Where heavy metal is economic development.
The Music Cities™ makes the case for the cultural and economic value of heavy metal by giving visibility to the bands and scenes that deserve it. This is the calendar we actually follow: Florida’s metal venues, the Japanese watch list, marquee festivals and new releases. Last updated Nov 11, 2026.
Three shows in ten weeks, two of them forty-eight hours apart with the same five bands and the same running order. What is left to vary is the room — Wacken, Fort Lauderdale, St. Petersburg.
Read the review →Where we go next. Two weeks across Japan this November — four metal show nights from Tokyo to Kawasaki.
The high-priority shows we're actually building around — marquee acts, confirmed field trips, the ones worth planning your week around.
Forbidden — "Chaos By Design" Tour. Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave, Winter Park (Orlando), FL. Show 6:00 PM. Bay Area thrash originals in a 400-cap room. Forbidden almost never route this far south, and Conduit is a fraction of the size of the rooms they play elsewhere on this…
SiM — HOOMAN AFTER ALL World Tour 2026 NA leg
Pain of Truth's North America 2026 run hits Miami with a stacked hardcore support bill.
Prog-metal headliner with Ne Obliviscaris and Greyhaven. Strongest metal booking on the Jannus fall calendar.
Co-headline run with Hippie Death Cult opening. Announced late August; this is the tour closer and the only Florida stop — panhandle, so a longer haul than the usual I-4 corridor dates.
DragonForce — Inhuman Rampage 20th Anniversary Tour 2026
Across every bucket, soonest first. Use the bucket pages for the full lists.
Wolf and Bear — "A Hill to Die On" Tour in Orlando. Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave, Winter Park (Orlando), FL. Show 7:00 PM. Source: Conduit venue calendar sweep.
Tickets: https://livepocket.jp/e/love_d17
Hawthorne Heights celebrate the 20th anniversary of If Only You Were Lonely under the Jannus courtyard lights, with letlive. and Creeper in support — the night before their Revolution Live stop in Fort Lauderdale. Doors 6:00 PM. Tickets:…
"Hey! Let's Be Friends" tour stop in Ybor City.
Forbidden — "Chaos By Design" Tour. Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave, Winter Park (Orlando), FL. Show 6:00 PM. Bay Area thrash originals in a 400-cap room. Forbidden almost never route this far south, and Conduit is a fraction of the size of the rooms they play elsewhere on this…
Bands: Tantric, Revis Venue: The Banyan Live, West Palm Beach FL Date/time: Thu Nov 12 2026, doors 5 PM / show 5:30 PM · 18+ Tickets: on-sale pending — https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/88786689/tantric-and-revis-west-palm-beach-the-banyan-live
SiM — HOOMAN AFTER ALL world tour, North American leg. Closest date on the run to Florida. Tickets: https://tix.soundrink.com/tours/sim
Japan trip, Nov 2026. World Tour 2026 Final. Doors 4:30 PM, show 6:00 PM. Tickets from Marco. Marco interview in line (be early), with guitarists. Uncle Yoshi there.
Each tile is its own page — bucket, count, and the editorial scope behind it.
Deep-dive pages for specific trips and festivals. Hand-built briefs beyond the calendar.
