Wendigo Doom Fest 2 — Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, Knoxville

Black Hearts Productions brings back Knoxville’s heaviest day of the year, packing ten doom and heavy metal bands onto the Barrelhouse stage on Halloween itself. Seattle two-piece Year of the Cobra headlines a lineup that leans into riffs, fog, and everything evil, with vendors and food trucks keeping the crowd fed between sets.

Doors open at 1PM so you’ve got all afternoon before the headliner hits, plenty of time to work through Gypsy Circus’s cider list on the patio. Costumes are basically mandatory given the Halloween timing, and with ten bands on the bill this one runs long — pace yourself.