Excitement is building up for the sell-out 2023 edition of Download Festival with tens of thousands expected to attend the event. Taking place at Donington Park, next to East Midlands Airport, the heavy music extravaganza has been a must-visit event for rock fans all over since its 2003 debut.
And the festival is back in full force for 2023 with an extra day of music marking its 20th anniversary. It features a stellar line-up across the long weekend which kicks off on Thursday, June 8.
It will see metal heavyweights including Metallica and Slipknot take to the stage, as well as Placebo, Bring Me The Horizon, and many more. Camping opened on Wednesday, June 7, with live music starting a day earlier this year - on Thursday, June 8 rather than Friday.
Are you a true Nottinghamian? Test your knowledge
For those who will be in attendance, fully brief yourself on all the set times for the extended weekend to familiarise yourself with who will be playing where and when. Here are the timings and full line-up:
Thursday
Apex Stage
Metallica – 8.50pm to 10.50pm
Alter Bridge – 7.10pm to 8.10pm
Halestorm – 5.50pm to 6.40pm
Jinjer – 4.40pm to 5.20pm
Mammoth WVH – 3.30pm to 4.10pm
Opus Stage
Skindred – 7.35pm to 8.50pm
Puscifer – 6.15pm to 7.05pm
Hundred Reasons – 5pm to 5.45pm
The Bronx – 3.50pm to 4.30pm
Cancer Bats – 2.45pm to 3.25pm
Cherry Bombs – 1.50pm to 2.20pm
The Avalanche Stage
State Champs – 7.30pm to 8.30pm
Mom Jeans - 6.25pm to 7.05pm
Punk Rock Factory – 5.20pm to 6pm
Fearless Vampire Killers – 4.25pm to 4.55pm
Tigress – 3.30pm to 4pm
The Dogtooth Stage
Perturbator – 7.40pm to 8.25pm
Haken – 6.25pm to 6.55pm
A.A. Williams – 5.30pm to 6pm
Caskets – 4.40pm to 5.05pm
Mimi Barks – 3.50pm to 4.15pm
Snayx – 3pm to 3.25pm
Friday
Apex Stage
Bring Me The Horizon – 9.20pm to 10.50pm
Architects – 7pm to 8.10pm
Pendulum – 5.30pm to 6.30pm
Neck Deep – 4.10pm to 5pmHot Milk – 3.05pm to 3.40pm
Nova Twins – 2pm to 2.35pm
Stand Atlantic – 1pm to 1.30pm
Opus Stage
Evanescence – 8.05pm to 9.15pm
Within Temptation – 6.15pm to 7.25pm
Asking Alexandria – 5pm to 5.45pm
Epica – 3.50pm to 4.30pmElvana – 2.45pm to 3.25pm
Smash Into Pieces – 1.50pm to 2.20pm
The Warning – 1pm to 1.25pm
The Avalanche Stage
VV – 7.50pm to 8.50pm
Pup – 6.40pm to 7.20pm
The Blackout – 5.30pm to 6.10pm
Crawlers – 4.35pm to 5.05pm
Demob Happy – 3.40pm to 4.10pm
As December Falls – 2.50pm to 3.15pm
Redhook – 2pm to 2.25pm
Fixation – 1.10pm to 1.35pm
The Dogtooth Stage
Carpenter Brut – 8.40pm to 9.25pm
GWAR – 7.15pm to 7.55pm
Empire State Bastard – 6.10pm to 6.50pm
Brutus – 5.15pm to 5.40pmIngested – 4.20pm to 4.45pm
Undeath – 3.30pm to 3.55pmPupil Slicer – 2.40pm to 3.05pm
Witch Fever – 1.50pm to 2.15pmTaipei Houston – 1pm to 1.25pm
Saturday
Apex Stage
Metallica – 8.25pm to 10.55pm
Disturbed – 6.20pm to 7.30pm
Alexisonfire – 4.50pm to 5.50pm
Clutch – 3.30pm to 4.20pm
Ice Nine Kills – 2.15pm to 3pm
Fever 333 – 1.05pm to 1.45pm
Polaris – 12pm to 12.35pm
Opus Stage
Placebo – 7.30pm to 8.45pm
Simple Plan – 6.05pm to 6.55pm
Three Days Grace – 5pm to 5.40pm
Motionless In White – 3.55pm to 4.35pm
Carcass – 2.50pm to 3.30pm
Municipal Waste – 1.45pm to 2.25pm
Stray From The Path – 12.50pm to 1.20pm
Static Dress – 12pm to 12.25pm
The Avalanche Stage
Coheed and Cambria – 7.40pm to 8.40pm
Deaf Havana – 6.30pm to 7.10pm
Bob Vylan – 5.20pm to 6pm
Kid Kapichi – 4.25pm to 4.55pm
Casey – 3.30pm to 4.55pm
Blackgold – 2.35pm to 3.05pm
Lake Malice – 1.40pm to 2.10pm
Rituals – 12.45pm to 1.15pm
The Dogtooth Stage
Creeper - 8.05pm to 8.45pm
Monuments – 7.10pm to 7.40pm
Greg Puciato – 6.20pm to 6.45pm
Spirit Adrift – 5.30pm to 5.55pm
Enola Gay – 4.40pm to 5.05pm
Bambie Thug – 3.50pm to 4.15pm
Beauty School Dropout – 3pm to 3.25pm
Kid Bookie – 2.10pm to 2.35pm
Unto Others - 1.20pm to 1.45pm
Antisaint – 12.30pm to 12.50pm
Sunday
Apex Stage
Slipknot – 9.15pm to 10.50pm
Parkway Drive – 6.40pm to 7.50pm
I Prevail – 5pm to 6pm
Behemoth – 3.40pm to 4.30pm
The HU – 2.25pm to 3.10pm
Lorna Shore – 1.10pm to 1.55pm
Bloodywood – 12pm to 12.40pm
Opus Stage
Ghost – 8pm to 9.10pm
Bad Religion – 6.35pm to 7.20pm
Palaye Royale – 5.30pm to 6.10pm
Dinosaur Pile-Up – 4.30pm to 5.05pm
Avatar – 3.35pm to 4.05pm
The Amity Affliction – 2.40pm to 3.10pm
Sim – 1.45pm to 2.15pm
Blind Channel – 12.55pm to 1.20pm
The Avalanche Stage
Electric Callboy – 7.35pm to 9.05pm
Set It Off – 6.10pm to 6.50pm
Mod Sun – 5pm to 5.40pm
Cleopatrick – 4pm to 4.30pm
Jazmin Bean – 3pm to 3.30pm
Joey Valence & Brae – 2pm to 2.30pm
Taylor Acorn – 1pm to 1.30pm
Crashface – 12pm to 12.30pm
The Dogtooth Stage
Hatebreed – 8.20pm to 9.05pm
Touche Amore – 7.25pm to 7.55pm
Terror – 6.35pm to 7pm
Soen – 5.45pm to 6.10pm
Green Lung – 4.50pm to 5.20pm
Soul Glo – 4pm to 4.25pm
The Meffs – 3.10pm to 5.35pm
Hawxx – 2.20pm to 2.45pm
Graphic Nature – 1.30pm to 1.55pm
Beauty School – 12.40pm to 1.05pm
For the full lineup and timings visit the Download Festival's website.
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