80’s Hard Rock Event The Mountain Music Festival Announces First Round Of Artists

The Monsters on the Mountain Music Festival has been announced for 2026. And the first round of guests has been announced with a heavy emphasis on 80s hard rock bands. The festival is set for August 21-23, 2026, in Gatlinburg, TN.

Here are the artists that have been announced so far in alphabetical order:

Bad Marriage ( ft. Tommy Skeoch Tesla)

Sebastian Bach

Reb Beach (Winger)

Crazy Lixx

Dangerous Toys

Faster Pussycat

Lita Ford

Lynch Mob

Pearcy-DeMartini (Ratt)

Ted Poley (Danger Danger)

Rick Springfield

Steelheart

Tora Tora

Adrian Vandenberg

Vixen

Warrant

White Lion (featuring Mike Tramp)

Wildstreet

John Waite

For more info on the festival, visit:

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialMonstersOnTheMountain

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Bobby Caughron

Bobby Caughron is a music journalist and Editor-In-Chief for XS ROCK. He began a life-long fan of hard rock and metal music after hearing KISS as a kid. He is still an avid fan of the 80s metal scene and continues to discover and write about new music in all rock genres today.

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