Kamelot + Alestorm + Blackguard + The Agonist

Bombast is second nature for Kamelot, in town behind its recent ninth full-length, Poetry for the Poisoned. The Florida power-metal band's symphonic goth-thrash embraces a cheesy-fun sense of pageantry—like a cross between Ronnie James Dio (RIP) and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Speaking of cheesy fun, turbocharged Scottish folk-metalists Alestorm and Montreal power-death horde Blackguard help set the stage.