Download Festival 2026 has announced more than 90 bands on its blockbuster line-up, including headliners Limp Bizkit, Guns N’ Roses and Linkin Park.
The 23rd Download Festival takes place on the hallowed turf of Donington Park from Wednesday 10th to Sunday 14thJune 2026, and the names on the eclectic line-up span the full spectrum of rock, metal, punk, emo, hardcore, alternative and classic rock.
Having triumphed in the special guest slot at Download Festival 2024, nu metal heroes Limp Bizkit make the leap to Friday night headliners at next year’s extravaganza.
Rock legends Guns N’ Roses top the bill on Saturday night, eight years on from their last Donington appearance and 20 years after first headlining Download in 2006.
Linkin Park have been bestowed with the huge honour of closing the weekend on the Sunday night. The band headlined four times between 2004 and 2014, and this will be their first since their reformation with Emily Armstrong on co-lead vocals.
Other acts confirmed across the weekend include Halestorm, Those Damn Crows, Mastodon, Rage Against the Machine legend Tom Morello, Bad Omens, Cypress Hill, Trivium, Architects, Electric Callboy, Bush, Feeder, The Pretty Reckless, Tailgunner. Wolfgang Van Halen’s band Mammoth and Keanu Reeves’ band Dogstar.
Also on the bill are Pendulum, The All-American Rejects, BABYMETAL, Ice Nine Kills, Tom Morello, Black Veil Brides, Drowning Pool, Periphery, letlive., Static-X, Spineshank, RØRY, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Magnolia Park, TX2, AS IT IS, Story Of The Year, Ash, Sleep Theory, Melrose Avenue, P.O.D, Hollywood Undead, Scene Queen, We Came As Romans, Mammoth, Kublai Khan TX, Bloodywood and loads more.
You can check out the line-up in alphabetical order below.
With many more acts and surprises still to be announced, tickets to Download Festival 2026 are on sale now.
The Download Festival 2026 line-up so far:
