Psycho Las Vegas

Psycho Las Vegas
Promotional Poster for Psycho Las Vegas (2016)
Background information
Genre(s)	Stoner Rock, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Hard Rock, Experimental, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
Date(s)	Various
Location	Various
Venue(s)	Various
Years active	2013 - Present
Website	Official

Psycho Las Vegas is a marquee festival in Nevada along with it's associated marquee events. Initially, the first Psycho festival was held in California as a one-day event before evolving into a three-day event in Santa Ana in 2015, prior to which events known as Psycho de Mayo were hosted from 2013 - 2014.

From 2016 onward the festival has been moved to Las Vegas, Nevada at the Hard Rock Hotel & Cafe, named Psycho Las Vegas, rechristening their event as a "Rock and Roll Bacchanal". As of 2020 Psycho Las Vegas is hosted at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. What was originally a one-day event in California has turned into one of the premier festivals in the United States spanning four days with a wide variety of bands, done in a similar vein to many popular heavy festivals.

2013: Psycho De Mayo

The first festival hosted by the promoters behind Psycho Las Vegas would be billed as "Psycho De Mayo", was held on 5 May 2013 at four different venues in Santa Ana, California.

The Yost Theatre (Mecca Stage)	Copper Door (Alpha Stage)	Proof Bar (Omega Stage)	Left of The Dial Records (Apollo Stage)
Black Mountain	Joy	Drinking Flowers	The Shine Brothers
A Place to Bury Strangers	Black Pussy	Levitation Room	Filthy Huns
Dead Skeletons	Astra	The Vleits	The Old Testament
Dead Meadow	Tweak Bird	Vinyl Williams
Dahga Bloom	Psychomagia	Mr. Elevator
Sleepy Sun	Burning of Rome	Rose Windows
Mmoss	Plant Tribe	Spanish Moss
Stranger's Family Bond	Wild Wild Wets	Blackfeet Braves
Highlands	Electric Healing Sound	Blank Tapes
	Shiva Trash	Blaak Heat Shujaa
		JJUUJJUU
		The Orange Revival
		Douglas and The Firs

2014: Psycho De Mayo

The second edition of Psycho Festival was held on 11 May 2014 in Orange County, California. Like the previous year it was billed as "Psycho De Mayo" but this time in a single venue (The Observatory) spread out over two stages. There was also notably a warm-up show at the Constellation Room in Orange County on 10 May featuring A Place To Bury Strangers, Cold Showers and Electric Flower Group.

Main Stage	Constellation Room
Pentagram	Suuns
Dead Meadow	Prince Rama
Kadavar	Zombie Zombie
Saint Vitus	Lumerians
The Shrine	Ringo Deathstarr
Dahga Bloom	Sun Araw
Zig Zags	A Place to Bury Strangers (DJ set)
Harsh Toke	White Manna
Fatso Jetson	Dead Gurus
Sons of Huns	Al Lover
Captain Slookie	Ancient River
	Ghost Box Orchestra

2015: The Road To Psycho Tour

The Road To Psycho was a tour set up by Thief Presents and Psycho Entertainment as a "build-up" to Psycho California with most of the dates happening in California. The three bands chosen (With special guests at select dates) were Electric Citizen, Stoned Jesus and headliner Elder.

Dates and Additional Bands

• May 7, 2015 - Harvard & Stone - Los Angeles, California
• May 8, 2015 - Milk Bar - San Francisco, California
• May 9, 2015 - Sweet Springs Saloon - San Luis Obispo, California
• May 10, 2015 - Brick by Brick - San Diego, California (With Dead Meadow)
• May 12, 2015 - The Slidebar - Fullerton, California
• May 13, 2015 - The Marine Room - Laguna Beach, California
• May 14, 2015 - Pappy & Harriet's - Pioneertown, California (With True Widow and Earth)

2015: Psycho California

Psycho California was a festival curated from 15 May to 17 May at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California.

Cult of Luna (The intended Friday Headliner) and Stoned Jesus were intended to play this festival but were forced to cancel due to visa issues. Author & Punisher also played all three days providing interludes to the main stage sets.

Vinyl DJ sets were provided by Bob Lugowe and Sean Pelletier. A pop-up art gallery was provided by David V. D'andrea. Visuals provided by Josh Graham.

May 15

Monarch Stage	Grizzly Stage
Russian Circles	Cough
Eyehategod	Bell Witch
Old Man Gloom	Death By Stereo
Municipal Waste	Wrench
Bedemon	Blackout
Cave-In	Destroyer of Light
Zig Zags	Ancient Altar
Conan	Crypt Trip
Samsara Blues Experiment	Samothrace
Radio Moscow	Atriarch

May 16

Monarch Stage	Grizzly Stage
Sleep	Sourvein
Kylesa	SubRosa
Earth	True Widow
Pallbearer	Rozamov
Dead Meadow	Lord Dying
Mammatus	Sinister Haze
Electric Citizen	Blood Moon
Anciients	Highlands
Acid Witch	Banquet
	Lords of Beacon House

May 17

Monarch Stage	Grizzly Stage
Pentagram	Coffinworm
Om	Elder
Earthless	The Atlas Moth
Bongzilla	Deathkings
Tombs	The Well
Truckfighters	Wo Fat
Bang	Slow Season
Mothership	Loom
Tumbleweed Dealer	Red Wizard

2016: Psycho Road Show

Psycho Road Show is a touring festival curated by the same people behind Psycho Festival. The lineups and details were announced on July 5, 2016 with the touring bands being Highlands, Tales of Murder and Dust (On their first US tour), The Cosmic Dead and lastly Acid Witch as the headliner.

Dates & Bands

• August 18, 2016 - Reggie's - Chicago, Illinois
• August 19, 2016 - Globe Hall - Denver, Colorado
• August 20, 2016 - Barracuda Austin - Austin, Texas (With Mammatus, Wo Fat, Mala Suerte and Duel)
• August 23, 2016 - Elbo Room - San Francisco, California
• August 24, 2016 - The Echo - Los Angeles, California (With A Storm of Light)
• August 25, 2016 - Vinyl Las Vegas - Las Vegas, Nevada (With Black Mountain and White Hills; No Tales of Murder and Dust or The Cosmic Dead)

2016: Psycho Las Vegas

While there is no official announcement for a second edition of Psycho California (Until the 2017 edition announced in July 2016), the same team behind the festival have announced Psycho Las Vegas. Psycho Las Vegas will take place from August 26 - 28 at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The initial lineup was revealed on January 20, 2016. The full lineup is set to be revealed on February 14, 2016 and the headliners will be revealed on March 15, 2016.

Later the announcements were delayed with the full lineup announcements and headliner announcements moved to February 28 and March 28, respectively.

On March 28, Drive Like Jehu was announced as the Friday headliner and Electric Wizard were announced as the Saturday headliner. Alice Cooper was announced as the final headliner for April 3.

August 25

Vinyl Las Vegas	Paradise Pool Stage
Black Mountain	Mudhoney
White Hills	Mac Sabbath
Acid Witch	Mothership
Highlands	DJs Savage & Pellet
	Electric Citizen
	Golden Void
	Fatso Jetson
	Greenbeard

August 26

The Joint	Paradise Pool	Vinyl
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown	Zombi	The Rare Breed
Brian Posehn	Death	Ashbury
Drive Like Jehu	The Shrine	Shroud Eater
Down	Tribulation	Beelzefuzz
Pentagram	Satan's Satyrs	Blood of the Sun
Converge		CHRCH
Elder		Cave of Swimmers
Wovenhand		Crypt Sermon
Yob		The Company Corvette
Black Heart Procession		Gozu
		Has a Shadow
		Flavor Crystals
		Holy Grove

August 27

The Joint	Paradise Pool	Vinyl
Electric Wizard	Boris	Øresund Space Collective
Blue Oyster Cult	Acid King	Behold! The Monolith
Uncle Acid and the deadbeats	Jucifer	Goya
High on Fire	Lumerians	A Storm of Light
Colour Haze	Bongripper	Death Alley
A Place to Bury Strangers		Belzebong
The Budos Band		Lecherous Gaze
SubRosa		Ides of Gemini
		Dirty Streets
		Mondo Drag
		Demon Lung
		The Great Electric Quest
		Family
		Highlands

August 28

The Joint	Paradise Pool	Vinyl
Alice Cooper	The Cosmic Dead	Disenchanter
Sleep	Tales of Murder and Dust	Tombstones
Baroness	Fireball Ministry	Lo-Pan
Candlemass	Midnight	Mars Red Sky
Dead Meadow	ASG	Saviours
Fu Manchu		Lycus
Danava		Witch Mountain
Truth and Janey		Crazy Bull
Spencer Moody		Spelljammer
		Mantar
		HORNSS
		Valkyrie
		INVDRS
		Washerwoman

2017: Brick By Brick Performances

Throughout the summer it would be announced a small string of exclusive shows booked by Thief Presents at Brick by Brick in San Diego preceding and after the festival.

• 16 August 2017 - Yob, Subrosa
• 22 August 2017 - Warning, Conan

2017: Psycho Las Vegas

In January 2017 initial bands for the 2017 edition of Psycho Las Vegas were announced and 1 March 2017 the full lineup barring two headliners (Brian Jonestown Massacre and Mastodon) was announced, with the first announced headliner at the time being King Diamond. Crystal Fairy would drop off due to the group disbanding and Buzzov*en would drop off due to conflicts with the festival promoters.

August 17

August 17 is the pre-show party for Psycho Las Vegas, with the majority of the show being held at the poolside stage and two bands performing at the Vinyl stage to close out the evening. The pre-show sold out well in advance, by a couple months before the actual festival itself. The lineup and set times were announced on 13 July 2017.

Pool	Vinyl
Pentagram	Yob
Conan	SubRosa
Goya
Yawning Man
Mustard Gas and Roses
Sasquatch
Ruby The Hatchet
Graf Orlock
Urchin
The Great Electric Quest

August 18

Friday 18 August is set to be the first official day of the festival with The Brian Jonestown Massacre as the evening's headliner. The full schedule for this day was announced on 21 July 2017.

The Joint	Paradise Pool	Vinyl
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Pelican	Black Anvil
Mulatu Astatke	Dark Castle	Fister
Sleep	Sumac	The Rods
Magma	Vhol	Royal Thunder
Melvins	Young and In The Way	Khemmis
Chelsea Wolfe		Toke
Slo Burn		Sons of Otis
Wolves in the Throne Room		Usnea
Mothership		Mouth of the Architect
		Youngblood Supercult

August 19

19 August is the second evening of the festival with King Diamond as the headliner of the evening.

The Joint	Paradise Pool	Vinyl
King Diamond	Psychic TV	GosT
Neurosis	Jex Thoth	Saturndust
Gojira	Inter Arma	Heavy Temple
Earthless	Blood Ceremony	The Skull
Ace Frehley	Weedeater	Morne
Carcass		Elephant Tree
Myrkur		Celeste
Diamond Head		Cult Leader
Cough		Snail
		Hollow Leg
		Summoner

August 20

20 August 2017 is the third and final day of the festival barring the pre-fest, with Mastodon set as the headliner of the evening. Also of note Swans is performing the longest set of the festival at two hours, Manilla Road performing a worldwide exclusive performance doing Crystal Logic in it's entirety and Warning performing Watching From a Distance in it's entirety.

The Joint	Paradise Pool	Vinyl
Mastodon	Warning Performing Watching From a Distance	Floorian
Swans	Slomatics	Domkraft
Murder City Devils	Code Orange	Year of The Cobra
Corrosion of Conformity	Gatecreeper	Minsk
Cult of Luna with Julie Christmas	Manilla Road Performing Crystal Logic	Wizard Rifle
Cirith Ungol		Merlin
Abbath		Cloudcatcher
Zeal and Ardor		Pigeonwing
Windhand		North

2018: Brick By Brick Performances

On 5 February 2018, Psycho Entertainment announced a special pre-show at Brick by Brick in San Diego preceding this year's Psycho Las Vegas. Performing on 21 August 2018 would be Black Mare, Cloak, Spirit Adrift and Church of Misery. Besides this performance and their confirmed appearance at Psycho Las Vegas they would be the only USA performances for Church of Misery in 2018.

Another Brick By Brick Performance would be announced for 20 August 2018, featuring Dvne, Elder and Red Fang.

2018: Psycho Las Vegas

It would be announced that Psycho Las Vegas would be returning on 17 - 19 August 2018 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Cafe in Las Vegas. On 14 December 2017 a teaser lineup of seven bands was announced along with tickets going on sale the next day and announcements of 70+ bands and a "grand headliner".

On 3 August 2018, Dopethrone would cancel their appearance at Psycho Las Vegas along with their entire North American tour due to unresolved VISA issues.

On 8 August 2018, Venom Inc. was forced to cancel their appearance due to a combination of health-related and visa issues.

Witchcraft were intended to play on 17 August as the headliner but ended up canceling on the day of due to VISA issues. Andrew Dice Clay would be the replacement.

Notably the Hard Rock Hotel and Cafe had been announced to have been bought out by another company, forcing the festival to move in the next year, leaving their own official statement of "Evolve or Dissolve".

August 16 (Pre-Show Party)

The pre=show party on 16 August 2018 was held at the Paradise Pool, with Wolves in the Throne Room as the headliner for that event.

• Wolves in the Throne Room
• Elder
• Yaitm
• Fireball Ministry
• Dengue Fever
• Toke

August 17

The Joint	Vinyl	Paradise Pool	Center Bar
High on Fire	Andrew Dice Clay Last-Minute Addition	Integrity	Nicke Andersson (Entombed, The Hellacopters)
Boris	Helms Alee	Acid Witch	Johanna Sadonis (Lucifer)
Tinariwen	Disastroid	Weedeater
Church of Misery Exclusive US Appearance	Wolvhammer	Rocket From The Crypt
Survive	Aseethe
Lucifer	Yakuza
Dvne Debut US Appearance	Temple of Void
	Homewrecker
	The Munsens
	Night Horse

August 18

The Joint	Vinyl	Paradise Pool	Center Bar
Danzig (Performing How The Gods Kill and greatest hits)	Magic Sword	CKY	Andrew W.K.
Goblin	Primitive Man	Spirit Adrift
Godflesh	Howling Giant	Voivod Exclusive US Appearance
American Nightmare	Wormwitch	Eyehategod
Monolord	Today Is The Day
With The Dead Exclusive US Appearance	All Pigs Must Die
Bathuska	Uada
	Forming The Void
	Ghastly Sound
	Venomous Maximus

August 19

The Joint	Vinyl	Paradise Pool	Center Bar
Dimmu Borgir	Eight Bells	Pallbearer	Jennie Vee Eagles of Death Metal
Sunn O)))	Necrot	Red Fang
The Hellacopters Reunion Performance	Dreadnought	Big Business
Enslaved	Cloak
Zakk Sabbath	Black Mare
Coven	Mutoid Man
Indian Reunion Performance	Unearthly Trance
	Glaare
	King Buffalo

2019: Psycho SmokeOut

On 12 October 2018, Thief Presents announced the first annual Psycho SmokeOut. Set to be a "one-day supershow" on 20 April 2019 in Los Angeles, it is in collaboration with RidingEasy Records. A teaser lineup and early bird tickets are set to be announced on 22 October. On 23 October a lineup of eighteen bands would be announced along with the location of Catch One in Los Angeles. Through the later months several more bands would be added including Yob as a headliner.

Disco	Underground	Jewel's
Yob	Haunt	Here Lies Man
Monolord	Goya	Cloak
Elder	R.I.P.	Zig-Zags
Amenra	Electric Citizen	Hellfire
Belzebong US Exclusive Date	Toke
Uada	CHRCH
Dreadnought	Blackwater Holylight
	Howling Giant
	Mick's Jaguar

2019: Psycho Las Vegas

Sometime after the 2018 edition of Psycho Las Vegas it would be announced that the Hard Rock Hotel and Cafe had been bought out and set for new ownership by 2019, forcing Psycho Entertainment to find a new venue with a statement of "evolve or dissolve".

On 14 November 2018 it would be announced that the 2019 edition of Psycho Las Vegas would be held at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino from 16 - 18 August 2019. On 29 November 2018 a teaser lineup would be announced, featuring Uncle Acid and the deadbeats, High on Fire, Yob, Kadavar, Glassjaw, Perturbator and Oranssi Pazuzu. On 14 March 2019 Psycho Entertainment would release a poster for the festival unveiling 44 acts of a proposed 60, with headliners to be announced. In April the full lineup would be revealed with the headliners being Opeth, Megadeth and Electric Wizard. However with Dave Mustaine announcing his throat cancer diagnosis Megadeth would be forced to cancel all of their touring commitments for 2019, including Psycho. On 29 June a new headliner would be announced in The Original Misfits.

DJ Painkiller and DJ Ethan McCarthy are commissioned to handle DJ duties through the entire weekend.

Rotting Christ and Oranssi Pazuzu were both initially announced but ultimately dropped off close to the festival weekend, both of which due to VISA complications.

Thursday 15 August

Psycho Swim	Rhythm & Riffs Lounge
Corrosion of Conformity	Motorbabe
Lucifer	Yakuza
Danava	Monophonics
Primitive Man	Mother Mercury
ASG
Howling Giant
Idle Hands
Thrown Into Exile

Friday 16 August

Events Center	Beach	House of Blues	Rhythm & Riffs Lounge
Electric Wizard	Perturbator	En Minor	Led Zeppelin 2
High on Fire	Bad Religion	Nothing	Electric Citizen
Godspeed You! Black Emperor	Fu Manchu	Goatwhore	Spindrift
Graveyard	Cold Cave	Glassjaw	L.A. Witch
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown	Yob	Devil Master	Royal Thunder
		Ilsa
		Hangman's Chair
		Candy

Saturday 17 August

Events Center	Beach	House of Blues	Rhythm & Riffs Lounge
The Original Misfits	The Black Angels	The Obsessed	Led Zeppelin 2
Clutch	The Faint	Full of Hell	Night Horse
Carcass	Mark Lanegan	Tobacco	Monophonics
Triumph of Death	Black Mountain	Grails	Danava
Old Man Gloom		Soft Kill	Levitation Room
		Dvne
		Tomb Mold
		Mork

Sunday 18 August

Events Center	Beach	House of Blues	Rhythm & Riffs Lounge
Opeth	Kadavar	Amenra	Andrew WK DJ Set
Beach House	Power Trip	Twin Temple	Two Minutes To Late Night
Uncle Acid and the deadbeats	Deafheaven	Dead Meadow
Mogwai	1349	Vio-Lence	Hell Fire
Weedeater	Truckfighters	Have a Nice Life	Polyrhytmics
		Warhorse

2020: Psycho Smokeout (Canceled)

The second edition of Psycho Smokeout, billed as Psycho Smokeout 2.0, was intended for 18 April 2020 at Catch One Riff Compound in Los Angeles, California. A lineup announcement of nineteen bands with one headliner to be announced would happen in September.

2020: Psycho Las Vegas

The 2020 edition of Psycho Las Vegas would be announced in the fall of 2019 and set for 14 - 16 August 2020 at The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, with the first seven bands announced on 8 November. Further band announcements would take place on 13 December and 19 December, culminating in the full lineup announced on 30 January. The headliners for the 2020 edition would include Mercyful Fate (USA Exclusive), Emperor (USA Exclusive) and Danzig (Performing Danzig II: Lucifuge in it's entirety.). Notable other performers include Ulver (USA exclusive), At The Gates (Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Slaughter of The Soul), Poison The Well (Celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Opposite of December) and Down (Celebrating the 20th anniversary of NOLA) among a widely diverse lineup. However in May 2020 it would be announced that Psycho Las Vegas would postpone to August 2021 in light of the CO-VID19 Pandemic, intending to maintain as much of it's original lineup as possible.

2021: Psycho Las Vegas

The 2021 edition of Psycho Las Vegas is currently set for 20 - 22 August 2021, with a revised lineup announced in the Spring. However on 2 April the festival would announce that due to travel restrictions and CO-VID19 concerns, a revised lineup would be slated for May. On 21 May 2021 the revised lineup would be announced, with Emperor, Danzig and Down as the headliners. On 10 August 2021 a slew of new bands would be announced as the remaining European bands announced (Emperor, Mayhem, Satyricon and Watain) would all cancel. Mastodon would be announced as a new headliner while bands such as Big Business, Stoner, Goatwhore, Mutoid Man, Vio-lence and Knocked Loose would be among the new acts added.

The Skull would be forced to drop off after vocalist Eric Wagner would contract CO-VID19 and pneumonia. Wino would also drop off from the festival over a mask mandate.

The festival would also announce several surrounding concerts in the California area:

• 17 August - Brick by Brick, San Diego (Eighteen Visions, Death By Stereo, Adamantium)
• 18 August - Brick by Brick, San Diego (High on Fire, Intronaut, Psychlona, Lord Buffalo)
• 19 August - Brick by Brick, San Diego (Profanatica, Cultus Profano, Conjureth)
• 23 August - Catch One, Los Angeles (High on Fire, Unto Others)
• 24 August - Catch One, Los Angeles (Broken Hope, Devourment)
• 26 August - Catch One, Los Angeles (The Sword, ASG, Sasquatch, Deathchant)
• 27 August - Don Quixote, Los Angeles (Vio-lence, Cephalic Carnage, Vitriol)

19 August 2021

Daylight Beach Club
Nathan Carson DJ Set
Old Man Gloom
Bongzilla
Death Valley Girls
Polyrhythmics
Blackwater Holylight
Here Lies Man
Scott Seltzer DJ Set

20 August 2021

Main Stage	Mandalay Bay Beach	House of Blues	Rhythm & Riffs Lounge
Mastodon	GZA Liquid Swords 25th Anniversary	Health	DJ Pubes
Obituary	Ty Segall	Cephalic Carnage	Mothership
Vio-lence	The Sword	Exhorder Slaughter in The Vatican	Bridge City Sinners
Mutoid Man	Paul Cauthen	Pinback	Mother Mercury
Knocked Loose		King Dude	Highlands
DJ Painkiller		Khemmis	Psychlona
		Toke	Ask Doc Q & A With Blasko and Bruce Lamont
		Alms	Hippie Death Cult
		Foie Gras	DJ Dwid Hellion
		Lord Buffalo	Deathchant
			DJ Scott Seltzer

21 August 2021

Main Stage	Mandalay Bay Beach	House of Blues	Rhythm & Riffs Lounge
Danzig Danzig II: Lucifuge	Cannibal Corpse	Tim Dillon	DJ Ethan McCarthy
The Flaming Lips	Dying Fetus	Cursive	Black Sabbitch
Thievery Corporation	Pig Destroyer	Death By Stereo	Brant Bjork DJ Set
Deafheaven	Primitive Man	Poison The Well	Fatso Jetson
Big Business		Boysetsfire	Silvertomb
		Adamantium	Bruce Lamont Interviews Phil Anselmo
		Eyehategod	Withered
		Profanatica	Flavor Crystals
		Curl Up and Die	Dj Scott Seltzer
		Eighteen Visions
		Unto Others
		Vaelmyst

22 August 2021

Main Stage	Mandalay Bay Beach	House of Blues	Rhythm & Riffs Lounge
Down Performing NOLA	Osees	Drab Majesty	DJ Painkiller
Exodus	Full of Hell	Repulsion	ASG
High on Fire	Weedeater	Devourment	Stoner
Midnight	Dengue Fever	Broken Hope	Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
Integrity		TSOL	Sasquatch
		Immolation	Howling Giant
		Frankie and The Witch Fingers	Amigo The Devil
		Kanga	Relaxer
		Creeping Death	Bruce Lamont
		Glacial Tomb	DJ Scott Seltzer
		Vitriol
		Warish

2022:Psycho Las Vegas

to be added

External Links

• Official Webpage
• Psycho Smokeout on Instagram
• Thief Presents on Facebook
• Thief Presents on Instagram