The Bamboozle

For the teletext, see Bamboozle. For the film, see Bamboozled.

The Bamboozle
Genre	alternative rock, indie rock, progressive rock, post-hardcore, pop punk, metalcore, hardcore punk, hip-hop and comedy
Location(s)	The parking lot of the Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Years active	2003 - present
Website	Official Website

The Bamboozle is a giant, annual rain-or-shine, two-day music festival held in New Jersey. It is considered one of the largest rock concerts on the east coast, with thousands of fans appearing each day. Every year, new bands compete for spots during the two days.

The Characters

The Bamboozle has many different characters within the festival planning. Some of these characters are real people with false identities, who work to plan and operate the festival, while others are completly fictional, and serve as a means to give the public clues as to who may be playing at The Bamboozle.

• John D, aka Willy (Wonka):

Festival Producer of Bamboozle. John works for Live Nation out of New York City now, but still works with Bamboozle.

• Linc:

John's three-year-old son. Linc likes to leak information to the public about the bamboozle. The catch is he always talks in riddles and baby talk. He loves the children's show Bob the Builder, Mater from the pixar film Cars, and playing hide and seek.

• Scoop:

The Bamboozle's festival reporter. Scoop publishes the latest news about the Bamboozle through a news letter known as the GAB, which can be found on his myspace page, or any Max Cruise Website.

Timeline

2003

The Great Bamboozle 2003

• May 30, May 31, and June 1.
• Debut year.
• Keller Williams, The Roots, and Dark Star Orchestra headlined.
• Held in Asbury Park at The Stone Pony.
• Hosted over 30 bands on 4 stages.

2004

The Great Bamboozle 2004

• June 4, June 5 and June 6.
• G. Love & Special Sauce, Moe., and Sonic Youth headlined.
• Held in Asbury Park at The Stone Pony.
• Hosted over 50 bands on 6 stages.

2005

The Bamboozle 2005

• April 29, April 30 and May 1.
• My Chemical Romance, Brand New, and Thrice headlined. Although weeks before the show, Brand New was forced to cancel their show and The Starting Line replaced them.
• Held at Asbury Park Convention Hall.
• Hosted over 150 bands.

2006

The Bamboozle 2006

• May 6 and May 7.
• Taking Back Sunday, and Fall Out Boy headlined.
• Reduced to 2 days
• Held at the Meadowlands Sports Complex, in the parking lot of Giants Stadium in East Rutherford.

The Bamboozle Left

• October 15 and October 16.
• Dashboard Confessional and Brand New headlined.
• Held at the Cal Poly Pomona Athletic Field in Pomona, CA.
• Hosted 68 Bands on 5 stages.
• Only Bamboozle Festival held outside of New Jersey as of yet.

2007

The Bamboozle 2007

• May 5 and May 6.
• Held again at the Meadowlands Sports Complex.
• My Chemical Romance and Linkin Park headlined.
• Special guests: Muse, MC Hammer, Taking Back Sunday and "Weird Al" Yankovic
• Over 150 artists and comedians performed on 9 stages

There were also many bands that performed under "mystery names." Some of these bands included The Matches (The Locals), Hawthorne Heights (The Death Of...), Thursday (Bearfort), Motion City Soundtrack (The Great American Freedom Machine), Van Stone (Yesterday's 2morrow), The Sleeping (Biker Women), Chiodos (Fluff My Boner), and Silverstein (XCanuckX)

May 5 Lineup:

(artists listed from earliest to latest time sets)

• Main Stage:

Someone Say Something, Phil Benson, Boys Like Girls, Silverstein, Bayside, Cartel, Say Anything, New Found Glory, Hellogoodbye, My Chemical Romance

• Monster Energy Stage:

En of an Era, The Receiving End of Sirens, Cute Is What We Aim For, Paramore, The Spill Canvas, The Starting Line, MC Hammer, Saves The Day, Muse

• Carnivale Stage:

Say When, The Forecast, The Pink Spiders, Valencia, Lydia, Secondhand Serenade, This Providence, Great American Freedom Machine, The Rocket Summer

• Saints and Sinners Stage:

Mutiny, The High Court, Permanent Me, Maylene & The Sons of Disaster, Men Woman & Children, Houston Calls, Hit The Lights, Bearfort, Elmo's Big Band, Yesterday's 2morrow, Lordi

• Riot Squad Stage:

The Look, And Then There Were Machines, Forgive Durden, The AKAs, Limbeck, Manchester Orchestra, The Cribs, Hot Rod Circuit, Moneen, Captured By Robots

• Macbeth Stage:

Vampire For Hire, Skull Motion, Playradioplay, Ronnie Day, Moros Eros, Madina Lake, The Audition, Meg & Dia, The Almost, The Hush Sound

• Bamboozle TV Studio:

We The Kings, Holiday Parade, Envy on the Coast, The Locals, Thrice, Dan Boulger, Biker Woman, Forever In Motion, New Atlantic, Fake Gimms, Betrayal

• Pass The Mic Stage Right:

Endless Escape, Render, The Sunstreak, High Class Elite, Rookie of the Year, Whole Wheat Bread, Bert Kreischer, Mitch Fatel, Mike Bocchetti, Donnell Rawlings, Just Surrender, THe Liam Show

• Pass The Mic Stage Left:

The Ironbound, Ground to Machine, Capitol Risk, So They Say, Patent Pending, Nick Thune, The Casket Salesmen, Maybridge, Red Light Green Light, Between The Trees, Jefree Star

May 6 Lineup:

(artists listed from earliest to latest time sets)

• Main Stage:

Brand New, Jedi Mind Tricks, The Early November, Mae, Armor for Sleep, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Thrice, Taking Back Sunday, Linkin Park

• Monster Energy Stage:

Cordova, Young Love, Relient K, From First to Last, Circa Survive, Killswitch Engage, Yellowcard, Jack's Mannequin, Weird Al Yankovic

• Carnivale Stage:

Reckless Sons, The Secret Handshake, Anberlin, Lydia, Daphne Loves Derby, All Time Low, The Sleeping, Plain White T's, Van Stone, Lordi

• Saints and Sinners Stage:

Four Stories, Saint Caine, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Haste The Day, The Devil Wears Prada, It Dies Today, The Bled, Norma Jean, As I lay Dying

• Riot Squad Stage:

Blessthefall, The Oohlas, The Dear Hunter, Schoolyard Heroes, Halifax, State Radio, Rx Bandits, Silverstein, Juliette and the Licks, Captured by Robots

• Macbeth Stage:

Nora, Sherwood, The Matches, Fair to Midland, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Envy on the Coast, Hawthorne Heights, Catch 22,

• Bamboozle TV Studio:

Phil Benson, Secondhand Serenade, The Spill Canvas, Danger Radio, Rookie of the Year, Kyle & Nat, Retardobot, Jacks Mannequin, Treaty of Paris, Amber Pacific, Quiet Drive, The Graduate, Command Radio

• Pass The Mic Stage Right:

Conditions, We Are The Fury, Drive By, Dave Melillo, Powerspace, Revolution Mother, Monty Are I, Melee, Shane Mauss, Status Green, More Like The Moon, Perfuma, Robert Kelly

• Pass The Mic Stage Left:

Stereo Skyline, Clara Lofaro, Four Letter Lie, Murder & The Harlot, Chris Kanik, Kenotia, Pete Correale, Caffeine, Josh Spear, Mike Birbiglia, Blacktop Mourning, Counterfit Pennies

2008

For 2008, two new Bamboozle related festivals were created. The Bamboozle Left, named do to its taking place on the west coast, will be held for the first time in 2008, at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater is Irvine, California. In addition, a new festival called The Hoodwink it scheduled to take place May 2nd, one day before The Bamboozle, in the Giants Stadium Parking lot, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

The Bamboozle Left 2008

• Scheduled for April 5 and April 6
• My Chemical Romance, The All-American Rejects and Paramore have been confirmed as headliners by Thebamboozleleft.com
• To be held at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, California
• Bands confirmed by Thebamboozleleft.com include: 30H!3, A Day To Remember,The All-American Rejects, Anti-Flag, Armor For Sleep, Bayside, Chiodos, Danger Radio, Daphne Loves Derby, Finch, Metro Station, My Chemical Romance, My Children My Bride, New Found Glory, Paramore, Pierce The Veil, Reel Big Fish, RX Bandits, Saves The Day, Set Your Goals, Streetlight Manifesto, The Bouncing Souls, The Color Fred, The Starting Line, and many more to be announced

The Hoodwink 2008

• Schedueled for May 2
• To be held at the Giants Stadium Parking Lot
• Both Biker Women and Fluff My Boner are aliases used by bands at The Bamboozle in previous years.
• Bands include: Biker Women, Fluff My Boner, Sunglasses At Knight, The Punk Rawk Prom
• This is a secret or mysterious concert, and as quoted on thebamboozle.com "The Bamboozle Reserves The Right To Trick Everyone on Friday Night, May 2nd With a Mysterious Concert Held Somewhere Close To Another Major Festival," this concert being The Hoodwink.

The Bamboozle 2008

• Scheduled for May 3 and May 4
• To be held again at the Meadowlands Sports Complex.
• Bands confirmed by TheBamboozle.com include:

May 3: A Day To Remember, A Rocket To The Moon, Aiden, Biffy Clyro, Chiodos, Cute Is What We Aim For, Dance Gavin Dance, Emery, Gym Class Heros, Hollywood Undead, I Set My Friends On Fire, Jack's Mannequin, Jeffree Star, Lydia, Marié Digby, Metro Station, Mindless Self Indulgence, Paramore, Phil Bensen, Saves The Day, Secondhand Serenade, Set Your Goals, Streetlight Manifesto, The Audition, The Maine, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Vinneie Caruana performing a set of The Movielife, and many more to be announced.

May 4: 30H!3, All Time Low, Anti-Flag, As Tall as Lions, Between The Trees, Charlotte Sometimes, Danger Radio, Finch, Forever The Sickest Kids, Four Year Strong, I Am The Avalanche, Less Than Jake, Paper Rival, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Senses Fail, Straylight Run, The Academy Is..., The Bouncing Souls, The Cab, The Starting Line, Valencia, and many more to be announced.

References

6. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1579503/20080111/paramore.jhtml

Sources

• Max Cruise Entertainment
• The Bamboozle Official Website
• The Bamboozle Left Official Website
• The Bamboozle Street Team
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