The Sonisphere Festival is a touring music festival which takes place across Europe between June and August. The festival is owned and promoted by Kilimanjaro Live with financial backing from AEG. The first run of festivals ran throughout the summer of 2009 at six venues, returning in 2010 with 11 venues.
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Airbourne
- Alestorm
- All Time Low
- Anberlin
- Andrew Maxwell
- Andrew O'Neill
- Anterior
- Anthrax
- Arcane Roots
- Arch Enemy
- Architects
- Bad Religion
- Biffy Clyro
- Bill Bailey
- Black Breath
- Black Spiders
- Black Tide
- Blood Red Shoes
- Bob Slayer
- Brendon Burns
- Cancer Bats
- Cerebral Ballzy
- Cherri Bomb
- Decade
- Demonic Resurrection
- Diamond Head
- Don Broco
- Exit Ten
- Firewind
- Flats
- Fletcher
- Four Year Strong
- Fozzy
- Gallows
- Glamour Of The Kill
- Gojira
- Grinspoon
- Hammer Of The Gods
- Hayseed Dixie
- Hounds
- House of Pain
- Howard Marks
- In Flames
- InMe
- Innerpartysystem
- Jarred Christmas
- Jason John Whitehead
- Jason Rouse
- Jettblack
- Jim Breuer
- Jim Smallman
- Kids in Glass Houses
- Killing Joke
- Kylesa
- Limp Bizkit
- Mastodon
- Me Vs Hero
- Megadeth
- Metallica
- Motorhead
- Nick Helm
- One Minute Silence
- Opeth
- Orange Goblin
- Panic Cell
- Paradise Lost
- Parkway Drive
- Periphery
- Protest the Hero
- Pulled Apart by Horses
- Revoker
- Richard Cheese
- Rise To Remain
- Rival Sons
- Rolo Tomassi
- Saint Jude
- Sean Hughes
- Six Hour Sundown
- Slam Cartel
- Slayer
- Slipknot
- Sonic Boom Six
- Sons of Icarus
- Steve-O
- Sum 41
- Sylosis
- Tek-One
- TesseracT
- The Answer
- The Black Dahlia Murder
- The Cavalera Conspiracy
- The Crave
- The Defiled
- The Mars Volta
- The Safety Fire
- The Sisters of Mercy
- The Treatement
- Tiffany Stevenson
- Title Fight
- Turbowolf
- Virginmarys
- Volbeat
- Watain
- Weezer
- While She Sleeps
- You Me At Six
- Young Legionnaire
- mojoFURY
Festival News and Rumors
Corona Capital 2023 Lineup Brings The Cure, Blur, and Pulp to Mexico City
Scoop Harrison June 5, 2023
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