Download 2026 line-up confirms Linkin Park and GNR as headliners - and more

Download Festival 2025 may have only been just a few months ago, but we're already looking ahead to the 2026 offering. Last year's headliners Sleep Token revelled in one of the biggest and busiest Download Festivals of all time. 2026's line-up aims to do the same with some major fan favourites on the docket for the weekender, which is due to take place at Donington Park from June 10-14, 2026.

Overnight, the Download 2026 line-up confirmed its three-day event will be headlined by Limp Bizkit, Guns N' Roses and Linkin Park. What's more, they confirmed more than 90 other acts across the weekend, as well; Architects, Babymetal, Halestorm, Bad Omens, Dogstar and Ice Nine Kills at the forefront of it all. And lots more information has been confirmed.

First of all, the most important piece of information for Download Festival fans: Tickets are out right now.

Tickets can be purchased from a number of online retailers, including such major websites as Live Nation, Ticketmaster and Eventim.

These official retailers give fans the best chance of buying tickets for the upcoming festival.

Here's the links:

LIVE NATION - Buy Download Festival tickets here.

TICKETMASTER - Buy Download Festival tickets here.

EVENTIM - Buy Download Festival tickets here.

Sites such as viagogo, Stubhub, and Vivid Seats allow fans to buy resale tickets from other fans. However, it is important to note that ticket conditions often prohibit resale after initial purchase. Those tickets may not be valid for admittance to gigs.

Fans intending to buy tickets for live events through resale websites should check the ticket terms and conditions, to confirm whether resale is prohibited, before they buy. Ticket terms and conditions can be checked with the original seller, such as Ticketmaster or Live Nation. If resale is prohibited, tickets bought second-hand could be voided and admission to the event refused.

Alternatively, if fans are looking for specific tickets but can't find them, resale website StubHub could be the next best chance. This second-hand retailer gives fans the chance to buy and sell tickets up to the day of the event.

Here's the link:

STUBHUB - Buy Download Festival tickets here.

Download Festival 2026 will begin on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, and will run through to Sunday, June 14, 2026.

The three major days of music - including the three headliners Limp Bizkit, Guns N' Roses and Linkin Park - will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday respectively.

The festival will once again return to the "spiritual home of rock" at Donington Park in Leicestershire.

At the time of writing, the three headliners for Download 2026 have been revealed.

Limp Bizkit will create a party atmosphere on Friday night, while classic rock aficionados Guns N' Roses will thrill fans on Saturday. Finally, the iconic and frankly legendary Linkin Park will take on the final night of music on Sunday.

Beyond that, at the time of writing, more than 90 acts have been revealed in total. This includes the likes of Architects, Bad Omens, Babymetal, Behemoth, Static-X, Snot, and much more.

Here's the full line-up as it stands now - with many more to be announced before the festival opens its doors:

• Limp Bizkit
• Guns N' Roses
• Linkin Park
• ANKOR
• ARCHITECTS
• AS EVERYTHING UNFOLDS
• AS IT IS
• ASH
• BABYMETAL
• BAD OMENS
• BEHEMOTH
• BLACK VEIL BRIDES
• BLOOD INCANTATION
• BLOODYWOOD
• BOUNDARIES
• BUSH
• CATCH YOUR BREATH
• CAVALERA
• CORROSION OF CONFORMITY
• CYPRESS HILL
• DECAPITATED
• DIE SPITZ
• DINOSAUR PILE-UP
• DOGSTAR
• DRAIN
• DROWNING POOL
• EGO KILL TALENT
• ELDER
• ELECTRIC CALLBOY
• FEEDER
• GATECREEPER
• HALESTORM
• HEADWRECK
• HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD
• HOLYWATR
• ICE NINE KILLS
• IMMINENCE
• ivri
• JAMES AND THE COLD GUN
• KUBLAI KHAN TX
• LAKE MALICE
• LAKEVIEW
• LANDMVRKS
• LAST TRAIN
• letlive.
• LOWEN
• MAGNOLIA PARK
• MAMMOTH
• MASTODON
• MELROSE AVENUE
• MOUTH CULTURE
• NASTY
• NATIVE JAMES
• NEVERTEL
• P.O.D
• PALEFEACE SWISS
• PENDULUM
• PERIPHERY
• PUSSYLIQUOR
• RAIN CITY DRIVE
• RETURN TO DUST
• RØRY
• SCENE QUEEN
• SELF DECEPTION
• SET IT OFF
• SILENT PLANET
• SLAY SQUAD
• SLEEP THEORY
• SNOT
• SOCIAL DISTORTION
• SOUTH ARCADE
• SPINESHANK
• SPITTING GLASS
• STATIC-X
• STORY OF THE YEAR
• SWEET PILL
• SWEET SAVAGE
• TAILGUNNER
• THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS
• THE PLOT IN YOU
• THE PRETTY RECKLESS
• THE PRETTY WILD
• THORNHILL
• THOSE DAMN CROWS
• thrown
• TOM MORELLO
• TRIVIUM
• TROPIC GOLD
• TX2
• unpeople
• vianova
• WAYSIDE
• WE CAME AS ROMANS
• ZERO 9:36