Mayhem Festival

Mayhem Festival
Mayhem Festival
Genre	Heavy metal, metalcore, extreme metal, alternative metal, hard rock
Dates	June–August; October (2024);
Location(s)	United States, Canada
Years active	2008–15; 2024–present;
Founders	Kevin Lyman, John Reese
Website	www.rockstarmayhemfest.com

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The Mayhem Festival is a metal festival that takes place during the summer. The inaugural season took place in 2008; the festival later became an annual event across the United States. Most years also included a single date in either Montreal or Toronto, Canada. The tour had been sponsored by the Rockstar Energy Company since the time of its inception. It was assembled by Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman and John Reese (who was Lyman's partner on the Taste of Chaos tour).^[1] On August 2, 2015, Reese confirmed that the 2015 staple of the festival would be the last one.^[2] On November 30, 2019, a post to the festival's Instagram account announced the festival's return in 2020.^[3] Due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic the festival was postponed to 2021,^[4] then canceled. In May 2024, it was revealed the festival (now overseen by Ash Avildsen) would return as a one-off event in October of the same year, and resume as a traditional touring festival in the summer of 2025.^[5]

^ "Slipknot and Disturbed, Rockstar Mayhem tour". Blabbermouth. 2008-01-10. Archived from the original on 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
^ "Mayhem Fest Co-Founder Confirms 2015 Is The Last Year Of The Tour". Metal Injection. August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
^ "Mayhemfest on Instagram: "don't call it a comeback. #mayhem2020"".
^ "MAYHEM FESTIVAL Postpones Return Until 2021". Blabbermouth.net. May 11, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
^ "2024 'Mayhem Fest' To Be A One-Off Event, Full Tour Planned For 2025". ThePRP. May 30, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[Rockstar_Mayhem-1] "Slipknot and Disturbed, Rockstar Mayhem tour". Blabbermouth. 2008-01-10. Archived from the original on 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2008-01-11.

[2] "Mayhem Fest Co-Founder Confirms 2015 Is The Last Year Of The Tour". Metal Injection. August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2015.

[3] "Mayhemfest on Instagram: "don't call it a comeback. #mayhem2020"".

[4] "MAYHEM FESTIVAL Postpones Return Until 2021". Blabbermouth.net. May 11, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

[5] "2024 'Mayhem Fest' To Be A One-Off Event, Full Tour Planned For 2025". ThePRP. May 30, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

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