Dungeon Fest

By Alexis Schlesinger

Editorial Staff

If you’re not familiar with the DIY music scene, a dungeon is probably the last place you’d want to spend 11 hours. 

You’ll change your mind if you make it to Dungeon Fest next year. 

Rocky Soto, Jake Quinlan, and John Quinlan, of DIY venue “Dud’s Dungeon” hosted the fifth annual Dungeon Fest on Sept. 13. The event featured 22 different artists from all around Massachusetts. 

Doors opened at 12 p.m., and music lasted from 1 p.m.-11 p.m. 

The 22 band bill was split between two stages - the outdoor “Fire Stage,” and the indoor “Dungeon Stage.” The sets were uniquely scheduled to keep a constant stream of music throughout the event. As soon as one band finished a set on the Fire Stage, another band would start playing on the Dungeon Stage.

Creating a cohesive bill can be a challenge for any show, making an event with 22 artists all the more impressive. Even across multiple different genres, there was an undeniable flow through the entire schedule. 

Some especially standout performances that day were the sets of “Julia Dasey,” “Free Rock,” and “Tiberius.” 

Not only was the lineup impeccable, but so were the vendors and other activities available. 

Throughout the event, there were guests in the pool, playing Super Smash Bros. tournaments, getting their tarot cards read, and getting pictures drawn of themselves. 

Merch was not only being sold by the bands, but also by the organizers of the event. They had custom T-shirts, buttons, keychains, and posters. 

If there is one thing that can’t be said enough about Dungeon Fest, it’s that everything was thought out, and executed perfectly. 

With 22 bands, seven vendors, and well over 200 attendees, Dungeon Fest was easily the most impressive local music event of the summer. 

If I’m wrong, lock me up, but I better be thrown in Dud’s Dungeon.