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Pointfest
Pointfest
Location(s) Maryland Heights, Missouri, United States
Pointfest 3
Originally known as Pointfest ’95, it ended up being the
Years active 1993–present
first of two Pointfests in 1995.
Date(s) various • Toad the Wet Sprocket
• Bush
Genre Alternative rock
• Faith No More
• Blues Traveler
Pointfest is a large outdoor rock music festival previously
• Sponge
held once but now held twice every year by radio station
• Collective Soul
KPNT in St. Louis, Missouri at the Verizon Wireless Am-
• The Stone Roses
phitheater St. Louis (formerly known as UMB Bank Pav-
ilion and Riverport Amphitheater) The festival has fea-
tured almost every popular alternative and hard rock Pointfest 4
group in America. Local music favorites The Urge, Grav-
This Pointfest was known as Pointfest 4, the first number-
ity Kills, Story Of The Year and Ludo have made several
ing of Pointfests, it was the second festival in 1995, held
appearances as well.
on August 19, 1995
Traditionally, Pointfest has a main stage where the
• Ramones
larger acts and headliners perform, and two or more
• Everclear
stages off to the sides of the lawn for other bands (one
• The Urge
of them usually reserved for local bands). The side stages
• They Might Be Giants
will play from the start of the concert (generally around
• Big Audio Dynamite
10 a.m.) to when the main stage will start playing (gener-
• Matthew Sweet
ally around 6 p.m.).
• Better Than Ezra
• The Nixons
Pointfest 1 • Ben Folds Five
• Gren
Known then as Pointfest or Pointfest ’93, it was held on
• Jewel- played a short acoustic set
September 11, 1993
• Blink-182
• Matthew Sweet
• The Dambuilders
• They Might Be Giants
• New World Spirits
• Hothouse Flowers
• Great Big Everything
• Aimee Mann
• Phunk Junkeez
• Midnight Oil
• Dishwalla
• Dramarama
• Stir
Pointfest 2 Pointfest 5
Known as Pointfest ’94, it was held on Saturday, August 20,
Held on May 27, 1996
1994.[1]
• Candlebox
• 311
• Gravity Kills
• The Urge
• Garbage
• Lisa Loeb
• Cracker
• MC 900 Ft. Jesus
• No Doubt
• The Smithereens
• Jars of Clay
• Material Issue
• Everclear
• They Might Be Giants
• Love & Rockets
• Violent Femmes
• Seven Mary Three
• The SKoubies
• Luster
• God Lives Underwater
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• Pulp • The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
• Poe • Pave The Rocket
• Triplefast Action • Skunk Anansie
• Goldfinger • Cowboy Junkies
• Cowboy Mouth
Pointfest 6
Held on September 8, 1996
Pointfest 9
• 311 Held on May 24, 1998
• The Urge Green Day smashed their guitars, and burned their
• Soul Asylum drum kit on stage. Hosted by Matt Pinfield of MTV.
• Cheap Trick • Foo Fighters
• Descendents • Green Day
• Stir • Creed
• The Nixons • Deftones
• They Might Be Giants • Semisonic
• Dishwalla • Econoline Crush
• Nada Surf • Big Wreck
• The Refreshments • The Reverend Horton Heat
• Reacharound • Soul Kiss
• I Mother Earth • Gravity Kills
• New World Spirits • Rocket from the Crypt
• Primitive Radio Gods • Atomic Fireballs
• Wank
Pointfest 7 • Anthenaeum
• God Lives Underwater
Held on May 17, 1997, the first of two festivals in 1997
• Matchbox Twenty
• Bloodhound Gang
Pointfest 10
• L7 Held on September 5, 1998
• Soul Kiss • The Urge
• Stir • Candlebox
• Social Distortion • Seven Mary Three
• The Offspring • Fuel
• Reel Big Fish • Reel Big Fish
• Jungle Dogs • Local H
• Red Five • K’s Choice
• that dog. • They Might Be Giants
• AFI • Fragile Porcelain Mice
• Ultrafink • Smash Mouth
• Recliners • Stabbing Westward
• Radio Iodine • Feeder
• Stella Soleil
Pointfest 8 • Monster Magnet
Held on May 26, 1997 (show #2)
• Third Eye Blind
Pointfest 11
• The Verve Pipe Just prior to their set, Courtney Love of Hole encouraged
• Beck the crowd from the lawn seating area to rush towards
• Rollins Band the stage. She was quoted as screaming into the micro-
• Orbit phone: "We aren’t playing one fucking note until you
• Cunninghams let them come up here!" Also, invoking outrage among
• K’s Choice much of the attending audience, Courtney Love stripped
• Local H her band’s bassist of her shirt during a bass solo, leaving
• Echo & the Bunnymen her unable to shield herself from anyone’s eyes.
• Better Than Ezra Held on May 23, 1999
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• Red Hot Chili Peppers • Cold
• Blink-182 • Saliva
• Hole • Monster Magnet
• Silverchair
•
•
Orgy
2 Skinnee J’s
Pointfest 14
• Lit Held on May 19, 2002 Big Blue Monkey won the contest
• Econoline Crush for the opening slot on the bill at Pointfest 14, and man-
• Die Symphony aged to get one of their videos onto the tour bus of
• Citizen King Goldfinger. The video immediately grabbed the attention
• Imperial Teen of vocalist John Feldmann, which paid off in a spot tour-
• Mesh ing with Goldfinger, a major record deal, and a name
• The Flys change to Story of the Year.
• Bellyfeel Main Stage
• Sevendust
• Our Lady Peace
Pointfest 12 • The X-Ecutioners
Held on May 21, 2000 • Mesh STL
Goldfinger, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and Ever- • Hoobastank
clear all encouraged fans on the lawn to climb down and • Reel Big Fish
fill the empty reserved-seat sections, which led to a con- • Tenacious D
frontation between Everclear’s Art Alexakis and a securi- • Local H
ty guard during Everclear’s set. Second Stage
Slipknot and Mudvayne were scheduled to perform at • Goldfinger
Pointfest 12 but cancelled on the day of the show for un- • Unwritten Law
known reasons. • The Apex Theory
• 311 • Dashboard Confessional
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones • Quarashi
• Everclear • Trik Turner
• Our Lady Peace • Lostprophets
• Goldfinger Third Stage
• The Nixons • 3rd Strike
• Stir • Ash
• MxPx • Greenwheel
• Die Symphony • Headstrong
• Toadies • Moth
• Mesh • Pressure 4-5
• Blue October • Big Blue Monkey
• 8stops7
• Colony
Pointfest 15
Held in 2003
Pointfest 13 New Empire was the local band contest winner,
Held on May 20, 2001 which earned them a spot in the lineup.
• Weezer Main Stage
• Run-D.M.C. • Staind
• Staind • Hed PE
• Fuel • Breaking Benjamin
• Our Lady Peace • Cold
• Toadies • The Used
• Alien Ant Farm • The All-American Rejects
• Mesh • Seether
• Hed PE • Socialburn
• Lucky Boys Confusion Second Stage
• Puddle of Mudd • Trapt
• Tantric • Finch
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Smile Empty Soul
Pointfest 18
• Cavo Held on May 6, 2006. Blue October was scheduled to play.
• New Empire However, as a result of lead singer Justin Furstenfeld bro-
• Ripd ken leg, the band did not play. BLUE OCTOBER DID PLAY,
BROKEN LEG AND ALL.
• Coheed and Cambria
Pointfest 16 • Avenged Sevenfold
Held on June 5, 2004, • Shinedown
Rumors had circulated before the official lineup was • Trapt
announced that it would include Tool or A Perfect Circle, • 10 Years
but neither band was ever announced for the show. The • Hurt
Von Bondies were scheduled to perform but failed to ar- • People in Planes
rive due to problems with their tour bus. • Bril
Main Stage • Autovein
• The Urge • Rock Kills Kid
• Breaking Benjamin • Bullets and Octane
• Papa Roach • Eighteen Visions
Side Stages • Damone
• Story of the Year • ThreeSixtySmile
• Lit
• Sugarcult
• Flaw
Pointfest 19
• Thornley Held on August 5, 2006.
• The Adored • Staind
• Auf de Maur • Breaking Benjamin
• Crossfade • Hurt
• Apartment 26 • Blue October
• Modern Day Zero • Three Days Grace
• Shaman’s Harvest • Buckcherry
• Adair • Evans Blue
• Black Stone Cherry
• Inimical Drive
Pointfest 17
Held on May 15, 2005
The Exies were scheduled to perform but did not play
Pointfest 20
due to an illness. TRUSTcompany was also scheduled but Held on Saturday, May 12, 2007 at the newly-renamed
canceled their performance amid personal issues with amphitheater Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St. Louis
band members and issues with their record label. They Mainstage
officially announced their breakup a couple months lat- • Lye (mainstage winner)
er. • Red Romance
• Breaking Benjamin • The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
• Mudvayne • Wolfmother
• Story of the Year • The Killers
• Modern Day Zero Side Stages
• Sum 41 • Bullet for My Valentine
• Unwritten Law • Say Anything
• Life of Agony • Modern Day Zero
• American Head Charge • Papa Roach
• Mudworm • The Exies
• Blood Simple • Flyleaf
• Mourningside • Smile Empty Soul
• Ultra Blue • Dropping Daylight
• Hed PE • Autovein
• Apartment 26 • Madina Lake
• Blackpool Lights
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• Straylight Run • Finger Eleven was originally scheduled to play but
• Operator the lead singer lost his voice.
• DeFunkt • 13 Days(mainstage winner)
• In Fear and Faith Iron Age Studios Stage
Local Bands • Copperview
• Ava, Wait • The Daybreak Boys
• The New Embrace • 12 Stones
• In Fear & Faith • Evans Blue
• Lye (main stage winner) • Hurt
• Dead By Tuesday • Saliva
• Bi-Level • Chevelle
• Murder In A Tuxedo Main Street Bistro Stage
• Cavo • Shaman’s Harvest
• Shaman’s Harvest • Lapush
• Sonic Reducer • Sick Puppies
• 360 Smile • The Starting Line
• Arythma • Mutemath
• Sum 41
Pointfest 21 Pop’s Local Stage
• Behind the Blindfold
• Brookroyal
• D-railed
• Blinded Black
• Allusive
• Soul Descenders
• Social Slave
• Leo
• eclectic fusion
Pointfest 22
Sunday, May 18, 2008- Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Atreyu was scheduled to play the main stage, but they
were forced to cancel, because the band’s flight from LA
was grounded.[2] Sick Puppies canceled due to a death in
the family. Blind Melon was scheduled to play the Jager-
meister Stage, but the band canceled. Rogers Stevens of
Blind Melon explained the cancellation on the band’s
website by stating "There are some political things afoot
that it’s best for me not to go into. In addition, we were
mistakenly booked for 5 shows in a row, which we didn’t
Pointfest 21 logo know about until last week." Local band Severed Ties also
had to cancel due to their drummer sustaining an injury
September 30, 2007 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater from a car accident.[3]
• Hed PE was originally scheduled to play but they Final Lineup
were removed from the line-up. The band cited Main Stage
issues getting one of their members a passport to • Serj Tankian
make it back from their European dates. Reported • Shinedown
issues were linked to the member’s past encounters • Killswitch Engage
with law enforcement officials. Pointfest was to be • Filter
the first date of their US tour. New Amsterdam Stage
Main Stage • Coheed & Cambria
• Breaking Benjamin • Hurt
• Three Days Grace • Ludo
• Seether • 10 Years
• RED
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Pointfest 23
Saturday, September 20, 2008 at 10:00 am - Verizon Wire-
less Amphitheater[4]
Avenged Sevenfold was scheduled but canceled citing
Vocalist M. Shadows (Matt Sanders) needed to rest his
ailing voice. The band would resume its tour dates on Oc-
tober 15.[5] Toryn Green, the lead singer for Fuel, sang for
Apocalyptica. This was the first Pointfest to feature the
two side stages to be next to each other. So after a band
on the Black Stage would get done, then a band on the
White stage would start almost immediately.
Main Stage
• Seether
• Shinedown
• Puddle of Mudd
• Bullet for My Valentine
• Apocalyptica
Black Stage
• The Upright Animals
• Ava, Wait
• Miser
• Copperview
• Sick Puppies
• Local H
• Story of the Year
Pointfest 22 promotional poster White Stage
• Red Line Chemistry
• Safetysuit • Brookroyal
• Cavo • Black Tide
Jagermeister Stage • Saving Abel
• Finger Eleven • Ludo
• Copperview Pops Stage
• Cavo • Ready the Cannons
• Theory of a Deadman • Tell Tale Heart
• Scary Kids Scaring Kids • 12 Summers Old
• LucaBrasi • Soul Descenders
Pop’s Local Stage • Minutes to Midnight
• Iron Fist Dillusion • Everyday Drive
• The New Translation
• Soul Descenders Pointfest 24
• Sunday but Summer
• Course of Nature 05/23/09 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
• Strych 9 Hollow The New Translation was the Pop’s local show winner to
• Bare Knuckle Conflict open up on the side stages.
• Feed the Flame Lineup: [6]
• Inimical Drive Main Stage
• Severed Ties (canceled due to injury of the • The Offspring
drummer) • Chevelle
• Never My Silence • Taking Back Sunday
• Fivefold • Sick Puppies
• The Used
White Stage
• The New Translation
• Inimical Drive
• The Parlor Mob
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Pointfest 25 logo
Pointfest 24 logo
The Phoenix / Monster Energy Side Stage Start
• Hed PE
• Killer Me Killer You 10:00 AM
• Cavo
• Burn Halo 11:00AM
• Anberlin
• Billy Boy On Poison 12:10 PM
• Ludo
• Brookroyal 1:20 PM
Black Stage
• Living Things 1:20 PM
• Street Dogs
• Trapt 3:40 PM
• Greek Fire
• Hollywood Undead 5:00 PM
• Framing Hanley
Buckle Up Arrive Alive Stage Start
• Shiny Toy Guns
• Copperview 10:25 AM
• Hurt
• Veer Union 11:35 AM
• Blue October
• Halestorm 12:45 AM
Local Stage
• Evans Blue 1:55 PM
• Isabella
• All That Remains 3:05 PM
• Killer Me Killer You
• Street Sweeper Social Club 4:15 PM
• Sunday But Summer
Best Buy Musical Instruments Stage Start
• Arythma
• Aranda 11:00 AM
• Opposites Attack
• Janus 12:00 PM
• All Fall Down
• Red Line Chemistry 1:00 PM
• Fer De Lance
• Lucabrasi 2:00 PM
• Stone Dog Diaries
• Shaman’s Harvest 3:00 PM
• Defiance Pointe
• Messe 4:00 PM
• Amorath
Pop’s Stage Start
• The Gorge
• Allusive 10:10 AM
• Iron Fist Dillusion 11:10 AM
Pointfest 25 • Make Me Break Me 11:30 AM
Pointfest 25 was on August 23, 2009 and boasted "35 • Life Among The Dead 12:10 PM
bands for $35.00." • Strata-G 12:50 PM
Lineup: • Final Drive 1:30 PM
Main Stage Start • From Mars To Venus 2:10 PM
• Our Lady Peace 5:30 PM • Arythma 2:50 PM
• Atreyu 6:25 PM • Persona Crown 3:30 PM
• Chevelle 7:30 PM • Exit 714 4:10 PM
• Shinedown 8:30 PM • Saence 4:50 PM
• Staind 9:45 PM
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Pointfest 26 Air Force Side Stage
• LucaBrasi
Pointfest 26 was on June 6, 2010 at Verizon Wireless Am- • Autovein
phitheater in Maryland Heights, Mo. Hurt was originally • Violent Soho
scheduled to play but canceled due to illness. Autovein • American Bang
played in their place. • 10 Years
• Three Days Grace • Ludo
• Seether Pop’s Local Stage
• Papa Roach • Me Verse You
• Coheed & Cambria • Outrageous
• Saliva • Option Control
Side Stages • Last Nights Vice
• Hollywood Undead • Opposites Attack
• Story of the Year • Killer Me Killer You
• Janus • Fer De Lance
• Brookroyal • The Gorge
• Crash Kings • Parallel 33
• Flobots • Break These Walls
• Motion City Soundtrack • Sicfaist
• Shaman’s Harvest
• Greek Fire
• Autovein
Pointfest 28
• Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights
• Pop’s Nightclub Winner: Opposites Attack
Pop’s Local Stage
• Delta
• Inimical Drive
• Option Control
• Count the Lies
• Make Me Break Me
• Sonic Candy
• From Skies of Fire
• Killer Me Killer You
• Fivefold
• Break These Walls
• Breakdances with Wolves
Pointfest 27
Pointfest 27 took place on August 14, 2010, at the Verizon
Wireless Amphitheater located in Maryland Heights, Mis-
souri.
Main Stage
• Hurt Pointfest 28 logo
• Flyleaf
• Puddle of Mudd Pointfest 28 was held on Sunday May 15, 2011 at Verizon
• Stone Sour Wireless Amphitheater in Maryland Heights, MO.
• Avenged Sevenfold • Korn
U.S. Marines Side Stage • Papa Roach
• Sonic Candy • Hollywood Undead
• My Darkest Days • Sevendust
• Red line chemistry • Finger Eleven
• Hail the Villain • Sick Puppies
• Halestorm • Alter Bridge
• Cavo • All that Remains
• Sick Puppies • 10 Years
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• Damned Things • 10 Years 4:30
• Drive A (cancelled due to tour bus breaking down) Marines Black Stage
• Breakdances With Wolves • Last Nights Vice 11:25
• Greek Fire • Kyng 12:25
• RED • Shaman’s Harvest 1:35
• Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights • Greek Fire 2:45
• Adelitas Way • Hurt 3:55
• Hail The Villain (cancelled due to medical reasons. Pops/Prime Sole Stage
Posted on the Facebook page of 105.7 The Point) • Something Heroic 11:00
• Pop Evil • Gateway Getaway 11:40
• Red Line Chemistry • Corvus 12:20
• Last Nights Vice • Saence 1:00
• Isabella won a battle of the bands to be the opening • Deny the Gravity 1:40
band for this pointfest • Opposites Attack 2:20
• From Skies of Fire • From Skies of Fire 3:00
• Days Taken • Hollow Point Heroes 3:40
http://www.1057thepoint.com/Pointfest28/index.aspx • Fivefold 4:20
• Connibal Road 5:00
Pointfest 29
Pointfest 29 will be held September 10th 2011 at Verizon
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• Cake 6:15 details.cfm?newsid=36820.
• Chevelle 7:30 [3] Blind Melon - Pointfest Show cxl why? Glen
• The Urge 8:45 [4] http://www.kpnt.com/Concerts/
• Bush 10:00 Details.aspx?ID=10519
Big St Charles Motorsports White Stage [5] http://www.avengedsevenfold.com/news/
• Exit 714 11:00 avenged-sevenfold-postpone-tour-dates
• Luca Brasi 11:50 [6] "Pointfest 24". KPNT 105.7 The Point.
• Red Line Chemistry 1:00 http://www.1057thepoint.com/Pointfest/
• Brookroyal 2:10 index.aspx.
• Janus 3:20
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