorite fan experience and food selection of DWP 2024 festivals.
A favorite onsite haunt, The Dive Bar, will also be back, along with the Sonic Temple live art program, which will be bigger than ever in 2025. Sonic Temple's one-of-a-kind art experience brings together bold murals, live painting, and original work from artists who live and breathe rock culture, including Angryblue, Crap Panther, Flyland Designs, Jay Howell, Logan Schmitt, Miss Birdy, Monster Steve, Sam Fout, Sick Icarus, Prentler, Paul Giovis and Terry Urban, among others.
Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival is excited to host partners Anheuser Busch, Acathla Clothing, BeatBox Beverages, BlackCraft, Blacktooth Whiskey, Casamigos, CELSIUS, Demons Behind Me, Dimebag Hardware, Eargasm, Fxck Cancer, Jack Daniel's, Middle West Spirits, Mountain Dew, Parlor Root Beer, Take Me Home Animal Charity, To Write Love On Her Arms, U.S. Army, U.S. Marines, and White Claw.
The Bud Light Backyard is a one-stop destination to enjoy an ice-cold Bud Light with the best seats in the house. Fans can also drop by the BeatBox Party Pub for an ice-cold party punch, and enter for a chance to win a custom BeatBox inspired Les Paul Epiphone guitar. CELSIUS is also heading back to Sonic Temple for the third year in a row with the CELSIUS Lounge.
Visit https://sonictemplefestival.com/experiences for a complete description of festival experiences.
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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