Copeland, If I Die First, Nominee - Furnace Fest 2021

‘Furnace Fest’ 2021 – which takes place from September 24-26 at the Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, AL – has finalized their lineup with the addition of Copeland, If I Die First, Nominee and Walls of Jericho.

“This is it! The final four pieces to complete a spectacular, brain-numbing puzzle of a line-up,” says fest organizers. “Ninety bands in total, or thirty per day, for those of you counting.”

The news comes following the recent addition of Light The Torch and Terror to the massive gathering, which is set to feature titans like Underoath, Taking Back Sunday, Killswitch Engage and many more. See the full line-up below.

Friday, September 24th:
Underoath
Astronoid
Cave In
Converge
Defeater
Eighteen Visions
Emery
End
Every Time I Die
Few Left Standing
From Autumn To Ashes
Glasseater
Glassjaw
Gideon
Haste
If I Die First
Luxury
Mr. Enc
Narcissus
Open Hand
Reclaim The Empyre
SeeYouSpaceCowboy
Stavesacre
Terminal
Terror
Thursday
Unwed Sailor
Walls of Jericho
With Honor
Zao

Saturday, September 25th:
Taking Back Sunday
All Get Out
Anberlin
The Appleseed Cast
The Beautiful Mistake
Beloved
Better Off
The Bled
Bloodjinn
Cartel
Codeseven
The Darling Fire
Evergreen Terrace
Forever Starts Today
Further Seems Forever
He Is Legend
Hopesfall
Life In Your Way
Living Sacrifice
Mae
Mayday Parade
Mineral
Misery Signals
Nominee
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Shai Hulud
Stretch Arm Strong
Touché Amoré

Sunday, September 26th:
Killswitch Engage
’68
Andrew W.K.
As Friends Rust
August Burns Red
Bad Cop Bad Cop
Be Well
Boy Sets Fire
The Casket Lottery
Comeback Kid
Copeland
Counterparts
Darkest Hour
ERRA
Face To Face
Fit For A King
The Get Up Kids
Hatebreed
Holy Gold
Hot Water Music
The Judas Cradle
The Juliana Theory
Knocked Loose
Light The Torch
Love Is Red
Meadows
Mewithoutyou
Piebald
Rivals
Showbread
Turnstile
Unearth

See the updated flyer at the end of this post. Get fest tickets at furnacefest.us

In addition, organizers released the following statement via social media earlier today:

Tag the band you’re most excited to see and the friend (or friends) you’re most thrilled to hang with.

Then read on for a bit of a heartfelt honor.

When life hands you 2020, you Furnace Fest 2021.
It’s cheesy, but the phrase rings true now more than ever.

A few months ago, I struggled to see how we would move forward, how we’d ever come out of this. Life felt dark and heavy. Some of our friends around the world are experiencing this now.

The level of time, energy, frustration, and patience required from fans, artists, agents, managers, and everyone behind the scenes has NEVER gone unnoticed to us.

We honor every single one of you for staying with us, encouraging us, being so gracious toward us, suggesting the incredible bands that make up this line-up, and affording us the joy of being silly young promoters again.

We honor all of you in countries where the light doesn’t seem to be breaking in yet. Our prayers and hope are with you. You are not alone, we see you, and your struggle matters.

Do not lose heart.

Honor doesn’t seem to capture all that we feel, but hopefully, the ninety names on this flyer show how grateful we are for you.

See you in September.

– Chad Johnson, Johnny Grimes, Mike Ziemer, Ryan Luther