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11/16/2025

2 Minutes to Tulsa Metal Showcase Returns in 2026

4th ANNUAL 2 MINUTES TO TULSA 2026 LINEUP ANNOUNCED

Two-day metal festival attracts international bands and fans

TULSA, Okla. Oct. 27, 2025 – Horton Records’ 4th annual 2 Minutes to Tulsa all-ages metal festival is back this spring with two evenings of music at Tulsa’s Vanguard, 222 N. Main Street, Friday & Saturday, March 27 & 28, and a free “Bangover Brunch” show on Sunday, March 29 at Fassler Hall, 304 S. Elgin Ave., Brian Horton, President of the nonprofit music organization, announced today. Tickets are on sale this Friday, Oct. 31 for this event, which showcases a diverse lineup of heavy music from across the US and beyond.

Bands confirmed so far for the 2025 festival include Quebec, Canada progressive thrash pioneers, Voivod, who are performing in Tulsa for the first time, Boston’s Meliah Rage, Tucson’s Atrophy, San Francisco’s Celtic-folk influenced, classic heavy metal band, Slough Feg, and Tulsa’s own She Hates Me Not. (Full lineup to date is below).

"This is the fourth year for this event, and that blows my mind,” says Horton. “The response has been tremendous every year, with bands and fans traveling from across the globe to descend on Tulsa and celebrate the music and the community. We feel like we've put together another diverse lineup that has something for everyone. Stay tuned for more information about the after parties at Whittier Bar, the lineup for the free Bangover Brunch on Sunday at Fassler Hall, and our beer collaboration with Heirloom Rustic Ales.”

Horton Records 4th Annual 2 Minutes To Tulsa Metal Showcase 

* Fri. & Sat., March 27 & 28, 2026 at The Vanguard, 222 N. Main St., doors 4:30 PM/music 5:15 PM
* Limited Early Bird 2-Day Passes $60; Single Day Passes $45/day
* Mezzanine 2-Day Passes $175
* More info & tickets at thevanguardtulsa.com; Ticket Link Here.
* Free “Bangover Brunch show Sun. March 29; Fassler Hall, 304 S. Elgin Ave. Lineup TBD.

Lineup to date

Friday March 27, 2026

Voivod (Quebec)
Meliah Rage (Boston)
Aska (Dallas)
She Hates Me Not (Tulsa)
Black Sites (Chicago)
Interceptor (Charleston)

Saturday March 28, 2026

Atrophy (Tucson)
Slough Feg (San Francisco)
Leatherwolf (Huntington Beach)
Electric Citizen (Cincinnati)
Wraith (Indiana)
Chariots Overdrive (Atlanta)

Graphic by Austin McAfee 

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