The initial lineup for the upcoming 2006 edition of the HFStival has been announced. The annual event is sponsored by the popular Washington/Baltimore-based radio station 99.1 WHFS. The fest is currently in its seventeenth year, the HFStival and is one of the largest annual festivals on the East Coast with an estimated 55,000 to 90,000 attending.

The show is scheduled to take place May 27th and 28th at Merriweather Post Pavillion in Columbia, Maryland and tickets will go on sale May 8th.

Artists scheduled to appear include Kanye West, Cypress Hill, Matisyahu, Rise Against, Panic! at the Disco, Matchbook Romance, Atmosphere, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, The Misfits, Rock Kills Kid, 2Cents, OK Go, and Cute Is What We Aim For and, on the second day: Counting Crows, Dashboard Confessional, Coheed and Cambria, The Strokes, Yellowcard, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, AFI, H.I.M., Boy Sets Fire, Blue October, Flyleaf, Augustana, People in Planes, The Fixx, Forty Acres, Love Arcade, Damone, Riverboat Gamblers, and Kill Hannah on Sunday.