Never Say Never Festival

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Never Say Never Festival was an annual music festival which began March 18, 2009, in Mission, Texas.^[1][2] The festival featured bands of many different genres. The first Never Say Never festival hosted 30 bands on 2 stages,^[1] including Forever the Sickest Kids, Anarbor, NeverShoutNever!, A Skylit Drive, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, LMFAO and The Scene Aesthetic.

The 2010 and 2011 festivals followed on March 17, 2010^[1] and March 15, 2011.^[2]

Naming The Festival[]

The name "Never Say Never" was chosen by festival organizers Zar Castillo and George Culberson in response to all the people that told them that they would never be able to bring down incredible bands to South Texas.

2010 Festival[]

The 2010 festival was held on March 17, 2010.^[1] It hosted 40 bands of different genres on 3 stages. The festival featured a vendor village, that hosted shops like Monikapolitan.com and eleven apparel.

2016 Controversy and Demise[]

The final Never Say Never Festival took place on March 16, 2016 at in Mission, TX. The festival was marred by technical issues, high-risk investments and low attendance which resulted in many of the artists having their set times cut short and not being paid in full for their performances.

In response to the controversy following the 2016 Never Say Never Festival, Matt Carter of Emery hosted an episode of his podcast "Break It Down with Matt Carter" with his bandmates.^[3] In a follow-up episode, Carter interviewed promoter Zar Castillo to clear the air and give Castillo a chance to share his side of the story and what reparations were being made to pay the bands who performed.^[4]

List of lineups by year[]

Band	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Abandon All Ships			Y
Alesana	Y	Y				Y
Allstar Weekend			Y
All Time Low***			Y
Anberlin*	Y
Animals as Leaders			Y
Artist Vs. Poet	Y	Y
Asking Alexandria		Y	Y	Y
A Skylit Drive	Y	Y		Y
Attack Attack!		Y
Attila				Y		Y
AudioDax			Y
Beaches				Y
						Y
				Y
Black Cards			Y	Y
Born of Osiris				Y
Breathe Carolina		Y
Breathe Electric			Y
Bring Me the Horizon*						Y
Bury Tomorrow		Y
Cady Groves		Y
Capital Cities					Y
Captain Midnite				Y
Capture the Crown					Y
Cartel			Y
Casino Madrid				Y
Chase the Lights				Y
Chelsea Grin				Y
Chiodos			Y		Y
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!				Y
Cisco Adler					Y
Close To Home			Y
Closure In Moscow	Y
Counterparts						Y
Crizzly				Y
Comeback Kid						Y
Crown The Empire				Y		Y
Crystal Vision				Y
Curren$y*			Y
Curtains			Y
Dance Gavin Dance	Y		Y				Y
Das Racist			Y
Deftones								Y
Dev*			Y	Y
Dignan				Y
DJ Exceed				Y
Donnis			Y
Don Trip				Y
Driver Friendly					Y
Drop Dead, Gorgeous	Y
DWNTWN				Y
Emery								Y
Emmure			Y			Y
Enter Shikari*	Y		Y
Envy on the Coast		Y
Escape the Fate*					Y
Even Cameras Lie					Y
Evergreen Terrace			Y
Every Avenue		Y		Y
Fall From Grace	Y
Farewell Fighter				Y
Fat Tony			Y
Fear Before	Y
Fences			Y
Fit For A King					Y	Y
For All Those Sleeping			Y
Forever The Sickest Kids*	Y			Y	Y
For The Fallen Dreams				Y
For Today				Y
Foxy Shazam		Y
G-Eazy				Y
Gentlemen Hall				Y
Gilbere Forte'			Y
Glass Cloud				Y
Goldenwest			Y
Goldhouse					Y
Hail the Sun					Y
halos	Y
Hands Like Houses					Y
Hearts & Hands						Y
Hector Leal				Y
Hellogoodbye*				Y
Hey Monday		Y
Hoodie Allen			Y
Hopsin				Y
Hundredth						Y
Hydra Melody				Y
Hyper Crush			Y	Y
Ice Nine Kills					Y
Illustrated					Y
InDirections					Y
In Fear and Faith			Y
I See Stars		Y	Y	Y
I Set My Friends On Fire	Y		Y
Issues						Y
I the Mighty					Y
Iwrestledaberaonce			Y
Jesse Marco					Y
Jonny Craig					Y
Juicy J					Y
K.Flay			Y
Kelley James			Y
Kids At The Bar				Y
Kurt Travis					Y
letlive.						Y
Like Moths to Flames						Y
Lions Lions						Y
LMFAO***	Y		Y
Lower Thank Atlantis			Y
Machine Gun Kelley			Y
Macklemore			Y
Mac Miller*			Y
Make Me Famous				Y
Mann			Y
Mansions			Y
Marky				Y
Master Shorite					Y
Miami Horror			Y
Miss May I			Y
Mod Sun			Y		Y
Motionless In White				Y	Y
MyChildren MyBride				Y
Myka, Relocate					Y
My Iron Lung					Y
My Ticket Home				Y
Neon Trees			Y
Never Shout Never	Y	Y
New Country				Y
Not So Lucky				Y
Oceano						Y
Of Mice & Men		Y	Y			Y
Oh, Sleeper					Y
Oh Snap!!		Y
Outasight				Y	Y
Phone Calls From Home			Y	Y
Pierce The Veil		Y
Places and Numbers		Y
Plug In stereo				Y
Riff Raff					Y
Rocky Loves Emily				Y
Rumors					Y
Santino Noir					Y
Scarlet O'Hara	Y	Y	Y		Y
Secret Secret Dino Club		Y
Set It Off					Y
Shwayze	Y	Y
Simple As Surgery				Y
Sing It Loud	Y
Skizzy Mars				Y
Skrillex***			Y
Sleeping With Sirens			Y
Speak			Y
Starting Six				Y
Stay			Y
Stephen Jerzak		Y	Y
Stick To Your Guns				Y
Swimming With Dolphins		Y
Sworn In					Y
T. Mills			Y
Taylor Thrash			Y	Y
The Amity Affliction			Y
The Audition				Y
The Bigger Lights	Y
The Broken Poetz				Y
The Cataracs			Y
The Color Morale			Y
The Crimson Armada				Y
The Devil Wears Prada								Y
The Downtown Fiction			Y
The Early November				Y
The Early Release		Y	Y
The Faceless			Y
The Fall of Troy		Y
The Friday Night Boys	Y
The Goodnight					Y
The Hi-Yahs				Y
The Limousines			Y
The Maine*	Y				Y
The Medic Droid					Y
The Morning Light	Y
The Ready Set		Y	Y		Y
The Seeking					Y
The Reocketboys				Y
The Scene Aesthetc	Y
The Summer Set	Y	Y
				Y
The Word Alive		Y	Y
This Year's Fashion				Y
Travie McCoy			Y
Trivium*				Y
Twin Atlantic		Y
Upon A Burning Body			Y	Y	Y
Vales					Y
Vanna				Y
VersaEmerge			Y
Vicente Gayo			Y
Vonnegutt				Y
We Are The In Crowd		Y	Y	Y
We Butter the Bread With Butter						Y
We Came As Romans		Y				Y
Within the Ruins						Y
Wiz Khalifa***				Y
Woe, Is Me			Y
You, Me, And Everyone We Know			Y
Young Statues				Y

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