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Sunset Strip Music Festival Set Times Released

Excited for this year's Sunset Strip Music Festival? Get out your schedule and start planning, because the set times and venues for the August 18 street festival have been released.
For the fifth year, SSMF will close down Sunset Boulevard between Doheny Avenue and San Vicente Boulevard for one Saturday, filling the Sunset Strip with live music, food, drink and other activities (street hockey, anyone?). This year, the lineup includes eccentric metal star Marilyn Manson, 90s rock stalwarts The Offspring, famed club DJ Steve Aoki and legendary LA punk rockers Bad Religion.
The headliners will play on the two outdoor stages, but there's plenty of festival action indoors. Three hallowed Sunset Strip venues -- the Roxy, the Key Club and the Whisky A Go Go -- will play host to an eclectic lineup of artists (including acclaimed rap duo Das Racist) for nearly 12 hours.
A general admission ticket will set you back $75. VIP tickets will get you into a rooftop lounge, indoor lounges and special viewing areas, and cost $135. Tickets are on sale now.
Here's the full slate of performances for the Sunset Strip Music Festival:
West Stage (Outdoors)
2:30-3:00 p.m. Dead Sara
3:50-5:05 p.m. Black Label Society
5:50-6:50 p.m. Bad Religion
7:30-8:45 p.m. The Offspring
9:30-11:00 p.m. Marilyn Manson
Monster Energy East Stage (Outdoors)
2:00-2:30 p.m. The Mowgli’s
3:10-3:50 p.m. T. Mills
5:00-6:00 p.m. De La Soul
6:50-7:30 p.m. Far East Movement
8:15-9:15 p.m. Steve Aoki
The Roxy
1:15-1:45 p.m. The Knife Outline
1:55-2:20 p.m. The Burning of Rome
2:35-3:05 p.m. Caught A Ghost
3:20-3:55 p.m. The Stone Foxes
4:10-4:40 p.m. Wallpaper.
4:55-5:15 p.m. Terraplane Sun
5:25-6:05 p.m. Matt Skiba
6:20-7:00 p.m. Das Racist
7:30-8:10 p.m. Love And A .38
8:30-9:00 p.m. Street Drum Corps
9:15-9:45 p.m. Filligar
Dim Mak “after party”
10:30 - 11:00 p.m. - Bones
11:00 - 11:45 p.m. Yung Skeeter
11:45 - 12:35 a.m. - PeaceTreaty
12:35 - 1:25 a.m. - Clockwork
1:25 - 2 a.m. - Secret guest DJ
Key Club
1:30-2:00 p.m. V Sevani
2:15-2:45 p.m. Arson-Strike
3:00-3:30 p.m. Betty Moon
3:45-4:15 p.m. Venrez
4:30-5:00 p.m. Nylon Pink
5:15-5:45 p.m. California Windfall
6:00-6:30 p.m. Vicci Martinez
6:45-7:15 p.m. True Press
7:30-8:00 p.m. Patience Price
8:15-8:45 p.m. Brandon And Leah
9:00-9:30 p.m. Many Of Odd Nature
9:45-10:15 p.m. Blackburner
10:30-1:30 a.m. After Party
Whisky A Go-Go
1:05-1:30 p.m. Nature by Numbers
1:45-2:15 p.m. Tempting Fate
3:00-3:30 p.m. The Untouchables
3:45-4:15 p.m. Hardly Dangerous
4:30-5:00 p.m. The Rocketz
5:15-5:45 p.m. Cold Blue Rebels
6:00-6:30 p.m. Leif Garrett
7:30-8:00 p.m. Hurricane
8:15-8:55 p.m. Dynazty
9:10-9:40 p.m. 45 grave
9:55-10:25 p.m. Beowulf
10:40-11:10 p.m. Bitch
11:25-11:55 p.m. Hotel Diablo
98-7fm Stage (Outside of The Roxy)
1:00-1:30 p.m. The Bolts
1:45-2:15 p.m. The Vim Dicta
3:00-3:20 p.m. Jared James Nichols
3:30-3:50 p.m. Cherri Bomb
5:05-5:35 p.m. Midnight Hour
6:55-7:25 p.m. Family of the Year
8:45-9:20 p.m. JJAMZ
10:30 p.m. Silent Frisco’s Silent Disco featuring DJs Motion Potion, DJ Wolfie & Special Guests
Plush Lounge @ Key Club
2:00-2:40 p.m. Force Multiplied
3:00-3:40 p.m. 210 To Lowell
4:00-4:40 p.m. Soulsign
5:00-5:40 p.m. Uncle Daddy
6:00-6:40 p.m. Vyrus
7:00-7:40 p.m. Lit Soul
8:00-8:40 p.m. Holding Harlot
9:00-9:40 p.m. Barbarian Overlords
10:00-10:40 p.m. Mad Temple
11:00-1:00 a.m. Breaking The Law
Related:
Rock Out: Sunset Strip Music Festival Announces Complete 2012 Lineup
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