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FUELED BY EMO FRI. OCT. 4TH DOORS: 7PM ALL AGES SHOW

Castle Autoplex Main Stage 1208 Green Street, McHenry, IL, United States

Having been best friends since they were little, Adam & Tom were always musical collaborators. In 2017, they got an idea to start a cover band in memory of the music they loved growing up. After many trials and tribulations, they decided to call themselves Fueled By Emo—a play on the name of the label that put their favorite bands on the map.

We play the likes of Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Panic! At The Disco, The Used, Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard, Anberlin, Jimmy Eat World, All Time Low, My Chemical Romance and many, many more!

This band is made up of 5 best friends and Pop Punk/Emo kids. Nothing more, nothing less.

WE ARE FUELED BY EMO.

DJ AK OCT. 4TH & 5TH AFTER SHOW PARTIES

Castle Autoplex Main Stage 1208 Green Street, McHenry, IL, United States

DJ AK OCT. 4TH & 5TH AFTER SHOW PARTIES NO COVER 21+ Oct 4, 2024 - Oct 5, 2024 DJ AK is back!Come support DJ AK at the Vixen! He…

THE SUBLIMINAL VERSES (SLIPKNOT TRIBUTE), REIGN IN BLOOD (SLAYER TRIBUTE), SAND BLASTED SKIN (PANTERA TRIBUTE SAT. OCT 5TH ALL AGES SHOW DOORS 6PM

Castle Autoplex Main Stage 1208 Green Street, McHenry, IL, United States

We’re bringing you a night of pure, unadulterated metal mayhem that’ll shake the very foundations of the earth! Get ready for:
THE SUBLIMINAL VERSES (SLIPKNOT TRIBUTE) Masked maniacs ready to unleash chaos!
REIGN IN BLOOD (SLAYER TRIBUTE) Thrash metal at its most ferocious!

SAND BLASTED SKIN (PANTERA TRIBUTE) Groove metal that’ll make your bones rattle!

SAMMY’S BIRTHDAY BASH: BAD MOTOR SCOOTER SAMMY HAGAR TRIBUTE SAT. OCT. 12TH DOORS: 7PM ALL AGES SHOW

Castle Autoplex Main Stage 1208 Green Street, McHenry, IL, United States

Get ready to embark on the Ultimate Tribute to Sammy Hagar with Bad Motor Scooter!
Bad Motor Scooter is the Midwest #1 Tribute to the music of Montrose , Van Halen and Sammy Hagar. With exciting Live performances. Bad Motor Scooter recreates all the great Sammy Hagar Classics from Montrose to his solo career with other great hard rock hits.
Get some tequila and let's party Sammy style.

TAB BENOIT THU. OCT. 17TH DOORS 7PM – ALL AGES SHOW

Castle Autoplex Main Stage 1208 Green Street, McHenry, IL, United States

I Hear Thunder marks the long-awaited return of four-time Grammy-nominated artist Tab Benoit. Renowned for his distinctive guitar tone and Otis-Redding-esque voice, Benoit has been a captivating figure in the roots music world for over thirty years. Tab's personal growth and advancement as a songwriter and musician have culminated in a benchmark recording. His new self-produced album, I Hear Thunder, for his imprint, Whiskey Bayou Records, is a testament to his fiery exuberance that first marked his career in 1992. The record not only showcases his artistic brilliance but also his profound commitment to environmental advocacy, a legacy that extends beyond the stage into the heart of the land that inspires his bluesy soul.

SABBATH – THE COMPLETE BLACK SABBATH EXPERIENCE FRI. OCT. 18TH ALL AGES DOORS 7PM

Castle Autoplex Main Stage 1208 Green Street, McHenry, IL, United States

Sabbath “The Complete Black Sabbath Experience” performing The 50 plus Years of Black Sabbath show in a Theatrical re-creation of Black Sabbaths greatest era’s The Ozzy Years & The Ronnie James Dio era. Performed Note for Note to exact album perfection with exact equipment, stage props, instruments, exact tones, clothes and costumes! Show highlights include songs from the albums Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Black Sabbath #4, Sabotage, Mob Rules & Heaven & Hell and a few tasty deep cuts.

A THOUSAND HORSES W/ PRYOR BAIRD SAT. OCT. 19TH DOORS 7PM ALL AGES SHOW

Castle Autoplex Main Stage 1208 Green Street, McHenry, IL, United States

The high-powered new single from A Thousand Horses, “Highway Sound” marks the start of the most dynamic era yet in the Nashville-based band’s career. Produced by GRAMMY Award-winner Jon Randall, the wildly life-affirming anthem delves deeper into the freewheeling originality they’ve embraced since their Dave Cobb-produced debut SOUTHERNALITY—featuring the PLATINUM-certified smash “Smoke”—and artfully merges elements of Southern Rock, Classic Country, and hard-driving Americana. Along with adorning the track with plenty of ear-catching details (achieved in part through such left-of-center instrumentation as electric sitar and talkbox), A Thousand Horses fully capture what frontman Michael Hobby refers to as “the freedom of cutting ties with the negativity of the past, and putting your energy into celebrating a new beginning.”

MY METAL HEART FRI. OCT. 25TH DOORS: 7PM ALL AGES SHOW

Castle Autoplex Main Stage 1208 Green Street, McHenry, IL, United States

We’re the best dressed and baldest "Hair band" in town! My metal heart is a very respected and versatile '80s retro-rock band that covers many of the most popular hit songs from the rock genre (but without the jeans, t-shirts, or hair). We're all bald (coincidentally), wearing distinguishing black suits and ties, and delivering an untouchable performance on a unique stage set up. My metal heart is very remarkable visually, and the show is powerfully delivered. Our high energy, upbeat songs and performance can increase any event's momentum. A great mix of "Not the same old songs every other cover band plays" along with select mega radio hits makes us a memorable and complete 80's rock experience. We strive to sound 100% like the artists and songs we are performing.

MONSTER BASH FEATURING THE 1985 SAT. OCT. 26TH 21+ EVENT

Castle Autoplex Main Stage 1208 Green Street, McHenry, IL, United States

MONSTER BASH FEATURING THE 1985:
The 1985 is the Midwest’s Totally 80’s Music Tribute Band that features the best of the 1980s rock, pop, new wave, metal and club. While we just wanna have fun, we take our roles as performers seriously. We have a fine-tuned, super-charged technical show that combines lights, videos, costumes and more to create a totally immersive music experience. Our goal is to help you turn back time and party like it’s 1985.

21+ Event, Costume Contest!!! Win Prizes!

HAIRBANGERS BALL FRI. NOV. 1ST DOORS: 7PM ALL AGES SHOW

Castle Autoplex Main Stage 1208 Green Street, McHenry, IL, United States

Rolling through the “Decade of Decadence” like a 50-ton freight train, iconic bands such as Guns N’ Roses, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, and Poison (to mention only a few) made the 1980’s a musical era the likes of which we’re doubtful to see again. Millions upon millions of records were sold, and concert venues around the world sold out within seconds when these bands were announced as headliners…

In 2001, lamenting the heyday of hairbands, one Chicago band sought to rekindle the flame for these Gods of Rock by tapping into the nostalgic and undeniable energy of that bygone era. They called