Download Festival’s 20th-anniversary celebration just got even bigger with the addition of a dozen more acts to its already impressive line-up. The festival, which will be held at Donington Park from June 8-11, 2023, has also released the stage splits (see below) for all four days. Among the newly announced performers are Cancer Bats, Casey, Hundred Reasons, Puscifer and State Champs. They will join headliners Bring Me The Horizon, Slipknot and Metallica who will each perform two headline sets without repeating any songs. Tickets are still available on downloadfestival.co.uk.
Puscifer is set to make their Download debut this year thanks to Tool and A Perfect Circle frontman Maynard James Keenan. Meanwhile, Canadian hardcore punk band Cancer Bats and Hundred Reasons are both returning after long absences from the festival scene. Other notable additions include Casey from Wales, New York pop punk group State Champs and daredevil rock’n’roll favorites Cherry Bombs. Finally, Welsh TikTok sensations Punk Rock Factory have earned a spot in the Main Arena after their memorable performance in The Village last year.
Download will feature a diverse array of musical acts, including the dramatic post-hardcore group Static Dress, the punk rockers from the South coast known as SNAYX, the Australian alternative quartet RedHook, and Rituals – winners of Kerrang! Radio’s The Deal competition. Kicking off with their intense Newcastle metal sound, Rituals will be opening up The Avalanche Stage.
DAY SPLITS
THURSDAY
APEX STAGE:
METALLICA, ALTER BRIDGE, HALESTORM, JINJER, MAMMOTH WVH
OPUS STAGE:
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, PUSCIFER, HUNDRED REASONS, THE BRONX, CANCER BATS, CHERRY BOMBS
THE AVALANCHE STAGE HOSTED BY KERRANG! RADIO:
STATE CHAMPS, MOM JEANS, PUNK ROCK FACTORY, FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS, TIGRESS
DOGTOOTH STAGE:
PERTURBATOR, HAKEN, A.A. WILLIAMS, CASKETS, MIMI BARKS, SNAYX
FRIDAY
APEX STAGE:
BRING ME THE HORIZON, ARCHITECTS, PENDULUM, NECK DEEP, HOT MILK, NOVA TWINS, STAND ATLANTIC
OPUS STAGE:
EVANESCENCE, WITHIN TEMPTATION, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, EPICA, ELVANA, SMASH INTO PIECES, THE WARNING
THE AVALANCHE STAGE HOSTED BY KERRANG! RADIO:
VV, PUP, THE BLACKOUT, CRAWLERS, AVIVA, AS DECEMBER FALLS, REDHOOK, FIXATION
DOGTOOTH STAGE:
CARPENTER BRUT, GWAR, EMPIRE STATE BASTARD, BRUTUS, INGESTED, UNDEATH, PUPIL SLICER, WITCH FEVER, TAIPEI HOUSTON
SATURDAY
APEX STAGE:
METALLICA, DISTURBED, ALEXISONFIRE, CLUTCH, ICE NINE KILLS, FEVER 333, POLARIS,
OPUS STAGE:
PLACEBO, SIMPLE PLAN, THREE DAYS GRACE, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, CARCASS, MUNICIPAL WASTE, STRAY FROM THE PATH, STATIC DRESS
THE AVALANCHE STAGE HOSTED BY KERRANG! RADIO:
COHEED AND CAMBRIA, DEAF HAVANA, BOB VYLAN, nothing,nowhere., KID KAPICHI, CASEY, BLACKGOLD, RITUALS
DOGTOOTH STAGE:
MONUMENTS, GREG PUCIATO, SPIRIT ADRIFT, ENOLA GAY, BAMBIE THUG, BEAUTY SCHOOL DROPOUT, LAKE MALICE, KID BOOKIE, ANTISAINT
SUNDAY
APEX STAGE:
SLIPKNOT, PARKWAY DRIVE, I PREVAIL, BEHEMOTH, THE HU, LORNA SHORE, BLOODYWOOD
OPUS STAGE:
GHOST, THE DISTILLERS, PALAYE ROYALE, DINOSAUR PILE-UP, AVATAR, THE AMITY AFFLICTION, SiM, BLIND CHANNEL
THE AVALANCHE STAGE HOSTED BY KERRANG! RADIO:
ELECTRIC CALLBOY, SET IT OFF, MOD SUN, CLEOPATRICK, JAZMIN BEAN, JOEY VALENCE & BRAE, TAYLOR ACORN, CRASHFACE
DOGTOOTH STAGE:
HATEBREED, TOUCHE AMORE, TERROR, SOEN, GREEN LUNG, SOUL GLO, THE MEFFS, HAWXX, GRAPHIC NATURE, BEAUTY SCHOOL
