Ska Punk International's SPI Fest will return for another weekend of ska and ska-punk in 2024 and the final list of performers is epic. The annual festival has announced its final round of performers: Stop The Presses, Common Sense Kid, Joker's Republic, Checkered Past: The Ska'd Cast, Flip and the Combined Effort, Take Today, Ghost Tones and Solgyres.
The full lineup now looks like:
Catbite
Mutiny
Stop the Presses
Matamoska
Hans Gruber and the Die Hards
Call Me Malcolm
Kmoy
The Best of the Worst
PWRUP
Mega Infinity
Runaway Ricochet
Sgt. Scag
Common Sense Kid
Bondbreakr
Eevie Echoes & the Locations
Plastic Presidents
Checkered Past the Ska Cast
Joker's Republic
Take Today
Flip and the Combined Effort
Ghost Tones
Solgyres
This year's event taking place on 17 May and 18 May, has relocated to a new, all-ages venue known as 25 Central Street in Windsor, CT after the inaugural SPI Fest took place in Austin, TX. Tickets can be purchased here.
This fast-growing fest has seen previous performances from Tsunami Bomb, The Toaster, and Littlest Man Band.
The calendar has worked out in favor with the fest, at least according to daysoftheyear.com who says that National Pizza Party Day, National Shades Day, International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, National Whiskey Day and National Smile Month all coincide with SPI Fest… and what says Ska Punk nearly as well as pizza, glasses, inlcusion, booze and a smile?
Keep yours eyes on TGEFM for more SPI Fest news as it comes.
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