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Download Festival

Friday 13 - Sunday 15 June, 2025
Raceway Fields And Forest Donington Park in Leicestershire

About Download

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Retaining its title year after year as the only rock festival worth mentioning, Download Festival continues to hit all the right notes for true fans of rock music. Three days of heavy rock over five stages are what await the faithful who make the journey to the iconic location every year.

Previous headliners have included the likes of Metallica, Iron Maiden, Rammstein, HIM, Black Sabbath, System of a Down, Tool, and Guns N’ Roses to name a few.

With each year’s improvement on the last, and the organizers staying true to the Donnington ‘Monsters of Rock’ ethos, rock music certainly has a spiritual home in the shape of Download Festival.

The bars stay open after the entertainment has finished, and running until 3am (Friday to Sunday) there's District X (or, as veterans know it, The Village). 

With a merch megastore, Fat Frank's camping shop and a regularly-stocked Co-op on site, you can rock 'til you drop.

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Green Day
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Korn
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Bullet for My Valentine
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Weezer
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Jimmy Eat World
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Don Broco
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Shinedown
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Sleep Token
Spiritbox
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Apex Stage

Green Day / Weezer / Rise Against / Jimmy Eat World / Boston Manor / CKY / SiM

Opus Stage

Within Temptation / Opeth / Northlane / Myles Kennedy / Starset / The Scratch / Dirty Honey

Avalanche Stage

McFly / Crossfaith / BAD NERVES / Dead Pony / Trophy Eyes / The Meffs / Unpeople / Karen Dió / Elliot Minor

Dogtooth Stage

Apocalyptica / Alcest / Vola / Riding The Low / Graphic Nature / Svalbard / Battlesnake / Eivor / Gore / The Haunt / Windhand

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Friday 13 - Sunday 15 June, 2025
Raceway Fields And Forest Donington Park in Leicestershire

Download Reviews

4.5 / 5

based on

47 reviews

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Music

Location

Location

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5

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5

Vladislav Nikolov

Verified Review

17 June 2019

The best music event I've been to so far

5

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5

Mark Templeton

Verified Review

13 June 2018

Excellent!

4.5

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5

Andy Ryan

11 June 2018

excellent event, 100% recommend. downsides, need more shaded areas in main arena and more toilets in campsites

5

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5

Lee Shorten

Verified Review

11 June 2018

First festival at download will def be going back next year loved it
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Download Festival takes place Friday 13th June - Sunday 15th June 2025.

Download Festival takes place at Donington Park, next to East Midlands Airport.

No. Children under 5 are free and don't need a ticket but do need to be accompanied by an adult ticket holder at all times. 

Children aged 5-12 must have a Child ticket and be accompanied by an adult ticket holder at all times. 

13-15 year olds must have an Adult ticket and be accompanied by an adult ticket holder at all times. 

 

Please note that Download Festival will include acts considered unsuitable for children.