Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival is a rock festival held in Columbus, Ohio, United States at the Historic Crew Stadium (formerly Mapfre Stadium; renamed in 2020). The inaugural festival was held in May 2019, replacing the previously annual Rock on the Range. Sonic Temple was to return in 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which put the festival on hiatus until 2023.
History
In 2018, it was announced by Danny Wimmer Presents that their former Rock on the Range festival, held in Columbus, Ohio, United States at Mapfre Stadium (renamed to Historic Crew Stadium in 2020), would be replaced by the Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival at the same location. The inaugural festival was held in May 2019 with sold-out crowds of 120,000.
In December 2019, the full lineup for Sonic Temple 2020 was revealed. Metallica were to headline both Friday and Sunday night, with Slipknot headlining on Saturday. Other performers were to include Deftones, Bring Me the Horizon, Evanescence, Sublime with Rome, Rancid, Dropkick Murphys, Cypress Hill, Pennywise, Royal Blood, The Pretty Reckless, Alter Bridge, Anthrax, Flatbush Zombies, Pop Evil, Hellyeah, Ghostemane, Suicidal Tendencies, Testament, Dance Gavin Dance, Ice Nine Kills, Sleeping with Sirens, The Darkness, Knocked Loose, Code Orange, Power Trip, Saint Asonia, Dirty Honey, Jinjer, City Morgue, Bones UK, Airbourne, Fire from the Gods, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Des Rocs, Counterfeit, Crobot, Cherry Bomb, DED, Goodbye June, Brutus, 3Teeth, BRKN Love, Killstation, Brass Against, Crown Lands, Ego Kill Talent, Dregg, Bloodywood, and Zero 9:36, with more to have been announced.
In February 2020, it was announced that Metallica would be replaced as headliners by the Red Hot Chili Peppers on Friday and Tool on Sunday following frontman James Hetfield's entrance into a rehabilitation program for substance abuse. The following month, however, the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In February 2021, it was announced that it would once again be cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic. No further announcements were made and an event was again not held in 2022.
In November 2022, it was announced that after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Sonic Temple would return in 2023 and be held as a four-day festival during Memorial Day weekend from May 25–28.
On August 23, 2023, the 2024 festival dates were announced for May 16–19. It was also revealed that the 2024 festival would expand to have four stages to allow for more bands to perform.
Events
2019
Monster Energy Stadium Stage: System of a Down Ghost Halestorm Parkway Drive Beartooth Avatar Badflower
Echo Stage: Meshuggah Black Label Society Bad Wolves Zeal & Ardor Wage War SHVPES The Jacks
Wave Stage: Tom Morello Pussy Riot Ho99o9 Cleopatrick Hands Like Houses Radattack
SiriusXM Comedy & Spoken Word Tent: Henry Rollins Tom Morello Shapel Lacy Nadya
Monster Energy Stadium Stage: Disturbed Papa Roach Lamb of God In This Moment Gojira Fever 333 Black Coffee
Echo Stage: The Cult Killswitch Engage Architects The Black Dahlia Murder While She Sleeps Evan Konrad The Plot in You
Wave Stage: Action Bronson (did not perform due to an "unforeseen knee injury") Mark Lanegan Band Don Broco Movements Boston Manor No1Cares
SiriusXM Comedy & Spoken Word Tent: Andrew Dice Clay Eleanor Kerrigan Mark Normand Craig Grass
Monster Energy Stadium Stage: Foo Fighters Bring Me the Horizon (did not perform due to high winds) Chevelle (did not perform due to high winds) The Distillers (did not perform due to high winds) The Struts The Glorious Sons Amigo the Devil
Echo Stage: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts The Hives (performance ended early due to high winds) The Interrupters Yungblud Palaye Royale Dirty Honey Teenage Wrist
Wave Stage: Scars on Broadway (did not perform due to high winds) Refused (did not perform due to high winds) Black Pistol Fire (did not perform due to high winds) Basement (did not perform due to high winds) Scarlxrd (did not perform due to high winds) Demob Happy (did not perform due to high winds)
SiriusXM Comedy & Spoken Word Tent: Pauly Shore (did not perform due to high winds) Carmen Lynch (did not perform due to high winds) Joe Deuce (did not perform due to high winds) Bill Squire (did not perform due to high winds)
2023
Temple Stage: Tool Godsmack Beartooth Pennywise Miss May I Oxymorrons Fever 333 (did not perform)
Octane Stage: Bullet for My Valentine Bad Omens Anti-Flag Joey Valance & Brae Bones UK Malevolence Bastardane
SoundWave Stage: Suicidal Tendencies Ho99o9 Angel Du$t Bloodywood Wargasm OTTO