Saints & Sinners Festival is a two-day hardcore and heavy metal music festival held yearly in New Jersey. It started in 2006 at the Asbury Park Convention Hall on October 28 and October 29. The first day had emo/screamo/post hardcore bands and Atreyu headlined. The second day had metal/hardcore bands and Killswitch Engage headlined. The festival came back in 2007 and was held on November 3 and 4. Against Me! headlined on the 3rd and Glassjaw headlined on the 4th. The festival spun off into a tour in 2009, featuring Senses Fail, Hollywood Undead, Haste the Day, and Brokencyde.
2006 At Rest A Life Once Lost All That Remains Atreyu Bleeding Through Cellador Chiodos Despised Icon Drop Dead, Gorgeous Ed Gein Escape the Fate Every Time I Die Folly From a Second Story Window Full Blown Chaos God Forbid Heavy Heavy Low Low Helvetika (local) Job for a Cowboy Killswitch Engage Left to Vanish Ligeia Mindless Self Indulgence NORA Remembering Never Sacred Hatred See You Next Tuesday Suicide City The Devil Wears Prada The Kisscut The Number Twelve Looks Like You The Warriors This Is Hell Through The Grey (local) Through the Eyes of the Dead Unearth Zero Strikes Back (local)
2007 Saints and Sinners took place on November 3 and 4. The Crusade held competitions for local bands to compete to play at Saints and Sinners. The competition started in July. Prices were $30 for a one-day pass and $57 for a two-day pass. Against Me! headlined the 3rd and Glassjaw headlined the 4th.
November 3 Against Me! Agnostic Front August Burns Red Bang Camaro Bela Kiss Drop Dead, Gorgeous Elysia Four Letter Lie Future Cult Classic (local) Hip Hop Karaoke Horse the Band Kaddisfly LoveHateHero Municipal Waste Newlywed Disaster Saves the Day Strike Anywhere The Casualties The Number Twelve Looks Like You Whitechapel
November 4 Glassjaw A Skylit Drive The Agony Scene Alexisonfire All Shall Perish Animosity The Banner Between the Buried and Me Blessthefall Dance Gavin Dance December Aeternalis Envy on the Coast From a Second Story Window From Autumn to Ashes From First to Last Ground To Machine (Local) Misery Signals MyChildren MyBride Norma Jean Saosin Shai Hulud Silverstein Suicide Silence Black Moon (local) The Man with Dynamite Hands
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