Open Day at the Hate Fest is an album-length, internet-released compilation of music recorded by Curve since their reformation in 1996.
Open Day at the Hate Fest was produced during a time that saw Curve embroiled in legal battles with Universal Records over the company's decision to shelve Gift, the record Curve had recorded as the official follow-up to 1998's Come Clean. Following brisk online sales of Open Day at the Hate Fest, Universal relented, and agreed to release Gift later the same year under the Hip-O brand.
Track listing "Nowhere" – 4:06 "The Birds They Do Fly" – 4:10 "Ché" – 5:04 "Turnaround" – 4:24 "You Don't Know" – 6:23 "Backwards Glance" – 4:58 "Speed Crash" – 4:53 "Storm" – 4:28 "Caught in the Alleyway" – 5:44 "Open Day at the Hate Fest" – 7:02
"Nowhere" had originally been recorded for the soundtrack of Gregg Araki's eponymous film, while "You Don't Know" had already been used on the soundtrack for the film Gossip.