Compost Heap Fest IX (2026)

an annual three day volunteer run music festival featuring bands from all across the country, and beyond! celebrating unity and resistance
About this Event

a three day volunteer run annual music festival featuring bands from all across the country, and beyond! celebrating unity and resistance. will take place on july 17th, 18th, and 19th of 2026 at 7th circle music collective in denver, colorado. 100% of accrued funds will go to the artists who perform, and a few causes that we believe in and want to support (last year we donated to Harm Reduction Action Center, Immigrant Defense Project, and J*il Support LA, this years beneficiaries will be announced soon)
friday july 17th

jo rodriguez
https://flowerpotrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hot-winter
gila teen
https://gilateen.bandcamp.com/
worms in dirt (wa)
https://wormsindirt.bandcamp.com/album/worms-in-dirt-2
tezca
https://tezca.bandcamp.com/
tv moms (ny)
https://tvmoms.bandcamp.com
fables of the fall
https://fablesofthefall.bandcamp.com
danbert nobacon (wa)
https://danbertnobacon-axis.bandcamp.com
dusty the kid (mt)
https://dustythekid.bandcamp.com
church fire
https://churchfire.bandcamp.com
pesky self
https://peskyself.bandcamp.com/album/the-eternal-shriek
troll 2 (ma)
https://troll2.bandcamp.com/
rent strike (mi)
https://rentstrike.bandcamp.com/
saturday july 18th

scouts honor
https://scoutshonornmdd.bandcamp.com/album/severe-bleeding
cop killer
https://copkiller.bandcamp.com
brook pridemore (ny)
https://brookpridemore.bandcamp.com/album/only-i-can-prevent-forest-fires
everybody's worried about owen (or)
https://everybodysworriedaboutowen.bandcamp.com/
trashboat and the ambush (dc)
https://trashboatandtheambush.bandcamp.com/
frog legs (pa)
https://froggylegs.bandcamp.com
carrion crawlers (sd)
https://carrioncrawlers.bandcamp.com/
grinning death
https://grinningdeath.bandcamp.com/
dandelion massacre (ca)
https://dandelionmassacre.bandcamp.com/
team nonexistent
https://teamnonexistent.bandcamp.com
doom scroll
https://doomscrollband.bandcamp.com/
hans gruber and the die hards (tx)
https://hansgruberandthediehards.bandcamp.com
sunday july 19th

eli and the hypotheticals
https://eliandthehypotheticals.bandcamp.com
girlslime (az)
https://girlslime.bandcamp.com
no reason to care
brendan hill (south australia)
https://brendanhill.bandcamp.com/music
myles bullen (me)
https://mylesbullen.bandcamp.com
mlady
https://mladymusic.bandcamp.com
snailmate (az)
https://snailmate.bandcamp.com/
ryan cassata band (ca)
https://ryancassata.bandcamp.com
dead work
https://deadwork.bandcamp.com/album/a-sound-to-deafen-the-earth
crow cavalier
https://crowcavalier.bandcamp.com/album/the-witching-hour
lo cash ninjas (navajo nation)
https://locashninjas1.bandcamp.com/music
ceschi (ct)
https://ceschi.bandcamp.com/
doors at 3 on friday
doors at 2 on saturday and sunday
open mic on saturday and sunday
100% volunteer run
sliding scale ticket prices
36 bands, 3 great days
information tables
support your community
no jerks