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Download Festival announces another stack of bands for 2017’s festival!

Download Festival have announced more bands for next year’s edition of the festival!

The festival had already previously announced headliners SYSTEM OF A DOWNBIFFY CLYRO and AEROSMITH amongst a handful of other bands performing across the weekend, but now the festival have confirmed another 20 bands to next year’s lineup.

The full list of the bands confirmed for the festival are as follows:

  • MASTODON
  • PIERCE THE VEIL
  • ALTER BRIDGE
  • AIRBOURNE
  • SUM 41
  • GOOD CHARLOTTE
  • COHEED AND CAMBRIA
  • OPETH
  • CLUTCH
  • MINISTRY
  • DEVILDRIVER
  • WAKRAT
  • RED FANG
  • THE DEAD DAISIES
  • FOUR YEAR STRONG
  • BASEMENT
  • ISSUES
  • CROWN THE EMPIRE
  • KNUCKLE PUCK
  • EXODUS
  • ASTROID BOYS
  • THE ONE HUNDERED
  • GREYWIND
  • LOST SOCIETY
  • GOD DAMN

Download Festival 2017

Alongside the bands announced in today’s announcement, SUM 41ROB ZOMBIE and SLAYER will headline the Zippo Encore Stage whilst SLEEPING WITH SIRENS and SIMPLE PLAN will headline the newly renamed Avalanche Stage.

The festival will be taking place between June 9th – 11th 2017 at Donington Park. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased from the festival’s official website.

More band announcements will be unveiled over the following weeks, so make sure to check the website for regular updates.

For more information on Download Festival, like their official page on Facebook.

James Weaver

Editor-in-Chief and Founder of Distorted Sound Magazine; established in 2015. Reporting on riffs since 2012.

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