Hello everyone! We here at Sound and Fury wanted to clear the air about what happened on Sunday night and why the fest was shut down after 2 days of amazing bands and fun.

Based on what we saw ourselves and were told by others, here’s what, as best we can tell, happened: During Backtrack’s set, one person was dared/challenged to take his motorcycle into the venue and ride around. We were immediately alerted, and for everyone’s safety, security escorted the person out while he was still on the cycle. Once outside the security guards wanted the person to get off his cycle in order to speak with him. Seeing this some onlookers encouraged the person on the cycle to run as he might get in trouble if he stayed. As he attempted to flee, security reached for him, some of the bystanders considered the act to be a hostile one and a mob began to surround security. Joey and Ray immediately called the police. The primary concern was for the safety of the attendees and because of the “mob mentality” that was being witnessed (thrown trash cans/bottles/punches), before the situation got any worse we decided to shut down the show.

At the end of the day, no one was hurt or arrested and property damage was minimal (one broken window). The staff, venue, security and police were all absolutely incredible to Sound and Fury as a whole. Their actions helped to stop any potential fight that could have broken out, which would have caused unwanted repercussions for all parties involved with the festival (promoters, bands, venue, attendees).

We want to apologize to all the kids and bands who made special efforts and traveled so far to be there for the weekend. We were very sorry to see that the weekend ended as it did. It crushed us to see months of work and anticipation get flushed down the drain in less than 20 seconds. Realize that it is just two people putting on this fest and we are held directly liable for anything that happens.

Rumors and hearsay will exist, but based on all the information we have gathered, this is pretty much the extent of what happened. We choose instead to focus on the positives of the weekend, most importantly that the first two days went by with minimal incidents, proving that as a scene, we can put something like this together.

Sound and Fury is an amazing opportunity for us as a community of hardcore kids to get together and have fun at a perfect location. Fighting, assumptions, or petty disagreements will only ruin our chance to recreate this event. It deeply hurt us that someone thought this would be alright to do.

We are hoping to reach a compromise with the Earl Warren Fairgrounds so we will have the opportunity to host Sound and Fury 2011 at such an excellent venue. You will see us again next year.

Any questions, please hit us up soundandfuryfestival@gmail.com

-Joey Cahill and Ray Harkins

We will be selling 3 day passes at the door for $75.  It’s cash only, but there is an ATM on the grounds.  We’ll also be selling day passes each day, Friday $25, Saturday $30, Sunday, $30.

To claim your tickets please bring:
Photo ID
Receipt of transaction from PayPal/6131 Store

We will have 3 separate lines, A-J and J-Z for the LAST NAME THAT TICKETS WERE PURCHASED UNDER and then day of sales

Parking is $3 for a day or $5 for the weekend.  This is out of our hands, but it’s only $5 for the weekend and your car will be secure.

Doors will be at 1pm on Friday with the first band playing at 3pm.

Things NOT to do:
-drink in the parking lot: we got in trouble in 2008 and we now have extra security costs because of it. Please be respectful and save it for the hotel rooms

-sleep in your car in the parking lot: you WILL get kicked out. You HAVE to leave each night. Sleep on the beach, it’s much nicer.

-tag/deface the bathroom: don’t write on the walls or deface the bathrooms in any way. We had to pay HUGE cleaning fees in 2008 and would love to not do it again

-fight security guards: they’re here for your safety.  If there is a problem come find Ray or Joey, and one of us will talk to them.

All in all, have FUN and remember this is all done with you guys in mind and we are hardcore kids just like you guys. So respect each other and the property. We want to have it here next year but have to prove that we can keep the place nice.

www.soundandfuryfestival.bigcartel.com

There are a limited amount of day passes, so if you plan on buying day passes do it quickly.

FRIDAY $25
At Our Heels
Beartrap
Bitter End
Create Avoid
Creatures
Deadhead
Downpresser
Expire
Fire and Ice
Heartsounds
Hostage Calm
The Mongoloids
Mother of Mercy
Outspoken
Product of Waste
Ruckus
Strife
This Is Hell
Touche Amore

SATURDAY $30
50 Lions
All Is Fleeting
Alpha & Omega

Cold World
Daylight
Donnybrook
Down To Nothing
Dry Spell
Give
Grace Alley
Grave Maker
Mammoth Grinder
Mindset
Naysayer
Not Sorry
Piece By Piece
Power Trip
Rotting Out
Sick of It All
Terror
Xibalba

SUNDAY $30
Backtrack
Bane
Bracewar
Dead End Path
Defeater
Earth Crisis
The Effort
Foundation
Harms Way
Loma Prieta
Make Do and Mend
Man Overboard
Minus
Mourningside AD
Punch
Retaliate
Rival Mob
Such Gold
Swamp Thing
Tigers Jaw
Transit

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Bracewar

Create Avoid

Daylight

Down To Nothing

Grace Alley

Loma Prieta

Minus

Piece By Piece

Punch

Swamp Thing

Terror

Pre-sale tickets can be purchased here: http://soundandfuryfestival.bigcartel.com

Passes will be sold at a discounted rate until Tuesday May 11th. After that tickets will be sold at the regular price.

Vendors are currently being accepted. If interested in participating in this year’s festival, please get in touch: soundandfuryfestival@gmail.com

Alpha & Omega

At Our Heels

Beartrap

Cold World

Creatures

Dead End Path

Donnybrook

Dry Spell

Expire

Fire and Ice

Foundation

Give

Harms Way

Heartsounds

Make Do and Mend

Mother of Mercy

Mourningside AD

Not Sorry

Power Trip

Product of Waste

Rival Mob

Rotting Out

Ruckus

Sick of it All

Strife

Such Gold

Tigers Jaw

Xibalba

Look for the next announcement to come in May!

Thanks to everyone for being so patient.  It’s going to be an amazing year, and the lineup is coming along great.  We will be announcing the first part of the lineup in early April.

Please keep the emails/suggestions coming soundandfuryfestival@gmail.com

More info to follow very soon!

A few exciting things to announce in the Sound and Fury camp:

-It’s happening in July (most likely mid-to-late July)
-It’s happening in the Ventura/Santa Barbara area again

We’ve also made some awesome additions to our Sound and Fury planning crew. Joey Cahill (6131 Records) and Ray Harkins (ex-Taken, Century Media) will be helping us out. We brought them on to add some new blood and fresh ideas to the mix. That said, they’ll be taking the lead on the booking duties this year. In the meantime, you can hit all of us up here:

EMAIL: soundandfuryfestival@gmail.com
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/soundandfuryfest
MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/soundandfuryfestival
TWITTER: www.twitter.com/sound_and_fury

More info to come in mid-March!