The lineup for the 2026 Download Festival has been announced, featuring Limp Bizkit, Guns N’ Roses, and Linkin Park as headliners. The festival will take place at Donington Park in Leicestershire from June 10-14, 2026.
More than 90 bands are set to perform at the 23rd edition of this renowned rock and metal festival. Notably, these three headliners will be making their only U.K. appearances of the year.
Each of these acts has experienced a resurgence in their careers over the past decade after returning from a hiatus.
Who Else Is Playing Download 2026?
Alongside the headliners, other notable acts at the 2026 Download Festival include Bad Omens, Cypress Hill, Trivium, Architects, Electric Callboy, Halestorm, Ice Nine Kills, Babymetal, Pendulum, The Pretty Reckless, Black Veil Brides, Behemoth, Mastodon, All-American Rejects, Feeder, and Sepultura (performing Chaos A.D.). Other acts include Static-X and Blood Incantation.
The newly announced lineup also features acts like Ash, Bloodywood, Bush, Dogstar, Hollywood Undead, Imminence, Kublai Khan TX, Landmvrks, Letlive., Mammoth, Paleface Swiss, Periphery, P.O.D., Rory, Scene Queen, Set It Off, Sleep Theory, Social Distortion, Story of the Year, South Arcade, The Plot in You, Thornhill, Those Damn Crows, Thrown, and Ted Morello and We Came as Romans.
The complete lineup for Download 2026 is available below.
How Do I Get Tickets?
You can currently purchase tickets for the 2026 Download Festival, with various options for camping, hotels, and single or multiple-day tickets. To find the best option for you, visit the ticketing section on the Download Festival website.
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This marks the 23rd year of Download, which began in 2003 with headliners Iron Maiden and Audioslave during what was then a two-day festival. The event expanded to three days by 2005.
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