Ieperfest is an independent 3-day vegan Hardcore festival in Ieper, Belgium. There is also a winter edition of Ieperfest. We do not tolerate racism, sexism or fascism. Ask us anything
Thanks so so much to all of you who supported us via the crowdfunding campaign we launched a while ago. Our aim is to collect 15.000 euro and if possible, even a bit more. So have another look at our crowdfunding page and feel free to support us!!
As we told you already, the 27th summer edition of Ieperfest will happen on 5-6-7 July 2019. Here’s the moment many of you have been waiting for: the first list of bands that will be performing. Here we go!
AMENRA The Gods of the Church of RA movement celebrating their 20 year anniversary
BITTER END Powerful US hardcore, just 4 European shows this year
GOUGE AWAY Florida post-hardcore noise-rock hype
GUILT TRIP Manchester hardcore unit
HARM'S WAY Metallic US hardcore
IN CLOVER H8000 beatdown moshaholics
JUST ICE Canadian hardcore newcomers, wicked stuff!
LEIAH Sweden's masters of emo rock back on the map
LENGTH OF TIME Brussels metalcore godfathers
MADBALL New York hardcore, always a party!
NINEBAR London hardcore moshers back for a 2nd performance
OPTIMIST German raw hardcore meets old school death metal, ex-END OF DAYS
REDEMPTION DENIED Belgian straight ahead hardcore back for a 2nd performance
SECT Raleigh, Portland & Toronto hardcore. Vegan. SXE. Old.
WIEGEDOOD Church of RA black metal
WISDOM IN CHAINS Popular Pennsylvanian solid hardcore
That’s it for now. More news coming soon, stay tuned.
In 1992 our precious Ieperfest started out as a 2-day fest in the old Vort'n Vis pub. A few enthusiastic fanatics, driven by ideals, wanted to offer young underground bands a chance to share their music with a larger likeminded audience. It seemed cool to bring all those hardcore/punk kids together in a great atmosphere with bands spreading their positive message.
Anno 2018, we're still standing. Never could we have imagined that 26 years later we would be the world's longest running underground hardcore festival. Even so, we still embrace the same ideals and enthusiasm as in the early days. This organisation, run by volunteers only, is still going strong on the path of DIY-hardcore. We’re so proud of it!
In 1992 we offered our first plate of vegan food, and so are we still doing, uncompromised. No matter at which location we organised our beloved festival, the ecological spirit was always there. We increased our efforts towards our green policy drastically over the years, inspiring many other events and winning several Green Awards.
Of course, none of this would have been possible without the continuing support of all volunteers, or 'shitworkers', countless bands and visitors from all over the globe! We thank and applaud you all.
Today, the world of festivals has changed ... a lot! Bands require more cash, costs for logistics increase rapidly and we find ourselves confronted with a competition between many other, often well sponsored, mainstream festivals.
As a small underground festival we have always tried to squeeze every penny for its value. Big financial sponsors were never our thing and we have always re-invested every dime earned, back into the festival. Being the small entity that we are, we find ourselves now confronted with the dark side of economics.
The latest edition of our festival didn't attract the amount of spectators we hoped for and left us with a huge financial hangover. But this is Ieperfest, giving up doesn't appear in our dictionary. The lifelong friendships, sharing music and commitment. We refuse to let this go!
So we call upon you to help us out. Support us by donating with only one goal in mind: keep this unique festival alive and ensure the organisation of future editions of our and your precious Ieperfest!
Ieperfest has always been a family and now we turn towards you for help with a much appreciated donation.
Obviously you will get exclusive stuff in return for your well-earned cash.
Great items, all of them exclusive designs, even the food! ;-)
5 € a well-deserved thanks!
20 € sticker
50 € sticker + T-shirt
50 € 3 hot meals from Ieper Hardcore Food at the 2019 edition
500 € sticker + free entrance to Ieperfest Summer Edition for the next 10 years (500€/person)
You can sign up for any or multiple of these items through the crowdfunding page on Kiss Kiss Bank Bank.
We really want to collect 15.000 euro. More would be better, waaay better. We are working hard to make edition #27 (and many more afterwards) happen. Thank you for your support. You deserve it. We make it work!!
Ieperfest ... over 26 years of hardcore/punk/metal underground
IEPERFEST NEWS UPDATE 20 MARCH 2018 We have 11 more bands for you today, here we go: DAYS OF RAGE First Euro tour for these Canadian hardcore punks with a message DEATH THREAT Legendary US hardcore act with their highly anticipated Ieperfest debut. Exclusive European 20 year anniversary show! HIGH ON FIRE Another US top act that will entertain us in Flanders’ fields for the very first time. Woow! Exclusive Belgian show in 2018. HIRAX American thrash metal outfit that has been around for almost 35 years LOST BARON H8000 dark rockers mixing sludge, stoner and metal MAUDLIN H8000 doomy psychedelic progrockers finally back at the fest to present their new album SPIRIT CRUSHER Upcoming German hardcore act “inspired by NYHC, the 90s and the straight-edge” SPIRITS Melodic straight ahead US hardcore TAKE OFFENSE American crossover hardcore for the win. Back at the fest for the second time. TEMPEST Eco warriors of various countries teaming up. Ex-UNDYING. TURBOWARRIOR OF STEEL H8000 heavy metal heroes, always a party, always a blast! Presale? Thanks for your support!!
IEPERFEST NEWS UPDATE 6 MARCH 2018 13 more confirmed bands for this year’s summer edition, no kidding! BAD LUCK 13 Hard as nails, tuff as tuff ass US hardcore BATTALION OF SAINTS Legendary US hardcore/punk cult band. Legendary ànd cult? Hell yes! CHRONIC DISEASE Belgian fastcore giants amping up for their first show since … 1991. Imagine that! The CRYPTICS Straight ahead US hardcore/punk privileged to tour alongside BATTALION OF SAINTS xDEVOURx Belgian chugga chugga hardcore putting the edge back on the map. DEZERTER Polish cult hardcore/punk, around since the 80s. Having these guys on the bill is a dream come through! DOYLE Mr Von Frankenstein coming to haunt ghosts in Flanders’ Fields. MISFITS any one? HIEROPHANT Italy’s kings of blackened metalpunk with a strong Clevo hardcore nudge OI POLLOI Are you punx or mice? Come out and prove it! RAMALLAH Coming over for an exclusive 2018 European show. Come and sing along! RATS IN THE WALL Snotty US punk by LEFTOVER CRACK dudes with shredding female vocals UNCURED US metal on the rise, ready to conquer Europe with JASTA WITCH TRAIL Belgian blackened post metal dink punk Early bird weekend tickets? Don’t sleep on it … Best, Team Ieperfest
IEPERFEST NEWS UPDATE 20 FEBRUARY 2018 Good day to you all. Last week we promised you new names. We have 20 for you. AGATHOCLES Belgium’s mincecore godfathers, back for their 2nd performance AGROTOXICO Brazil hardcore/punk band celebrating its 25 year anniversary The ARSON PROJECT Swedish grinding death metal hitting the road together with HEXIS BROKEN TEETH Manchester hardcore that amazed many on this year’s Persistence tour CARNIFEX US tech melodic death metal back in Flanders’ fields COCKNEY REJECTS First time ever at Ieperfest for these UK oi/punk pioneers COUNTERPARTS Melodic Canadian hardcore as seen on tour with ARCHITECTS just recently CROWSVIEW Brand new H8000 metalcore act influenced by SLAYER, ARKANGEL and MORNING AGAIN JASTA Jamey HATEBREED’s other band, first Ieperfest appearance JUKAI Heavy ‘n metallic New Yorkers that remind of ACME, BLOODLET & INDECISION LENG TCH'E Belgian razor edge grind metal for fans of NASUM and DYING FETUS MALEVOLENCE UK’s top band mixing the best of metalcore and doom metal RAVAGE RITUAL H8000 sound all the way from Finland. Fans of INTEGRITY, CONGRESS and RINGWORM take note ROTTEN SOUND All the way from Finland, finally at Ieperfest to celebrate 25 years of grindcore and chaos SHELTER Headlining the fest on Friday, first time ever at Ieperfest! Just a handful EU shows in 2018. SLANDER Upcoming Italian hardcore act; mean, fast & furious! SWORN ENEMY US metallic hardcore back on the map with a special 15 years “As Real As It Gets” set UNION 13 Straight ahead Los Angeles singalong punkrock VONNIS Gent based blackened power violence crust on Consouling records WALK THE PLANK Washington DC melodic hardcore punk with a message The early bird ticket sale is still going strong. We’d like to remind you that there is only a limited amount of tickets available, get them while you still can! Best, Team Ieperfest.
IEPERFEST NEWS UPDATE 23 JANUARY 2018 We are happy to announce the first bunch of bands confirmed for Ieperfest summer #26. This year's magic dates are 10-11-12 August. As always we're making great efforts to offer you the finest range of underground hardcore, punk, metal and other extreme tunes. Old heroes vs hot newbies, you always get the best at Ieperfest. No more need to beat around the bush, here we go with the first 27 bands: ACIDEZ Mexican streetpunk heroes ALBEZ DUZ Berliner doom metal COFFINS Japan's masters om doom & gloom, back for the second time COMEBACK KID Fast melodic hardcore, always a blast CONFLICT UK political punk godfathers CONVERGE No introduction needed, right? CROSSFACE Putting H8000 hardcore on the map again DAMIEN DONE Dark wave-ish rock by former hardcore scenestars DISCHARGE Why Why Why? Another UK punk legend. DOOM The gods of European crust dis-punk DROWNING Upcoming US hardcore kids FOR THE GLORY Portugal’s hardcore leaders GET THE SHOT Canadian hardcore attack. Fabulous live band! GREG BENNICK spoken word performance HEADSHOT H8000 hardcore mosh HEXIS Danish hardcore dynamite meets doomy black metal, yeah JODIE FASTER From Lille (FR), faster than Jodie and her seatbelt! LA JUNGLE Belgian math/kraut/trance-rock. Bring your dancing shoes! LOTUS Belgian hardcore with attitude MOSKWA Polish punk heroes back on the map PAURA Brazil hardcore power, second time at Ieperfest PROCESS OF GUILT Portugal's sludge/math rockers PSYCHO ENHANCER Stomping American moshaholics SLOPE German hardcore/crossover kids back at it The WEIRDOS First Los Angeles punk band, been around since late the 70s! WISDOM IN CHAINS Fabulous American solid hardcore ZOHASTRE Experimental 'n psychedelic UK postrock Up next: Ieperfest green policy cross-border cooperation (Demo/Interreg), start of early bird presale, website updates, etc. Best, Team Ieperfest.
IEPERFEST NEWS UPDATE 8 DECEMBER 2017 Ladies and gents time has come to prepare yourselves for Ieperfest winter 2018. We have completed our line up and are pleased to announce that the following bands will be playing: Lokeren’s finest MINDWAR will be opening the party. Second band of the evening, Paris hardcore band MINDxAWAKE. Continuing the party, DIE MY DEMON (BE), and last but not least we have legendary CHOKEHOLD (CA) headlining. Please note that the event will now take place at Vort’n vis Ieper as we want to bring you a cosy show. #zottesfeerverzekerd!! Get your tickets as they are now on sale. We expect this show to sell out, so don’t sleep on this. Hope to see you all Saturday 13 January 2018!! Best, Team Ieperfest
Earlier on this week, 2 bands told us they had to pull out of the festival as their drummers broke a leg. Coincidence or conspiracy? Doesn’t matter really. WALLS OF JERICHO and KING APATHY are out.
MADBALL (US) and LANDSCAPES (UK) are in. We are really happy with these 2 last minute replacements. Hope you are as well.
In the meantime, check out the contest that is running through our Facebook page. Share & win!!
Schedule, Food & More Than Music updates are also in the works. Stay tuned.
