Download Festival reveals first wave of bands for 2027

Download Festival has just revealed the first wave of bands for the 2027 edition, which will be the 24th of the festival. Headliners will be Blink-182, Bring Me The Horizon and Evanescence.

Confirmed acts in alphabetical order:

• 5 Seconds of Summer
• Ally Nicholas
• Ando San
• Asava
• Basement
• Better Lovers
• Big Ass Truck I.E.
• Bilmuri
• blink-182
• Body Count ft. Ice-T
• Bodysnatcher
• Breakk.away
• Bring Me The Horizon
• Cage Fight
• Cancer Bats
• Carpenter Brut
• Castle Rat
• Cenobia
• Clutch
• Comastatic
• Comeback Kid
• Converge
• Creeper
• Currents
• Dayseeker
• Deaf Havana
• DeathbyRomy
• Dexter and the Moonrocks
• Dogma
• Down
• Dragged Under
• Emmure
• Evanescence
• Faith No More
• Fit For A King
• Ghostemane
• Grandson
• Guilt Trip
• GWAR
• HANABIE.
• Hawthorne Heights
• HEALTH
• Heaven’s Basement
• High Vis
• Highly Suspect
• Holding Absence
• Hollow Pact
• Honey Revenge
• Hot Mulligan
• I Prevail
• Jinjer
• Karen Dió
• Kreator
• Ladrones
• Locked Shut
• Malevolence
• Maple’s Pet Dinosaur
• Mötley Crüe
• Murderdolls
• Nails
• Napalm Death
• Nasty
• Never Easy
• Orbit Culture
• Pain of Truth
• Paledusk
• Parkway Drive
• Pierce The Veil
• Point North
• President
• Primus
• PVRIS
• Recluse
• Riff Wood
• Sace6
• Senses Fail
• SKYND
• Sleep Theory
• Soil
• Speed
• Showing Teeth
• Split Chain
• Split Dogs
• Static Dress
• Static-X
• Terror
• The Dark FM
• The Devil Wears Prada
• The Hives
• The Howling
• The Prodigy
• The Raven Age
• Trash Talk
• Turnstile
• Villanelle
• Violent Vira
• Waterparks
• While She Sleeps
• Windwaker
• Winona Fighter
• XCOMM

About Download Festival

Having well and truly cemented its status as the UK’s greatest rock festival, now boasting the largest festival main stage in the UK, Download continues to go from strength to strength with further investments, improvements and brand-new collaborations being planned for what is set to be a glorious 24th year at the heart of heavy music.

Download is so much more than a music festival, consciously evolving and expanding for its loyal community – the Download Family – in the shape of its brilliant Beyond the Bands offerings. Ultimate playground District X provides everything from an onsite salon, stand-up comedy, DJ sets, and cinema screenings to a range of wellness activities including meditation, sound baths and yoga sessions.

Download XXIV has officially become the festival’s fastest-selling edition ever, and excitement for next year’s event, to be held at its spiritual home of Donington Park from Wednesday 9 to Sunday 13 June 2027, could not be higher. Early Bird tickets sold out at record speed, with final remaining Late Bird packages available at www.downloadfestival.co.uk.

Download XXIV returns to Donington Park from Wednesday 9 to Sunday 13 June. Tickets on sale from www.downloadfestival.co.uk.