Date Download Festival will return for 2027 - and when you can get tickets

Download Festival 2026 may have just ended, and many fans may still be making their way home from the event, but the date of it’s return has already been revealed for next year.

The annual event, which has just ran at Donington Park, Liecestershire, from Wednesday to Sunday (June 20-14), saw more than 95,000 fans gather for the 23rd edition of the event - headlined by the likes of Limp Bizkit, Guns N Roses and Linkin Park.

Fans also got to see performances from bands such as Halestorm, Architects, A Day to Remember, Cypress Hill, Trivium, Bad Omens, BABYMETAL, Black Veil Brides, Ice Nine Kills, Pendulum and Dogstar, featuring Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves.

Moshers were also able to pay tribute to Motörhead leading man Lemmy Kilmister, when Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan unveiled an urn of the legendary frontman’s ashes to bring Lemmy back to his fans before travelling to a permanent home in Manchester.

But while the buzz of the weekend is just barely worn off - the Download Festival team have announced the event will return to the venue from June 9 to June 13, 2027.

Limited Early Bird tickets are on sale at 12 noon on today (June 15) from www.downloadfestival.co.uk.  Headliners yet to be confirmed.