The daily set times have been announced for the 2026 ‘Louder Than Life‘ festival in Louisville, KY. This year’s event will be held September 17th-20th at the Kentucky Exposition Center and feature headlining performances from Iron Maiden, Tool, My Chemical Romance and Limp Bizkit. As for how the rest of that extensive festival will play out, read on.
Thursday, September 17th:
Louder Stage:
8:45 PM Iron Maiden
6:35 PM Megadeth
4:45 PM Alice Cooper
3:15 PM Anthrax
1:55 PM Suicidal Tendencies
12:50 PM Metal Church
11:55 AM The Violent Hour
Life Stage:
7:30 PM Pantera
5:40 PM Danzig
4:00 PM Sabaton
2:30 PM Machine Head
1:20 PM GWAR
12:20 PM Mac Sabbath
11:30 AM Chained Saint
Decibel Stage:
10:05 PM Rise Against
8:15 PM Jimmy Eat World
6:35 PM Hot Mulligan
5:05 PM Alkaline Trio
3:50 PM Bowling For Soup
2:40 PM Lit
1:30 PM The Ataris
Reverb Stage:
9:10 PM Skillet
7:25 PM Starset
5–50 PM From Ashes To New
4:30 PM Red
3:15 PM The Rasmus
2:05 PM Adelitas Way
12:55 PM Zero 9:36
Loudmouth Stage:
10:05 PM Fit For A King
8:15 PM Currents
6:35 PM ERRA
5:20 PM Volumes
3:55 PM Like Moths To Flames
2:35 PM Cane Hill
1:15 PM vianova
Impact Stage:
9:10 PM Chelsea Grin
5:50 PM After The Burial
4:35 PM The Acacia Strain
3:15 PM Emmure
2:05 PM Bom Of Osiris
1:00 PM Signs Of The Swarm
12:00 PM King 810
Big Bourbon Bar:
7:20 PM Thousand Below
5:20 PM Archers
4:25 PM Elijah
3:00 PM Dark Divine
1:30 PM Holy Wars
12:30 PM Sent By Ravens
11:30AM Set For Tomorrow
Friday, September 18th:
Louder Stage:
9:25 PM My Chemical Romance
7:10 PM A Day To Remember
5:30 PM Taking Back Sunday
3:50 PM Coheed And Cambria
2:25 PM We The Kings
1:15 PM L.S. Dunes
12:05 PM The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Life Stage:
8:15 PM Pierce The Veil
6:20 PM The Used
4:40 PM Sleeping With Sirens
3:05 PM Loathe
12:40 PM Get Scared
11:30 AM Lacey Sturm
Decibel Stage:
10:00 PM The Pretty Reckless
8:15 PM The Warning
6:25 PM Dead Poet Society
5:15 PM Scene Queen
4:05 PM Vana
2:55 PM Showing Teeth
1:45 PM American Monster
Reverb Stage:
9:05 PM Chad Gray
7:25 PM Cavalera
5:50 PM Blue Medusa feat Alissa White-Gluz
4:40 PM Soulfly
3:30 PM Mushroomhead
2:20 PM Butcher Babies
1:10PM Death Valley Dreams
Loudmouth Stage:
6:25 PM PRESIDENT
5:25 PM Holding Absence
04:30 PM The Word Alive
3:35 PM Rain City Drive
2:40 PM Wind Walkers
1:35 PM NEVERTEL
12:40 PM Cenobia
Impact Stage:
8:15 PM TBA
6:50 PM Haywire
5:55 PM Angel Du$t
5:00 PM Twitching Tongues
4:05 PM Koyo
3:10 PM Missing Link
2:15 PM Gates To Hell
Big Bourbon Bar:
7:00 PM SOiL
5:00 PM Jeff Hardy
4:05 PM Dry Kill Logic
2:55 PM Primer 55
2:00 PM Earshot
1:10PM 40 Below Summer
12:05 PM Billy McNicol
Saturday, September 19th:
Louder Stage:
9:45 PM Limp Bizkit
7:30 PM Sublime
5:45 PM Bilmuri
4:05 PM Tom Morello
2:30 PM P.O.D.
1:15 PM Alien Ant Farm
12:05 PM Josey Scott: The Original Voice Of Saliva
Life Stage:
8:25 PM Papa Roach
6:35 PM BABYMETAL
4:55 PM Ice Nine Kills
3:15 PM Nothing More
1:50 PM Set It Off
12:40 PM The Funeral Portrait
11:30 AM TX2
Decibel Stage:
7:45 PM Halestorm
6:05 PM In This Moment
4:25 PM Lindsey Stirling
3:00 PM Orianthi
1:50 PM Icon For Hire
12:40 PM Kami Kehoe
11:30 AM Diamante
Reverb Stage:
8:40 PM Circa Survive
6:55 PM Dance Gavin Dance
5:15 PM Chiodos
3:40 PM Thursday
2:25 PM Hail The Sun
1:15PM Scary Kids Scaring Kids
12:05 PM Emarosa
Loudmouth Stage:
7:35 PM Kublai Khan TX
6:25 PM Boundaries
5:20 PM Spite
4:15 PM PeelingFlesh
3:20 PM Fox Lake
2:25 PM Silly Goose
1:30 PM Heavy//Hitter
12:40 PM Freeze The Fall (Twitch winner)
Impact Stage:
7:05 PM Blood For Blood
5:55 PM Agnostic Front
4:50 PM Madball
3:50 PM H2O
2:50 PM The Barbarians Of California
1:55 PM Many Eyes
1:00 PM Codefendants
Big Bourbon Bar:
8:05 PM Powerman 5000
7:10 PM Texas Hippie Coalition
6:10 PM Tantric
5:15 PM Otherwise
4:20 PM Spoken
3:25 PM No Resolve
2:35 PM Doobie
1:45 PM As You Were
Sunday, September 20th:
Louder Stage:
9:25 PM Tool
7:10 PM Danny Elfman
5:25 PM The Mars Volta
3:45 PM Ministry
2:15 PM Filter
1:00 PM Toadies
Life Stage:
8:15 PM Gojira
6:15 PM Mastodon
4:35 PM Black Label Society
2:55 PM Dethklok
1:35 PM Animals As Leaders
12:25 PM Between The Buried And Me
11:30 AM Rivers Of Nihil
Decibel Stage:
8:25 PM The Prodigy
6:55 PM Killswitch Engage
5:30 PM Black Veil Brides
4:10 PM Atreyu
3:00 PM Escape The Fate
1:50 PM I See Stars
12:40 PM Caskets
11:30AM Austin Carlile
Reverb Stage:
7:40 PM Underoath
6:15 PM Thrice
4:50 PM Alexisonfire
3:35 PM Haste The Day
2:25 PM Emery
1:15 PM Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster
12:05 PM He Is Legend
Loudmouth Stage:
10:05 PM Sleep Theory
8:45 PM The Home Team
7:00 PM Jutes
4:50 PM Holywatr
3:35 PM Arrows In Action
2:25 PM The Pretty Wild
1:15 PM sace6
Impact Stage:
8:25 PM Sunami
6:55 PM Locked Shut
5:30 PM End It
4:10 PM 200 Stab Wounds
3:00 PM Corpse Pile
1:50 PM Boltcutter
12:40 PM Surfaced
Big Bourbon Bar:
9:30 PM 156/Silence
8:20 PM Greyhaven
7:25 PM Aviana
6:20 PM Downswing
5:25 PM Resolve
4:00 PM Dreamwake
1:45 PM Future Palace
Key highlights for this year’s festivities according to the fest’s organizers 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
- Alissa White-Gluz, the former voice of Arch Enemy & The Agonist (and current DragonForce vocalist) in a debut show with her new band, Blue Medusa
- 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
- Hometown shows from Emarosa, Greyhaven, Tantric, Showing Teeth, Gates To Hell and Billy McNicol
