Seether, Korn among 5th Annual Rise Above Fest performers

Largest Suicide Awareness Event Set For July 22nd and July 23rd In Bangor, Maine

Seether’s fifth annual Rise Above Fest, the largest suicide awareness event in the world, which will be held Saturday, July 22nd and Sunday, July 23rd at Darling’s Waterfront Park in Bangor, Maine will feature performers including Korn, Shinedown, Stone Sour, Skillet, Halestorm, Falling in Reverse, Theory of a Deadman, Hellyeah and more.

“I started this festival as a tribute to anyone who has lost someone. If this festival does something to help one person reconsider the tragic choice of suicide, then it will be the greatest success of my career,” says Seether’s Shaun Morgan.

Two day passes are $90 each for General Admission Lawn seating, $140 each for General Admission Pit seating and $340 each for General Admission Wedge Area with features a BBQ package. All tickets are available through Ticketmaster.

Morgan, Rise Above Fest’s founder, was honored in 2016 with the “Artistic Expression” Award from the National Council for Behavioral Health at the Awards of Excellence in Las Vegas.

Fifteen years deep into an incredibly consistent and rewarding career, Seether continues to thrive, pushing their creative boundaries while remaining true to their fiercely loyal, worldwide fan base. Poison the Parish is Seether at their very best, a gripping and self-assured affirmation of a quintessential hard rock band in peak form.

Buddy Iahn
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