BLOODSTOCK 2026 ANNOUNCEMENT – 27 more bands for 25th anniversary celebration
Did you know? BLOODSTOCK is going to open the Ronnie James Dio main stage on Thursday and weekend tickets are over 90% gone, act quickly to get tickets if you don’t want to miss out!
THURSDAY – RONNIE JAMES DIO STAGE
Headlining the opening night on the Ronnie James Dio main stage are none other than British heavy metal legends Saxon
As BLOODSTOCK’s first ever headliner at the initial indoor event in 2001, it is only fitting that the seminal headbangers are part of the festival’s 25th anniversary. Celebrating five decades of anthems this year and an iron-clad reputation for blistering live shows, SAXON’s triumphant return to BLOODSTOCK will kick off the weekend in classic style. Expect a masterclass in pure heavy metal power.
BLOODSTOCK favourites Evil Scarecrow bring their eccentric, theatrical brand of tongue-in-cheek metal mayhem.
Heavysaurus the dinosaur-costumed heroes delivering family-friendly metal fun. Previously announced for the Sophie Lancaster stage, HEAVYSAURUS now stomp onto the RJD stage for maximum roar
FRIDAY – RONNIE JAMES DIO STAGE
Prepare for the unnerving, true crime inspired, industrial sounds of Skynd
The outrageous brutal slamming, death metal riot of Party Cannon
The serpentine heavy rock theatrics of Battlesnake
SATURDAY – RONNIE JAMES DIO STAGE
Warm up your necks, thrash-fuelled crossover aggression comes courtesy of London’s Inhuman Nature
SUNDAY – RONNIE JAMES DIO STAGE
BLOODSTOCK debut of Canadian alt-metal pioneers Kittie
Occult doom bringers Castle Rat
Boundary-smashing modern hardcore crew Graphic Nature
Wild West metal rabble rousers Bootyard Bandits
FRIDAY – SOPHIE LANCASTER STAGE
Unleash the chaos with German grindcore absurdists Excrementory Grindfuckers
Australian thrash squad Hidden Intent
UK medieval power metallers Sellsword
Danish death metal beasts Neckbreakker
Electro nu-core party-starters Seething Akira
Rising Scottish extreme metal outfit Hammer
SATURDAY – SOPHIE LANCASTER STAGE
Expect no compromises from UK hardcore institution Stampin Ground
Genre-bending heavy hitters Urne
Death metal purists Celestial Sanctuary
Swaggering stoner rock bruisers Viking Skull
Down-tempo brutality from Bound In Fear
Amphibian doom oddballs Froglord
SUNDAY – SOPHIE LANCASTER STAGE
Masked industrial spectacle of Mushroomhead
Soaring alt-rockers Dream State
Blackened extremists Trivax
Tickets are flying fast – snap yours up now at the ticket store and be part of history at BLOODSTOCK’s silver anniversary!
