Get ready to pop the confetti and break out your dancing shoes because Slam Dunk Festival just dropped the ultimate teaser for the 2024 fiesta! Picture this: May 2024, the bank holiday shenanigans are back on track. Slam Dunk Festival South kicks off the party on Saturday, May 25, in the Hatfield Park, followed by the epic Slam Dunk Festival North, lighting up Temple Newsam in Leeds on Sunday, May 26.
So, who’s ready? We’re talkin’ You Me At Six, the All-American Rejects, Boys Like Girls, We The Kings, and, brace yourself, the Glassjaw offshoot Head Automatica, who are blowing out 20 candles for their Decadence album at the fest. Plus, Prevail, Funeral for a Friend, Asking Alexandria, Set It Off, Waterparks, Palace Royale, Pale Waves, Bob Vylan, Rory, Artio, the Wonder Years, Mom Jeans, L.S. Dunes, La Dispute, One Step Closer, the Interrupters, Goldfinger, Pennywise, the Bouncing Souls, the Selecter, the Skints, and Mad Caddies are all in on the action!
Get your wallets and alarms ready, because the juiciest part? Tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 27 at the break-of-dawn time, 10 a.m. U.K. style. Don’t miss out on this festival extravaganza; it’s going to be hotter than a disco inferno.
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