Aftershock is coming back to Discovery Park in Sacramento on Sept. 30 through Oct. 3, 2027, for its 15th year. Promoters at Danny Wimmer Presents announced the Aftershock 2027 dates on Tuesday, Nov. 10, after the 2026 edition. There is no lineup yet, and we are not going to guess one. KCRA notes that the bill is usually released in early March.
Aftershock 2027 ticket on-sale dates
The festival’s official site lists this presale and public-sale schedule, all at 12 p.m. Pacific Time:
- Thursday, Nov. 12: 2026 Capital Club presale and 2026 attendee presale
- Friday, Nov. 13: SMS and email subscriber presale
- Monday, Nov. 16: public on-sale for four-day general admission, VIP and Capital Club passes, plus RV and tent camping, per KCRA and the Sacramento Bee
KCRA’s Aftershock 2027 writeup mentioned only the Monday, Nov. 16, public sale. The official Aftershock homepage is more complete, and that’s the schedule we’re using. Knotfest reported a Nov. 13 presale and the Nov. 16 public sale, but it did not list the Nov. 12 Capital Club and attendee presales that are on the official site. The official spelling is Capital Club, not “Capitol Club,” which appeared in some local coverage.
The official Aftershock 2027 passes page currently lists early-bird “current price” / “next level” figures of $455 / $480 for a four-day GA pass, $835 / $865 for four-day VIP, and $2,350 / $2,669 for four-day Capital Club, plus a four-day GA four-pack at $1,780 / $1,880. Those are the posted early-bird tiers; the page also marks GA as “Coming Soon” and the sale as “On Sale This Week,” so treat them as the festival’s current listed prices, not a guarantee of what a given checkout will charge. The 916 pass, described below, does not have a posted price on that page. Hotel packages are already listed through Jampack, which the festival notes is a separate company.
The 916 pass and GoldenSky
Promoters also announced a new “916 pass” that bundles general admission to Aftershock 2027 with GoldenSky, the country festival returning to Discovery Park. KCRA, the Sacramento Bee and CBS Sacramento report that the pass covers Aftershock’s four days plus GoldenSky’s two days, which those outlets date to Oct. 9-10, the weekend after Aftershock. We did not see the 916 pass listed on the official homepage or passes page at the time we checked, so we’re reporting it from those news accounts of the promoter announcement. No 916 pass price has been announced.
What we know — and don’t — about Aftershock 2027
Aftershock launched in 2012 and bills itself as the West Coast’s largest rock, punk and metal festival. Promoters told KCRA the 2026 edition drew a record sold-out crowd of 180,000. Knotfest and CBS Sacramento repeated the 180,000 sold-out figure. The festival’s own About page currently says 2026 “welcomed over 160,000 fans.” We’re noting both numbers rather than picking one. The About page also uses a generic “115+ bands across four stages” description; Knotfest described 2026 as more than 140 bands across five stages. None of that is an Aftershock 2027 lineup, and no 2027 bill has been announced.
Sacramento already sits on the California heavy-music calendar between local headlines and touring traffic. The city is home to Deftones, who just played Día de los Deftones at Petco Park, and it regularly turns up as a Northern California stop on runs that skip San Diego, including some of the 2027 tours skipping San Diego we’ve already flagged. Testament were on the Aftershock 2025 bill when that album cycle was announced. For now, the Aftershock 2027 story is the September dates, the pass sale window that starts with Thursday’s presale, and an early-March lineup target. Until names are posted, that’s the whole story.
