Strength For A Reason Concert History

Strength For A Reason (SFAR), one of the cornerstone bands of the Pennsylvania hardcore scene, was born in 1997. Originally comprised of members from Out To Win with Karl fronting the band on vocals, SFAR refocused themselves as a full-time band and obtained members that would be solely dedicated to the project. With music that gets your blood-pumping from the first note to the last, SFAR is a powerhouse within today’s hardcore music scene.

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Strength For A Reason Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026)

Date Concert Venue Location
Sep 12, 2026
Upcoming
Merauder / Death Threat / Strength For A Reason / Whispers Reverb Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Aug 15, 2026
Strength For A Reason

Endless Fires Festival

Sharkey's Sports Bar & Grill Liverpool, New York, United States
Aug 15, 2026 –
Aug 16, 2026
Endless Fires Fest
Three 6 Mafia / Boundaries / Project Pat / E.Town Concrete / Emmure / Lil' Wyte / Madball / Ouija Macc / Lionheart / Wisdom in Chains / Crown of Thornz / Invocation of Nehek / Fatal Realm / Combust / Mushmouth / Kent Osborne / Lifeless / Pure Bliss / These Streets / Apocalypse Tribe / The Real Raw Breed / On A Warpath / Harsh Reality / Bounty Hunter / Pool Scum / Reign of Z / Critical Damage / Crashing Wayward / Concrete / Deep Disdain / Spawn Trap / Blissful Myth / GWAR / American Nightmare / Comeback Kid / Deadguy / Weekend Nachos / Bleeding Through / Missing Link / On Broken Wings / X-Cops / Two Piece / Through The Eyes of The Dead / Chain Gang / Fury of Five / D Bloc / Strength For A Reason / xUnconqueredx / Frozen Ground / GhostxShip / Ante Up / Dawg Pound / Suffocate Faster / No Grave / War Nerve / With Teeth / Townsquare Execution / Rotting Youth / Firstkil / No Leash / RW Hellborn / Blood Desecration / Disruptor / Dystopica / Offensive Show all bands
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Sharkey's Sports Bar & Grill Liverpool, New York, United States
Apr 04, 2026
Fury of Five / Strength For A Reason / Sworn Enemy / A Breed Apart / Brass Knuckle Brigade / Cropsey / Enrage / Freight Train IX Locals Bar and Entertainment Manalapan, New Jersey, United States
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Dec 08, 2025
Cold World / Stick Together / Strength For A Reason / Scarab / Still Won't Break Doug’s Boardroom Kingston, Pennsylvania, United States
Jun 21, 2025
Strength For A Reason / Off The Wall / Die Alone / Hostile Thoughts / Mouth Breaker / Dogwhistle / LÜZR The Baby G Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 25, 2025
Hardcore for Husvar!
Strength For A Reason / Burial Ground / Option / Side Over / Fools Game / Cheated / Soughwutt
St. Mary's Center Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
Aug 02, 2024
This Is Hardcore 2024 - Day 1
E.Town Concrete / Shattered Realm / Morning Again / Dmize / Strength For A Reason / Balmora / Brat / Domain / Blackest Dawn / No Grave
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Underground Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Apr 20, 2024
Wisdom in Chains / Strength For A Reason / Steel Nation / Backlash Metro Gallery Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Dec 16, 2023
Keystone Holiday Tattoo Jam
H₂O / Madball / E.Town Concrete / Krutch / Ill Bill / Fury of Five / Shattered Realm / Strength For A Reason / Agents of Man / Combust / No Turning Back / Fool's Game / Risk / D Bloc / Ends Of Sanity / Raw Life
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Reverb Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Oct 13, 2023
All Out War / Tombs / Funeral Leech / Strength For A Reason / Simulakra

25 Years Of 'For Those Who Were Crucified'

the polish club Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, United States
Sep 16, 2023
Philly hxc unity bbq 4.0
Dorcelessness / Discontent / Disjoin / Hare 2 Stay / Last Man Out / OK Buddy / Pain Clinic / Ripoff / Scarab / shot out / Strength For A Reason / vespid / xNOMADx
Warminster vfw Warminster, Pennsylvania, United States
Aug 12, 2023
Life Of Agony / Sick of It All / Dogz Of War / The Take / Strength For A Reason

Upstage Music Fest

Clearfield County Fairgrounds Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Jul 02, 2023
Gridiron / Never Ending Game / Division Of Mind / Laid To Rest / Strength For A Reason First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Apr 21, 2023
Strength For A Reason House of Independents Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
Jul 09, 2022
This is hardcore fest 2022: Saturday
Hatebreed / Madball / Fury of Five / Killing Time / All Out War / Wisdom in Chains / Ringworm / Drain / Never Ending Game / Pain of Truth / Mushmouth / Powerhouse / Strength For A Reason / Age Of Apocalypse / End It / Simulakra / Live It Down / Off The Tracks / Hostilities / Reaching Out Show all bands
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Franklin Music Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Jul 09, 2022 –
Jul 10, 2022
This is Hardcore 2022
Hostilities / Off The Tracks / Live It Down / Simulakra / End It / Age Of Apocalypse / Strength For A Reason / Powerhouse / Mushmouth / Pain of Truth / Never Ending Game / Drain / Ringworm / Wisdom in Chains / All Out War / Killing Time / Fury of Five / Madball / Hatebreed / Foreign Hands / Struck Nerve / End / Combust / Chemical Fix / Seed Of Pain / MH Chaos / Raw Brigade / Shackled / Life's Question / Regulate / Year of the Knife / One Step Closer / SeeYouSpaceCowboy / Gridiron / Leeway / Kublai Khan TX / Misery Signals / Comeback Kid / Terror / Thursday Show all bands
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Franklin Music Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Jun 12, 2022
Hold My Own / Street Struck / Raw Life / Choice To Make / Strength For A Reason Karl Hall Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
Dec 11, 2021
Keystone Hardcore Jam 2021
E.Town Concrete / Wisdom in Chains / All Out War / Death Threat / Buried Alive / Rude Awakening / Cruel Hand / Shattered Realm / Strength For A Reason / Buried Dreams / MH Chaos / Shackled / Age Of Apocalypse / D Bloc / Hesitate
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Reverb Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Dec 21, 2019
Keystone Hardcore Jam
"Keystone Hardcore Jam" / Gorilla Biscuits / Shelter / One King Down / Earth Crisis / Wisdom in Chains / Jesus Piece / Strength For A Reason / Enemy Mind
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Reverb Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Nov 12, 2017
Strength For A Reason SO36 Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Nov 11, 2017
Stäbruch Festival 2017
Wisdom in Chains / The Movement / Strength For A Reason / STOLEN MIND (GER) / Skin Of Tears / Rykers / Rasta Knast / No Turning Back / Missstand / Knuckle Dust / Bait
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Erthalhalle Hammelburg, Germany

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Endless Fires Fest on Aug 15, 2026 [668-small]

Endless Fires Fest
Aug 15 - 16, 2026
 Liverpool, New York, United States
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The Sound of Revolution 2017 on Nov 4, 2017 [403-small]

The Sound of Revolution 2017
Nov 4, 2017
 Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
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Integrity / Out To WIn / Strength For A Reason / Dead Even on Feb 27, 2003 [278-small]

Integrity / Out To WIn / Strength For A Reason / Dead Even
Feb 27, 2003
 Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States
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Memorial Day Bash on May 25, 1998 [571-small]

Memorial Day Bash
May 25, 1998
 Moosic, Pennsylvania, United States
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Strength For A Reason / Pitboss 2000 / Backhand / Bring It On / Dead Even on Aug 29, 2003 [505-small]

Strength For A Reason / Pitboss 2000 / Backhand / Bring It On / Dead Even
Aug 29, 2003
 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
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Memorial Day Bash on May 25, 1998 [107-small]

Memorial Day Bash
May 25, 1998
 Moosic, Pennsylvania, United States
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Out To WIn / Strength For A Reason / Skare Tactic / Death Before Dishonor on Mar 22, 2003 [039-small]

Out To WIn / Strength For A Reason / Skare Tactic / Death Before Dishonor
Mar 22, 2003
 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
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Latest Setlist (07/09/2022):

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  1. Fearless
  2. Face To Face
  3. Reality Check
  4. Pushed Aside
  5. Inked In Blood
  6. Stand By My Side
  7. Blinded by Trust
  8. Brotherhood

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 3 concerts
2025 3 concerts
2024 2 concerts
2023 6 concerts
2022 2 concerts
2021 1 concert
2019 1 concert
2017 12 concerts
2016 3 concerts
2015 2 concerts
2014 10 concerts
2013 20 concerts
2012 5 concerts
2011 9 concerts
2010 9 concerts
2009 8 concerts
2008 4 concerts
2007 2 concerts
2006 2 concerts
2005 2 concerts
2004 6 concerts
2003 9 concerts
2002 3 concerts
2001 2 concerts
2000 1 concert
1999 1 concert
1998 3 concerts
1997 1 concert
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