Sonic Temple IS BACK For a 2025 Party!
Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival, producer Danny Wimmer Presents (DWP) has confirmed the 2025 festival dates for Sonic Temple! Make sure you mark it down right away so you have the dates saved!
Sonic Temple will take place May 8-11, 2025 at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, with passes going on sale later this summer. Get saving now so you can grab the cheapest tickets around. Fans can sign up to get first access to details and passes at www.sonictemplefestival.com. In May 2024, more than 130,000 fans attended the festival, with 130 bands playing four stages on a larger-than-ever festival site, marking the event’s biggest year yet and confirming its reputation as the Pinnacle of Rock Festivals in America. Rock fans, unite!
(Sonic Temple 2024 by Sam Shapiro)
Columbus Dispatch praised Sonic Temple’s “cross-generational lineup that emphasized the musical diversity that is a hallmark of the festival.”
“We’re thrilled to announce that this year’s Sonic Temple was the most attended in its history, drawing over 130,000 fans to the Historic Crew Stadium—the birthplace of rock festivals in America. With 96% of attendees eager to recommend the festival to friends and family, it’s clear we’ve hit a high note,” says Chamie McCurry, General Manager of DWP. “As we look toward Sonic Temple 2025, we’re committed to elevating the experience, further cementing its status as the Pinnacle of Rock Festivals in America.”
(Some of the artwork on display at Sonic Temple 2024 by Nathan Zucker)
Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival
● Fans traveled to the festival from all 50 U.S. states and 27 countries, including Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Germany, Mexico, Norway, Spain and United Kingdom.
● Word continues to spread about the three-year-old festival as attendance grows. Out of those who participated in the online survey, 56% of fans attended for the first time in 2024, 25% for the second time, and 19% have attended all three years.
● 96% of survey respondents said they would recommend the festival to family and friends.
● Fans enjoyed the lineup, with 96% of respondents identifying that they chose to attend because of the bands playing. Of the 130 total bands that played Sonic Temple, according to the survey, fan favorite performances were from Limp Bizkit, Slipknot, Falling In Reverse, Sleep Token, Breaking Benjamin and Evanescence. The favorite new discoveries were Electric Callboy, Kim Dracula, Sleep Token, Flat Black, Dirty Honey, Nova Twins and Kittie.
● 71% attended all four days and more than half also spent time visiting other local attractions including German Village, Ohio State University campus, North Market and the Short North Arts District.
● Attendees found the app to be very helpful to discover all that was happening across four different stages and a dozen Sonic Temple onsite experiences, with 85% of survey participants using it during the festival.