Download Festival

The body count continues to rise as the overlords of slashercore, Ice Nine Kills, announce the arrival of their pop up Chop Shop. The event, which includes exclusive merchandise, make-up artists, themed food and drinks, and more, will take place on Saturday 3rd June in 3 Locks Brewing Company, Camden, London, from 12pm-6pm with free entry. Fans are encouraged to embrace their inner psycho and dress up for the occasion.

This year District X will be better than ever, with a fantastic line-up of secret band sets (to be announced on the day), live podcasts and DJ sets from the likes of The Blackout, Wargasm, Zoe London, Nova Twins x On Wednesdays We Wear Black, Daniel P Carter, Alyx Holcombe and many more.

The special 20th anniversary edition takes place over four days for the first time.

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More names have been confirmed for Download's 20th anniversary edition.

Download Festival have announced a whopping 44 more bands for their 2023 event, set to take place between 8th-11th June at

The festival has announced new camping areas, luxury retreats and an onsite megastore for attendees.

The 20th Anniversary edition of the festival looks set to be incredibly special.

For the first time in the festival's history, a whopping four headline slots have been confirmed across the weekend.

Heriot had been planning Download 2022 for two years - literally. After all, half of the band had arena tickets rolled over after the cancellation of the 2021 festival due to the pandemic. But they didn’t need those tickets as they were handed the keys to The Dogtooth Stage, for a Download experience they will never forget.