Welcome To Rockville Expand Festival Lineup

An expanded band lineup and festival experience has been announced for the third annual Monster Energy's Welcome To Rockville, April 27 and 28, 2013 at Jacksonville's scenic Metropolitan Park along the beautiful St. Johns River.

As part of the enhanced festival weekend, Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville will also feature the “Corona Light presents the Downtown Rockville Experience”--a Friday, April 26 pre-party and two after-parties on Saturday, April 27. Admission to the parties is FREE. The Friday, April 26 pre-party will feature Saliva with Evergreen Terrace at Underbelly in Jacksonville (www.jaxunderbelly.com). The Saturday, April 27 after parties include DJ Monk with special guests at 1904 Music Hall in Jacksonville (www.1904musichall.com; www.facebook.com/1904MusicHall), and Icey and Robert Goodman at Underbelly in Jacksonville. For full details, visit: www.WelcomeToRockvilleFestival.com.

"By expanding the festival experience, we hope to support and remain consistent with Mayor Brown's priority to revitalize downtown," says Welcome To Rockville producer and Jacksonville native Danny Wimmer. "Jacksonville already has a strong entertainment community and we hope to continue to add to the growth of the city's downtown nightlife and entertainment experience."

The region's biggest rock event will feature headlining performances from Alice In Chains and Limp Bizkit (marking the band's first hometown show in over a decade), as well as Jacksonville legends Lynyrd Skynyrd and Shinedown. Additions to the festival's lineup include Saliva (Sunday, April 28) and whitechapel (Saturday, April 27).

The current daily band lineup for Monster Energy's Welcome To Rockville is as follows:

Saturday, April 27
Alice In Chains
Limp Bizkit
Stone Sour
Three Days Grace
Papa Roach
Bullet For My Valentine
Halestorm
Asking Alexandria
All That Remains
In This Moment
Escape The Fate
Pop Evil
Otherwise
whitechapel
Young Guns
Gemini Syndrome

Sunday, April 28
Lynyrd Skynyrd
3 Doors Down
Shinedown
Buckcherry
Hollywood Undead
Skillet
Steel Panther
Device (featuring David Draiman from Disturbed)
Motionless In White
Filter
Saving Abel
Thousand Foot Krutch
Nonpoint
Red
Saliva
Girl On Fire

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Jason Fisher    March 27, 2013