Gonerfest 20 initial lineup

Gonerfest, which bills itself as “the best weekend of the year courtesy of Goner Records,” will hold the 20th iteration of the festival this year from 9/28-10/1/23 in Memphis, TN and have announced the initial lineup which features a rock solid offering of some of the best garage/garage punk acts currently going. Aside from the already stacked headlining slots— OSEES, The Mummies, The Gories—there are a load of heavy hitters on the undercard too like Chubby & the Gang, C.O.F.F.I.N., Alien Nose Job, Tee Vee Repairmann and plenty more with a plethora of international bands, Australian in particular. See below for full lineup and stay tuned for more announcements and full schedule coming from the fest. Passes are on sale now.

Gonerfest 20 (initial) Lineup

Headliners:

Thursday: OSEES (SF, CA)
Friday: The Gories (Detroit, MI)
Saturday: The Mummies (SF, CA)

Plus:

Marked Men (Denton, TX)
Chubby & The Gang (London, UK)
Sweeping Promises (Lawrence, KS)
Cheater Slicks (Columbus, OH)
Civic (Melbourne, Australia)
Bill Orcutt / Chris Corsano (SF, CA / Ithaca, NY)
Courettes (Aalborg, Denmark)
C.O.F.F.I.N. (Sydney, Australia)
Ibex Clone (Memphis, TN)
Alien Nosejob (Melbourne, Australia)
Laundry Bats (Memphis, TN)
Dippers (Brisbane, Australia)
Virvon Vavron (London, UK)
Lewsberg (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
1-800-MIKEY (Sydney, Australia)
Cool Jerks (Memphis, TN / Oxford, MS)
Tee Vee Repairmann (Sydney, Australia)
Turnt (Memphis, TN)
Vintage Crop (Melbourne, Australia)
The Smog (Osaka, Japan)