Today, Birmingham hardcore and metal music festival Furnace Fest announced that it will return in 2025.

The announcement comes as a surprise since the event billed its 2024 installment as “the end of an era”, suggesting it would be their final year for the event. The surprise announcement was revealed on Furnace Fest’s social media accounts:

“Artist and agent friends, we can hardly believe we’re saying this. Is anyone doing anything around October 3rd – 5th, 2025???”

Furnace Fest co-organizer Johnny Grimes confirmed the return of the event and said they plan to make the festival bigger and better than ever.

“We couldn’t be more thrilled to usher in a new era of Furnace Fest! Once we collectively decided to close this chapter of FF, I couldn’t shake the question: What does the next era look like?

I began reflecting on what the next four years could hold and how we could continue pouring into a community that means so much to us. After days of thinking, praying, and talking with friends, I approached Chad, my partner and the founder of FF, with an idea: Let’s restructure the company and do this again.

To my excitement, he agreed, and we’ve been working tirelessly over the past few weeks to make it happen. Together, we’ve reimagined the entire organization, streamlined leadership, simplified operations, and crafted a fresh vision for Furnace Fest.

We’re confident that the best days of Furnace Fest are still ahead. This new era is going to be something special, and we can’t wait to share more with you. Stay tuned!”
Johnny Grimes, Co-Organizer, Furnace Fest

From 2000 to 2003, the original Furnace Fest brought incredible punk, hardcore and metal acts—and their fans—to The Magic City. In 2019, a group of four friends set out to replicate the original Furnace Fest in a one-time event.

Although the new iteration of Furnace Fest was postponed by the pandemic, it finally returned in 2021. After putting on the event in 2022 and 2023, the festival’s organizers announced that 2024 would be the “End of an Era” for Furnace Fest as we know it.

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