Scorched Tundra XII: What’s Coming Up + Night 1 Sold Out!
Scorched Tundra XII – taking place on Thursday 9/1, Friday 9/2 and Saturday 9/3/22 at The Empty Bottle in Chicago – is right around the corner. ST XII features newcomers and veterans of the festival, a number of first plays in the market, a North American live debut, and a return to the three day format.
Tickets for Night 1 are SOLD OUT – strongly recommend picking up your tickets for the rest of the evenings as soon as possible:
Thursday September 1st:
Monolord
Earthless
Dorthia Cottrell (Windhand)
*SOLD OUT*
Friday September 2nd:
REZN
Thou
Friendship Commanders
Huntsmen
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Saturday September 3rd:
Thou + Mizmor Collaboration Set
Mizmor
Ready For Death
DJ Heather Gabel (Hide)
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Rezn and Thou are co-headliners on Night 2 – festival debuts for both bands. Nashville-based Friendship Commanders’ messages of social inclusion and the importance of elevating voices fighting for social justice will continue to be a part of the conversation ST advocates through its curatorial choices.
Mizmor & Thou will perform their collaboration album Myopia – a North America exclusive – to close Night 3. Myopia was written and recorded in secret, released in April via Gilead Media. Prior to, Mizmor will perform a set featuring material from its 2019 critically acclaimed LP Cairn. This is Mizmor‘s first performance in Chicago. Local thrash metal super group Ready for Death open the evening with material from their upcoming debut LP and, Heather Gabel (Hide) will DJ throughout the evening.
Beyond music there’s a number of special ST collaborations occurring around town to enjoy. We’ll have limited edition Scorched Tundra t-shirts available starting Night 1, along with shirts from Tundra’s past.
Metropolitan Brewing‘s “Humbucker” Dortmunder-style lager will be served at the festival. It has been brewed in collaboration with Scorched Tundra on a year round basis since 2020.
