Louder Than Life 2026 is coming back to Louisville this September 17-20, and the entire fest lineup is a metal and alternative fan’s dream-come-true.
Iron Maiden, Pantera, and Megadeth are set to headline various stages on Thursday, September 17. My Chemical Romance, Pierce The Veil, and A Day to Remember are set to headline on Friday, September 18. Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, and Sublime will take over the final day’s slots on Saturday, September 19. And finally, Tool, Gojira, and Danny Elfman will finish off the fest as the Sunday, September 20 headlining acts.
Notably, this festival marks Pantera’s sole United States appearance for 2026 and will also serve as one of Megadeth’s final farewell performances.
Plus, ticket holders can catch an array of alternative reunions, including Circa Survive, Get Scared, Blood For Blood, Metal Church, Primer 55, Sent By Ravens, and 40 Below Summer.
Louder Than Life tickets are currently on sale, including single-day, 4-day, and VIP passes. Plus, students can get discounted general admission passes, too. Check out the ticket options here.
Full Lineup:
- 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
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- 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
- Billy McNicol
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