The Download Festival is a three day rock music festival held annually at Donington Park, England. The Download Festival was conceived as a follow up to the Monsters of Rock festivals which had been held in at the Donington Park circuit between 1980 and 1996.
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Anthrax
- Anti-Nowhere League
- As I Lay Dying
- August Burns Red
- Biffy Clyro
- Billy Talent
- Black Label Society
- Black Sabbath
- Black Spiders
- Black Veil Brides
- Broken
- Butcher Babies
- Cancer Bats
- Chase and Status
- Corey Taylor
- DevilDriver
- Devin Townsend
- Don Broco
- Dropkick Murphys
- Edugy
- Emmure
- Europe
- Fear Factory
- Fearless Vampire Killers
- Firewind
- Five Finger Death Punch
- Four Year Strong
- Fozzy
- Gallows
- Ginger (The Wildhearts)
- Gun
- Halestorm
- Heavens Basement
- Kids in Glass Houses
- Killswitch Engage
- Kobra and the Lotus
- Kopek
- Kyuss Lives!
- Lamb of God
- Little Angels
- Lower Than Atlantis
- Machine Head
- Mallory Knox
- Marmozets
- Megadeth
- Metallica performing The Black Album
- NOFX
- Nightwish
- Opeth
- Periphery
- Reckless Love
- Red, White & Blues Band
- Refused
- Rise Against
- Rise To Remain
- Rival Sons
- Saxon
- Sebastian Bach
- Shinedown
- Slash
- Soil
- Soundgarden
- Steel Panther
- Stellar Revival
- Sylosis
- T. Mills
- Tenacious D
- Terrorvision
- The Defiled
- The James Cleaver Quintet
- The Prodigy
- The Quireboys
- The Safety Fire
- The Treatment
- Theory Of A Deadman
- Trivium
- Turbonegro
- Turbowolf
- Ugly Kid Joe
- Upon A Burning Body
- We Are The Ocean
- While She Sleeps
- You Me At Six
Festival News and Rumors

Insane Clown Posse Announce Otherworldly 2023 Edition of Gathering of the Juggalos
The festival promises such such attractions as "ICP's Alien Probe Adventure"
Bryan Kress May 22, 2023

Hopscotch 2023: Pavement, Denzel Curry, Japanese Breakfast Top Lineup
Alvvays, Digable Planets, Soccer Mommy, and more will also hit the Raleigh fest this September.
Abby Jones May 19, 2023

Live Nation Offering $99 All-In Festival Tickets During Festival Weekend
Governors Ball Roots Picnic, Sound on Sound, and more are participating in the discount.
Carys Anderson May 17, 2023

The National's Homecoming 2023 Lineup Led by Patti Smith, Pavement, & The Walkmen
Weyes Blood, Snail Mail, and Bartees Strange will also play the Cincinnati festival.
Eddie Fu May 17, 2023

Riot Fest's Killer 2023 Lineup Led by Foo Fighters, The Cure & The Postal Service
Carys Anderson May 16, 2023

Guns N' Roses, Billie Eilish, and P!NK to Headline Music Midtown's 2023 Lineup
P!NK, The 1975, Flume, Incubus, and Tove Lo are also set to play the Atlanta festival.
Scoop Harrison May 16, 2023