- Buzzfest
infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Buzzfest
location = Houston,Texas , US Antioch,Tennessee , US
years_active= 1998 - present (Houston = 1995 - present)
dates = April - June, August - October
genre =Alternative rock , Rock,Hard rock Buzzfest is the name of two unrelated rock festivals held in
Houston andNashville The Buzzfest played in Houston is a bi-annual show hosted by theradio station 94.5 The Buzz while the Buzzfest in Nashville is held, usually in the late summer, by the radio station 102.9 "The Buzz" annually.Buzzfest in Houston
Buzzfest XXI:
Main stage
3 Doors Down My Chemical Romance Seether Puddle of Mudd Chevelle Finger Eleven Theory of a Deadman Side stage
Filter 10 Years Atreyu Story of the Year Sick Puppies Billy Talent RED Buzzfest XXII: Was to take place October 26th at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion but has since been cancelled due to the damage caused by Hurricane Ike.
Main Stage The Offspring,Staind,Seether,Papa Roach,Puddle of Mudd,The Toadies &Drive ASide Stage 10 Years, Earshot,Hawthorne Heights,Saving Abel,Ludo &MerriwetherPast events
*Buzzfest VII
April 22 ,2001 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Eve 6 ,Oleander ,Orgy ,Spacehog ,The Offspring ,Train ,Dust for Life ,Linkin Park ,Dexter Freebish ,Electracy ,Lucky Boys Confusion ,Color *Buzzfest VIII
November 17 ,2001 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Nickelback ,8 Stops 7 ,Fuel ,Joydrop ,Remy Zero ,Saliva ,Tantric ,Alien Ant Farm ,Bliss 66 ,The Calling ,Apex Theory ,Press 4-5 ,Transmatic *Buzzfest IX
April 21 ,2002 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Gravity Kills ,Puddle of Mudd ,Unwritten Law ,P.O.D. ,Sum 41 ,Mest ,Drowning Pool ,Adema ,Trik Turner ,Earshot ,Course of Nature ,Abandoned Pools ,30 Seconds to Mars *Buzzfest X
October 27 ,2002 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Everclear ,Filter ,H2O ,Saliva ,Hoobastank ,Greenwheel ,Earshot ,Audiovent ,The Used ,Hometown Hero ,Boxcar Racer ,OK Go *Buzzfest XI
May 10 ,2003 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Godsmack ,Powerman 5000 ,Taproot ,Systematic ,Skrape ,Seether ,The Used ,Stone Sour ,The Exies ,Trapt ,Maroon 5 ,Breaking Benjamin ,RA ,All-American Rejects *Buzzfest XII
October 11 ,2003 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Eve 6 ,Fountains of Wayne ,Fuel ,Staind ,Switchfoot ,Static-X ,Alien Ant Farm ,Trapt ,Socialburn ,Yellowcard ,Smile Empty Soul ,Billy Talent ,Three Days Grace *Buzzfest XIII
April 17 ,2004 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Puddle of Mudd ,Thornly ,Marcy Playground ,Everlast ,Thrice ,Sevendust ,Finger Eleven ,Hoobastank ,Smile Empty Soul ,Trapt ,Strata ,Ima Robot ,Cold ,Three Days Grace ,Drowning Pool *Buzzfest XIV
October 30 ,2004 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Velvet Revolver ,Seether ,Chevelle ,Story of the Year ,Papa Roach ,Shinedown ,Earshot ,Breaking Benjamin ,The Exies ,Riddlin' Kids ,Authority Zero ,Burden Brothers ,Skindred ,My Chemical Romance *Buzzfest XV
April 23 ,2005 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 3 Doors Down ,Papa Roach ,Sum 41 ,Unwritten Law ,Breaking Benjamin ,TRUST Company ,Alter Bridge ,Theory of a Deadman ,No Address ,The Exies ,Snow Patrol *Buzzfest XVI
October 22 ,2005 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (originally scheduled to take place atMinute Maid Park [ [http://pavilion.woodlandscenter.org/buzzfest_press_release.pdf Official Clear Channel Radio press release regarding change of venue] ] )Audioslave ,Nickelback ,Seether ,Cold ,10 Years ,Institute ,30 Seconds to Mars ,Hinder ,Our Lady Peace ,Fall Out Boy ,Bloodhound Gang ,Yellowcard ,Vaux ,Coheed and Cambria *Buzzfest XVII
June 17 ,2006 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Staind ,Shinedown ,Hoobastank ,Trapt ,Candlebox ,Three Days Grace ,10 Years ,Buckcherry ,Blue October ,Hinder ,Evans Blue ,Huck Johns ,People In Planes ,Hurt *Buzzfest XVIII
October 8 ,2006 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Alice in Chains ,Stone Sour ,Breaking Benjamin ,Avenged Sevenfold ,Everclear ,Crossfade ,Hurt ,Evans Blue ,Lostprophets ,The Panic Channel ,Red Jumpsuit Apparatus ,OK Go ,Eighteen Visions ,Boys Like Girls *Buzzfest XIX
April 21 ,2007 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Papa Roach ,Seether ,Hinder ,Puddle of Mudd ,Three Days Grace ,Chevelle , Jet,Blue October ,Buckcherry ,Red Jumpsuit Apparatus ,Finger Eleven ,The Exies ,Smile Empty Soul ,The Vanished ,Autovein ,Saosin *Buzzfest XX
October 28 ,2007 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion The Smashing Pumpkins ,Chris Cornell ,Evanescence ,Finger Eleven ,Evans Blue ,Alter Bridge ,Fuel ,The Bravery ,Earshot ,Sick Puppies ,The Starting Line ,Glass Intrepid Buzzfest in Nashville
Buzzfest has several big name artists perform on the main stage, along other signed, but lesser known bands, who perform on a second stage. Although the vast majority of the artists who perform are classified as Alternative Rock, the music varies greatly and several different genres are represented on both stages. Artists that have performed at Buzzfest include:
Chevelle ,Staind ,Three Days Grace ,Breaking Benjamin ,SOiL ,Cowboy Mouth ,Evans Blue ,Mudvayne ,Powerman 5000 , Saliva,Sevendust ,Cold ,Earshot ,Lit ,Burden Brothers ,The Exies ,Die Trying ,Velvet Revolver ,Socialburn , The Music,Authority Zero ,Our Lady Peace ,Art Alexakis ,Sum 41 ,Smile Empty Soul ,Black Stone Cherry , andNickelback , amongst others.External links
* [http://www.thebuzz.com Official site for 94.5 ktbz (Houston)]
* [http://www.1029thebuzz.com Official site for 102.9 the Buzz (Nashville)]References
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