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Adult Swim Festival adds 24 new acts to bill featuring Run the Jewels

Adult Swim Festival adds 24 new acts to bill featuring Run the Jewels

If you’re a huge fan of Adult Swim like me, then you should start making plans to get to Los Angeles for the first weekend in October.

Making it’s debut on Oct. 6 and 7 in Downtown LA, the first annual Adult Swim Festival has announced an additional 24 musical and comedy artists will join hip-hop powerhouse Run The Jewels (El-P and Killer Mike) for this one-of-a-kind fan experience. A cultural festival like no other, the weekend will feature all things Adult Swim with more headliners continuing to be announced leading up to the weekend.

Adult Swim Festival adds 24 new acts to bill featuring Run the Jewels

Known for its unique brand of comedy and championing of emerging musical artists through their annual Singles program, Adult Swim fans will now be able to discover and experience those artists in person, dancing and laughing all weekend between two massive stages.

In addition to the musical and comedy acts, fans will get access to a massive marketplace that will include interactive gaming, exclusive merchandise, local food vendors and more.

Artists joining RTJ on the weekend line-up of live music and comedy acts include:

Big Freedia
BOSCO
Chad VanGaalen
Code Orange
Com Truise
Dan Deacon
DAWN
High On Fire
IDK
Julianna Barwick
Kitty
Shigeto
Sound Of Ceres
Thundercat
Unknown Hinson
Wavves
Zola Jesus
Ahmed Bharoocha
Hannibal Buress
Jo Firestone
Jena Friedman
Joe Pera
Nick Rutherford
On Cinema Live Featuring Dekkar & DKR

Adult Swim adds this festival to its already successful line-up of live fan events which have included: Adult Swim on the Green, the Rickmobile Tour and the Thrashtacular heavy metal concert series.

Sign-up to receive the latest news on festival activities, updated music line-ups and ticketing options at AdultSwimFestival.com.

Adult Swim Festival adds 24 new acts to bill featuring Run the Jewels

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