We are just over 48 hours away from finally finding out what Download Festival has in store for us all in 2027! The festival headliners and we would expect a lot more besides will be revealed at 9pm on Thursday (12th November 2026). Based on the last couple of years, anywhere up to 70 bands could be in the announcement.
Before Thursday’s announcement, anyone wanting to get the best possible price has until 9pm tomorrow night. That’s when the “Late Bird” tickets go off sale, early birds having sold out some time ago. There are various different pre-sales coming, including one for PayPal account holders. There’s also another one especially for members of the Download Family mailing list. You can see various info on pre-sales and onsale dates in the embedded Instagram post below:
Speculation has been rife as to who this years’ headliners are (as it is every year). Looking at what other festivals have done for next year, it feels like Download 2027 is the time Donington might finally get Blink 182, as they seem to be at almost every other major festival. As for the other two spots, bands like Muse and Bon Jovi have recently been ruled out with their BST announcements. Ditto Fall Out Boy having just announced their tour for the week before Download. That leaves the likes of Bring Me The Horizon, Deftones, System Of A Down and Evanescence swirling the online rumour mill. We only have a couple of days left to wait to find out!
While you wait for the announcement, you can check out some of our coverage from this years’ festival:
Download Festival 2026 Thursday Review
Download Festival 2026 Friday Review
Download Festival 2026 Saturday Review
Are there any clues in this video? You be the judge….
