Who doesn’t love a rock festival? For over 10 years now, the M3 Rock Festival has been keeping rock alive with it’s great line ups of rock musicians! This year, the festival returns to Merriweather Post Pavilion for THREE days: May 3-5 and the line up does not disappoint!

There will be 21 bands performing over the three-day festival. The kickoff party on Friday, May 3 will included performances by Enuff Z’Nuff, Black ‘N Blue, and KIX. Saturday and Sunday will feature the remaining 18 bands throughout the entire 2-day festival! Whitesnake, Warrant, and Firehouse are on the list for Saturday, and Dokken, Skid Row, and Vixen are three of the bands playing on Sunday.

You can see the full lineup for each day on the M3 Rock Festival website here. The schedule has not been released yet; however, you can read up on each band and pick up your tickets before it sells out! Tickets can still be purchased for each day individually or as a three-day pass.

Our photographer, Stella Sanchez/FreshBlood Photography captured some great shots at last year’s M3 Rock Festival. She will be returning to this year’s festival and we can’t wait! Be sure to keep an eye out for her amazing photos from the weekend! For now, relive last year’s festival through some of her photos below!