AoniaFest – A Festival of Steel in the Steel City

The fourth instalment of prog-metal band Aonia’s eponymous festival is ready to (rock and) roll! The stage is set for the festival’s return on the 25th of June, 2022 at the legendary Corporation, Sheffield. AoniaFest is known for hosting a wide variety of talented metal bands, appealing to metalheads with a range of tastes and …

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Upcoming Shows

We’re thrilled to be back onstage soon with two amazing shows (so far!) in 2021! 2 October – Mogstock at Record Junkee in Sheffield, in aid of Rain Rescue 11 December – Blaze Bayley‘s Big Bash at KK’S Steel Mill in Wolverhampton Event links: Mogstock: https://www.facebook.com/events/1321716187998299 Blaze’s Big Bash: https://www.facebook.com/events/264608125169301 Ticket links: Mogstock: https://g.co/kgs/NnzJa3 (Eventbrite) …

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AoniaFest IV Applications Now Open!

We’re thrilled to be planning AoniaFest IV – 10/10/20 at Corporation, Sheffield! If you’d like to play, just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JJWSPH6 – complete the survey and we’ll be in touch. Bands will be sent tickets and will keep £5 from each ticket they sell.  Upon submission of the form, you should receive an email confirming receipt …

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AoniaFest III Application

Submissions for 2019 are now closed. Many thanks to the bands who have applied – we will be in touch by 15/2/19!

The 12 Days of Bloodstock Countdown!

As Bloodstock Festival draws ever nearer, we are giving our lovely Aonia Family the chance to win some cool freebies, along with some sneak peeks at our set, merch, and performance.   Please follow the Aonia Facebook page for these updates – and we’ll post them here as well, editing this post!   Sing with …

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AoniaFest II – 6th October 2018 – Headliner and Line-Up Information

Aonia is pleased to announce Miscreant as headliners for the second AoniaFest! They’ve received airplay and high praise from Kerrang! Radio and are hot off their recent success at UK Tech-Metal Fest. Also, their current single reached #3 in the iTunes Metal charts. They’re a live band worth checking out! Notts power rockers Skeleton Crew also join the …

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Aonia – Sheffield Metal to the Masses Winners – Bloodstock 2018

Now the dust has settled a bit – we want to say a MASSIVE thank to you to our Aonia family for helping us to achieve our dream of playing Bloodstock Festival.  The event currently covers the full weekend of the festival – when we have confirmation of our stage time, we will update the event …

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European Tour

We are thrilled to be joining our friends in Alwaid for our debut European tour!   We are playing four dates in France, Belgium, and The Netherlands.   We will be playing at: 30/5/18 – Bobble Cafe, Lille with Alwaid and Project 31/5/18 – The Rocking Bull, Antwerp with Alwaid + Support TBC 1/6/18 – …

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Endorsement!

We are thrilled to announce that we are now officially endorsed by Vocalzone! Jo and Mel have used Vocalzone tablets for years – going back to their days in the Gilbert & Sullivan Society – and are excited to have won endorsement from a product they love. The lovely folks from the #VZFamily have created …

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“Violet Hours” Single Release 18/11/17 – and new merchandise!

On 18/11/17, at our show with Xandria at Corporation, Sheffield, we will be releasing our new single, “Violet Hours!” This show is extra-special because we will be joined by the talented Vickie Harley of A Clockwork Opera as a special guest! We also have a new logo, designed by the renowned Andy Pilkington of Very …

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