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Burn It Down Festival announce third wave of bands for 2026

Burn It Down Festival have revealed their third wave of acts for this year’s festival!

The Torquay-based festival has announced its latest round of artists for 2026, alongside day splits, with STICK TO YOUR GUNS, PEST CONTROL, LIQUID MIKE and more joining the lineup.

Leading the new announcement are Orange County hardcore/metalcore heavyweights STICK TO YOUR GUNS, who will appear on the barrier-less Friday alongside already announced headliners DRUG CHURCH. Fresh from celebrating the anniversary of their landmark album Disobedient across Europe, the band will bring a career-spanning set to the English Riviera.

Hardcore representation continues to grow with LOCKED SHUT confirmed as a UK festival exclusive, joining previously announced names DRUG CHURCH and SPEED. UK crossover favourites PEST CONTROL will also perform on Friday, while SPLITKNUCKLE, FALSE REALITY and BODYWEB return across the weekend.

Elsewhere, THEBOYSHADOW joins the bill following a recent UK tour supporting PRESIDENT, alongside rising names including LOVE RARELY and UNPEOPLE. Alt-rap also features prominently, with YUNG YUSUF, SUNNBRELLA and TOAST set to perform.

Every newly announced artist, in alphabetical order, is as follows: ASIDHARA / ARBITER / BE NICE / BODYWEB / COWBOY HUNTERS / DEAR DIARY / DOWNPOUR / DOWNWARD / EMERGENCY BROADCAST / EXIT DREAM / EXTERMINATUS / FALSE REALITY / FUNERAL / GUILLOTINE / INCASEYOULOSE / LIQUID MIKE / LOCKED SHUT / MISHIKUI / NO RELIEF / OVERSIZE / PEST CONTROL / RAT ATTACK / ROMAN CANDLE / SOVEREIGN / SPLITKNUCKLE / STICK TO YOUR GUNS / SUNDAY BEST / SUPERNOVA / THEBOYSHADOW / TNL VZN / TOOTHACHE / WORST WISHES / WREX / WRONG MAN / YARD

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Burn It Down Festival will take place at The Foundry, The Attic and Apple & Parrot, Torquay on September 3rd-5th, 2026. Tickets are available now and can be purchased here.

For more information on the festival like their official page onĀ Facebook.

James Weaver

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

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