Hometown Throwdown


Hometown Throwdown is an annual music festival held in Greater Boston. It is hosted by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. The festival features local Boston-area acts, focusing on ska, punk and hardcore bands. The festival is traditionally held in December, usually the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve at clubs around Boston. The first Throwdown was held in from July 27-31, 1994 at The Middle East in Cambridge. Starting in 1995, the festival moved to December, where it has remained ever since. It ran annually until 2002, when the Bosstones went on hiatus. Both the band, and their festival, returned to active status in 2007, and it has been held annually ever since, with the most recent Throwdown, the 22nd, being held December 27-29, 2019 at the House of Blues in Boston.

Festivals

Festivals have been held annually from 1994-2002 and again from 2007-present. The most recent was in 2019.
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1July 27-31, 1994The Middle EastMighty Mighty Bosstones
Shootys Groove
Black Train Jack
Still Home
Love Huskies
The Goats
Godpocket
Mung
Steady Earnest
Mephiskapheles
The Belle Isles
2December 13-17, 1995The Middle EastMighty Mighty Bosstones
Big Lick
H2O
Deniros
Buzzkill
Beezwax
Doc Hopper
Stubborn Allstars
The Hornets
Spring Heeled Jack
Mung
The Amazing Royal Crowns
3December 11-15, 1996T.T. the Bear's Place
The Rathskeller
Mama Kin's
The Middle East
Paradise Rock Club		Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Agents
Orange 9mm
Toboggan
The Scofflaws
The Outlets
Skinnerbox
Betty Goo
Murphy's Law
The Racketeers
The Pietasters
The Shods
4December 10-14, 1997The Middle EastMighty Mighty Bosstones
Big D and the Kids Table
Kicked in the Head
The Allstonians
The Mission 120
Clowns for Progress
The Ducky Boys
9 Lives
The Smooths
Six Going on Seven
Pressure Cooker
Cast Iron Hike
Johnny Too Bad and the Strikeouts
Spinecracker
5December 9-13, 1998The Middle EastMighty Mighty Bosstones
The Spitvalves
The Pietasters
The Enkindels
Mung
Boxer
The Ducky Boys
Clowns for Progress
Ann Beretta
H2O
The Shods
The Smooths
Spring Heeled Jack
6December 8-12, 1999The Middle EastMighty Mighty Bosstones
Sam Black Church
Reach the Sky
Shades Apart
Herself
Edna's Goldfish
The Gadjits
The Raging Teens
The Damn Personals
The Radiation Kings
Big Bad Bollocks
Darkbuster
Pilfers
Drexel
7December 6-10, 2000Axis Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Venus 3
The Explosion
Heidi
The Interpreters
Kings Of Nuthin
Slackers
Jaya The Cat
Sinners And Saints
Flogging Molly
Avail
Dropkick Murphys
8December 12-16, 2001Axis Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Autopilot Off
Rick Barton
Madcap
Jake Brennan & The Confidence Men
Lost City Angels
The Exit
Catch 22
The Worried
The Queers
5 Bucks!
Sloppy Meat Eaters
9December 11-15, 2002Axis Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Unseen
Westbound Train
The Street Dogs
Favorite Atomic Hero
Slick Shoes
The Kenmores
Suspect Device
Avoid One Thing
River City Rebels
Damone
10December 26-31, 2007The Middle East
Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel		Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Gaslight Anthem
Bouncing Souls
Darkbuster
Westbound Train
Street Dogs
Gimme Danger
Shods
Loved Ones
Big D and the Kids Table
Pietasters
Victims Of Circumstance
Zox
11December 26-29, 2008The Middle EastMighty Mighty Bosstones
Westbound Train
Roll The Tanks
Big Bad Bollocks
Have Nots
Slapshot
The Attack
Big D and the Kids Table
Vagiant
Murder Mile
Tip The Van
Far From Finished
Cobramatics
The Agents
12December 26-29, 2009House of Blues
The Middle East		Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Pilfers
Razors In The Night
Darkbuster
Void Union
Bim Skala Bim
Pietasters
Far From Finished
Side Effects
13December 26-28, 2010House of BluesMighty Mighty Bosstones
F.U.s
We Are The Union
Flatliners
Less Than Jake
DYS
14December 28-30, 2011House of BluesMighty Mighty Bosstones
H2O
Ducky Boys
Slackers
Have Nots
Smoking Popes
Bomb The Music Industry
15December 29-31, 2012House of BluesMighty Mighty Bosstones
Soul Radics
Dogmatics
Bouncing Souls
Moufy
Amazing Royal Crowns
Big D and The Kids Table
The Convictions
16December 27-29, 2013House of BluesMighty Mighty Bosstones
Mephiskapheles
Continental
Street Dogs with Rick Barton
Youth Brigade
Sam Black Church
Rebuilder
17December 26-28, 2014House of BluesMighty Mighty Bosstones
Fishbone
Big D and the Kids Table
The Interrupters
The Warning Shots
Andrew W.K.
Lost City Angels
18December 26-28, 2015House of BluesMighty Mighty Bosstones
The Upper Crust
The Neighborhoods
The Queers
The Real Kids
Stranglehold
The Outlets
19December 28-30, 2016House of BluesMighty Mighty Bosstones
The Skatalites
The Planet Smashers
The Porkers
Peelander-Z
The Skints
Los Kung-Fu Monkeys
20December 28-30, 2017House of BluesMighty Mighty Bosstones
Piebald
The Doped Up Dollies
Vic Ruggiero
Rude Bones
The Pietasters
Kicked in the Head
21December 28-30, 2018House of BluesMighty Mighty Bosstones
The Aggrolites
Stray Bullets
Bedouin Soundclash
R.W.W.
Color Killer
22December 27-29, 2019House of BluesMighty Mighty Bosstones
Art Thieves
Walker Raiders
Suicide Machines
Rebuilder
Big D and the Kids Table

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