About the Bands


2026 Lineup

Alice Bag Band

Photo by Denée Segall

We are incredibly excited and honored to welcome early L.A. punk rock pioneer, feminist, author, educator, and activist Alice Bag to the MIG Fest stage! Alice was the lead singer and co-founder of the Bags, one of the first bands to form during the initial wave of punk in L.A. in the 1980s and featured in the seminal documentary on punk rock, “The Decline of Western Civilization.” She went on to perform in other groundbreaking bands, including Castration Squad, Cholita, and Las Tres. She is the author of “Pipe Bomb For the Soul,” based on her 1986 Nicaraguan diaries, and “Violence Girl,” an incredible memoir highlighting her youth as a Latina growing up and trailblazing in the punk scene. Alice has released three albums in the past decade, including “Blueprint,” named one of the best Albums of 2018 by NPR and the Los Angeles Times.


MONKEY

Our 2023 headliner, MONKEY, is making their return! Established in 1996 at the height of the third-wave ska movement, San Francisco-based MONKEY have been recording and touring nationally and internationally with their blend of ska and swing ever since. Get ready to dance!


Devon Kay & the Solutions

Speaking of dancing, Chicago-based Devon Kay & the Solutions will have you up and moving with their blend of power pop, ska, punk, and indie rock. All their records are incredible but we recommend starting with “Fine: A Ska EP” on Bad Time Records. (Also: they’re much more fun and goofy in real life than this picture might suggest.)


Cut-Rate Druggist

We always love welcoming Squeaky and Hal to our stage. This will be their third time performing at MIG Fest, their second as the punk rock ‘n’ roll duo Cut-Rate Druggist. Their phenomenal new album, “Blistering,” just came out this month and we highly recommend it!


Rad Max

Portland band Rad Max describe themselves as rad wave dance punk. We would add: with a healthy dose of 1980s nostalgia thrown in.


Past Lineups

2025

Bad Cop/Bad Cop
Mephiskapheles
Los Mal Hablados
City Mouse
Friends With Salad

Poster for 5th Annual MIG Fest, featuring Bad Cop/Bad Cop, Mephiskapheles, Los Mal Hablados, City Mouse, and Friends With Salad. July 19, 2025, at Minto Island Growers in Salem, OR.
Art by Raeghan Buchanan

2024

Half Past Two
Sad Snack
Simple Minded Symphony
Creature Party
The Wild Jumps

Art by Josh PM Frees

2023

MONKEY
The Bandulus
Cut-Rate Druggist
Los Mal Hablados
1876

MIG Fest poster, July 22, 2023, Salem, OR. Performers: MONKEY, The Bandulus, Cut-Rate Druggist, Los Mal Hablados, 1876. Venue: Minto Island Growers. Info: migfestsalem.com
Art by Cristy Road Carrera

2022

The Slackers
Matamoska!
Bite Me Bambi
Year of the Fist
City of Pieces

Art by Tiqvah Aviv

2021

The Bandulus
Jeshua Marshall of Larry & His Flask
Fake News
Hot Sheets

Art by Oakydeer