Louder Than Life 2026 Drops Its Biggest Lineup Ever

Louder Than Life 2026 has raised the bar again.

Set for September 17–20, Louder Than Life 2026 is going down at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY, the 12th edition of America’s Largest Rock & Metal Festival will feature nearly 200 bands across seven stages, marking the most stacked bill ever assembled by Danny Wimmer Presents.

Headliners are spread across four heavy hitting nights:

Thursday, September 17: Iron Maiden, Pantera, Megadeth
Friday, September 18: My Chemical Romance, Pierce The Veil, A Day To Remember
Saturday, September 19: Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, Sublime
Sunday, September 20: TOOL, Gojira, Danny Elfman

TOOL and Limp Bizkit join previously announced heavyweights My Chemical Romance and Iron Maiden, turning this into a four day endurance test for anyone serious about rock and metal in 2026.

A Lineup That Covers Every Corner Of Rock

Beyond the headliners, the depth is staggering.

The full lineup (subject to change) includes:

My Chemical Romance, Iron Maiden, TOOL, Limp Bizkit, Pantera, Pierce The Veil, Gojira, Danny Elfman, The Prodigy, Sublime, Papa Roach, A Day To Remember, BABYMETAL, Megadeth, Danzig, Halestorm, Rise Against, Alice Cooper, Circa Survive, Ice Nine Kills, Jimmy Eat World, The Mars Volta, Mastodon, The Used, Bilmuri, Sabaton, Coheed and Cambria, The Pretty Reckless, Hot Mulligan, Taking Back Sunday, Sleeping With Sirens, In This Moment, Dance Gavin Dance, Chiodos, Black Label Society, Killswitch Engage, Anthrax, Ministry, CAVALERA, Skillet, The Warning, Nothing More, Tom Morello, Lindsey Stirling, Dethklok, Black Veil Brides, Kublai Khan TX, Underoath, Alkaline Trio, Machine Head, Suicidal Tendencies, Chad Gray, Starset, Badflower, Alexisonfire, Animals As Leaders, Thrice, LOATHE, Coal Chamber, P.O.D., The Home Team, Bowling For Soup, Thursday, We The Kings, From Ashes To New, Fit For A King, Sleep Theory, President, GWAR, Palaye Royale, L.S. Dunes, Atreyu, Lit, Get Scared, Set It Off, Blood For Blood, Sunami, Filter, Alissa White-Gluz, Soulfly, Between The Buried And Me, ERRA, Chelsea Grin, After The Burial, Lacey Sturm: The Voice of FLYLEAF, Toadies, Currents, Orianthi, Boundaries, Make Them Suffer, Metal Church, The Acacia Strain, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Holding Absence, HAYWIRE, Spite, Agnostic Front, Escape The Fate, Jutes, Emmure, ivri, Alien Ant Farm, Bodysnatcher, Scene Queen, Caskets, Rain City Drive, The Funeral Portrait, PeelingFlesh, Haste The Day, Holywatr, Locked Shut, Hail The Sun, Madball, I See Stars, Mushroomhead, Angel Du$t, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, The Word Alive, Jeff Hardy, Mac Sabbath, The Ataris, The Rasmus, Volumes, Wind Walkers, Twitching Tongues, Powerman 5000, The Barbarians of California, Emery, Maylene & The Sons of Disaster, Born of Osiris, H2O, Red, Josey Scott: The Original Voice of SALIVA, Adelitas Way, Thousand Below, Soil, Arrows in Action, Chained Saint, Zero 9:36, Elijah, Holy Wars, Butcher Babies, Nevertel, Dry Kill Logic, Icon For Hire, Kami Kehoe, Codefendants, Texas Hippie Coalition, Austin Carlile: The Original Voice of Of Mice & Men, The Pretty Wild, End It, Vana, Rivers of Nihil, Like Moths To Flames, Signs of the Swarm, Archers, KOYO, Primer 55, Emarosa, Gemini Syndrome, Shaman’s Harvest, 200 Stab Wounds, 156/Silence, Missing Link, Fox Lake, sace6, Greyhaven, King 810, Many Eyes, Tantric, The Violent Hour, Dark Divine, Sent By Ravens, Showing Teeth, Earshot, TX2, Diamante, OTHERWISE, Doobie, He Is Legend, Aviana, vianova, Future Palace, Cane Hill, Corpse Pile, 40 Below Summer, Heavy//Hitter, Bodybox, Boltcutter, Resolve, Dreamwake, Gates To Hell, Death Valley Dreams, Set For Tomorrow, and Billy McNicol.

Special Sets And One Off Moments

Pantera’s performance marks their only U.S. show of 2026, Megadeth will deliver one of their final farewell sets, Cavalera will perform Sepultura’s ‘Roots’ in full for the first time in nearly a decade, Jimmy Eat World celebrates 25 years of ‘Bleed American’, while Sleeping With Sirens mark 15 years of ‘Let’s Cheers To This’.

Reunions include Circa Survive, Get Scared, Blood For Blood, Metal Church, Primer 55, Sent By Ravens and 40 Below Summer.

Saturday will also spotlight one of the most prominent all-female-fronted stage lineups at a major U.S. rock festival, featuring Halestorm, In This Moment, Lindsey Stirling, Orianthi, Icon For Hire, Kami Kehoe and Diamante.

A Mystery Guest will make their live debut, and a Very Special Guest, described as one of the biggest heavy bands of the modern era, will be announced later.

More Than Just Music

All passholders get free access to amusement rides inside Kentucky Kingdom, there’s also the new Battle for the Big Stage competition, kicking off March 1st, 2026, giving emerging acts a shot at playing the fest.

After drawing over 240,000 fans in 2025, Louder Than Life isn’t just surviving the festival arms race, it’s widening the gap.

All pass types, including 4-Day GA, VIP and Angel’s Envy Top Shelf VIP, are on sale now at LouderThanLifeFestival.com.

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