Alternative/Rock
Download Festival Announces Second Wave of 2026 Artists & Day Splits
Download Festival 2026 adds A Day To Remember, Daughtry, Creeper and more as day tickets go on sale. Day splits also announced.
The highlight of the rock calendar, Download Festival, has revealed the second wave of artists for its 2026 event, with fourteen new names added to the lineup and confirming day splits for the 2026 weekender which will take place at Donington Park, Leicestershire from 10th to 14th June 2026.
Joining previously announced headliners Limp Bizkit, Guns N’ Roses and Linkin Park, plus the ninety+ acts already confirmed, the fourteen new acts are as follows:
A Day To Remember
Annisokay
BAND-MAID
Conjurer
Creeper
Daughtry
Decessus
Frozemode
Hot Milk
Marmozets
Private School
Silly Goose
Stampin’ Ground
The Primals
In further Download news, day splits for the line-up have now been announced with day tickets now on sale. PayPal customers can access an exclusive 48-hour presale from 10am Monday 23 February, ahead of general day ticket sales opening at 10am on Wednesday 25th February.
Check out our coverage of Download Festival 2025 right here.
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