The nearly complete roster for the 2026 ‘Louder Than Life‘ festival in Louisville, KY has now officially been revealed. This announcement follows a series of daily drip-feed artist reveals that played out over the past week.
This year’s event has been scheduled for September 17th-20th at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville, KY. Headliners include British heavy metal legends Iron Maiden, multi-platinum emo rockers My Chemical Romance (celebrating their hit album “The Black Parade“), nü-metal stars Limp Bizkit and progressive rock behemoths Tool.
Highlights 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
- A performance by professional wrestler Jeff Hardy
Here’s how the 2026 ‘Louder Than Life‘ roster runs:
Thursday, September 17th:
Iron Maiden
Megadeth
Anthrax
Suicidal Tendencies
Metal Church
The Violent Hour
Pantera
Danzig
Sabaton
Machine Head
GWAR
Mac Sabbath
Chained Saint
Rise Against
Jimmy Eat World
Hot Mulligan
Alkaline Trio
Bowling For Soup
Lit
The Ataris
Skillet (special pyro show)
Starset
From Ashes To New
Red
The Rasmus
Adelitas Way
Zero 9:36
Fit For A King
Currents
ERRA
Make Them Suffer
Volumes
Like Moths To Flames
Cane Hill
Chelsea Grin
After The Burial
The Acacia Strain
Emmure
Born Of Osiris
Signs Of The Swarm
King 810
Thousand Below
Archers
Elijah
Dark Divine
Holy Wars
Sent By Ravens
Set For Tomorrow
Friday, September 18th:
My Chemical Romance
A Day To Remember
Taking Back Sunday
Coheed And Cambria
We The Kings
L.S. Dunes
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Pierce The Veil
The Used
Sleeping With Sirens
Loathe
Get Scared
Lacey Sturm
ivri
The Pretty Reckless
The Warning
Badflower
Palaye Royale
Scene Queen
Vana
Showing Teeth
Chad Gray
Cavalera
Alissa White-Gluz
Soulfly
Mushroomhead
Butcher Babies
Death Valley Dreams
PRESIDENT
Holding Absence
Caskets
Rain City Drive
Wind Walkers
Nevertel
TBA
TBA
Haywire
Angel Du$t
Twitching Tongues
Koyo
Missing Link
Gates To Hell
Jeff Hardy
Powerman 5000
Dry Kill Logic
Primer 55
Earshot
40 Below Summer
Billy McNicol
Saturday, September 19th:
Limp Bizkit
Sublime
Bilmuri
Tom Morello
Coal Chamber
P.O.D.
Alien Ant Farm
Josey Scott
Papa Roach
BABYMETAL
Ice Nine Kills
Nothing More
Set It Off
The Funeral Portrait
TX2
Halestorm
In This Moment
Lindsey Stirling
Orianthi
Icon For Hire
Kami Kehoe
Diamante
Circa Survive
Dance Gavin Dance
Chiodos
Thursday
Hail The Sun
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Emarosa
Kublai Khan TX
Boundaries
Spite
Bodysnatcher
PeelingFlesh
Fox Lake
Heavy//Hitter
Blood For Blood
Agnostic Front
Madball
H2O
The Barbarians Of California
Many Eyes
Codefendants
SOiL
Texas Hippie Coalition
Gemini Syndrome
Shaman’s Harvest
Tantric
Otherwise
Doobie
Sunday, September 20th:
Tool
Danny Elfman
The Prodigy
The Mars Volta
Ministry
Filter
Toadies
Gojira
Mastodon
Black Label Society
Dehtklok
Animals As Leaders
Between The Buried And Me
Rivers Of Nihil
Killswitch Engage
Black Veil Brides
Atreyu
Escape The Fate
I See Stars
The Word Alive
Austin Carlile
Underoath
Thrice
Alexisonfire
Haste The Day
Emery
Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster
Sleep Theory
The Home Team
Jutes
Holywatr
Arrows In Action
The Pretty Wild
sace6
Sunami
Locked Shut
End It
200 Stab Wounds
Bodybox
Corpse Pile
Boltcutter
156/Silence
Greyhaven
Aviana
vianova
Resolve
Dreamwake
Future Palace
Danny Wimmer of the festival’s promoter Danny Wimmer Presents stated:
“Last year, we took over Kentucky Kingdom and broke rock festival records. This year, we’re back to deliver the ultimate rock escape. ‘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. We’ll see you soon.”
Passes are available now through louderthanlifefestival.com/passes.
