Louisville, KY – get ready to rock harder than ever. Louder Than Life 2026 is set to storm the Kentucky Exposition Center from September 17 through 20, 2026, for its 12th edition, boasting the largest lineup in festival history and an unprecedented bill from producer Danny Wimmer Presents.
Headliners Tool and Limp Bizkit join previously announced legends My Chemical Romance and Iron Maiden, promising four days of unforgettable performances. With nearly 200 bands across seven stages, fans can expect a festival experience that spans all corners of rock and metal.
“Last year, we took over Kentucky Kingdom and broke rock festival records. This year, we’re back to deliver the ultimate rock escape,” says Danny Wimmer, founder of DWP. “Louder Than Life is your playground — ride the coasters, catch legendary and emerging bands, enjoy incredible food and bourbon, and dive headfirst into the rock experience you’ve been waiting for. It’s time to let loose and have fun.”
Some of the special appearances and reunions at Louder Than Life 2026 will include:
- Pantera‘s only U.S. show of 2026
- Danny Elfman‘s first show in the Eastern half of the U.S. in nearly a decade
- One of Megadeth‘s final farewell performances
- Reunion sets from Circa Survive, Get Scared, Blood For Blood, Metal Church, Primer 55, Sent By Ravens and 40 Below Summer
- Jimmy Eat World celebrating the 25th anniversary of Bleed American
- Sleeping With Sirens celebrating the 15th anniversary of Let’s Cheers To This
- Cavalera with an exclusive performance of the iconic Sepultura album Roots live for the first time in nearly a decade
- A special pyrotechnic performance from Skillet
- Chad Gray, the voice of Mudvayne and Hellyeah in a “30 Years of Madness” solo performance
- Loathe in an exclusive Midwest performance
- Alissa White-Gluz, the former voice of Arch Enemy & The Agonist in a debut show with her all-new band
- The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus celebrating the 20th anniversary of Don’t You Fake It
- Alien Ant Farm celebrating the 25th anniversary of ANThology
- Red celebrating the 20th anniversary of End of Silence
- Rare sets from Dry Kill Logic and Earshot
- A comeback set from Gemini Syndrome
- Hometown shows from Emarosa, Greyhaven, Tantric, Showing Teeth, Gates To Hell and Billy McNicol
Get your tickets for Louder Than Life 2026 right here. The full lineup is:
- 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
- Billy McNicol
“Year after year, Louder Than Life raises the bar for what a rock festival can be,” added David S. Beck, President & CEO of Kentucky Venues. “Bringing the festival grounds to the heart of the Kentucky Exposition Center last year demonstrated what’s possible when a world-class venue and a visionary festival producer share a commitment to the ultimate fan experience.”
In addition to the music, all Louder Than Life passholders will receive FREE access to amusement rides inside Kentucky Kingdom, which became part of the festival footprint in 2025 and will be open exclusively to festival attendees.
New this year, Danny Wimmer Presents is also organizing the Louder Than Life Battle for the Big Stage competition, kicking off on March 1, 2026. Check that out here.
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