After drawing record-breaking crowds and hosting the largest rock event in Ohio history in 2025, Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival is coming back with an even louder roar in 2026. The festival is slated to return to the Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, from Thursday through Sunday, May 14-17, and will feature over 140 artists performing across five stages.
In addition to the previously announced headliners—Shinedown (Friday) and Tool (Sunday)—the festival has confirmed that My Chemical Romance will top the bill on Thursday, May 14, with Bring Me The Horizon headlining Saturday, May 16. The weekend will also see performances from Pierce The Veil, L.S. Dunes, Halestorm, Black Veil Brides, Motionless In White, Simple Plan, and more.
Sonic Temple 2026 will also feature a slate of landmark sets and long-awaited returns. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Don’t You Fake It, Anberlin will reunite with vocalist Stephen Christian, Drop Dead, Gorgeous will perform together for the first time in years, and Hawthorne Heights will deliver a massive home-state performance.
Tickets—including single-day, weekend passes, GA, GA+, VIP, and premium experiences—are on sale now.
Check out the full festival day-by-day breakdown of performances below.
Thursday, May 14
- My Chemical Romance
- Pierce The Veil
- Breaking Benjamin
- All Time Low
- Coheed and Cambria
- Rise Against
- Flyleaf with Lacey Sturm
- Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
- L.S. Dunes
- Hawthorne Heights
- PVRIS
- Story of the Year
- Fit For A King
- Fozzy
- Static-X
- The Word Alive
- Des Rocs
- Make Them Suffer
- Catch Your Breath
- Crown The Empire
- Emery
- Holding Absence
- Discovered Truth
- Thy Art Is Murder
- Body Count feat. Ice-T
- Behemoth
- He Is Legend
- Magnolia Park
- The Fall of Troy
- Wage War
- Chelsea Grin
- FLAW
Friday, May 15
- Shinedown
- The Offspring
- Simple Plan
- Halestorm
- Sublime
- Rise Against
- Yellowcard
- New Found Glory
- Daughtry
- Mayday Parade
- State Champs
- Our Last Night
- We The Kings
- The Amity Affliction
- From First To Last
- Buckcherry
- Sevendust
- Bad Omens
- Nonpoint
- Black Label Society
- Nothing More
- The Butcher Babies
- The Amity Affliction
- Egypt Central
- CKY
- Butcher Babies
- Hinder
- We Came As Romans
- Badflower
- Drop Dead, Gorgeous
- Cold
Saturday, May 16
- Bring Me The Horizon
- Good Charlotte
- Marilyn Manson
- Black Veil Brides
- Alter Bridge
- Bush
- Palaye Royale
- The Story So Far
- Dayseeker
- Architects
- The Ghost Inside
- Thrice
- Story Of The Year
- Dance Gavin Dance
- Killswitch Engage
- Avatar
- Motionless In White
- The Plot In You
- Atreyu
- In Flames
- Anberlin
- Motion City Soundtrack
- Coal Chamber
- Electric Callboy
- Knuckle Puck
- Armor For Sleep
- Lit
- Citizen
- Set It Off
- P.O.D.
- Seether
- Ice Nine Kills
- All That Remains
Sunday, May 17
- Tool
- Godsmack
- Megadeth
- Lamb of God
- Anthrax
- Amon Amarth
- Sublime
- Saliva
- Apocalyptica
- Biohazard
- DragonForce
- Sepultura
- Dethklok
- Whitechapel
- Suffocation
- Cradle of Filth
- Kreator
- Carnifex
- Wind Rose
- Bloodywood
- Napalm Death
- DevilDriver
- Mushroomhead
- P.O.D.
- Alpha Wolf
- Dying Fetus
- Lorna Shore
- Signs of the Swarm
- Spiritworld
- Left On Red
- Windwaker
- Castle Rat
