Fest 12 has added another new crop of bands, among which are Paint It Black, Off With Their Heads, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Pianos Become the Teeth, Banquets, The Holy Mess, Light Years, Pentimento, After the Fall, Reverse the Curse and Run Forever. Hit the replies to check out the full list of bands playing so far -- including those added on the May 4th update that we forgot to post -- for a total of nearly 200 bands. Fest 12 happens from October 31 to November 3 in Gainesville, FL and Big Fest in Little Ybor happens October 29-30 in Ybor City, FL. Tickets are available here.

The Fest 12 has announced its initial lineup and will be extending its length this year. "Big Pre-Fest In Little Ybor" will feature 100 bands in two days (October 29-30) across five venues in Ybor City, FL, which is just outside of Tampa. The Fest itself has extended to include Thursday now, so it will take place from October 31-November 3 in Gainesville. Hit the replies for the initial (lengthy) lineup announcement, which includes reunions from The Draft and Ann Beretta, along with The Bouncing Souls, Braid, Boy Sets Fire, A Wilhelm Scream, The Dopamines, The Flatliners, The Menzingers, No Trigger, Off With Their Heads, Teenage Bottlerocket, Code Orange Kids, I Am the Avalanche, Banner...

The Fest 12 will make...some sort of announcement on April 20. At least 70 bands have been confirmed so far.

Fest 11 is now only days away, and a lot of people are starting to arrive or get closer to Gainesville. While you're on your way in and out of this fine city, or if you'll be in the north-central Florida area for a little bit of time, you might want to take advantage of some of the awesome pre- and post-Fest shows around here. While Fest has an incredible lineup of its own, there are really only so many bands you can see in three days. Setting your schedule for before and after Fest can guarantee you seeing a few bands, which will reduce your conflicts during the weekend and turn an already-awesome three-day experience into an are-you-crazy-enough-to-attempt-this five or six day...

Keeping with the Fest theme, Ryan Willems from Dikembe took the time the give those who are going to Fest some things to certainly keep an eye out for when in town this weekend. Hit the replies to read his blog about what you should spend some time doing while in and around Gainesville.

With Fest 11 just a couple days away, today you'll be getting a couple guest blogs from guys in bands that will be partaking in the annual punk rock festivities in Gaineville, Florida. First, Dave Klyman from Restorations has written a blog for us on the rigors surrounding Fest, and you can give that a read in the replies.

As the second part of our Fest 11 coverage (we did a list of 22 bands you need to see last week), we asked our friend Dave Drobach (he plays in an awesome punk band called Grabass Charlestons and works at No Idea Records) for a little help in giving us some food recommendations in Gainesville. As a citizen of this upstanding town, I always speak highly of Gainesville's well-known Mexican restaurants, but there's a lot more to the food around here than just those places that everyone goes to every year. Dave essentially wrote up a guide to must-eat/drink restaurants all around town, ranging from the best places for coffee and beer to breakfast and brunch and dinner and everything in...

It's the first day of October, which means we're officially in countdown mode for The Fest 11, which takes place from October 26-28 in Gainesville, Fla., this year. I wanted to kick off coverage of the punk rock mecca with a list of 10 bands you should watch, but then I figured since it's the 11th incarnation of the festival, I should go ahead and make it 11 bands. I sat down to write the list and simply had too many good groups to spotlight, so I doubled the length to 22. Blame organizer Tony Weinbender and the rest of the Fest crew for drawing up too good of a lineup. Without further ado, you can head to the replies to check out our list of 22 bands to check out at The Fest 11. If...

The Fest has announced its schedule and times for its 11th installment. It will take place October 26, 27 and 28. There are some pre-Fest shows worthy of checking out as well - including this one featuring You Blew It!, Dikembe, The World Is A Beautiful Place..., Suis La Lune, Wavelets and others, including a Green Day Dookie-only covers set. Check back to AP.net leading up to The Fest as we'll have a variety of coverage as it draws closer.

Propagandhi, Grade, and Latterman will be performing at The Fest.

The Fest 11 has added a bunch of new bands, including Plow United, Laura Stevenson and the Cans, Half Hearted Hero, Lowtalker, Kevin Seconds and more. The entire list of the new additions is in the replies.

So we probably should have posted this earlier...but tickets for The Fest 11 are now on sale. The server already crashed and came back hours ago so you should be all set to order your weekend passes. They are currently $85. Hotel rooms are for sale on the same page, but all of the rooms at the "Fest HQ" Holiday Inn sold out in about an hour.

Head to the replies to see a new batch of bands that were announced today for The Fest 11 in Gainesville, Fla. Notable additions include 7 Seconds, F.Y.P, Titus Andronicus, The Menzingers, La Dispute, and the Front Bottoms.

The lineup has been officially announced for The Fest 11 in Gainesville, Fla. It will take place on October 26, 27 and 28 and three-day weekend passes will go on sale on April 20 and they will be $85 until July 1st, when the price bumps up to $100. Head to the replies to see the full lineup, which includes a Cadillac Blindside reunion among many others that we posted yesterday.

Update: Although we have much reason to believe this is the initial lineup, it has not been officially confirmed by The Fest yet.

Check out the first lineup for this year's Fest 11 in Gainesville, Fla., in the replies.

Check out my diatribe of an excellent Day 2 of Fest 10 here.

Hello everyone and happy Fest 10! If you guys are interested in keeping up with this weekend's action in Gainesville, I'll be Festing all weekend and you can follow me on Twiiter here. I'll be tweeting the mystery bands each day as I'm allowed, and for (better) information, follow The Fest's Twitter here.

The Fest 10 will kick off tomorrow in Gainesville, Fla. Today we're bringing you two interviews to get you prepared for the weekend, one with Fest organizer Tony Weinbender and one with Hot Water Music frontman Chuck Ragan. The interviews were used for this article, detailing the anticipation for Hot Water Music's homecoming performance.

Look Mexico are running a contest for a pair of 3-day weekend passes to Fest 10 this year. Details can be found here.

The first batch of bands for the Fest 10 can be found here. Hot Water Music, Against Me! and Less Than Jake are just some of the many ones that are already confirmed.

Are you excited for The Fest? Do you wish you were going to The Fest? Either way, you can check out a preview I wrote for the Gainesville extravaganza right here.

To celebrate all the Canadian talent that will be at the Fest this weekend, Juicebox put together a compilation that you can grab here. It features songs from The Flatliners, The Snips, Carpenter and more.

Tickets for the Fest 9 are officially on-sale as of today and the full line-up has been unveiled. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, The Suicide Machines and Broadway Calls are just some of the many bands confirmed.

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