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Midwest Punk Fest 7 in Bloomington, IL

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Our friends and neighbors over in “BloNo” are putting on the 7th Annual Midwest Punk Fest this May. Covering two days with 24 bands (including Springfield’s own fudgy-core pioneers Diaper Rash and perennial teen idols The Timmy’s); this is set to be another great weekend Fest!!!

CONFIRMED BANDS: Subject to Change

FRIDAY:
THE BISTRO – Downtown Bloomington
7PM – Diaper Rash
7:45PM – Up N at ‘Em
8:30PM – Bookmobile
9:15PM – Ska’s The Limit
10PM – The Linden Method
11PM – Soy City Stranglers…
12AM – As The Crow Flies
1AM – The Timmys

SATURDAY:
THE BISTRO – Downtown Bloomington
12PM – Beer Wave
12:45PM – Cactus Kid
1:30PM – TBA
2:15PM – Must Build Jacuzzi
3PM – The Kreutzer Sonata
3:45PM – Unamused Dave
4:30PM – The MisFetts

FIREHOUSE PIZZA AND PUB – Uptown Normal
6PM – Back Alley Riot
6:45PM – The Run Around
7:30PM – Kobanes Official
8:15PM – Nard Voris
9:15PM – Dirty Rotten Revenge
10:15PM – Killshakes
11:15PM – Roberta Sparrow
12:15AM – The Slow Death
1AM – TBA

*Shows at The Bistro are All Ages with parent or legal guardian.
**Shows at the Firehouse are All Ages.

Stay up to date with all things Midwest Punk Fest by joining the Facebook event here.

“Cinco De Punkfest” in Bloomington IL on May 4th

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536896_400667390040240_918532886_nAs summer is quickly approaching, we plan to keep you all as updated as possible on music festivals happening in Springfield and the surrounding cities. Today we bring you news of a punk festival happening in Bloomington, Illinois at the Firehouse. “Cinco De Punkfest” takes place at the Firehouse on Saturday, May 4th. Headlining the festival will be The Copyrights (who will also be playing Dumb Fest in Springfield on June 15th). Plenty of other bands are playing including All Eyes West (playing Black Sheep May 2nd), Pure Dynamite, Drop Dead Blvd, and many more. For a complete list of bands, go to the facebook event or take a look at that flier at the top of the post.

The festival is all ages. Tickets are $8 in advance and $12 at the door. They can be purchased here. You can find a facebook event with more info including the full lineup here.