Knotfest

Knotfest
Knotfest
Genre	Heavy metal; groove metal; death metal; metalcore; deathcore; thrash metal; nu metal; alternative metal; black metal; deathgrind; hip hop;
Location(s)	Council Bluffs, Iowa (2012); Somerset, Wisconsin (2012); San Bernardino, California (2014–2017); Chiba, Japan (2014, 2016, 2023); Toluca, Mexico (2015–2017); Bogotá, Colombia (2018–2019, 2021–present); Mexico City, Mexico (2019); Clisson, France (2019); Indianola, Iowa (2021); Los Angeles, California (2021); Oberhausen, Germany (2022); Turku, Finland (2022); Buenos Aires, Argentina (2022); Santiago, Chile (2022, 2024); São Paulo, Brazil (2022, 2024); Melbourne, Australia (2023-present); Sydney, Australia (2023-present); Brisbane, Australia (2023-present); Des Moines, Iowa (2024); Buenos Aires, Argentina (2024); Bangalore, India (2025);
Years active	2012; 2014–2019; 2021–present;
Website	www.knotfest.com; knotfestjapan.com; knotfestmexico.com;

Knotfest is a music festival created in 2012 by American nu metal band Slipknot and their longtime manager and CEO of 5B Artist Management, Cory Brennan. The event has been held both as a touring festival and a destination festival in several countries including the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, Mexico, Australia, Colombia, France and Chile. Aside from Slipknot, Knotfest has featured a diverse alumni of past performers including Deftones, Marilyn Manson, Lamb of God, Bring Me the Horizon, Prong, Deadly Apples, In This Moment, Amen, Butcher Babies and Prayers.^[1]

History

Creation

Knotfest was officially announced on June 4, 2012. Among the activities, the festival offered as part of its "dark carnival experience" were circus big-top tents, pillars of fire, amusement park rides, burlesque performers, firebreathers, stilt walkers, drum circles made of junkyard cars and graffiti walls. The two shows also debuted a Slipknot museum.^[2]

"It's all about having fun and going crazy, bringing it to the standard it used to be," Slipknot's Shawn "Clown" Crahan told Rolling Stone. "It's time for us to really engulf this idea known as Knotfest where we're in control, we make a day devoted to our mindset, our ideas, the people that we want to play with, the people that we think our fans want to be around... When everyone leaves their senses [will be] overloaded, and I'm talking about smells, sights, hearing, your body, everything is overloaded with stimulation, because that's what Slipknot does."^[2]

The inaugural Knotfest was a two-city event and took place on August 17, 2012, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and August 18, 2012, in Somerset, Wisconsin.^[3] Among the line-up were bands such as Deftones, Lamb of God, and Cannibal Corpse.^[2] On March 24, 2014, it was officially announced that "Knotfest Japan" would be held in November 15 and 16 at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo.^[4] Headliners were Slipknot, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Lamb of God, Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach, Bring Me the Horizon, Trivium and In Flames. On the first date of the Mayhem Festival 2014, Knotfest 2014 was announced, with it being held at the San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California, on October 24–26.^[5] Knotfest 2015 was to be held at the same location, from October 23 through 25. In December 2019, it was announced that Knotfest would be held in the United Kingdom for the first time in 2020.^[6]

Broadcast

On July 11, Slipknot announced that their closing performance at Knotfest would be broadcast via a pay-per-view streaming website.^[7] Shawn "Clown" Crahan said, "It means everything for everyone to see the live spectacle we're creating in the flesh, but we understand some fans around the world can't be at the show. We've now made it possible for you to be there in spirit - so join us live on August 18."^[7]

Website

On May 27, 2020, Slipknot and 5B Management relaunched the Knotfest website as a "global media hub" for news, interviews and more.^[8]^[9]^[10]

The Knotfest site is home to She's With the Band, a weekly podcast hosted by Tori Kravitz that focuses on women in the music industry.^[11]

Performers

2012 line-up

Main Stage	Second Stage	Main Stage	Second Stage
Friday 17 August^[12]		Saturday 18 August^[12]
Slipknot Deftones Serj Tankian Prong	Lamb of God Machine Head The Urge Dirtfedd	Slipknot Deftones Serj Tankian The Dillinger Escape Plan	Lamb of God Machine Head Cannibal Corpse Disconnect Hardcore (Ph) Prong Gojira

2014 line-up

California

Stage 002	Stage 003	Campground Stage
Friday 24 October
Suicide Silence Butcher Babies Alterbeast	The Black Dahlia Murder Chelsea Grin	The Athiarchists

Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage	Stage 002	Stage 003	Headbang for the Highway Stage 004	Extreme Stage 005	Campground Stage
Saturday 25 October
Slipknot Danzig Anthrax Black Label Society Hatebreed	Testament Carcass Maximum the Hormone King 810 Man with a Mission	In This Moment The Devil Wears Prada Butcher Babies Miss May I One Ok Rock	The Faceless Stands with Fists Dehumanizer Kings of Carnage Play for Blood Shortfuse	Fear Factory Otep Prong Amen Immolation	The Athiarchists

Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage	Stage 002	Stage 003	Headbang for the Highway Stage 004	Extreme Stage 005	Campground Stage
Sunday 26 October
Slipknot Five Finger Death Punch Volbeat Tech N9ne Atreyu Hellyeah	Of Mice & Men DevilDriver Veil of Maya Nothing More	Killswitch Engage Whitechapel Upon a Burning Body Anti Mortem	Dead for Denver Motograter Fire from the Gods I, of Helix A Threat to the Enemy Still Not Dead	Napalm Death Avatar Attika 7 Exmortus Rattlehead	The Athiarchists

Japan

Saturday 15 November	Sunday 16 November
Slipknot Limp Bizkit Lamb of God Papa Roach Bring Me the Horizon Miss May I One Ok Rock SiM Crossfaith coldrain Meaning Crystal Lake HenLee	Slipknot Korn Trivium In Flames Five Finger Death Punch Amon Amarth Maximum the Hormone Man with a Mission Wagdug Futuristic Unity AA= Knock Out Monkey Make My Day Silhouette from the Skylit

2015 line-up

California

VIP Camping Kickoff Party
Friday 23 October
Sepultura The Faceless Rings of Saturn Khaotika Motorbreath

Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage	Stage 002	Stage 003	Extreme Stage 004	Headbang for the Highway Stage 005	Campground Stage
Saturday 24 October
Judas Priest Korn Mastodon Trivium Corrosion of Conformity	Body Count At the Gates Red Fang Battlecross	Gwar Born of Osiris Earth Crisis Goatwhore	Kataklysm Belphegor Inquisition Abysmal Dawn Her Name in Blood Khaotika	Fire from the Gods Buried Under Texas Doomsday Mourning Born for War A Tragedy at Hand Grand Lord High Master Piece in Terror Short Fuse Green as Emerald Kaustik Skyburial This Place Is a Zoo Chasing the Bullet	Street Drum Corps

Rockstar Energy Drink Main Stage	Stage 002	Stage 003	Extreme Stage 004	Headbang for the Highway Stage 005	Campground Stage
Sunday 25 October
Slipknot Bring Me the Horizon Clutch Ghostface Killah Mobb Deep	Suicidal Tendencies All That Remains Beartooth Kyng	Cannibal Corpse Helmet Snot Devour the Day	Dying Fetus Disgorge Internal Bleeding Green Death The ReAktion Kings of Carnage	I, of Helix Proletariat Avoid the Void Abhor A Threat to the Enemy Stands with Fists Paranova Everybody Panic! As Oceans Dead Animal Assembly Plant Speaking with Ghost Xero for Life The Darkest Day	Street Drum Corps

Mexico

Main Stage	Tecate Stage
Saturday 5 December
Slipknot Megadeth Lamb of God HIM A Day to Remember Trivium Atreyu Asking Alexandria Tanus	Cradle of Filth Ill Niño The Dillinger Escape Plan Brujeria Resorte 36 Crazyfists Here Comes the Kraken Everyone Likes Cathleen

2016 line-up

"Ozzfest Meets Knotfest" California

Friday 23 September
Armored Saint Metal Church Exmortus Thrown into Exile

Lemmy Stage	Monster Energy Drink Stage 001	Monster Energy Drink Stage 002	Nuclear Blast Stage
Saturday 24 September
Black Sabbath Disturbed Megadeth Opeth Black Label Society Rival Sons	Suicidal Tendencies DevilDriver Huntress	Hatebreed Goatwhore Allegaeon	Municipal Waste Brujeria Kataklysm The Shrine Still Rebel

Lemmy Stage	Rockstar Energy Drink Stage 001	Rockstar Energy Drink Stage 002	Nuclear Blast Stage
Sunday 25 September
Slipknot Slayer Amon Amarth Anthrax Trivium Motionless in White	Sabaton Suicide Silence Butcher Babies	Overkill Emmure Man with a Mission	Whitechapel Combichrist Carnifex Loathe SiM ONI Westfield Massacre

Mexico

Main Stage	Iowa Stage
Saturday 15 October
Avenged Sevenfold Slayer Marilyn Manson Disturbed Chevelle Alesana Attila S7N	Meshuggah Killswitch Engage Sevendust Hatebreed DevilDriver The Black Dahlia Murder Volumes Arcadia Libre

Main Stage	Iowa Stage
Sunday 16 October
Slipknot Deftones The Offspring Ministry Enter Shikari Emmure Thell Barrio Fire from the Gods	Opeth Arch Enemy Iced Earth Carcass Animals as Leaders Agora Nothing More Sabrina Sabrok Joliette

Japan

Saturday 5 November	Sunday 6 November
Slipknot Deftones Disturbed A Day to Remember Hoobastank Issues SiM Rize Rottengraffty Oldcodex coldrain Crystal Lake A Crowd of Rebellion Survive Said the Prophet Jealkb The Sixth Lie	Slipknot Marilyn Manson Lamb of God In Flames Anthrax Butcher Babies Man with a Mission the GazettE Crossfaith MUCC Her Name in Blood Crazy N' Sane THE冠魔法少女になり隊彼女 in the Display Salty Dog

2017 line-up

Mexico

Tecate Stage	Day of the Gusano Stage	The Maggots Stage
Saturday 28 October
A Perfect Circle Korn Stone Sour Bullet for My Valentine Cannibal Corpse Ill Niño Maximum the Hormone Deadly Apples Cerberus	Anthrax Children of Bodom Hatebreed Suicide Silence S7N Here Comes the Kraken Lack of Remorse	Anti-Flag Periphery Tech N9ne Attila ONI Parazit

Ozzfest Meets Knotfest 2017

Friday November 3
Monster Magnet Brant Bjork Sasquatch Lo-Pain

Lemmy Stage	Monster Energy Drink Stage 001	Monster Energy Drink Stage 002	Nuclear Blast Stage
Saturday 4 November
Ozzy Osbourne Prophets of Rage Deftones Children of Bodom Orange Goblin	Kreator Baroness High on Fire Iron Reagan	1349 Havok Tombs Night Demon Thrown into Exile	Municipal Waste Possessed Kataklysm Suffocation Rings of Saturn

Lemmy Stage	Rockstar Energy Drink Stage 001	Rockstar Energy Drink Stage 002	Nuclear Blast Stage
Sunday 5 November
Rob Zombie Marilyn Manson Stone Sour Eighteen Visions Prayers^[13]	Testament The Black Dahlia Murder Code Orange Stitched Up Heart Goatwhore	Life of Agony Upon a Burning Body Death Angel Oni Ded	Sid Wilson of Slipknot Repulsion Exhumed Warbringer Ghoul Zombie Eating Horse

2018 line-up

Colombia

Friday 26 October
Judas Priest Helloween Kreator Arch Enemy Masacre Iron Reagan Revocation Goatwhore Kilcrops Under Threat Cuentos de los Hermanos Grind Pitbull

Mexico

Canceled due to lack of organization.^[14]

2019 line-up

Knotfest meets Hellfest 2019 France

Thursday 20 June^[15]
Slipknot Rob Zombie Sabaton Amon Amarth Papa Roach Powerwolf Behemoth Ministry Sick of It All Amaranthe

Knotfest Roadshow 2019 USA & Canada

Lineup^[16]
Slipknot Volbeat Gojira Behemoth

Knotfest meets Forcefest 2019 Mexico

Main Stage	Tecate Stage	Monster Energy Stage	Prudence Stage
Knotfest 30 November
Slipknot (cancelled) Evanescence (cancelled) Cherry Bombs Behemoth Stratovarius Chelsea Grin Carajo Tanus Here Comes the Kraken Matherya	Godsmack Bullet for My Valentine Papa Roach Nothing More Of Mice & Men Cemican Never Again Headcrusher Kaizan	311 Suicidal Tendencies The Bronx 8 Kalacas Las Poker Project46 Arcadia Libre Parazit Hate Bullets Hankside	Carcass Belphegor Gore and Carnage Clandestino The Suffering Stone Leek Rejexion Ubon Torcido Monkey Dream Dethdealers The Legion of Hetheria AFK

Colombia

Knot Stage	Carnaval Stage	Alternative Stage
Friday 6 December
Slipknot Behemoth Testament Unleashed A.N.I.M.A.L. Random Revenge Reencarnación	W.A.S.P. Accept Cherry Bombs Stratovarius Perpetual Warfare Arzen	Carnifex Koyi K Utho Aire Como Plomo Poker Gutgrinder

2021

Iowa

Stage 1	Stage 2
Saturday 25 September
Slipknot Suicideboys Gojira Tech N9ne Knocked Loose Gatecreeper Widow7	Megadeth Lamb of God Trivium Fever 333 Turnstile Vended

Knotfest Roadshow USA

Lineup
Slipknot Killswitch Engage Fever 333 Code Orange

Los Angeles

5 November
Slipknot Bring Me the Horizon Cherry Bombs Killswitch Engage Fever 333 Code Orange Vended

2022

Knotfest Roadshow USA & Canada

Jinjer was announced to appear in the first leg, but cancelled due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, their homeland.^[17]

March 16 - April 17	May 18 - June 18	September 20 - October 7
Slipknot In This Moment Wage War	Slipknot Cypress Hill Ho99o9	Slipknot Ice Nine Kills Crown the Empire

Germany

30 July
Slipknot In Flames Ghostemane Meshuggah Jinjer Tesseract Bleed from Within Malevolence Cattle Decapitation Vended

Finland

Main Stage	Pulse of the Maggots Stage
Friday 12 August
Nightwish Lamb of God Arch Enemy Stam1na Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus	Huora Lähiöbotox Sara Bloodred Hourglass

Main Stage	Pulse of the Maggots Stage
Saturday 13 August
Slipknot Bring Me the Horizon Cradle of Filth Tesseract Blind Channel	Huoratron Moon Shot Medeia Stoned Statues Shiraz Lane

Knotfest Roadshow Argentina

Movistar Arena		C Complejo Art Media
8 December	13 December	15 December
Slipknot Arde La Sangre	Judas Priest Horcas	Trivium .MAR

Colombia

9 December
Judas Priest Pantera Bring Me the Horizon Venom Trivium Sepultura Hypocrisy Vended Suicide Silence Samael Walls of Jericho Acutor Ceguera Templa in Cinere Ratos de Porão

Chile

11 December
Slipknot Judas Priest Pantera Bring Me the Horizon Mr. Bungle Trivium Sepultura Vended Rama (cancelled) Weichafe (cancelled) Tenemos Explosivos

Brazil

Knotstage	Carnival Stage
18 December
Slipknot Bring Me the Horizon Mr. Bungle Motionless in White (cancelled) Vended Project46 Black Pantera	Judas Priest Pantera Sepultura Trivium Oitão Jimmy & Rats

2023

Australia

24 March - 26 March
Slipknot Parkway Drive Megadeth Trivium Northlane Amon Amarth In Flames Knocked Loose Spiritbox Story of the Year Alpha Wolf Void of Vision Bad Omens* Malevolence

Bad Omens pulled out of the Melbourne show on 24 March due to their vocalist Noah Sebastian losing his voice. ^{[citation needed]}

Japan

1 April^[18]	2 April^[19]
Slipknot Trivium Man with a Mission In Flames The Oral Cigarettes Enter Shikari Rottengraffty Survive Said the Prophet Red Orca Crystal Lake A Crowd of Rebellion Band-Maid CVLTE THE冠 Asterism Ailiph Doepa Wagamama Rakia	Slipknot Korn Maximum the Hormone Parkway Drive Coldrain Noisemaker Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas Petit Brabancon Paledusk THE SIXTH LIE 魔法少女になり隊 PRAISE HIKAGE

Italy

25 June
Slipknot Architects Amon Amarth I Prevail Lorna Shore Nothing More Bleed from Within Destrage

2024

Australia

21 March - 24 March
Knotfest Australia
Stage 1	Stage 2
Pantera Lamb of God The Hu Wage War Escape the Fate Speed Brand of Sacrifice	Disturbed Halestorm Asking Alexandria Thy Art Is Murder Skindred Windwaker King Parrot

17 March	19 March		20 March			25 March		26 March
Knotfest Australia Sideshows
Adelaide		Melbourne			Sydney		Brisbane
Disturbed Wage War	Pantera King Parrot Black Rheno	The Hu	Lamb of God Brand of Sacrifice	Asking Alexandria Wage War	Halestorm Skindred Reliqa	The Hu	Lamb of God Brand of Sacrifice	Halestorm Skindred Reliqa	Asking Alexandria Wage War

Iowa

21 September
Slipknot Till Lindemann Knocked Loose Hatebreed Poison the Well Gwar Vended Dying Wish Zulu Twin Temple Holy Wars Swollen Teeth Spine Dose

Brazil

19 October	20 October
Slipknot Mudvayne Amon Amarth Meshuggah DragonForce Orbit Culture Ratos de Porão Krisiun Project46 Eminience Kryour Eskröta	Slipknot Bad Omens Till Lindemann Babymetal P.O.D. Poppy Black Pantera Ego Kill Talent Seven Hours After Violet Korzus Papangu The Mönic

Argentina

26 October
Slipknot Amon Amarth Meshuggah Babymetal

Chile

2 November
Slipknot Disturbed Mudvayne Amon Amarth Babymetal Poppy Orbit Culture Rama Mawiza

2025

Australia

Slipknot A Day to Remember Babymetal Slaughter to Prevail Polaris Within Temptation Enter Shikari Hatebreed In Hearts Wake Health Miss May I Vended Sunami

References

^ "KNOTFEST: The Story So Far - Festicket Magazine". Festicket (in French). Archived from the original on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c Baltin, Steve (2012-06-04). "Slipknot to Launch Own Music Festival, Knotfest". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
^ Smith, Jay (2012-06-04). "Slipknot's 'Knotfest' Lineup Revealed". Pollstar. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
^ "KNOTFEST JAPAN 2022 -ノットフェス・ジャパン-". www.knotfestjapan.com. Archived from the original on 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
^ Kaufman, Spencer (2014-07-04). "Slipknot Announce 2014 U.S. Knotfest Featuring Danzig, Five Finger Death Punch, Volbeat More". Loudwire. Archived from the original on 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
^ "Watch Slipknot headbang to their epic new video for 'Nero Forte'". NME. 16 December 2019. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Slipknot to pay-per-view stream their Knotfest headline set". NME. 2012-07-11. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
^ Smith-Engelhardt, Joe. "Slipknot are reimagining Knotfest through exclusive online content". Alternative Press Magazine. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
^ Borba, Ryan (2020-05-27). "Slipknot Launches New Knotfest.com Media Platform With Streamed Event Friday". Pollstar News. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
^ Neilstein, Vince (2020-05-28). "Let's Talk About Slipknot's Re-Launched Metal News Website". MetalSucks. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
^ Columns, Sherry Thomas (2024-06-10). "Women, Music, & Have You Heard That (Music) Podcast?". The Aquarian. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
^ ^a ^b Freeman, Phil (2012-06-04). "Slipknot Announce Knotfest'". Roadrunner Records. Archived from the original on 2012-06-13. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
^ Appleford, Steve (2017-11-06). "8 Highlights From Ozzfest Meets Knotfest 2017". Revolver. Archived from the original on 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
^ Bassman, Leo (3 December 2019). "Knotfest México: crónica de una crisis de marca anunciada" [Knotfest Mexico: chronicle of a foretold brand crisis]. Runner Up Records (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ "Knotfest Meets Hellfest 2019". knotfestfrance.com. Archived from the original on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
^ "KNOTFEST Roadshow". Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
^ "Jinjer Officially Cancel North American Touring Plans to Focus on Relief Efforts in Their Native Ukraine, Launch Charitable Shirts". 4 March 2022.
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[1] "KNOTFEST: The Story So Far - Festicket Magazine". Festicket (in French). Archived from the original on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2019-12-29.

[RSarticle-2] Baltin, Steve (2012-06-04). "Slipknot to Launch Own Music Festival, Knotfest". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2012-06-13.

[pollstar-3] Smith, Jay (2012-06-04). "Slipknot's 'Knotfest' Lineup Revealed". Pollstar. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-06-13.

[4] "KNOTFEST JAPAN 2022 -ノットフェス・ジャパン-". www.knotfestjapan.com. Archived from the original on 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-11.

[LWarticle-5] Kaufman, Spencer (2014-07-04). "Slipknot Announce 2014 U.S. Knotfest Featuring Danzig, Five Finger Death Punch, Volbeat More". Loudwire. Archived from the original on 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2014-08-11.

[6] "Watch Slipknot headbang to their epic new video for 'Nero Forte'". NME. 16 December 2019. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[payperview-7] "Slipknot to pay-per-view stream their Knotfest headline set". NME. 2012-07-11. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-07-12.

[8] Smith-Engelhardt, Joe. "Slipknot are reimagining Knotfest through exclusive online content". Alternative Press Magazine. Retrieved 2024-06-11.

[9] Borba, Ryan (2020-05-27). "Slipknot Launches New Knotfest.com Media Platform With Streamed Event Friday". Pollstar News. Retrieved 2024-06-11.

[10] Neilstein, Vince (2020-05-28). "Let's Talk About Slipknot's Re-Launched Metal News Website". MetalSucks. Retrieved 2024-06-11.

[11] Columns, Sherry Thomas (2024-06-10). "Women, Music, & Have You Heard That (Music) Podcast?". The Aquarian. Retrieved 2024-06-11.

[roadrunnerarticle-12] Freeman, Phil (2012-06-04). "Slipknot Announce Knotfest'". Roadrunner Records. Archived from the original on 2012-06-13. Retrieved 2012-06-13.

[OzzfestMeetsKnotfest2017-13] Appleford, Steve (2017-11-06). "8 Highlights From Ozzfest Meets Knotfest 2017". Revolver. Archived from the original on 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2018-06-24.

[14] Bassman, Leo (3 December 2019). "Knotfest México: crónica de una crisis de marca anunciada" [Knotfest Mexico: chronicle of a foretold brand crisis]. Runner Up Records (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[KnotfestFrance-15] "Knotfest Meets Hellfest 2019". knotfestfrance.com. Archived from the original on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2018-12-08.

[16] "KNOTFEST Roadshow". Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-03-06.

[17] "Jinjer Officially Cancel North American Touring Plans to Focus on Relief Efforts in Their Native Ukraine, Launch Charitable Shirts". 4 March 2022.

[18] "KNOTFEST JAPAN 2020 -ノットフェス・ジャパン-". www.knotfestjapan.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-11.

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Knotfest

Genre	Heavy metal groove metal death metal metalcore deathcore thrash metal nu metal alternative metal black metal deathgrind hip hop
Location(s)	Council Bluffs, Iowa (2012) Somerset, Wisconsin (2012) San Bernardino, California (2014–2017) Chiba, Japan (2014, 2016, 2023) Toluca, Mexico (2015–2017) Bogotá, Colombia (2018–2019, 2021–present) Mexico City, Mexico (2019) Clisson, France (2019) Indianola, Iowa (2021) Los Angeles, California (2021) Oberhausen, Germany (2022) Turku, Finland (2022) Buenos Aires, Argentina (2022) Santiago, Chile (2022, 2024) São Paulo, Brazil (2022, 2024) Melbourne, Australia (2023-present) Sydney, Australia (2023-present) Brisbane, Australia (2023-present) Des Moines, Iowa (2024) Buenos Aires, Argentina (2024) Bangalore, India (2025)
Years active	2012 2014–2019 2021–present
Website	www.knotfest.com knotfestjapan.com knotfestmexico.com