Download Festival have announced their first wave of acts for 2026 including three exclusive headliners. Taking place across 12th-14th June, 2026 will be headlined by LIMP BIZKIT, GUNS N' ROSES and LINKIN PARK.
Joining them across the weekend:
BAD OMENS
CYPRESS HILL
TRIVIUM
ARCHITECTS
ELECTRIC CALLBOY
HALESTORM
ICE NINE KILLS
BABY METAL
PENDULUM
THE PRETTY RECKLESS
BLACK VEIL BRIDES
BEHEMOTH
MASTODON
THE ALL AMERICAN REJECTS
FEEDER
CAVALERA CHAOS A.D.
STATIC X
BLOOD INCANTATION
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
TOM MORELLO
WE CAME AS ROMANS
ANKOR
AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS
AS IT IS
BOUNDRIES
CATCH YOUR BREATH
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY
DECAPITATED
DIE SPITZ
DINOSAUR PILE-UP
DARIN
DROWNING POOL
EGO KILL TALENT
ELDER
GATECREEPER
HEADWRECK
HOLYWATR
IUAI
JAMES AND THE COLD GUN
LAKE MALICE
LAKEVIEW
LAST TRAIN
LOWEN
MAGNOLIA PARK
MELROSE AVENUE
MOUTH CULTURE
NASTY
NATIVE JAMES
NEVERTEL
PUSSYLIQUOR
RAIN CITY DRIVE
RETURN TO DUST
SELF DECEPTION
SILENT PLANET
SLAY SQUAD
SNOT
SPINESHANK
SPITTING GLASS
SWEET PILL
SWEET SAVAGE
TAILGUNNER
THE PRETTY WILD
TROPIC GOLD
TX2
UNPEOPLE
VIANOVA
WAYSIDE
ZERO
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Ooof! Lots and lots to dive in to there. If prefer to watch in a spectacularly silly video format, check out the announcement video below:
https://youtu.be/00FHYrMNVcY?si=8RGNaoNTfyzYsH5h