Never Say Never Festival

The Never Say Never Festival is an annual music festival which began March 18, 2009, in Mission, Texas.^[1][2] This yearly festival has featured bands of many different genres. The first Never Say Never festival hosted 30 bands on 2 stages,^[1] including Forever the Sickest Kids, Anarbor, NeverShoutNever!, A Skylit Drive, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, LMFAO and The Scene Aesthetic. It also hosted local bands, such as The Requested, The Critically Acclaimed, Last Action Hero, Scarlett O' Hara (band), and Fallen Empire.

The 2010 and 2011 festivals followed on March 17, 2010^[1] and March 15, 2011.^[2]

The name

The name "Never Say Never" was chosen by DontGetEmo concerts,^[1] who have hosted the Festival every year. It was chosen in response to all the people that told them that they would never be able to bring down incredible bands to South Texas. It was not chosen to be dedicated to the band NeverShoutNever!, despite what people think.

2010 festival

The 2010 festival was held on March 17, 2010.^[1] It hosted 40 bands of different genres, such as Asking Alexandria, Attack Attack!, Breathe Carolina, Pierce the Veil, The Ready Set, and We Came as Romans, on 3 stages. Most bands that played at the festival, are also going to play at Warped Tour and South by Southwest. All profits from the 2010 festival were donated to the Red Cross and UNICEF so that they could be divided between the Haiti Relief fund, and the Chile Earthquake Relief Fund. The festival featured a vendor village, that hosted shops like Monikapolitan.com and 11eleven apparel.

2009 line-up

The bands which played in 2009 were: Anberlin, Forever the Sickest Kids, The Maine, LMFAO, Shwayze, Alesana, Enter Shikari, Never Shout Never, The Scene Aesthetic, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, A Skylit Drive, The Morning Light, Dance Gavin Dance, Fear Before, The Bigger Lights, Sing it Loud, Closure in Moscow, Fall From Grace, I Set My Friends On Fire, The Friday Night Boys, Artist vs Poet, The Summer Set, Halos, The Requested, Scarlett O' Hara (band), Lay In Ruins, The Critically Acclaimed, Fallen Empire.

2010 line-up

The bands which played in 2010 were: Alesana, Artist vs Poet, Asking Alexandria, A Skylit Drive, Attack Attack!, Bad Rabbits, Breathe Carolina, Bury Tomorrow, Cady Groves, Envy on the Coast, The Fall of Troy, Foxy Shazam, Hey Monday, I See Stars, Never Shout Never, Of Mice and Men, Oh Snap!, Pierce the Veil, The Ready Set, The Requested, Shwayze, Skeet Skeet, Stephen Jerzak, The Summer Set, Swimming With Dolphins, Scarlett O'Hara, Twin Atlantic, The Young Veins, We Are the In Crowd, We Came As Romans, The Word Alive, Methmare Motorcade, Madore, Fallen Empire.

2011 line-up

The bands which played in 2011 were: All Time Low, LMFAO, Skrillex, Neon Trees, Travie McCoy, The Ready Set, Dev, Allstar Weekend, Asking Alexandria, Black Cards, VersaEmerge, Enter Shikari, Cartel, Chiodos, Dance Gavin Dance, Curren$y, Mac Miller, Miami Horror, Emmure, Hoodie Allen, Donnis, The Limousines, The Young Maths, Mann, Modsun, Hyper Crush, I See Stars, K.Flay, Macklemore, Fences, Speak, We Are the In Crowd, Das Racist, Phone Calls From Home, Kelley James, Vicente Gayo, You, Me, and Everyone We Know, I Wrestled a Bear Once, Animals As Leaders, The Faceless, The Downtown Fiction (band), Of Mice & Men (Band), Woe, Is Me, In Fear and Faith, Stephen Jerzak, Breath Electric, Stay, The Word Alive, Sleeping with Sirens, Abandon All Ships, Miss May I, I Set My Friends On Fire, Upon a Burning Body, The Color Morale, Evergreen Terrace, For All Those Sleeping, The Amity Aflliction, Close to Home, Taylor Thrash, Gold West, The Final Burial, Scarlett O'Hara, Last Action Hero, The Requested, At War With Androids, Cry For Anestesia, The Early Release, He Died Knowing, Exist:Avail.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "About - Never Say Never Music & Arts Festival", DontGetEmo.com, 2010, webpage: DGE-2.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Never Say Never Festival - Tuesday Mar 15, 2011", ExploreMcAllen.com, 2011, webpage: EMc2011.