For the fifth year, Matt Cutshall/Emo’s Not Dead and Sixthman have announced the Emo’s Not Dead Cruise will be setting sail with all out favorite bands. This years lineup is packed, and I’m sure there are more to come. With headliners Yellowcard and support from 21 other bands, plus Cutshall’s alter ego Your Broken Hero, there will be an absolutely jam packed schedule.

On a personal note, I have been lucky enough to sail twice on the cruise – 2024 and 2026. Both years were so amazing, and so different. You can never have the same experience twice. Last year was the first year they booked a bigger ship and that meant more bands, waterslides, go karts and more people. You could expect the same amount of fun and chaos in 2027 as with the success of last year they re-booked the bigger ship. You can check out our photo gallery from 2026 – here.

Next year there will be some familiar faces in the lineup, but plenty of first timers as well. We always hear from bands as they play their sets that they are begging to come back the next year.

• Yellowcard – 2024, 2027 + Ryan Key in 2022
• Mayday Parade – 2024, 2027
• Dance Gavin Dance – 2026, 2027
• Gym Class Heroes
• Silverstein – 2022, 2026, 2027
• The Wonder Years
• The Cab
• Don Broco
• The Ghost Inside
• Letlive
• Enter Shikari
• Bless the Fall – 2024, 2026, 2027
• Honey Revenge
• We Came As Romans
• The Paradox
• Hot Milk
• Hawthorne Heights – 2022, 2025, 2026, 2027
• The Fall of Troy
• girlfriends
• Saosin – 2025, 2027
• The Spill Canvas – 2025, 2027
• Reclaim the Fallen – 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027

Will you be sailing next year?