Slam Dunk Festival, hosted annually in both Leeds and at Hatfield House in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, has several new additions to their 2022 line-up. Neck Deep will be the fourth and final headliner, and in addition Cancer Bats, The Bronx, The Summer Set, Mom Jeans, Point North and As December Falls have also been announced for the festival. You can see the full line-up below, and ticket information can be found here.
NEW YEAR, NEW BANDS!
We are very excited to inform you that @NeckDeepUK are your 4th and final festival headliner!
Also joining us are @cancerbats, @bronxovision, @thesummerset, @PointNorthBand, @momjeansca and @AsDecemberFalls!https://t.co/hb3406ieze pic.twitter.com/5cPE1PVM1z
— Slam Dunk Festival (@SlamDunkMusic) January 14, 2022
The festival suffered the same fate as all of its counterparts in 2020, however was one of the lucky ones in 2021; although dates were rescheduled from June to September, both Slam Dunk North and Slam Dunk South were able to go forward, featuring headliners such as Don Broco, NOFX, While She Sleeps and Don Broco.
As you can observe from the poster, the festival boasts an extremely exciting line-up this year. Sum 41, who were unable to attend the rescheduled 2021 festival, will be present, and are accompanied by UK pop punk titans Neck Deep, Celtic rockers Dropkick Murphys, and Canadian post-hardcore legends Alexisonfire. The line-up is an absolute dream come true for avid pop punk fans, as there will also be performances by The Story So Far, The Wonder Years, Knuckle Puck, Motion City Soundtrack and Pennywise.
Alexisonfire are not the only throwback outfit on the bill either; Canadian post-hardcore outfit Silverstein will be performing, having had their 20th anniversary in 2020, along with The Used and American ska punk band The Might Mighty Bosstones. Another group who are a truly special (albeit a little niche) addition to the line-up is Hot Water Music, a post-hardcore/punk rock band that formed in the early 1990s.
There are also a fair few heavier bands billed, such as Canadian hardcore punk outfit Cancer Bats, Australian metalcore band The Amity Affliction, and German metalcore outfit Eskimo Callboy.
Slam Dunk Festival, associated with Slam Dunk Records, was formed in 2006 on a small-scale basis and was held at Millenium Square in Leeds, before being moved to the University of Leeds’ student union. Despite only being able to host a few artists in its early days, the festival still attracted a great deal of popular acts; for example Fall Out Boy headlined in 2006, and were accompanied by now legendary post-hardcore band Thursday. Later years saw the appearance of acts such as Reel Big Fish, Paramore, You Me At Six, Alkaline Trio and Taking Back Sunday, and the festival expanded from its small scale to hosting over forty different acts across six stages.
