Download festival is back following a two-year hiatus caused by the Covid pandemic, and this year the rock and metal festival has a massive line-up full of legendary acts.
The iconic festival, which started in 1980, is set to take place this year between Friday 10 June and Sunday 12 June at Donington Park motorsport circuit.
Here’s a full breakdown of the acts playing and the set times and stages:
Friday 10 June
Apex Stage (Main Stage):
KISS – 8.50pm
A Day to Remember – 6.40pm
Skindred – 5.10pm
Black Veil Brides – 3.55pm
Bury Tomorrow – 2.50pm
Theory – 1.55pm
Wayward Sons – 1pm
Opus Stage (Second Stage):
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes – 7.35pm
Airbourne – 6.15pm
Lacuna Coil – 5pm
Myles Kennedy & Company – 3.50pm
Kris Barras Band – 2.45pm
Skynd – 1.50pm
Ayron Jones – 1pm
The Avalanche Stage hosted by Kerrang! Radio:
The Ghost Inside – 8.10pm
Sleep Token – 6.50pm
Normandie – 5.40pm
Meet Me @ The Altar – 4.35pm
Kid Brunswick – 3.40pm
As Everything Unfolds – 2.45pm
PENGHUi – 1.50pm
Press Club – 1pm
The Dogtooth Stage:
Electric Wizard – 9.45pm
Blues Pills – 8.50pm
Red Fang – 8pm
British Lion – 6.50pm
Bokassa – 6pm
Tempt – 5.10pm
A.A. Williams – 4.20pm
Dead Poet Society – 3.30pm
Cellar Door Moon Crow – 2.40pm
The Scratch – 1.50pm
Heriot – 1pm
The Sidesplitter
Secret acoustic set – 11pm
Saturday 11 June
Apex Stage (Main Stage):
Iron Maiden – 8.55pm
Deftones – 6.10pm
Shinedown – 4.35pm
Black Label Society – 3pm
Monster Truck – 1.35pm
Those Damn Crows – 12.15pm
The Raven Age – 11am
Opus Stage (Second Stage):
Megadeth – 7.30pm
Mastodon – 6.05pm
Daughtry – 4.50pm
Bush – 3.40pm
Ice Nine Kills – 2.30pm
Malevolence – 1.20pm
Cassyette – 12.15pm
Dirty Honey – 11.15am
The Avalanche Stage hosted by Kerrang! Radio:
Funeral For A Friend – 7.40pm
Creeper – 6.30pm
The Faim – 5.20pm
grandson – 4.25pm
Holding Absence – 3.30pm
Loathe – 2.35pm
Dragged Under – 1.40pm
Salem – 12.45pm
Blackout Problems – 11.50am
ANIIMALIA – 11am
The Dogtooth Stage:
Sepultura – 8.15pm
Napalm Death – 7.15pm
Dying Fetus – 6.25pm
Bleed From Within – 5.35pm
Venom Prison – 4.45pm
Will Haven – 3.55pm
Higher Power – 3.05pm
Dana Dentata – 2.15pm
Banks Arcade – 1.25pm
Dead Label – 12.35pm
Death Blooms – 11.45am
Temples on Mars – 11am
The Sidesplitter
Secret acoustic set – 11pm
Sunday 12 June
Apex Stage (Main Stage):
Biffy Clyro – 9.10pm
Korn – 6.30pm
Volbeat – 4.50pm
Rise Against – 3.15pm
Alestorm – 1.45pm
Powerwolf – 12.20pm
Wargasm – 11am
Opus Stage (Second Stage):
Steel Panther – 8pm
The Darkness – 6.35pm
Skillet – 5.15pm
Baroness – 3.55pm
Tremonti – 2.35pm
Massive Wagons – 1.25pm
The last Internationale – 12.20pm
Control The Storm – 11.15am
The Avalanche Stage hosted by Kerrang! Radio:
Descendents – 8.10pm
Boston Manor – 7pm
Trash Boat – 5.50pm
Spiritbox – 4.50pm
Marianas Trench – 3.50pm
Jamie Lenman – 2.50pm
The Hara – 1.50pm
Cemetery Sun – 12.50pm
Dead Posey – 11.50am
Static Dress – 11am
The Dogtooth Stage:
Myles Kennedy – 9.10pm
Yonaka – 8.10pm
Twin Temple – 7.10pm
Fire From The Gods – 6.15pm
Orbit Culture – 5.20pm
Kill The Lights – 4.15pm
Modern Error – 3.20pm
Phoxjaw – 2.25pm
Bimini – 1.30pm
Anchor Lane – 12.40pm
The Velveteers – 11.50am
The Injester – 11am
The Sidesplitter
Secret acoustic set – 11pm