Midwest Metal Fest

01/30/2025

Are you ready?

Alright it's time to announce our headliner for day two 8/30 of Midwest Metal Fest!!

We're bringing the absolutely absurd and brutal Waking the Cadaver Official to bring an end of the weekend!!

Coming to you from Sayreville, New Jersey, they'll be bringing you some filthy, gorey death metal that'll make you wanna destroy everything in sight!!!

Come on out and let's make the last day of the Fest an insane one!!

Submissions are still happening and will be ending on 3/1!!!!! Send your EPK or social media and Music links to [email protected]

01/29/2025

Hit up our graphics guru

We want to give a huge shout out to the graphic design guru behind Midwest Metal Fest 2024 and 2025!

The person responsible for our submission promo, the event flyers from last year, the headliner promos, back of the shirt design from last year, and so much more coming up for this year!

If you’re in a band or a business, Sweaty Fingers is the person for your graphic needs!

Personally we’ve used his services for shirt designs, banner designs, flag designs, sticker designs, show promos, show flyers, EPKs, social media banners like Facebook, YouTube, BandCamp, and all the other services! Definitely the go to person for you or your band to look more professional and have the proper graphics to get some notice!

01/28/2025

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Alright it's time to announce the headliner for Midwest Metal Fest day one on August 29th

We're bringing the ever so heavy group Casket Robbery to end day one of this kick ass event!!

Hailing from Madison, WI, Casket Robbery is bringing its own style of horror and occult-inspired death metal with monstrous riffs and brutal vocals. This is a band you won't want to miss!

We're still taking submissions till March 1st.
Please send all info (EPK or social media and music links) to

[email protected]

01/23/2025

Don’t forget submissions run until 3/1! We will email you in March about the festival and whether or not you were confirmed!

Also, still looking for sponsors! Any creatives, small business owners, tattoo shops, or anyone looking to get their business out there to a diverse crowd, the email is the same for submissions!

Continue to share away! Getting excited!

01/16/2025

Submissions close March 1st!! If you have submitted or plan on submitting, you will be emailed in March about your submission!

We will email whether or not you make it through the selection process! So don’t worry about being left on read in that sense!

Check the submission form below! Please share to your friends in bands, facebook groups for bands, everywhere! Get the word out!!

Still looking for sponsors and vendors for the event! The package deals are in the promo below and the email in the submission form is the same email for sponsor info!

01/15/2025

Alright it's time to announce our headliner for day two 8/30 of Midwest Metal Fest!!

We're bringing the absolutely absurd and brutal Waking the Cadaver Official to bring an end of the weekend!!

Coming to you from Sayreville, New Jersey, they'll be bringing you some filthy, gorey death metal that'll make you wanna destroy everything in sight!!!

Come on out and let's make the last day of the Fest an insane one!!

Submissions are still happening and will be ending on 3/1!!!!! Send your EPK or social media and Music links to [email protected]

01/09/2025

We want to give a huge shout out to the graphic design guru behind Midwest Metal Fest 2024 and 2025!

The person responsible for our submission promo, the event flyers from last year, the headliner promos, back of the shirt design from last year, and so much more coming up for this year!

If you’re in a band or a business, Sweaty Fingers is the person for your graphic needs!

Personally we’ve used his services for shirt designs, banner designs, flag designs, sticker designs, show promos, show flyers, EPKs, social media banners like Facebook, YouTube, BandCamp, and all the other services! Definitely the go to person for you or your band to look more professional and have the proper graphics to get some notice!

01/08/2025

Alright it's time to announce the headliner for Midwest Metal Fest day one on August 29th

We're bringing the ever so heavy group Casket Robbery to end day one of this kick ass event!!

Hailing from Madison, WI, Casket Robbery is bringing its own style of horror and occult-inspired death metal with monstrous riffs and brutal vocals. This is a band you won't want to miss!

We're still taking submissions till March 1st.
Please send all info (EPK or social media and music links) to

[email protected]

01/08/2025

Huge sponsor opportunities available

01/07/2025

We're looking to get your input!!!

What are your suggestions for this year's Midwest Metal Fest shirt design???

Last year was brutal, but can we do better?!?

I know y'all can. So comment below what you'd like to see in this year's shirt!!

01/06/2025

What's up guys!!
Wanna give y'all an update!!

Venue is 100% locked in
2 stages 20 bands 2 Days

We have the headliners locked in and boy oh boy we'll be announcing the day one headliner Wednesday and day two headliner next Wednesday. I promise you won't feel Robbed and definitely won't be a Cadaver for Midwest Metal Fest weekend!

We're still taking submissions! Please read below what and where to send all info!

12/30/2024

Sponsors needed! If you’re looking to be apart of this event and have a new audience for your products, hit that email listed in the band submission post too!!

Bands have been coming in like crazy! Submissions are still open until 3/1!! Keep em coming! We will announce bands in March after the deadline ends!!

We have a few more announcements coming up so bear with us as we make moves behind the scenes!! Stay tuned for more!

Until then, bands and potential sponsors, hit that email!!!

12/27/2024

Submissions have been flowing in like crazy!!!! Let's keep em coming!!!
Tag some Fort Wayne bands you wanna see on the show!!!!

12/23/2024

We're also still looking for sponsors for this event!! If you know any artists interested in helping out the fest as well as getting their name and work out there please reach out to
[email protected]

And put sponsor inquiry in the subject!!

12/21/2024

Alright kiddos!!!

It's time!!

If you wanna play Midwest Metal Fest the two day, two stages, up and coming festival in Fort Wayne!

We are hosting it at Piere's again!!

August 29th and 30th

Please send social media, music, and EPK links to

[email protected]

Deadline is MARCH 1ST

12/04/2024

What's up everyone we're looking to take on a couple more sponsors!!

Please contact
[email protected]
For all inquiries and questions

11/13/2024

We have the venue locked in!!
Piere's main room with two stages
August 29th and 30th
We've got the headliner for day one and waiting on word for the day two headliner.
We've got a couple bands that we wanted on last year booked for this year but we still have plenty of spots for submissions which we'll start in December.

We are still looking for Sponsors as well!! If you know of a business that would love to work with a metal fest please tag em below!

Again SUBMISSIONS WILL START IN DECEMBER.