Lineups
1996: Seven Mary Three, Poe, Guided by Voices, The Verve Pipe, Howlin Maggie, A Flock of Seagulls, Magnapop, Van Gogh's Daughter
1997: Matthew Sweet, Veruca Salt, The Refreshments, Kara's Flowers, Sponge, Jars of Clay, K's Choice, Plumb
1998: The Fixx, Better Than Ezra, Everything, Reel Big Fish, Agents Of Good Roots, Candlebox, K's Choice, The Urge, Sprung Monkey
1999: Citizen King, Joydrop, Men at Work, Guided by Voices, Fuel, The Verve Pipe, Fastball, Jimmie's Chicken Shack
2000: Due to birthday bash there was no X-Fest
2001: Stroke 9, Transmatic, Jettingham, 8stops7, Tantric, American Hi-Fi, The Calling, Leo
2002: Sevendust, Filter, The Union Underground, Stroke 9, Seether, Audiovent, Goldfinger, Chevelle, Sinch, and Jeremiah Freed
2003: Mudvayne, Cold, Seether, Powerman 5000, Eve 6, Smile Empty Soul, Shinedown, Three Days Grace, V Shape Mind, and Sloth
2004: Puddle of Mudd, Saliva, Shinedown, Smile Empty Soul, Breaking Benjamin, Future Leaders of the World, Crossfade, Finger Eleven, Silvertide, and Earshot
2005: Seether, Papa Roach, Crossfade, 10 Years, Cold, Theory of a Deadman, Hawthorne Heights, Dark New Day, Day of Fire, and 30 Seconds to Mars
2006: Staind, Avenged Sevenfold, Three Days Grace, Buckcherry, Hinder, Bullet for My Valentine, Hurt, Damone, Black Stone Cherry, Eighteen Visions
2007: Three Days Grace, Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, Sum 41, Seether, Flyleaf, Finger Eleven, Sick Puppies, Evans Blue, Fair to Midland plus Battle for X-Fest 2007 winners Fluwid, Ithika, and Disagreed.
2008: Hinder, Puddle of Mudd, Buckcherry, 10 Years, Shinedown, Candlebox, Saving Abel, Five Finger Death Punch, Theory of a Deadman, Red, Black Tide, plus Battle for X-Fest 13 winners Chapter Of Progress, Hollows End, Seconds Fall, and Felix Tucker. (Avenged Sevenfold was going to play this year but due to Matt "Shadows" Sanders' illness, they had to cancel all their September tour dates. Red blew a tire on the way to the show, and was scheduled to play later on the local stage, but never did. Also, because of high winds due to Hurricane Ike, X-fest 13 was cut short (after Candlebox and before Shinedown). As a result, WXEG traded X-Fest tickets for free tickets to the Jagermiester Tour and half-price vouchers for X-Fest 2K9.)
2009:Alice in Chains, Mudvayne, Our Lady Peace, Hollywood Undead, Cage the Elephant, Hurt, Red, Cavo, Sick Puppies, and Halestorm, plus local bands Three Barrel, Chapter of Progress, Shamus Stone, and Hollows End.
2010: Shinedown, Seether, Papa Roach, Sublime with Rome, Drowning Pool, The Dirty Heads, Red Line Chemistry, Paper Tongues, American Bang, Janus. As per a release on WXEG. Sublime with Rome pulled out and were replaced with Sick Puppies.
2011: Staind, Theory of a Deadman, Five Finger Death Punch, Alter Bridge, Skillet, Adelitas Way, Kopek, Black Stone Cherry, Emphatic, Downplay
2012: Seether, Sick Puppies, 10 Years, Dropkick Murphys, Filter, Pop Evil, Falling In Reverse, Kyng, Young Guns, Dangerkids, Xfest 2012 was cancelled officially on 8/28/2012 following poor ticket sales.
Read more about this topic: X-Fest, Dayton, Ohio