LIVE AT 10 P.M. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT TEN. I’M CECIL HANNIBAL FROM AFTERSHOCK TO THE USL JAGERMEISTER CUP AND TO THE GREEK FESTIVAL. THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO IS PACKED WITH VISITORS THIS WEEKEND AND BOOSTING LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE PROCESS. KCRA 3’S CAROLINA ESTRADA IS LIVE IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. WITH HOW BUSINESS OWNERS ARE BENEFITING FROM THE FOOT TRAFFIC. CAROLINA. CECIL. BETWEEN AFTERSHOCK, THE STEVIE NICKS CONCERT AND THE SAC REPUBLIC FC MATCH, YOU CAN REALLY FEEL THE ENERGY DOWNTOWN. JUST TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME. YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE HERE. SOME HAVE BEEN OUT HERE FOR HOURS. OTHERS ARE JUST ARRIVING. BUT FOR LOCAL BARS AND FOR LOCAL RESTAURANTS, IT’S NOT JUST BUSY, IT’S BRINGING IN BIG BUSINESS. TONIGHT WE’RE FULLY BOOKED. BOOKED AGAIN LAST NIGHT. AND FOOT TRAFFIC UP AND DOWN K STREET HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD. PHENOMENAL. DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES SAY THE ENERGY IS PALPABLE AND SO IS THE IMPACT. WE’RE NOTICING A LOT MORE FOOT TRAFFIC. THREE MAJOR EVENTS ARE HAPPENING ALL ON SATURDAY. AFTERSHOCK, THE WEST COAST’S LARGEST ROCK, PUNK AND METAL FESTIVAL. A STEVIE NICKS CONCERT AT GOLDEN ONE CENTER AND A SAC REPUBLIC FC MATCH FOR ANGEL MEYERS RESTAURANT. MAYA CANTINA ON BARCA DRIVE. THAT TRAFFIC MEANS BUSINESS IS BOOMING. AFTERSHOCK IS JUST COMPLETELY CHANGED. IT COMPLETELY. JUST LIKE BROUGHT A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN HERE. CITY OFFICIALS SAY IT’S ONE OF THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE YEAR. MORE THAN $35 MILLION OVER FOUR DAYS. PEOPLE ARE NOW FINDING OUT THAT WE’RE REOPENED AND BACK DOWNTOWN. MICHAEL GRAY SAYS THE WEEKEND CROWD IS LIFTING MORE THAN SALES. THE EVENTS BRING PEOPLE HERE, AND AS LONG AS WE’RE DOING A GOOD JOB HERE, IT IS ELEVATING US AS A DOWNTOWN RESTAURANT. AS SACRAMENTO CONTINUES TO GROW, SO DO THE HOPES OF LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS. SACRAMENTO CONTINUES TO GROW. ALL THE LOCAL BUSINESSES WILL GROW AS WELL. I REALLY WANT LIKE JUST MORE. MAYBE FESTIVALS OR SOMETHING BECAUSE IT’S LIKE IT BRINGS IN A LOT MORE BUSINESS FOR US. AND IT’S JUST INCREDIBLE TO SEE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT HERE, THE ENERGY. AND WITH THAT SAC REPUBLIC FC STADIUM ON THE WAY. CECIL, BUSINESSES SAY THE BEST OF DOWNTOWN IS JUST BEGINNING. LIVE IN SACRAMENTO, CAROLINA ESTRADA KCRA
Tool, Sublime and Wu-Tang Clan among the lineup for 2026 Aftershock festival
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Updated: 2:17 PM PST Mar 4, 2026
The lineup for the 2026 Aftershock music festival was released Wednesday, promising another year of hard rock at Sacramento’s Discovery Park.Some of the major acts set to take the stage during the four-day event include Tool, Pierce the Veil, Wu-Tang Clan, Sublime, My Chemical Romance and Queens of the Stone Age. What makes this year different is that camping will be allowed at Cal Expo.See the full lineup here.Aftershock runs from Oct. 1-4, and tickets are still available. Aftershock is billed as the largest rock, punk and metal event on the West Coast. This year’s event set a record with more than 164,000 fans attending from all 50 states and more than 30 countries.The festival in Discovery Park also generated an estimated $35 million in economic boost for the city, organizers said.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
The lineup for the 2026 Aftershock music festival was released Wednesday, promising another year of hard rock at Sacramento’s Discovery Park.
Some of the major acts set to take the stage during the four-day event include Tool, Pierce the Veil, Wu-Tang Clan, Sublime, My Chemical Romance and Queens of the Stone Age. What makes this year different is that camping will be allowed at Cal Expo.
Aftershock runs from Oct. 1-4, and tickets are still available.
Aftershock is billed as the largest rock, punk and metal event on the West Coast. This year’s event set a record with more than 164,000 fans attending from all 50 states and more than 30 countries.
The festival in Discovery Park also generated an estimated $35 million in economic boost for the city, organizers said.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel