Insubordination Fest was an American annual punk rock music festival held in Baltimore, Maryland, that usually took place over three days, in late June.
The festival started in 2006 as a tenth-anniversary showcase for Insubordination Records,Justin (April 2, 2006). "Insubordination Records 10th anniversary Festival". Punknews.org. Retrieved December 12, 2012. and has been held every summer since. In the past, the festival has been headlined by bands such as Dillinger Four, Less Than Jake, The Mr. T Experience, The Queers and Teenage Bottlerocket.
Lineups by year
2006
The Apers A Study in Her The AV Club Beatnik Termites Big In Japan Charlie Brown Gets a Valentine The Copyrights Delay The Ergs! Geisha Lightning Hot Cops Johnie 3 John Stamos Project The Mopes Peabodys Pea Shooter The Proteens The Prozacs Stabones The Steinways Sick Sick Birds Slaughterhouse 4 The Tattle Tales Team Stray Tokyo Super Fans The Unlovables Vents Varsity Wierdos Zoinks!
2007 July 5–7, The Sidebar (Thursday) and The Ottobar (Friday and Saturday)
The Apers The AV Club Backseat Virgins Banner Pilot Beatnik Termites Ben Weasel Big In Japan Chinese Telephones The Copyrights Dead Mechanical Dear Landlord Egghead The Ergs! For Science The Guts Head The Hi-Life Joe Jitzu Karmella's Game The Leftovers Lemuria The Methadones Modern Machines The Mr. T Experience Nancy (band) The Paper Dragons The Parasites Peabodys The Proteens The Prozacs Retarded The Riptides Short Attention Sick Sick Birds The Steinways The Tattle Tales Teenage Bottlerocket Team Stray The Unlovables Varsity Weirdos Vena Cava
Groovie Ghoulies were originally scheduled to play but did not because of the band's break up earlier that year. Head was booked to replace them. Members of the band did, however, appear as guests during The Mr. T Experience set. Guff was also originally scheduled to play but did not. Banner Pilot was booked to replace them. The God Damn Doo Wop Band was on the final schedule, but did not play.
2008 June 26–28, The Ottobar (Thursday Pre-show), Recher Theatre (Friday) and Sonar (Saturday)
The 20 Belows Agent Orange Ann Beretta The AV Club Backseat Virgins Beatnik Termites Be My Doppleganger Chinese Telephones Cletus The Copyrights The Crumbs The Drunken Cholos Dateless Dead Mechanical Dear Landlord Ded Bugs Deep Sleep Doc Hopper The Ergs! Fear of Lipstick Festipals For Science Full of Fancy The Guts The Hextalls Karmella's Game The Leftovers Lemuria Moral Crux Nancy Off With Their Heads Project 27 Parasites The Proteens The Queers The Riptides The Steinways Short Attention Sloppy Seconds Sludgeworth Sweet Baby The Tattle Tales Teenage Rehab Sick Sick Birds Team Stray Weston Zatopeks
Double Dagger, Clint Maul, Head Home, Sleepwall and The Swims also played at the Toxic Pop/Wallride Records showcase stage at The Talking Head Club inside Sonar.
2009 June 25–27, The Ottobar (Thursday Pre-show) and Sonar (Friday and Saturday)
The 20 Belows The Abducted (reunion) The Adorkables The Apers The AV Club The Backseat Virgins Banner Pilot Be My Doppelganger Beatnik Termites Boris the Sprinkler The Challenged Charlie Brown Gets a Valentine The Copyrights The Cretins Dead Mechanical The Dead Milkmen Dear Landlord Deep Sleep Dillinger Four The Dopamines Egghead The Fiendz The Festipals The Firecrackers Full of Fancy The Gateway District Groovie Ghoulies The Guts The Hextalls House Boat The Jetty Boys John Walsh Karmella's Game The Kung Fu Monkeys
The Leftovers Lemuria The Loblaws The Marshmallows The Max Levine Ensemble The Methadones One Short Fall Pansy Division Parasites The Proteens The Prozacs Psyched to Die Rational Anthem The Repellents The Resistors The Secretions The Serlingtons Short Attention The Shuttlecocks Sick Sick Birds The Sidekicks Spodie Squirtgun The Steinways Sucidie Teenage Bottlerocket Teen Idols Toys That Kill Underground Railroad to Candyland The Unlovables
2010 June 24–26, The Ottobar (Thursday Pre-show) and Sonar (Friday and Saturday)
American Steel Automatics Be My Doppelganger Beatnik Termites Black Wine Charlie Brown Gets a Valentine Chinese Telephones Dead Mechanical Dear Landlord Dirt Bike Annie The Dopamines The Firecrackers Flamingo Nosebleed House Boat The Huntingtons Impulse International Jetty Boys Kepi Ghoulie and Friends Kobanes The Leftovers Less Than Jake Like Bats MC Chris Max Levine Ensemble The Menzingers The Methadones Nancy Night Birds Noise by Numbers Off with Their Heads Pillowfights Protagonist The Proteens The Prozacs The Quarantines The Queers Sandworms The Scissors Shutouts The Side Project The Slow Death Smokejumper Smoking Popes The Steinways Teenage Bottlerocket Tenement Varsity Weirdos Zatopeks
The Creeps, Fear Of Lipstick, The Hamiltons, The Hextalls, Old Wives, The PG-13s, The Roman Line and The Visitors also played at the "Canada Invasion Presented by Merman Records" at the Sonar's second stage on Friday. Barrakuda McMurder, the recording project of Steinways frontman, Grath Madden, were on the bill, but only as a stand-in for a surprise reunion set by The Steinways. The Sidekicks were scheduled to appear for the second year in a row but cancelled the week of the festival and were replaced by Like Bats. The Kung Fu Monkeys were originally scheduled to play, but did not.
2011 August 11–13, The Ottobar
Army Coach Be My Doppelganger Chixdiggit Connie Dungs The Copyrights Danny Vapid and the Cheats Dead Mechanical Dear Landlord Direct Hit The Dopamines Fatal Flaw The Firecrackers House Boat Iron Chic The Jetty Boys Karmella's Game Kepi Ghoulie Kurt Baker The Marshmallows Max Levine Ensemble Mikey Erg Mixtapes The Murderburgers The Potatomen The Quarantines Shutouts Slow Death Sun Puddles Vacation Young Hasselhoffs
2012 June 21–23, The Ottobar
Be My Doppelganger Beatnik Termites Billy Raygun Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits Braceface Candy Hearts City Mouse The Copyrights Dan Vapid and the Cheats Dead Mechanical Dear Landlord Dewtons Dopamines Dr. Frank and Friends Fatal Flaw The Firecrackers House Boat Isotopes Lipstick Homicide Mean Jeans Mikey Erg! Mixtapes Night Birds Parasites Plow United Promdates Rational Anthem Slow Death Smokejumper Teenage Bottlerocket Trashkanistan The Unlovables Weekend Dads Weston were originally scheduled to play, but dropped off due to a band member being unable to make it.
2013 June 27–29, The Ottobar
Beatnik Termites The Borderlines Candy Hearts The Capitalist Kids City Mouse The Copyrights Dan Vapid and the Cheats Dead Mechanical The Dewtons Direct Hit Dog Party Ex-Friends Fatal Flaw The Firecrackers Flamingo Nosebleed The Hellstroms Hospital Job House Boat Isotopes Jetty Boys Kepi Ghoulie Kepi-rights (Kepi Ghoulie with The Copyrights as a backing band) Lipstick Homicide The Marshmallows The Meeps Mikey Erg! The Mopes Night Birds Paper Dragons Plow United The Quarantines Rational Antheim Schroeder and the Brillo Pad Screaming Females Sick Sick Birds Slow Death The Steinways Team Stray Tight Bros. Tonight We Strike Trashkanistan
CD/DVDs During 2007, a live CD/DVD was released compiling various performances from that year's festival.Staff (undated). "V/A Insubordination Fest 2007". interpunk.com. Retrieved December 12, 2012. Additionally CD/DVD sets were released compiling the entirety of some bands' set that year including The AV Club, Dead Mechanical, The Guts, The Leftovers, Paper Dragons, Short Attention, The Steinways, Varsity Weirdos and Wimpy Rutherford.Justin (February 16, 2008). "Insubordination to Releasing 13 Live CD/DVDs Documenting 2007 fest". Punknews.org. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
See also
Culture of Baltimore List of punk rock festivals List of historic rock festivals
References