Knotfest , the festival created by Slipknot , is coming to Brazil for the second time in October at Allianz Parque in São Paulo. Knotfest Brasil 2024 will take place on October 19th and 20th, and tickets are already on sale on the official Eventim website.
The new edition comes with a novelty: celebrating their 25-year career, Slipknot has prepared a different presentation with a unique and unmissable set for each day, meaning the group will headline both days of the festival.
In celebration of this milestone, the Wikimetal has prepared this quiz to test your knowledge about the event! Take the quiz below and don't forget to share it with your friends!
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#1. When did the first Knotfest take place?
The first Knotfest took place in August 2012. On the 17th in the city of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and the following day in Somerset, Wisconsin.
#2. The theme of Knotfest since its inception has been a "dark carnival experience." True or False?
True. The group created the festival with attractions, in addition to music, that would bring a "dark carnival" experience, such as circus tents, pillars of fire, amusement parks, burlesque artists, fire breathers, stilt houses, drum circles made from scrap metal cars, and graffiti walls.
#3. Which of these bands played at the first Knotfest in 2012?
The first edition of Knotfest featured Deftones, Serj Tankian, Lamb of God, Machine Head, Cannibal Corpse, among others.
#4. Which other festival has Knotfest teamed up with to create a mega-event?
Knotfest joined forces with Ozzy Osbourne's festival with Ozzfest Meets Knotfest in 2016 in California.
#5. How many Knotfest events have taken place in Brazil?
Only once. The first edition of the festival in Brazil took place in 2022 and the second will take place in 2024.
#6. Which Brazilian band started as a Slipknot tribute band and has already played at Knotfest Brazil?
The band Project46 started as a Slipknot cover band in 2008. Initially called Kroach, the group changed its name to Project46 in homage to Slipknot members #4 and #6, guitarist James Root and percussionist Shawn Clown.
#7. Which of the bands that performed at Knotfest 2022 has a member who lives in Brazil and possesses a CPF (Brazilian tax identification number)?
Bring Me The Horizon. Lead singer Oli Sykes has lived in Brazil for several years with his Brazilian wife, model and singer Alissa Salls, and obtained a CPF (Brazilian tax identification number) in 2021.
#8. Which of these Latin American countries has NOT yet hosted a Knotfest?
To date, Paraguay has not yet hosted a Knotfest.
