FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood will present a Rock Carnival, with bands and other attractions, Sept. 30-Oct. 2.
About 60 hard rock and heavy metal acts, including Alice Cooper, Halestorm, The Used, Daughtry and Clutch, will perform on four stages at the Rock Carnival at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood (home of the Lakewood BlueClaws minor league baseball team), Sept. 30-Oct. 2.
Twisted Sister will present what it is calling its final tri-state area appearance on Oct. 1, and comedian Jim Breuer, who recently released a rock album, Songs From the Garage, on the Metal Blade label, will perform with his band, The Loud & Rowdy, on Oct. 2.
Below are the set times for this marathon event.
There will also be amusement park rides and games, professional wrestling, food trucks, pig racing, a family entertainment area, and more.
For information, visit therockcarnival.com.
Here are the set times:
SEPT. 30
WRAT STAGE
7:45 p.m.: Blue Öyster Cult
9:45 p.m.: Alice Cooper
WDHA STAGE
7 p.m.: Zakk Sabbath, Black Sabbath tribute featuring Zakk Wylde, Blasko and Joey Castillo
8:45 p.m.: Clutch
BIRCH HILL STAGE
6:40 p.m.: Kyng
7:55 p.m.: Alive! 75, Kiss tribute
9:30 p.m.: Almost Queen
GAMELOUD ARENA
6:20 p.m.: Funghoul
7:05 p.m.: Experiment 34
7:50 p.m.: Kore Rozzik
8:30 p.m.: GCW Wrestling
OCT. 1
WRAT STAGE
2 p.m.: Simo
3:10 p.m.: Shaman’s Harvest
4:30 p.m.: Jackyl
6:10 p.m.: Fuel
8 p.m.: Daughtry
10 p.m.: Twisted Sister
WDHA STAGE
2:30 p.m.: Texas Hippie Coalition
3:50 p.m.: Punky Meadows
5:20 p.m.: Monster Magnet
7 p.m.: Ace Frehley
9 p.m.: Overkill
BIRCH HILL STAGE
2:50 p.m.: Out of Bounds
3:50 p.m.: Colossal Street Jam
4:50 p.m.: American Angel
5:50 p.m.: Killcode
6:50 p.m.: Jester
7:50 p.m.: Cycle of Pain
8:55 p.m.: Zebra
10 p.m.: Sixx Seconds to Mars, Mötley Crüe tribute
GAMELOUD ARENA
2 p.m.: Hot Lips
2:45 p.m.: Retrofeelya
3:30 p.m.: GCW Wrestling
5:30 p.m.: Raftree
6;15 p.m.: Know Your Enemy
7 p.m.: The Blackfires
7:30 p.m.: GCW Wrestling
9:30 p.m.: Death Metallic, Metallica tribute
OCT. 2
WRAT STAGE
3:05 p.m.: Matt O’Ree
4:20 p.m.: Jim Breuer and the Loud & Rowdy
5:50 p.m.: Sebastian Bach
7:25 p.m.: Tom Keifer
9:15 p.m.: Halestorm
WDHA STAGE
2:35 p.m.: Common Wealth
3:35 p.m.: Citizen Zero
5:05 p.m.: 10 Years
6:35 p.m.: Life of Agony
8:15 p.m.: The Used
BIRCH HILL STAGE
1:50 p.m.: Empire Fallen
2:40 p.m.: Legion
3:30 p.m.: River Monsters
4:20 p.m.: Dark Sky Choir
5:20 p.m.: Apocalypse Blues Revue, featuring Shannon Larkin and Tony Rombola of Godsmack
6:20 p.m.: Trixter
7:20 p.m.: Bullet Boys
8:25 p.m.: Four by Fate
9:30 p.m.: Doro
GAMELOUD ARENA
2 p.m.: Balefire
2:45 p.m.: Eli the Band
3:30 p.m.: GCW Wrestling
5:30 p.m.: Atomic Beauty
6:15 p.m.: Bad Case of Big Mouth
7 p.m.: Strive
7:30 p.m.: GCW Wrestling
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