Forever Deaf Festival 2026 will descend upon Chicago on April 10 and 11 at the Sleeping Village and Avondale Music Hall venues, with a special after show party at Live Wire Lounge.
The monumental weekend will include sets by Atomic Rule (featuring members of Every Time I Die, Dry Kill Logic, The Acacia Strain, and Eternal Sleep), Weekend Nachos performing their only Chicago area show of 2026, Scalp, Year Of The Knife, Pig Destroyer blazing through their monumental Prowler In The Yard full-length in its ravaging entirety, a very special Friday headliner still to be announced, and more! The lineups are:
April 10, 2026: Sleeping Village
- Headliner TBD
- Atomic Rule
- See You Next Tuesday
- Motherless
April 11, 2026: Avondale Music Hall
- Pig Destroyer
- Weekend Nachos
- Scalp
- Year Of The Knife
- Plague Bringer
- Hewhocorrupts
- Mellow Harsher
April 11: Live Wire Lounge
Additionally, Forever Deaf Productions will donate $1 per ticket towards Head Bang For Science, an annual scholarship award program for high school seniors, undergrads, and grad students who are pursuing a career in healthcare and/or the physical sciences. It’s the first scholarship foundation to directly provide financial aid to metalheads, and was founded by SiriusXM curator/host and former pharmacy grad student Jose “Metal Ambassador” Mangin in 2021.
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