Ala Xul Elu

You feel a cold chill down your spine as a dark presence lingers in the air, felt but never seen. From the shadows, a dark figure emerges, and you gasp in horror as you gaze upon the morbid mask of this wicked face showing tortures unknown. You raise your hands in fear as you try to run in madness, but suddenly another ghastly face appears behind you, cutting off your only chance to escape! You gasp for breath and try to run in terror but its no use. Stand up Xuligans! Killing the underground and slaying the stage, GOTJ proudly welcomes underground sensations A.X.E.! Long…live…evil!

Dirty Machine

You might have seen these crazy ruthless metal kings on the infamous and devastating sold-the-fuck-out Great Milenko tour. Now they are bringing their brand of ruthless metal driven mayhem home to the Gathering of the Juggalos! When their music is unleashed during a live performance, the only motherfuckin thing to do is get dirty dirty and start a pit, bitch. Make sure to check out this up-and-coming band that is representing the ruthless wicked shit to the fullest. Welcome to the machine!

DJ Clay

When the bassline hits the crowd causing eyeglasses to shatter, clothes to shred off, and trees to sway in the distance, you know it must be this sick Psychopathic DJ shredding the turntables once again. As the crowd soon begins to mosh in a euphoric bass-driven dream, your sanity will begin to unravel like a born-again Christian who accidently walked into a Flint town tittie bar. Get ready for a spectacular light show as glowsticks fly, big butts bounce, and the decibel level blows the roof off the stage! This is music taken to a whole new creative level of freshness that will caresses your earlobes, slap you in the face, and tickle your nutsack all at the same time!

Killjoy Club

DON'T FUCK WITH ME, BITCH! DON'T FUCK WITH ME! It's Da Mafia 6ix and the ICP! Performing LIVE at the Gathering of the Juggalos--We present to you none other than the ruthless killas known by the name of the Killjoy Club! DJ Paul, Crunchy Black, Violent J, and Shaggy 2 Dope, live rippin it up under the full moon gathering sky! RIP Koopsta with the 21 gun salute! These killas don't play! Double clutch boyyyyyysssss. Throw ya gats in the sky and get ready. There's a pack of killas on the scene ready to peel ya wig back with that gangsta shit that bumps til slugs in ya chest make ya heart stop. We ain't playin them reindeer games. Killjoy Club! Killjoy Club! Live at the GOTJ!!!!

Kingspade

Light up a joint and get ready to get live! You smell that? That's the Killer Cali chronic smoke. You feel that? That's the bass straight knockin and rumbling the earth beneath ya feet. You hear that? That's the straight West Coast sounds that pound, presented to you by none other than the infamous, notorious, Juggalo Family favorites D-Loc and Johnny Richter on the mic. The Gathering of the Juggalos proudly welcomes Kingspade!!! It's the return of the Kings at Whoopstock! Throw up ya spades, and puff puff pass that! 

Kissing Candice

Get ready for horror like you never experienced in your life, as thrashing metal rattles your brain into a frenzy. There’s nothing left to do but fuckin MOVE! Jump and get wicked in this bitch! This band has quickly risen to become a tried and true Juggalo favorite and highlight of the Gathering! Get ready for all the hardcore metal action that’s about to go down as Kissing Candice brings the wicked noise like an atomic blast to this year’s motherfuckin Whoopstock…and we wouldn’t have it any other way! Pucker up muthafackoo!!!

LSP's MMMFD

Underground butcher brothers, Scum and Insane Poetry, also known as MMMFD (Make My Mutha Fuckin Day), are back at it again and are returning to the Gathering with a special extended set packed with their classics, brand new and unheard material, and featuring some special surprise collaborations with other members of the LSP family. If you’re into brutal horrorcore with a classic hip hop feel, and especially if you are a fan of the saw n axe camp, then this is a set you don’t wanna sleep through! Fuck yo sleep!

Mac Lethal

Ninjas and ninjettes, the Gathering of the Juggalos presents to you one of the best rappers in the game...a freakshow oddity of amazing, spectacular talents and daring lyrical feats that land him right smack dab in the middle of our Three Ring Circus! Bear witness to this web phenom who went viral for crazy rap antics like makin pancakes like you wouldn't fuckin believe, schooling us on 27 different styles of rap, and straight spittin fire via his ABCs. Seeing is believing, and if you don't know, now you know--get ready for the ultimate chopper tongue twister ridiculous flow of our homie MAC LETHAL!!!

MC LARS x Mega Ran

Nerds unite! Pop in your favorite game into your favorite old school video game counsel, dip that shit in gold, and then sport it around your neck! Straight out of Berkeley, California, MC Lars is here to bring the flavor for you nerdy ninjas along with his homie Mega Ran, as they school it to unforeseen levels of freshness—from freestyle, to battle rap, to songs about motherfuckin Edgar Allen Poe! We are talking about masterful rap lyrical type shit! This super Jugglo rapper does it all, and can’t nobody fuck with his flow. Where the nerds be at!

MENACE 2 SOBRIETY

This seven-member underground metalcore band from Dayton, Ohio, infuses hardcore, hip hop, and punk rock to create its own distinct sound that has helped form a cult-like following since its inception. Their stage performance is known to be an explosive experience of high energy attitude able to move any crowd to a frenzied mosh-pit-induced state. They have always shown love to the Juggalo family and are a perfect way to kick off this year’s Gathering, bringing an onslaught of heavy metal that will rip through the grounds like the thrashing teeth of a Sharknado!

Mike Busey Experience

Prepare for a night of fire breathing strippers & big titty midgets! Hosted by the party legend himself Mike Busey. This is a show that you just don’t watch—you experience! Watch the flames rise high as super hotties writhe, dance, and scare the fuck out of you with power tools and crazy shit like you have never seen before. “Hey, what the fuck was that?” Prepare for oddities, freaks, and weridos steady poppin out the dark. But you know what? Here at Whoopstock, we call that FAMILY. So prepare your eye sockets, earholes, and maybe some other bodily organs for the Mike Busey Experience!

Motown Rage`

Straight from the ruthless grimy streets of Detroit murderous comes the metal band that Juggalos have come to know and love! Their history with Psychopathic stems all the way back to the Hatchet House days, and they have been touring the underground scene ever since, bringing their drum driven, guitar shredding sound to live-as-fuck crowds the world over. So join Sadistic, Razor Ray, 2Def, and Chaos A.D. as they destroy the stage in a chaotic musical implosion of pure devastation. Its time once again for the rage to be unleashed, leaving no one safe…best believe that!

Native World

Raise your tomahawks high and get lit, ’cause the native killers are on the loose! Freddy Grimes, Mr. Yug, Mad V, and Jay Villian are cutting down any adversaries along their warpath as they crack open that fire water and spark up the peace pipe to celebrate their utter and shear domination of the underground! These killers don’t play! Led by none other than their fearless war chief himself, Anybody Killa! When Native World is in the house, the beats that knock don’t stop and bodies about to drop! Throw it up!

Pound the Pavement House Party

Pound the Pavement is SSB, SHSM, & DJ KillaMike. They are from Austin, TX, and are making their 5th GOTJ appearance and bringing back their notorious House Party. Get your solo cups and come kick off the Gathering with this dope house party/show! Word is they will even have some drinks for y’all ninjas! Fill up ya cups and drink up as we officially kick off this year’s Gathering. Welcome to Whoopstock!!!

Seed of 6ix

The Gathering of the Juggalos is known far and wide for nearly 2 decades of unearthing legendary artists from the underground, through the power and electrified energy of the Juggalo Family, where the party don't stop with beats that straight KNOCK! This year at #Whoopstock, O.G. Juggalo favorites The Hypnotize Minds Camp present the latest bangers to hit the street, underground royal blood holding down an INFAMOUS legacy--We're talking none other than the dirty south duo Lil Infamous and Locodunit, collectively known as SEED OF 6IX! The legacy lives on! The evolution continues...Who run it?

The Dirtball

Get baked, homie, as this ganja guru lifts your spirits with his West Coast spitter flow that will leave you in a toked-up haze. A Kottomouth King veteran, this dope MC is no stranger to controversy and has a legacy that spans some of the most 420-inspired music ever produced. You could even say The Dirtball’s music is the Sticky Icky equivalent of rap. So pack a bowl, grab your pipe and some edibles, and burn one for this super sick titan of the underground. He is and has always been one of the most HIGHly anticipated performers of the GOTJ (emphasis on HIGH), so get ready to get lifted in every kind of way during his live performance!