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Download Festival 2026

Download Festival 2026 poster
Dates
Jun 12 – 14, 2026 · 3 days
Venue
Donington Park Circuit · Castle Donington, United Kingdom

112 artists · 4 stages

lineup

112 artists · 3 days · updated May 14

Limp Bizkit Linkin Park Babymetal

Guns N' Roses South Arcade Hollywood Undead Bad Omens Pendulum The Pretty Reckless Black Veil Brides Electric Callboy Cypress Hill

P.O.D. Ice Nine Kills Unpeople Trivium Bloodywood Landmvrks Kublai Khan TX Scene Queen Thornhill Røry A Day To Remember Bush Mastodon Architects Social Distortion Dogstar Snot Drowning Pool Daughtry We Came As Romans Set It Off Halestorm Behemoth Tom Morello The Plot In You

Periphery Paleface Swiss Catch Your Breath Thrown Silent Planet Mammoth Caskets Creeper Ego Kill Talent The Wildhearts Those Damn Crows The All American Rejects Die Spitz Sleep Theory Hot Milk DRAIN Rain City Drive Scooter Nevertel Holywatr Story Of The Year Silly Goose Magnolia Park The Pretty Wild Feeder TX2 As It Is Native James Ash Letlive. Zero 9:36 Marmozets Melrose Avenue Dinosaur Pile-Up Lakeview Mouth Culture Frozemode Mould IVRI Band-Maid Spineshank Blood Incantation Static-X Boundaries Annisokay Corrosion Of Conformity Decapitated Elder Gatecreeper Return To Dust Ankor As Everything Unfolds Nasty Last Train Slay Squad Decessus Heriot The Primals Spitting Glass Tailgunner Lowen ODC Tropic Gold Lake Malice Private School James And The Cold Gun Stampin' Ground Pussyliquor Cavalera Sweet Savage Vanya Self Deception Wayside Conjurer Chaos A.D.

Friday

Jun 12 · 35 acts

APEX STAGE

  1. Limp Bizkit
  2. Hollywood Undead
  3. Pendulum
  4. Electric Callboy
  5. Cypress Hill
  6. P.O.D.
  7. Scene Queen

OPUS STAGE

  1. Daughtry
  2. Halestorm
  3. Periphery
  4. Paleface Swiss
  5. Silent Planet
  6. Caskets
  7. Creeper

AVALANCHE STAGE HOSTED BY KERRANG! RADIO

  1. Sleep Theory
  2. DRAIN
  3. Rain City Drive
  4. Holywatr
  5. Story Of The Year
  6. Silly Goose
  7. Feeder
  8. Native James
  9. Lakeview

DOGTOOTH STAGE

  1. Band-Maid
  2. Corrosion Of Conformity
  3. Nasty
  4. Slay Squad
  5. Heriot
  6. The Primals
  7. Lake Malice
  8. James And The Cold Gun
  9. Stampin' Ground
  10. Cavalera
  11. Vanya
  12. Chaos A.D.

Saturday

Jun 13 · 37 acts

APEX STAGE

  1. Babymetal
  2. Guns N' Roses
  3. South Arcade
  4. Black Veil Brides
  5. Trivium
  6. Landmvrks
  7. Thornhill

OPUS STAGE

  1. Bush
  2. Architects
  3. Snot
  4. Drowning Pool
  5. We Came As Romans
  6. Set It Off
  7. Behemoth
  8. The Wildhearts
  9. Those Damn Crows

AVALANCHE STAGE HOSTED BY KERRANG! RADIO

  1. The All American Rejects
  2. Die Spitz
  3. Hot Milk
  4. Nevertel
  5. As It Is
  6. Marmozets
  7. Melrose Avenue
  8. Mouth Culture
  9. Frozemode

DOGTOOTH STAGE

  1. Blood Incantation
  2. Decapitated
  3. Elder
  4. Return To Dust
  5. As Everything Unfolds
  6. Tailgunner
  7. Lowen
  8. Tropic Gold
  9. Pussyliquor
  10. Sweet Savage
  11. Self Deception
  12. Conjurer

Sunday

Jun 14 · 40 acts

APEX STAGE

  1. Linkin Park
  2. Bad Omens
  3. The Pretty Reckless
  4. Ice Nine Kills
  5. Unpeople
  6. Bloodywood
  7. Kublai Khan TX
  8. Røry

OPUS STAGE

  1. A Day To Remember
  2. Mastodon
  3. Social Distortion
  4. Dogstar
  5. Tom Morello
  6. The Plot In You
  7. Catch Your Breath
  8. Thrown
  9. Mammoth
  10. Ego Kill Talent

AVALANCHE STAGE HOSTED BY KERRANG! RADIO

  1. Scooter
  2. Magnolia Park
  3. The Pretty Wild
  4. TX2
  5. Ash
  6. Letlive.
  7. Zero 9:36
  8. Dinosaur Pile-Up
  9. Mould
  10. IVRI

DOGTOOTH STAGE

  1. Spineshank
  2. Static-X
  3. Boundaries
  4. Annisokay
  5. Gatecreeper
  6. Ankor
  7. Last Train
  8. Decessus
  9. Spitting Glass
  10. ODC
  11. Private School
  12. Wayside

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Metal

39

Bad Omens, Electric Callboy, Ice Nine Kills, Trivium, Bloodywood, Landmvrks, Kublai Khan TX, Thornhill, Mastodon, Architects, We Came As Romans, Behemoth, The Plot In You, Periphery, Paleface Swiss, Catch Your Breath, Thrown, Silent Planet, Caskets, Sleep Theory, Nevertel, The Pretty Wild, Blood Incantation, Static-X, Boundaries, Annisokay, Corrosion Of Conformity, Decapitated, Gatecreeper, Ankor, As Everything Unfolds, Decessus, Heriot, Spitting Glass, Tailgunner, Lowen, Stampin' Ground, Sweet Savage, Conjurer

Rock

22

South Arcade, Unpeople, Scene Queen, Set It Off, Tom Morello, Those Damn Crows, Holywatr, Feeder, TX2, Ash, Zero 9:36, Marmozets, Melrose Avenue, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Mouth Culture, IVRI, Last Train, Tropic Gold, Lake Malice, James And The Cold Gun, Cavalera, Self Deception

Punk & emo

16

Black Veil Brides, A Day To Remember, Social Distortion, Creeper, The All American Rejects, Die Spitz, Hot Milk, DRAIN, Rain City Drive, Story Of The Year, Magnolia Park, As It Is, Letlive., Mould, Nasty, Pussyliquor

Alternative rock

13

Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Babymetal, Røry, Bush, Dogstar, Drowning Pool, Daughtry, Ego Kill Talent, Band-Maid, Spineshank, Elder, Return To Dust

Classic & hard rock

8

Guns N' Roses, The Pretty Reckless, P.O.D., Snot, Halestorm, Mammoth, The Wildhearts, Lakeview

Rap

7

Hollywood Undead, Cypress Hill, Silly Goose, Native James, Frozemode, Slay Squad, Private School

Electronic

2

Pendulum, Scooter

Everyone else

5

The Primals, ODC, Vanya, Wayside, Chaos A.D.

release dates

Every year

  1. Lineup

    Nov 3

    Out 2025· about 7 months beforePost on X

  2. Lineup by day

    Feb 23

    Out 2026· about 4 months beforePost on X

  3. Set times

    Apr 28

    Out 2026· about 6 weeks beforeInstagram post

  4. Festival

    Jun 12 – 14, 2026

listen

Limp Bizkit

Limp Bizkit

Fri · APEX STAGE

Linkin Park

Linkin Park

Sun · APEX STAGE

Babymetal

Babymetal

Sat · APEX STAGE

Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses

Sat · APEX STAGE

South Arcade

South Arcade

Sat · APEX STAGE

Hollywood Undead

Hollywood Undead

Fri · APEX STAGE

Bad Omens

Bad Omens

Sun · APEX STAGE

Pendulum

Pendulum

Fri · APEX STAGE

The Pretty Reckless

The Pretty Reckless

Sun · APEX STAGE

Black Veil Brides

Black Veil Brides

Sat · APEX STAGE

Electric Callboy

Electric Callboy

Fri · APEX STAGE

Cypress Hill

Cypress Hill

Fri · APEX STAGE

P.O.D.

P.O.D.

Fri · APEX STAGE

Ice Nine Kills

Ice Nine Kills

Sun · APEX STAGE

the lineup, counted

Artists
112
Stages
4
Countries
2

Sound of the lineup

  • Metal36%
  • Rock21%
  • Punk & emo15%
  • Alternative rock12%
  • Classic & hard rock7%
  • Rap7%

venue

Map of Donington Park Circuit Directions

Donington Park Circuit

Donington Park, Castle Donington, Derby DE74 2RP, UK

  • EMA

questions

When is Download Festival 2026?

Download Festival 2026 ran Jun 12 – 14, 2026, over 3 days.

Where is Download Festival 2026?

At Donington Park Circuit, Donington Park, Castle Donington, Derby DE74 2RP, UK.

Who is playing Download Festival 2026?

112 artists, including Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Babymetal, Guns N' Roses and South Arcade.

When was the Download Festival 2026 lineup released?

The lineup release is recorded as Monday, November 3.

Who plays Friday at Download Festival 2026?

Limp Bizkit, Hollywood Undead, Pendulum, Electric Callboy and Cypress Hill, among 35 acts on Friday, June 12.

Who plays Saturday at Download Festival 2026?

Babymetal, Guns N' Roses, South Arcade, Black Veil Brides and Trivium, among 37 acts on Saturday, June 13.

Who plays Sunday at Download Festival 2026?

Linkin Park, Bad Omens, The Pretty Reckless, Ice Nine Kills and Unpeople, among 40 acts on Sunday, June 14.

What stages are at Download Festival 2026?

4 stages: APEX STAGE, OPUS STAGE, AVALANCHE STAGE HOSTED BY KERRANG! RADIO and DOGTOOTH STAGE.

Is Download Festival 2026 18+?

The festival lists its age policy as All ages (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult 18+).

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