Volume is Back!

It doesn't matter if you're collecting Social Security or if you just got your braces off — Volume is the Inlander's music festival for all. And it just keeps getting bigger: nine stages, more than 90 bands, rock movies, wristbands that get you special discounts and more. As festival veterans know, there certainly aren't enough hours in the day when it comes to Volume, so let us be your guide. Read about all the touring acts, plus 2015's local Bands to Watch. Also, check out the specially curated lineups. Say you miss the '90s, or maybe you want to dance? We have just the itinerary for you. Then: Turn it up to 11!

Determining the Inlander Bands to Watch is no easy task. Thankfully, no one has to choose alone. Every year, a committee made up of local music supporters holes up in a room and discusses/gets super-passionate about a lot of bands/solo musicians.

This year's committee members pulled from past Bands to Watch, local radio personnel and scene enthusiasts and included Gawain Fadeley, Christopher Sceaga, Matt Loi, Aaron Bocook and myself. We're proud of this year's batch of Bands to Watch, determined only after a four-hour-long final meeting last month. Read about our selections in the guide and make sure to catch them at the festival.

This year, the Inlander selected the Spokane Humane Society as its designated charity and will donate a portion of proceeds from Volume to the organization. The Spokane Humane Society is a 501c3 nonprofit local public charity dedicated to the welfare of companion animals. Since 1897, the Society has acted as a refuge for animals in peril by providing care shelter and placement for tens of thousands of lost, neglected and unwanted animals in the greater Spokane area. For more info, visit spokanehumanesociety.org.

Show your Volume wristband and get these special discounts:

At festival venues, the Official Volume Beer by Orlison is $3.50. At 6.4% ABV, this hoppy lager will turn your night up to 11.

$2 Fireball shot with every cocktail or beer purchase

$2 off a serving or taster flight of draft ciders

$5 Jake Break drink

Happy Hour prices all weekend

Happy Hour prices all weekend

10% off of purchase

$5 Huckleberry Kamikaze

$1 off a pint of beer

20% off of tab

20% off of tab

$2 Fireball, $6 Zola Sliders

$2 off glasses of wine

$3 pints

415 W. Main Ave.

PBR, a shot and a pickle back for $5

A free ride up to $20 for new customers with the code “INVolume”

We put together a few prospective lineups to help you navigate each night at Volume, based on your taste in music:

So you have your dancing shoes on?

FRIDAY

6:30 pm, Red Room Lounge: DJ Ca$e

7 pm, Red Room Lounge: The Tone Collaborative

9:45 pm, nYne: The Dip

Midnight, nYne: Down North

SATURDAY

7:20 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Side Stage: Fun Ladies

9 pm, Irv’s Outdoor Stage: Marshall McLean Band

9:45 pm, nYne: The Kings

11 pm, Mootsy’s: Dude York

11:25 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Main Stage: the Camaros

So you’re not quite 21?

FRIDAY

6:15 pm, Big Dipper: Stucco

6:20 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Side Stage: Dem Empire

7 pm, The Bartlett: Friends of Mine

7:15 pm, Neato Burrito: Paisley Devil

8:20 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Side Stage: East Sherman

SATURDAY

7:15 pm, Neato Burrito: Ian L. Miles

8:15 pm, The Bartlett: Sorority

8:40 pm, Pinnacle Northwest

Side Stage: Boat Race Weekend

9:45 pm, Big Dipper: The Shivas

10:15 pm, The Bartlett: Von the Baptist

So you have kids, a mortgage and want to let loose?

FRIDAY

6:15 pm, Neato Burrito: Tear Free

7:30 pm, Red Room Lounge: Kithkin

9 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Main Stage: Nostalgist

9:30 pm, Big Dipper: Future Twin

10:55 pm, nYne: Puff Puff Beer

SATURDAY

6:15 pm, Big Dipper: BBBBandits

7 pm, Mootsy’s: Siamese Suicide

7:45 pm, nYne: Hey! is For Horses

8:10 pm, Irv’s Outdoor Stage: Cursive Wires

9:45 pm: Fox and the Law

So you’re into indie-folk/Americana music?

FRIDAY

6:45 pm, nYne: Mama Doll

7 pm, Irv’s Outdoor Stage: The Holy Broke

8 pm, Irv’s Outdoor Stage: Silver Treason

8:45 pm, nYne: Cathedral Pearls

9 pm, Irv’s Outdoor Stage: Folkinception

SATURDAY

5:45 pm, Irv’s Outdoor Stage: The Rustics

8:10 pm, Irv’s Outdoor Stage: Cursive Wires

9 pm, Irv’s Outdoor Stage: Marshall McLean Band

So you like bands melting your face off?

FRIDAY

8:15 pm, Neato Burrito: Space Movies

9 pm, Mootsy’s: Age of Nefilim

9:45 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Side Stage: Cold Blooded

10 pm, Mootsy’s: Diazepam

11 pm, Mootsy’s: Progenitus

Midnight, Mootsy’s: Flee the Century

SATURDAY

7 pm, Mootsy’s: Siamese Suicide

8 pm, Mootsy’s: VATS

9 pm, Mootsy’s: Phlegm Fatale

9:20 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Main Stage: Nasalrod

10 pm, Mootsy’s: Mirror Mirror

So you want some hip-hop/DJs in your life?

FRIDAY

8 pm, Red Room Lounge: iTZ Jaaken

8:45 pm, Red Room Lounge: The Muzes

9:45 pm, Red Room Lounge: All Your Friend’s Friends

11:15 pm, Red Room Lounge: Shaprece

12:10 am, Pinnacle Northwest Main Stage: Blvck Ceiling feat. Roam

12:30 am, Red Room Lounge: The Flying Spiders

SATURDAY

6 pm, Red Room Lounge: Daethstar

9 pm, Neato Burrito: Bitwvlf

10:50 pm, nYne: Boy Eats Drum Machine

So you want to hear past and present Bands to Watch?

FRIDAY

6:45 pm, nYne: Mama Doll

7:40 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Main Stage: 66Beat

8 pm, Irv’s Outdoor Stage: Silver Treason

10 pm, The Bartlett: Water Monster

10:30 pm, Big Dipper: Loomer

11:20 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Main Stage: Blackwater Prophet

Midnight, Mootsy’s: Flee the Century

SATURDAY

6:15 pm, Big Dipper: BBBBandits

6:15 pm, The Bartlett: Flannel Math Animal

7:15 pm, Neato Burrito: Ian L. Miles

9 pm, Irv’s Outdoor Stage: Marshall McLean Band

9 pm, Mootsy’s: Phlegm Fatale

10 pm, Mootsy’s: Mirror Mirror

10 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Side Stage: Whiskey Dick Mountain

So you want to experience straight-up rock ‘n’ roll?

FRIDAY

6:35 pm, Red Room Lounge: Fauna Shade

7:15 pm, Big Dipper: Outercourse

8:15 pm, Big Dipper: Degreaser

10:20 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Main Stage: The Static Tones

11:20 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Main Stage: Blackwater Prophet

SATURDAY

7:05 pm, Big Dipper: Chung Antique

7:55 pm, Big Dipper: Heavy Seventeen

8 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Main Stage: Couches

8:45 pm, Red Room Lounge: Pine League

9:45 pm, Red Room Lounge: Fox and the Law

11 pm, Red Room Lounge: Sons of Huns

12:10 am, Red Room Lounge: White Mystery

So you just ate a special brownie and want to go relax?

FRIDAY

6 pm, Irv’s Outdoor Stage: Windoe

8 pm, The Bartlett: Sea Giant

9 pm, The Bartlett: Crystalline

9:45 pm, Red Room Lounge: All Your Friend’s Friends

10 pm, The Bartlett: Water Monster

SATURDAY

5:45 pm, Irv’s Outdoor Stage: The Rustics

6:15 pm, Neato Burrito: Jan Francisco

10:40 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Main Stage: Weed

So you have a Burger Records shirt, and/or burger on your shirt:

FRIDAY

7:15 pm, Big Dipper: Outercourse

7:40 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Main Stage: 66Beat

8:30 pm, Big Dipper: Howardian

9:45 pm, Red Room: All Your Friend’s Friends

10:30 pm, Big Dipper: Loomer

SATURDAY

6:15 pm, Neato Burrito: Jan Francisco

8:45 pm, Big Dipper: So Pitted

9 pm, Mootsy’s: Phlegm Fatale

9:45 pm, Big Dipper: The Shivas

10:40 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Main Stage: Weed

So you miss the ‘90s?

FRIDAY

6:15 pm, Big Dipper: Stucco

8 pm, Red Room: iTZ Jaaken

8:15 pm, Neato Burrito: Space Movies

9 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Main Stage: Nostalgist

9 pm, Neato Burrito: Locke

12 am, nYne: Down North

SATURDAY

6:40 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Main Stage: The Colourflies

8 pm, Pinnacle Northwest, Main Stage: Couches

9:15 pm, The Bartlett: Rubedo

10 pm, Mootsy’s: Mirror Mirror

11:15 pm, nYne: Lavoy

12:10 am, Red Room: White Mystery