Decibel Magazine Metal and Beer Fest: Philly returns to The Fillmore Philadelphia on Saturday, April 10, 2027. Agalloch headlines, Nevermore plays its first U.S. show in 17 years according to Decibel, and the beer program is presented by 3 Floyds. Tickets went on sale to the public on Friday, Nov. 13, at 10 a.m. Eastern.
Decibel’s official materials call 2027 the Metal and Beer Fest’s 10th anniversary, with the event billed as celebrating “10 years” at the Fillmore. Live Nation’s ticket listing uses the name “Decibel Metal & Beer Festival 10th Anniversary (21+ Event).” The first Metal and Beer Fest took place at the same venue in April 2017, which fits the 10-year count. The pandemic pushed the 2020 edition into 2021, so “10th anniversary” and “10th edition” don’t mean quite the same thing.
Metal and Beer Fest Philly 2027 lineup
The 2027 Metal and Beer Fest is a single Saturday, not the two-day weekend Philly has run in recent years. Decibel has announced seven bands:
- Agalloch: Saturday headliner, billed by Decibel as the band’s first Philadelphia show in 13 years
- Nevermore: newly reactivated, billed as its first U.S. show in 17 years
- Immolation: a veteran of the first Metal and Beer Fest, back in Philly
- Solitude Aeturnus: a full-album set of Beyond the Crimson Horizon for the record’s 35th anniversary, billed as the band’s first Philly show in 32 years
- Undeath (Rochester, New York)
- Evoken (New Jersey)
- Anagnorisis (Louisville, Kentucky)
The “first show in” claims come from the organizers, and we haven’t checked them show by show. One correction: some official copy calls the Solitude Aeturnus album “Behind the Crimson Horizon.” The 1992 album is Beyond the Crimson Horizon, which is how the official poster lists it. Solitude Aeturnus is on Decibel’s lineup and poster but missing from Live Nation’s performer list, so treat Decibel’s billing as the official lineup. Reigning Phoenix Music presents the music side.
Set times, doors time and end time have not been posted on Decibel’s pages. The show starts at 4:30 p.m. Eastern (1:30 p.m. Pacific). Some ticket-site listings quote a 4 p.m. doors time from venue copy, but Decibel hasn’t confirmed it.
The beer: 3 Floyds and friends on the mezzanine
The beer side of Metal and Beer Fest is presented by 3 Floyds Brewing of Indiana. According to Decibel, 3 Floyds poured at the first fest and is coming back for the anniversary. The breweries set up on the mezzanine of the Fillmore’s main hall, where Metal & Beer ticket holders can sample and talk with the brewers during the show. The announced pourers so far:
- 3 Floyds Brewing (Indiana)
- XUL Beer Company (Tennessee)
- Magnanimous Brewing (Florida)
- New Trail Brewing Co. (Pennsylvania)
- Nepenthe Brewing Co. (Maryland)
- Mythk Brewing (Florida)
- Requiem Bier (Pennsylvania)
- Black Horizon Brewing Co. (Illinois)
- Bear Cult Brewing Co. (Delaware)
- Brimming Horn Meadery (Delaware), billed as the exclusive meadery
More breweries will be announced. None of them have named specific beers or ABVs yet, so it’s too early to plan your tasting list.
Tickets: Just Metal or Metal & Beer
Metal and Beer Fest is 21+, and there are two ticket types. Just Metal covers admission to the show with no beer samples. Metal & Beer adds unlimited sampling from the brewery lineup and a 2027 sampling cup. Metal & Beer tickets are capped at 500. In what Decibel calls “extremely extreme cases,” some high-ABV pours will be ticketed separately, with a limited number of redeemable tickets per attendee.
Ticket prices aren’t in the press release or on Decibel’s pages, so check the official listings on Ticketmaster or Live Nation for current prices and how many Metal & Beer tickets are left. The 3 Floyds and Reigning Phoenix Music presales ran on Nov. 12, ahead of Friday’s general on-sale.
Plan your Metal and Beer Fest trip
- When: Saturday, April 10, 2027. Show starts at 4:30 p.m. ET
- Where: The Fillmore Philadelphia, 29 E. Allen St., Philadelphia, PA 19123 (Fishtown)
- Age: 21+
- Tickets: Just Metal (no samples) or Metal & Beer (unlimited samples, capped at 500)
Metal and beer go together well, and Decibel helped prove it. We covered the magazine’s first wave of bands and breweries for Metal & Beer Fest: LA back in 2018. Our sister site SDMETAL announced the 2022 Philly edition and took a longer look at why heavy metal and beer make a perfectly moshed combination. Closer to home, see our coverage of the San Diego Metal Swap Meet 2026 and Black Lung Coal Dust, a bourbon barrel stout released with three metal bands.
Ten years is a long run for a Metal and Beer Fest built on doom riffs and heavy pours. We’ll be watching the skies over Fishtown for the beer list, and we’ll update this report when breweries name their pours.
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