My SNW day is 13 bands deep with 2 clashes I'm stubbornly trying to catch both halves of. Roast my schedule.
7 days out. My full Saturday is mapped — 11:10 AM through midnight, 13 bands, and two spots where I'm planning to stage-hop through a conflict instead of picking one. Judgment accepted.
Full disclosure before I get into it: I help build a site called The Band Index, and we just shipped a group-lineup tool, so my crew and I could stop arguing on Discord about who's seeing what. That's how I made the schedule below. Public link, no signup needed to view, you can fork it for your own crew.
Here's the plan (GA, solo for most of it, meeting people for headliners):
Opening stretch — yes, I'm actually going to be there at 11 AM:
- 11:10 AM — Speed of Light (Purple Stage, garage rock)
- 12:00 PM — VOWWS (Spiral Stage) — industrial/darkwave duo, probably the most slept-on booking on the whole lineup
- 12:45 PM — Filter (Green) + 1:10 PM — Orgy (Spiral). These overlap. I'm catching the front of Filter for "Hey Man Nice Shot," then running to Orgy for "Blue Monday." Someone tell me if this stage-hop is insane.
The emotional block:
- 1:55 PM — Acid Bath (Green). The 28-year reunion. I'd drive across the country for this one set.
- 2:35 PM — Mastodon (Purple)
- 3:55 PM — AFI (Purple)
Second conflict, same compromise:
- 4:45 PM — Knocked Loose (Green, full hour) + 5:15 PM — Coal Chamber (Spiral). Staying for most of Knocked Loose, then catching the back half of "Loco." Both are worth the split.
Night run — no breaks, no survivors:
- 6:50 PM — Evanescence (Green)
- 7:55 PM — Bring Me The Horizon (Purple)
- 9:00 PM — Korn (Green)
- 10:25 PM — System of A Down (Purple)
Full schedule with stages, set lengths, and the ugly conflict warnings is here (no signup to view, fork it for your own crew): https://thebandindex.com/festival/sick-new-world-lv-2026/lineup/1243fa65-31b3-44e3-873a-201d124942ec
What I actually want from you:
- Am I going to survive the Filter → Orgy stage hop? Has anyone done a Green → Spiral run at SNW in under 10 minutes before?
- What undercard am I missing? No Scowl, no Sunami, no Pain of Truth on my list, and I'm second-guessing.
- If you're going, drop your lineup link in the comments — I want to see who else is attempting the full 13.
See you in the pit.