2012 Sunset Strip Music Festival

By Al Borde TVAugust 2, 2012AB's Top Music News
Steve Aoki

On August 18, Steve Aokia, Marilyn Manson, The Offspring and Bad Religion will take over some of L.A.’s most historic rock venues. From West Hollywood’s San Vicente to Doheny Boulevards, the famed Sunset Strip will be closed to traffic for the fourth year and taken over by the Sunset Strip Music Festival.

The street festival will feature the Monster Energy east side stage, Bud Light’s beer garden, food trucks, Gibson GuitarTown art guitar installations and interactive experiences including the LA Kings’ street hockey games, a shot on goal simulator, the LA Kings Ice Rider and giveaways.

The Jack Daniel’s Experience mobile museum will also be on site this year as well as Got2Be’s “Church of Rock,” which will allow attendees to give their rock and roll confessions and The Samsung Galaxy SIII Experience.

VIP street fest ticketholders will have access to all of the above plus entrance to the VIP rooftop lounge that features specialty food options, full no-host bar, seating areas and views of the west stage, as well as access to the Virgin America VIP Lounge at On The Rox and VIP areas in the Bud Light beer garden and within the venues.

A limited number of three-day VIP passes, which include access to all of these shows during SSMF and VIP entrance to the street festival, are still available. A portion of ticket sales will benefit IMPACT Drug & Alcohol Treatment Center.

Street festival tickets and three-day VIP passes are on sale now.

Set times for the SUNSET STRIP MUSIC FESTIVAL street fest on Saturday, August 18 are:

West Stage (Outdoors)

2:30-3:00 p.m. Dead Sara
3:50-5:05 p.m. Black Label Society

5:50-6:50 p.m. Bad Religion

7:30-8:45 p.m. The Offspring

9:30-11:00 p.m. Marilyn Manson
Monster Energy East Stage (Outdoors)

2:00-2:30 p.m. The Mowgli’s

3:10-3:50 p.m. T. Mills

5:00-6:00 p.m. De La Soul

6:50-7:30 p.m. Far East Movement

8:15-9:15 p.m. Steve Aoki

The Roxy

1:15-1:45 p.m. The Knife Outline

1:55-2:20 p.m. The Burning of Rome

2:35-3:05 p.m. Caught A Ghost

3:20-3:55 p.m. The Stone Foxes

4:10-4:40 p.m. Wallpaper
4:55-5:15 p.m. Terraplane Sun

5:25-6:05 p.m. Matt Skiba

6:20-7:00 p.m. Das Racist

7:30-8:10 p.m. Love And A .38

8:30-9:00 p.m. Street Drum Corps

9:15-9:45 p.m. Filligar
Dim Mak “after party”

10:30 – 11:00 p.m. – Bones

11:00 – 11:45 p.m. Yung Skeeter

11:45 – 12:35 a.m. – PeaceTreaty

12:35 – 1:25 a.m. – Clockwork

1:25 – 2 a.m. – Secret guest DJ

Key Club

1:30-2:00 p.m. V Sevani

2:15-2:45 p.m. Arson-Strike

3:00-3:30 p.m. Betty Moon

3:45-4:15 p.m. Venrez

4:30-5:00 p.m. Nylon Pink

5:15-5:45 p.m. California Windfall

6:00-6:30 p.m. Vicci Martinez

6:45-7:15 p.m. True Press

7:30-8:00 p.m. Patience Price

8:15-8:45 p.m. Brandon And Leah

9:00-9:30 p.m. Many Of Odd Nature

9:45-10:15 p.m. Blackburner

10:30-1:30 a.m. After Party

Whisky A Go-Go


1:05-1:30 p.m. Nature by Numbers

1:45-2:15 p.m. Tempting Fate

3:00-3:30 p.m. The Untouchables

3:45-4:15 p.m. Hardly Dangerous

4:30-5:00 p.m. The Rocketz

5:15-5:45 p.m. Cold Blue Rebels

6:00-6:30 p.m. Leif Garrett

7:30-8:00 p.m. Hurricane

8:15-8:55 p.m. Dynazty

9:10-9:40 p.m. 45 grave

9:55-10:25 p.m. Beowulf

10:40-11:10 p.m. Bitch

11:25-11:55 p.m. Hotel Diablo

98-7fm Stage (Outside of The Roxy)

1:00-1:30 p.m. The Bolts

1:45-2:15 p.m. The Vim Dicta

3:00-3:20 p.m. Jared James Nichols

3:30-3:50 p.m. Cherri Bomb

5:05-5:35 p.m. Midnight Hour

6:55-7:25 p.m. Family of the Year

8:45-9:20 p.m. JJAMZ

10:30 p.m. Silent Frisco’s Silent Disco featuring DJs Motion Potion, DJ Wolfie & Special Guests

Plush Lounge @ Key Club


2:00-2:40 p.m. Force Multiplied

3:00-3:40 p.m. 210 To Lowell

4:00-4:40 p.m. Soulsign

5:00-5:40 p.m. Uncle Daddy

6:00-6:40 p.m. Vyrus

7:00-7:40 p.m. Lit Soul

8:00-8:40 p.m. Holding Harlot

9:00-9:40 p.m. Barbarian Overlords

10:00-10:40 p.m. Mad Temple

11:00-1:00 a.m. Breaking The Law