EVENT SET FOR PIERE’S ENTERTAINMENT CENTER + STAN’S ROOM IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA MARCH 13-14

SHAMROCK SLAUGHTER‘s 2026 lineup is here and it slays.

The promoters have announced the full lineup for the 2026 edition, which brings the brutality March 13-14 of next year at Piere’s Entertainment Center + Stan’s Room in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

A whopping 28 bands will perform across two stages during the course of the two-day event. Get tickets here.

The lineup features iconic acts, rising forces, and fresh blood all under one roof for one of the Midwest’s heaviest weekends. If you don’t go, you WILL be infected with a major case of FOMO.

Death metal legends INCANTATION will headline Friday night’s festivities, while Ohio modern metal merchants SANGUISUGABOGG will close out Saturday night.

The rest of the increasingly extreme lineup is as follows:

Pyrexia 
Atoll 
Regurgitation 
Prophecy 
Syphilic 
Concrete 
Necessary Death 
Violence Only 
Human Artifacts 
Between The Killings 
Cemetery Rapist 
Abraded 
Flesher 
Anatomize 
Despise The Sun 
Protrusion 
Sacrificial 
Cheese Grater Masturbation 
Legion 
Ancient Entities 
Severed Headshop 
Goremonger 
Burrito Bowel 
Animated Dead 
À la Carte 
Shoved Into Traffic 

Vendor applications are open through January 31. Apply by sending an email here if you’d like to peddle your wares at this can’t miss event.

Gravemind Entertainment, LLC is the official promoter of Shamrock Slaughter Fest 2026.

“I grew up in this scene, surrounded by people who live and breathe this music,” says promoter Braxton Keyser. “Shamrock Slaughter Fest was built from that same passion — to bring together every part of death metal and extreme music under one roof. For our first year to feature one of the biggest names in metal today, legendary bands that helped shape the genre, and young acts keeping it alive — that says everything about where this scene is right now. My goal is to keep building something the fans, the bands, and the entire community can be proud of, and with their support, take it even further every year.”

Other sponsors include DNA Entertainment, Ablated Records, Comatose Music, Obscenery Films, Sweaty Fingers Design, and more.