The ESP Guitar Company

With an unprecedented season of live music coming on the heels of more than a year of pandemic restrictions, ESP Guitars has signed on as a premier-level sponsor of three upcoming highly-anticipated music festivals being produced by Danny Wimmer Presents. The festivals are Louder Than Life (Louisville, KY, Sep 23-26), Aftershock (Sacramento, CA, Oct 7-10), and Welcome to Rockville (Daytona Beach, FL, Nov 11-14).

“This series of festivals in Fall 2021 marks the return of rock to the live music stage,” says Matt Masciandaro, President and CEO of the ESP Guitar Company. “With over 30 ESP players in the bands on the lineup, we knew this was the perfect opportunity to show our support for so many artists as well as the thousands of ESP fans who will be enjoying these great shows.”

ESP artists who are scheduled to perform at one or more of the various festival shows include James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Brian “Head” Welch (Korn), Stephen Carpenter (Deftones), Lars Frederiksen (Rancid), Josh Middleton (Architects), Bill Kelliher (Mastodon), Will Adler and John Campbell (Lamb of God), Reba Meyers (Code Orange), Alex Skolnick (Testament), Gary Holt and Lee Altus (Exodus), Ben Weinman (Suicidal Tendencies), Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest), Alan Ashby (Of Mice & Men), Page Hamilton (Helmet), Piggy D. (Rob Zombie), Bobby Lynge and Daniel Gailey (Fit for a King), Will Deely (Beartooth), Dave Orton and Evan Potter (Hyro The Hero), Pär Sundström (Sabaton), Kevin Thrasher and TJ Bell (Escape The Fate), Joakim "Jolly" Karlsson and Nicholas Ruffilo (Bad Omens), Justin Sane (Anti Flag), and others.

Visitors to the three festivals will be able to connect with ESP at the ESP Guitars Zone, a tented spot in the general admission area where special guitars will be on display, as well as in a smaller ESP Spot for the VIP area. Additionally, ESP models will also be available for demoing at The Music Experience tented area. Visitors to the ESP Guitars Zone will get access to special merchandise for the event, have the chance to enter giveaways, meet ESP artists, and more.

ESP has also announced that there will be an upcoming sweepstakes that will allow an entrant to win a pair of VIP passes to one of the festivals. More information on the “Return of Rock Sweepstakes 2021” will be announced by ESP soon. Members of the ESP All Access community will get the first notification of these details in July.