Hold the dates, it s happening.
The storied Bamboozle music festival is returning May 5 to 7, 2023, for a 20-year anniversary celebration at a location in New Jersey, said founder John D Esposito to the USA TODAY Network New Jersey.
A hype reel posting on social media at 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 4, will have the dates.
The Bamboozle featured emo, hip-hop, rock and pop A-listers like Drake, Bon Jovi, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, My Chemical Romance, Bruno Mars Demi Lovato and many more during a 10-year run primarily in Asbury Park and the Meadowlands in East Rutherford.
The tagline for the upcoming fest is Emo s not dead.
The Bamboozle Festival will be making its triumphant return to the festival lineup in 2023, 11 years after its final edition took place. Organizers have revealed that a special 20th anniversary edition will be set in New Jersey the weekend of May 5-7, 2023.
Buzz of a potential Bamboozle return surfaced earlier this year when the event s website was updated to reflect a MySpace-styled theme, representative of the era in which the emo and pop-centric festival operated after launching in 2003.
During that time, as teased in the new video promoting the festival s return, acts ranging from Motley Crue and Foo Fighters to Bruno Mars and Demi Lovato played the eclectic music event, but the core audience catered to fans of acts such as My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Paramore and others.
The hints continued trickling in over the last few months. A March 9 post on
Facebook introduced what we now know to be the event’s official tagline, “Emo’s not dead.”
Myspace-inspired website, further suggesting the event would return in 2023. On March 17, D’Esposito additionally posted one of the most definitive comments regarding the event to date on his personal Facebook page.
“As promised, today a festival website was launched,” D’Esposito wrote. “Was it your space – or myspace? Either way, let the games begin. 18 years ago, we created an event on Myspace – for its 20th anniversary we are inviting back some old friends, introducing everyone to new friends and will no doubt, redefine a scene and once again rise to the top of the festival world. Welcome Home BAMBOOZLE FESTIVAL. 10 Years Will Be Long Enough.”
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