Here's the Sonic Temple 2025 lineup by date, time and stage for the Columbus music festival
Korn, Metallica and Linkin Park are headlining the four days of Sonic Temple this year. But that just scratches the surface.
Sonic Temple will feature more than 100 hard-rocking bands and will take place May 8-11 at Historic Crew Stadium.
Here's the full schedule for May 8-11, including the dates, times, acts and stages.
11:30 a.m. - Wind Walkers: Cathedral Stage
12:05 p.m. - Return to Dust: Temple Stage
12:35 p.m. - As You Were: Citadel Stage
12:40 p.m. - Caskets: Cathedral Stage
1:10 p.m. - Silly Goose: Sanctuary Stage
1:15 p.m. - Orgy: Temple Stage
1:45 p.m. - Left to Suffer: Citadel Stage
1:50 p.m. - Boundaries: Cathedral Stage
2:20 p.m. - Uncured: Sanctuary Stage
2:25 p.m. - Alien Ant Farm: Temple Stage
2:55 p.m. - Bleeding Through: Citadel Stage
3:05 p.m. - Fit for a King: Cathedral Stage
3:30 p.m. - Ded: Sanctuary Stage
3:45 p.m. - Sevendust: Temple Stage
4:05 p.m. - Fit for an Autopsy: Citadel Stage
4:35 p.m. - Memphis May Fire: Cathedral Stage
4:45 p.m. - Nitzer Ebb: Sanctuary Stage
5:15 p.m. - Three Days Grace: Temple Stage
5:20 p.m. - Shadows Fall: Citadel Stage
6 p.m. - Health: Sanctuary Stage
6:10 p.m. - Poppy: Cathedral Stage
6:40 p.m. - Jinjer: Citadel Stage
7 p.m. - Bad Omens: Temple Stage
7:30 p.m. - Filter: Sanctuary Stage
8:15 p.m. - Motionless in White: Cathedral Stage
8:15 p.m. - Killswitch Engage: Citadel Stage
9:20 p.m. - Ministry: Sanctuary Stage
9:20 p.m. - Korn: Temple Stage
12 p.m. - 200 Stab Wounds: Cathedral Stage
12:20 p.m. - Dead Heat: Sanctuary Stage
12:35 p.m. - Overkill: Temple Stage
12:55 p.m. - PeelingFlesh: Citadel Stage
1:10 p.m. - Converge: Cathedral Stage
1:30 p.m. - AngelMaker: Sanctuary Stage
1:45 p.m. - Exodus: Temple Stage
2:05 p.m. - Frozen Soul: Citadel Stage
2:25 p.m. - Deafheaven: Cathedral Stage
2:40 p.m. - Upon A Burning Body: Sanctuary Stage
3:05 p.m. - Testament: Temple Stage
3:15 p.m. - Armored Saint: Citadel Stage
3:45 p.m. - Suicidal Tendencies: Cathedral Stage
3:50 p.m. - The Acacia Strain: Sanctuary Stage
4:25 p.m. - Gatecreeper: Citadel Stage
4:30 p.m. - Alice Cooper: Temple Stage
5 p.m. - After the Burial: Sanctuary Stage
5:30 p.m. - Acid Bath: Cathedral Stage
5:35 p.m. - Municipal Waste: Citadel Stage
6:20 p.m. - The Black Dahlia Murder: Sanctuary Stage
6:20 p.m. - Rob Zombie: Temple Stage
7 p.m. - Hatebreed: Citadel Stage
7:25 p.m. - Mastodon: Cathedral Stage
7:50 p.m. - All Shall Perish: Sanctuary Stage
8:30 p.m. - Metallica: Temple Stage
8:35 p.m. - Cannibal Corpse: Citadel Stage
9:25 p.m. - Whitechapel: Sanctuary Stage
10 p.m. - Insane Clown Posse: Cathedral Stage
11:35 a.m. - Nevertel: Cathedral Stage
12:10 p.m. - Sick Puppies: Temple Stage
12:40 p.m. - Erra: Cathedral Stage
12:45 p.m. - Fight From Within: Citadel Stage
1:15 p.m. - Citizen Soldier: Temple Stage
1:20 p.m. - I Set My Friends on Fire: Sanctuary Stage
1:50 p.m. - Set It Off: Cathedral Stage
1:55 p.m. - Bleed from Within: Citadel Stage
2:30 p.m. - Scary Kids Scaring Kids: Sanctuary Stage
2:30 p.m. - Hoobastank: Temple Stage
3:05 p.m. - The Funeral Portrait: Citadel Stage
3:10 p.m. - Escape the Fate: Cathedral Stage
3:40 p.m. - Silent Planet: Sanctuary Stage
3:50 p.m. - Trivium: Temple Stage
4:15 p.m. - Framing Hanley: Citadel Stage
4:35 p.m. - Of Mice & Men: Cathedral Stage
4:55 p.m. - Invent Animate: Sanctuary Stage
5:15 p.m. - I Prevail: Temple Stage
5:30 p.m. - Trust Company: Citadel Stage
6:05 p.m. - Jimmy Eat World: Cathedral Stage
6:15 p.m. - The Devil Wears Prada: Sanctuary Stage
7 p.m. - Crossfade: Citadel Stage
7 p.m. - Incubus: Temple Stage
7:50 p.m. - Silverstein: Sanctuary Stage
8:15 p.m. - Bullet for My Valentine: Cathedral Stage
8:35 p.m. - Grandson: Citadel Stage
9:20 p.m. - Linkin Park: Temple Stage
9:25 p.m. - Underoath: Sanctuary Stage
10 p.m. - Three 6 Mafia: Cathedral Stage
11:25 a.m. - Fame on Fire: Cathedral Stage
12:20 p.m. - The Plot in You: Cathedral Stage
12:50 p.m. - Corrosion of Conformity: Temple Stage
1 p.m. - Fulci: Citadel Stage
1:25 p.m. - From Ashes to New: Cathedral Stage
1:35 p.m. - Gridiron: Sanctuary Stage
2 p.m. - Cavalera: Temple Stage
2:10 p.m. - Shadow of Intent: Citadel Stage
2:40 p.m. - Badflower: Cathedral Stage
2:45 p.m. - Candy: Sanctuary Stage
3:15 p.m. - Quicksand, Temple Stage
3:20 p.m. - Sanguisugabogg: Citadel Stage
3:55 p.m. - Pain of Truth: Sanctuary Stage
3:55 p.m. - Asking Alexandria: Cathedral Stage
4:30 p.m. - Nails: Citadel Stage
4:40 p.m. - Chevelle: Temple Stage
5:05 p.m. - Harms Way: Sanctuary Stage
5:25 p.m. - Hollywood Undead: Cathedral Stage
5:40 p.m. - Obituary: Citadel Stage
6:20 p.m. - Alice in Chains: Temple Stage
6:25 p.m. - Terror: Sanctuary Stage
7:05 p.m. - GWAR: Citadel Stage
7:25 p.m. - Ice Nine Kills: Cathedral Stage
7:55 p.m. - Sunami: Sanctuary Stage
8:30 p.m. - Metallica: Temple Stage
8:40 p.m. - Arch Enemy: Citadel Stage
9:30 p.m. - Power Trip: Sanctuary Stage
(This story was updated to add new information.)
Dispatch Entertainment and Things-to-Do Editor Emily Rohozen can be reached at erohozen@dispatch.com.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Sonic Temple 2025 concert lineup
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