Concert photos | See Aftershock music festival return to Sacramento for 2023
By Sacramento Bee staff
The Aftershock music festival returned to Sacramento on Thursday night, bringing an estimated 40,000 daily fans to Discovery Park.
The four-day festival of headbanging, produced by L.A.-based festival promoter Danny Wimmer Presents, concludes on Sunday. The headliners on Thursday were Avenged Sevenfold, Incubus and The Cult.
Single-day admission tickets were still available Friday morning on the festival’s website for Saturday and Sunday.
Sunday:Guns N’ Roses, Queens of the Stone Age, Rancid.
Lead vocalist M. Shadows performs with Avenged Sevenfold on the first day of Aftershock music festival on Thursday. Xavier Mascareñas xmascarenas@sacbee.com
Avenged Sevenfold rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance performs at the Aftershock music festival on Thursday. Xavier Mascareñas xmascarenas@sacbee.com
Incubus drummer José Pasillas drives the beat as his band performs on the first day of Aftershock music festival on Thursday. Xavier Mascareñas xmascarenas@sacbee.com
M. Shadows, lead vocalist of Avenged Sevenfold, kneels as he sings on the first day of Aftershock music festival on Thursday. Xavier Mascareñas xmascarenas@sacbee.com
Incubus lead singer Brandon Boyd belts out on the first day of Aftershock music festival on Thursday. Xavier Mascareñas xmascarenas@sacbee.com
Attendees cheer as The Cult performs on the first day of Aftershock music festival on Thursday. Xavier Mascareñas xmascarenas@sacbee.com
Incubus lead singer Brandon Boyd performs with his band on the first day of Aftershock music festival on Thursday. Xavier Mascareñas xmascarenas@sacbee.com
The Cult’s Ian Astbury sings with his band on the first day of Aftershock music festival on Thursday. Xavier Mascareñas xmascarenas@sacbee.com
Fans stand in the front row as Avenged Sevenfold performs on the first day of Aftershock music festival on Thursday. Xavier Mascareñas xmascarenas@sacbee.com
Ayden Bowers, 12, of Mendocino, attends his second Aftershock music festival with his father Robert Bowers, on the opening day Thursday. Xavier Mascareñas xmascarenas@sacbee.com
Val Miranda, center, rocks out next to her sister, Emy Miranda, both of Reno, as Avenged Sevenfold performs on the first day of Aftershock music festival on Thursday. Xavier Mascareñas xmascarenas@sacbee.com
Maynard James Keenan, lead singer of Tool, performs during Aftershock on Friday night at Discovery Park. Lezlie Sterling lsterling@sacbee.com
Sully Erna of Godsmack sings with a display of pyrotechnics going off on stage during Aftershock on Friday night at Discovery Park. Lezlie Sterling lsterling@sacbee.com
Fred Durst, lead singer of Limp Bizkit, switches up his look for their performance Friday night at Aftershock at Discovery Park. Lezlie Sterling lsterling@sacbee.com
Wes Borland, guitarist with Limp Bizkit, performs during Aftershock on Friday night at Discovery Park. Lezlie Sterling lsterling@sacbee.com
Security workers prepare to grab crowd surfers as they are dumped in front of the stage during a performance at Aftershock on Friday night at Discovery Park. Lezlie Sterling lsterling@sacbee.com
This story was originally published October 6, 2023 at 10:00 AM.
