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Aftershock Festival reveal 2026 lineup

Aftershock Festival have announced their full 2026 lineup!

Danny Wimmer Presents have confirmed the complete bill for the 14th edition of Aftershock, set to take place from October 1st–4th, 2026 at Discovery Park in Sacramento, California. This year’s event marks the festival’s largest lineup yet, with more than 140 artists performing across five stages.

Headlining 2026 are MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, TOOL, LIMP BIZKIT, and PIERCE THE VEIL, topping a massive weekend that blends rock, punk, metal, hip-hop and more.

The full lineup for Aftershock Festival 2026 is as follows:

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, TOOL, LIMP BIZKIT, PIERCE THE VEIL, $UICIDEBOY$, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, THE OFFSPRING, A DAY TO REMEMBER, WU‑TANG CLAN, SUBLIME, DANNY ELFMAN, BABYMETAL, CIRCA SURVIVE, PUBLIC ENEMY, AFI, THE USED, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, CYPRESS HILL, SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL, THE PRETTY RECKLESS, THE STORY SO FAR, DANCE GAVIN DANCE, COHEED AND CAMBRIA, HOT MULLIGAN, SLEEPING WITH SIRENS, DOWN, DETHKLOK, THREE 6 MAFIA, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, CHIODOS, HIGHLY SUSPECT, NOTHING MORE, BODY COUNT FEAT. ICE‑T, CAVALERA, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, ZAKK SABBATH, INSANE CLOWN POSSE, KUBLAI KHAN TX, NEW FOUND GLORY, WOLFMOTHER, WAGE WAR, UNDEROATH, THEORY OF A DEADMAN, MAYDAY PARADE, ALEXISONFIRE, CHAD GRAY: VOICE OF MUDVAYNE & HELLYEAH – 30 YEARS OF MADNESS, COAL CHAMBER, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, STARSET, SEVENDUST, LA DISPUTE, THE STARTING LINE, DRAIN, THE WONDER YEARS, THE GHOST INSIDE, PALEFACE SWISS, THE HOME TEAM, WE THE KINGS, P.O.D., THURSDAY, FROM ASHES TO NEW, SLEEP THEORY, L.S. DUNES, LIT, CRADLE OF FILTH, FROM FIRST TO LAST, PRESIDENT, APOCALYPTICA, ATREYU, FINCH, HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS, SET IT OFF, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, KYLESA, SAOSIN, BUCKETHEAD, HELMET, FILTER, SOULFLY, BLESSTHEFALL, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, SENSES FAIL, MELVINS, MUNICIPAL WASTE, ALISSA WHITE‑GLUZ, COUNTERPARTS, OLEANDER, SPITE, AFTER THE BURIAL, TOADIES, FINGER ELEVEN, DROWNING POOL, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, ARMOR FOR SLEEP, HORSE THE BAND, HOLDING ABSENCE, HAYWIRE, BODYSNATCHER, ESCAPE THE FATE, THE ACACIA STRAIN, JUTES, IVRI, FREE THROW, CASKETS, HAARPER, PEELINGFLESH, PENTAGRAM, CRO‑MAGS, HOLYWATR, ALESANA, STICK TO YOUR GUNS, HAIL THE SUN, I SEE STARS, THE UNION UNDERGROUND, THE WORD ALIVE, WIND WALKERS, NEKROGOBLIKON, EMERY, THE FALL OF TROY, DROP DEAD, GORGEOUS, GIDEON, RED, ILL NIÑO, ÜNLOCO, FEAR, AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, CKY, PSYCHOSTICK, AUSTIN CARLILE: THE ORIGINAL VOICE OF OF MICE & MEN, CODEFENDANTS, THE PRETTY WILD, RIVERS OF NIHIL, BRUJERIA, EMAROSA, I SET MY FRIENDS ON FIRE, SILLY GOOSE, LEAP, THE VIOLENT HOUR, LADRONES, EYES SET TO KILL, VIANOVA, DOOBIE, and a mystery guest still to be announced.

Aftershock Festival 2026 - Full lineup

Aftershock Festival takes place at Discovery Park, Sacramento, California, USA from 1st-4th October, 2026. Tickets are available now and can be purchased here.

For more information on Aftershock 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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