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While the four-day festival is the main attraction, local businesses are hoping visitors will spend some of their downtime exploring California's capital city, and they're offering special deals to treat them to a true Sacramento experience.
Aftershock fans are already arriving in Sacramento ahead of Thursday's opening day, and this year, they have a new option for where to sleep between four days of hard rock.
Sacramento's biggest festival dropped its 2026 lineup on Wednesday.
Aftershock organizers will be taking a page from other large music festivals around the country for next year's edition.
A massive lineup of rock legends will be rolling through Discovery Park in Sacramento for Aftershock 2025.
Wedding bells were part of the setlist at this year's Aftershock Festival in Sacramento.
It was a party all weekend long at Discovery Park in Sacramento with rock and metal fans from across the world coming for the four day Aftershock festival.
It was a party all weekend long at Discovery Park in Sacramento with rock and metal fans from across the world coming for the four-day Aftershock festival.
Aftershock is back in action at Discovery Park for its 12th year, kicking off the four-day rock festival to a crowd of around 40,000 fans Thursday night.
From rock concerts to food festivals, tourists attending Sacramento events are providing a big boost to the local economy.
Iron Maiden, Slipknot, Slayer, and Mötley Crüe will headline Sacramento's 2024 Aftershock Festival this October.
Already missing the Aftershock Festival? Organizers have already announced one next year's headliners.
It's a busy month for Sacramento with last week's Aftershock music festival, the GoldenSky country music festival this weekend and the Ironman the following weekend. As out-of-towners flock to the city of trees, local Airbnb owners are seeing a boom in business.
Police say the two men who were reported missing after Sacramento's Aftershock festival have been found safe and are in communication with family.
Both men have been found safe, Sacramento police say.
The sun has set, and rock lovers continued to rage on the Aftershock festival tonight despite the heat.
One of the biggest rock festivals in the country will fill Sacramento with the sound of heavy metal through the weekend as more than 160,000 people are expected to attend Aftershock. But did you know that there is another three-day music festival rocking out in the capital city this weekend?
Rock lovers are flocking to the capital city this weekend for the four-day Aftershock music festival and patronizing the local businesses.
More than 90 bands are performing, with more than 160,000 people expected to attend.
Hard rock fans, rejoice: The full lineup for Aftershock Festival's 2023 edition is now out.
Sacramento's biggest music festival, as well as its younger sibling, has announced next year's dates.
The festival has been a big tourism driver over the last seven years, according to Visit Sacramento, and this year is no exception.
