In February 2010, Dame-Nation featured Ambre Lake (a winning contestant from VH1's Rock of Love with Bret Michaels, as well as a cast member of Reese Witherspoon's Sweet Home Alabama), High Gloss Black, SAGE4, F.H.O.D., Deadmanswake, Whiskey Blonde, Losing Scarlet, The Hannah Ford Band and The Pain-Kurst Girls at the Portage Theatre.
[1] In October 2010, Dame-Nation featured Metal Sanaz, A.D.D., Circle of Fate, Deadmanswake, F.H.O.D., Wicked Soul and Beneath the Stares.
[2] In July 2011, Dame-Nation 2011 featured returning bands Deadmanswake and Losing Scarlet as well as new performances by Avariel, Angelical Tears, Shield of Wings, A Sound of Thunder, Solarsphere, and Lindsay Schoolcraft aka Lindz Riot of Mary and the Black Lamb and later Cradle of Filth at Reggie's Rock Club.
The bands scheduled to perform on the main stage are Luna Mortis, Deadmanswake, Plague of Stars, Earthen, Anaria, and False Hope Fades.
The bands scheduled to perform on the second stage are Scarlet Canary, Expired Empire, Genotype, and Killtherobotsdead.