Stage times are provisional.
Only a few sets are locked in and the rest are best guesses. Useful for a rough plan, but these times will change. Times sourced from Clashfinder.
10 stages across 5 days: Apex, Opus, Avalanche, Dogtooth, Hellfire Stage, The Doghouse (District X), The Den (District X), Ace of Spades (District X) and 2 more. See the full timetable
Download Festival 2026 line-up in full
Apex Stage
- Limp Bizkit
- Guns N' Roses
- Linkin Park
- Cypress Hill
- Trivium
- Bad Omens
- Electric Callboy
- Babymetal
- Ice Nine Kills
- Pendulum
- Black Veil Brides
- The Pretty Reckless
- Hollywood Undead
- Landmvrks
- Bloodywood
- P.O.D
- South Arcade
- Røry
- Scene Queen
- Thornhill
- Kublai Khan TX
- Unpeople
Opus Stage
- Halestorm
- Architects
- A Day To Remember
- Daughtry
- Behemoth
- Mastodon
- Periphery
- Bush
- Tom Morello
- Creeper
- Set It Off
- Social Distortion
- Paleface Swiss
- Those Damn Crows
- The Plot In You
- Silent Planet
- We Came As Romans
- Thrown
- Dogstar
- Mammoth
- Caskets
- Drowning Pool
- Snot
- Catch Your Breath
- Ego Kill Talent
Avalanche Stage
- Feeder
- The All American Rejects
- Scooter
- Story of the Year
- Hot Milk
- Letlive.
- Sleep Theory
- Marmozets
- Ash
- Native James
- Silly Goose
- Holywatr
- Lakeview
- Drain
- Rain City Drive
- Kerrang! Radio - The Deal Winner
- Frozemode
- Nevertel
- Die Spitz
- Mouth Culture
- Melrose Avenue
- As It Is
- Zero 9:36
- Ivri
- The Pretty Wild
- Sweet Pill
- TX2
- Magnolia Park
- Dinosaur Pile Up
Dogtooth Stage
- Cavalera Chaos AD
- Blood Incantation
- Static X
- Headwreck
- Slay Squad
- James and the Cold Gun
- Vianova
- Nasty
- Lake Malice
- The Primals
- Stampin' Ground
- Band-Maid
- Corrosion of Conformity
- Pussyliquor
- Tropic Gold
- Tailgunner
- Lowen
- Conjurer
- Return To Dust
- As Everything Unfolds
- Self Deception
- Sweet Savage
- Elder
- Decapitated
- Spitting Glass
- Private School
- Wayside
- Decessus
- Last Train
- Annisokay
- Ankor
- Boundaries
- Gatecreeper
- Spineshank
- Black Parade
- Master of Pop Hits
Frequently asked
- When is Download Festival 2026?
- 10–14 June 2026
- Where does Download Festival take place?
- Donington Park, Leicestershire
- How many acts are playing?
- 112 acts are on the bill, including Limp Bizkit, Guns N' Roses, Linkin Park, Cypress Hill.
- How do I work out who to see?
- Rate the acts on FestEval and it builds an itinerary around your picks, flagging any that overlap.
- Are stage times available?
- Not officially. The times on FestEval are provisional and will change once the festival publishes its own. 10 stages across 5 days, with the full timetable on FestEval.