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Next year’s hard rock Download Festival will feature headlining slots from Linkin Park, Guns N’ Roses and Limp Bizkit. The 23rd edition of the fest — branded DLXXIII — will take place from June 10-14, 2026 in Donington Park, Leicestershire in the U.K.
The massive event featuring more than 90 rock, metal, punk, emo, hardcore and classic rock acts will welcome nu-metal rockers Limp Bizkit for their first-ever headlining slot on Friday — they performed a well-received Download set last year — with veterans GNR headlining on Saturday and Linkin Park doing the honors on Sunday night in their first Download appearance since reuniting with singer Emily Armstrong as their lead singer in 2024; the group headlined Download twice (2004, 2014) with their original lineup. GNR have headlined at Download twice before as well, but haven’t taken the stage there since 2018.
Among the other bands on next year’s roster are: Bad Omens, Cypress Hill, Trivium, Halestorm, Pendulum, All-American Rejects, Mastodon, Baby Metal, Ice Nine Kills, Tom Morello, Black Vein Brides, Dogstar, Drowning Pool, P.O.D. Bush, Feeder, Ash, The Pretty Reckless, Static-X, Spineshank and many more. Click here for ticketing information.
Also slated to take the stage at the 2026 event are: Bloodywood, Hollywood Undead, Kublai Khan TX, letlive., LANDMVRKS, Mammoth, Paleface Swiss, Periphery, RØRY, Set It Off, Sleep Theory, Social Distortion, Story Of The Year, Those Damn Crows, We Came As Romans, Corrosion of Conformity, Decapitated, Dinosaur Pile-Up, DRAIN and Ego Kill Talent.
Check out the full 2026 Download Festival poster below.
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