Emo Festival

A festival devoted to emo, the rock style that grew out of the Washington, D.C. hardcore scene, staged at O2 Academy Bristol, a venue for concerts and shows in the city.

Emo Festival is a festival devoted to emo, a style of rock that takes its name from "emotional hardcore" and grew out of the punk and hardcore scene of Washington, D.C. in the 1980s. Rites of Spring and Embrace are among the bands usually cited as its early names, and through the 1990s and 2000s the genre spread into melodic, confessional rock.

The event is held at O2 Academy Bristol, a venue that hosts concerts and shows in the city. It suits listeners who follow emo from its punk and hardcore roots to its later melodic offshoots, and anyone who prefers a festival bill of several acts to a single headline set.