mosh pit
noun
: an area in front of a stage where very physical and rough dancing takes place at a rock concert
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Expect a weekend packed with raw energy, nonstop mosh pits, and a powerful sense of community rooted in DIY spirit and underground culture.
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Holly Alvarado, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
Sweaty young supporters hurled themselves into mosh pits while shoving their friends and bulldozing their way toward the stage .
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 30 May 2025
One second, my eyes were glued to the guitarist perched precariously on a speaker, the next, someone else was scaling the stairs, while the frontman tried to start a mosh pit in the middle of the crowd.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2025
The two benches and dugouts cleared as the two men made momentary physical contact, sparking a brown and blue mosh pit of sorts behind home plate to cap a series that left both sides more black and blue and chapped than anything else.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 20 June 2025
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Holly Alvarado, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
Sweaty young supporters hurled themselves into mosh pits while shoving their friends and bulldozing their way toward the stage .
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 30 May 2025
One second, my eyes were glued to the guitarist perched precariously on a speaker, the next, someone else was scaling the stairs, while the frontman tried to start a mosh pit in the middle of the crowd.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2025
The two benches and dugouts cleared as the two men made momentary physical contact, sparking a brown and blue mosh pit of sorts behind home plate to cap a series that left both sides more black and blue and chapped than anything else.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 20 June 2025
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“Mosh pit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mosh%20pit. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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