Buzzfest


Buzzfest is the name of two unrelated music festivals held in Houston and Nashville. The Buzzfest in Houston is a bi-annual show hosted by the radio station 94.5 The Buzz while the Buzzfest in Nashville is an annual show hosted by the radio station 102.9 The Buzz.

Buzzfest in Nashville

Past events

Shinedown, Seether, Papa Roach, Sick Puppies, Janus, November, Manic Bloom, Adalene, Forgotten Fable, Voodoo Prophet
Voodoo Prophet was officially the first metal band to ever play LP Field being the opening band for Buzzfest 2010. Following Voodoo Prophet, another Nashville based metal band named Forgotten Fable took the stage at 2010 Buzzfest shortly after the band was awarded a NIMA for "2010 Best Hard Rock Band", which is a prestigious award in Music City.

Buzzfest in Houston

Past events

Bush, Face to Face, Our Lady Peace, Maids of Gravity, Matthew Sweet, Modern English, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, The Nixons, No Use for a Name, Phunk Junkeez, POL
Gravity Kills, 22 Brides, Atticus Finch, God Lives Under Water, The Hunger, Lush, Modern English, The Nixons, Poe, Toadies, Too Much Joy
Abra Moore, Artificial Joy Club, Buck O' Nine, Cowboy Mouth, Matchbox Twenty, Old 97's, Seven Mary Three, Silverchair
Athenaeum, Big Wreck, Black Lab, Bluebird, Cool 4 August, Creed, Face Plan, Foo Fighters, Mighty Joe Plumb, Our Lady Peace, RiverFenix, Los Skarnales, Spacehog, The Hunger, Train in Vain
Better Than Ezra, Chlorine, Collective Soul, Eve 6, The Flys, GPR, Jude, Lit, My Friend Steve, Soul Coughing, Sponge, Tin Star, Tommy Henrickson, Train
The Flys, Frankie Machine, Joe 90, Lit, Mars Electric, Oleander, Owlsley, Papa Roach, Peter Searcy, Radford, Stir, Stroke 9, Third Eye Blind, Tonic
3 Doors Down, 10 Years, Atreyu, Billy Talent, Chevelle, Filter, Finger Eleven, My Chemical Romance, Puddle of Mudd, Red, Seether, Sick Puppies, Story of the Year, Theory of a Deadman
Buzzfest XXII was originally scheduled for October 26, 2008 at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion but extensive damage from Hurricane Ike forced its cancellation. The event was subsequently rescheduled for the same day at the Verizon Wireless Theater as The Buzz 94.5's First Annual Better Than Nothing Show. Appearing from the original Buzzfest XXII lineup were: 10 Years, Earshot, Hawthorne Heights, Merriwether, The Offspring, and Saving Abel.
Due to the cancellation of the Fall 2008 show, the Spring 2009 show was called Buzzfest XXII. It was scheduled for Sunday May 10, 2009 at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. A line-up and announcement party was scheduled for Thursday March 12, 2009 during a live broadcast with Dan Jantzen from 3 pm to 7 pm at House of Blues in Downtown Houston.
The line-up was Korn, Shinedown, 311, The Red Jumpsuit Apperatus, Papa Roach, 10 Years, Blue October, Hoobastank, Theory of a Deadman, Anberlin, The Toadies, Framing Hanley, Electric touch, Aranda
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Main Stage: A Perfect Circle, Chevelle, Scott Stapp, The Struts, Badflower, Grandson, Bear Hands.
Side Stage: Dirty Heads, Mike Shinoda, Puddle of Mudd, The Nixons, The Blue Stones, Hold On Hollywood, Kulick