The daily schedules have been locked in for the 2026 ‘Aftershock‘ festival in Sacramento, CA. Set for October 01st to 04th at Discovery Park, this year’s event boasts headlining sets from emo champs My Chemical Romance, nü-metal icons Limp Bizkit, multi-platinum post-hardcore outfit Pierce The Veil, and alternative metal legends Tool. Here’s how the festival will play out across its four-day run.
Thursday, October 01st:
Aftershock Stage:
8:25 PM My Chemical Romance
6:20 PM Sublime
4:40 PM Hot Mulligan
3:15 PM Mayday Parade
2:00 PM We The Kings
12:50 PM Lit
11:55 AM Free Throw
Shockwave Stage:
7:20 PM The Offspring
5:30 PM The Used
3:55 PM New Found Glory
2:35 PM The Starting Line
1:25 PM Hawthorne Heights
12:20 PM L.S. Dunes
11:30 AM Leap
The Point Stage Presented By Coors Light:
7:35 PM The Pretty Reckless
5:40 PM Nothing More
4:25 PM Theory Of A Deadman
3:15 PM Apocalyptica
2:10 PM Finger Eleven
1:05 PM Red
12:05 PM The Violent Hour
Faultline Stage:
8:20 PM Killswitch Engage
6:45 PM Sevendust
5:10 PM Coal Chamber
3:55 PM The Union Underground
2:45 PM Ill Niño
1:40 PM Ünloco
12:35 PM Brujeria
11:35 AM Primer 55
Epicenter Stage:
9:10 PM Starset
6:20 PM From Ashes To New
4:40 PM Holding Absence
3:15 PM Caskets
2:00 PM The Word Alive
12:50 PM Wind Walkers
Friday, October 02nd:
Aftershock Stage:
9:45 PM Limp Bizkit
7:35 PM Wu-Tang Clan
5:55 PM Public Enemy
4:15 PM Cypress Hill
2:45 PM Insane Clown Posse
1:20 PM P.O.D.
12:20 PM Drowning Pool
11:30 AM Silly Goose
Shockwave Stage:
8:40 PM $uicideboy$
6:45 PM Slaughter To Prevail
5:05 PM Three 6 Mafia
3:30 PM Kublai Khan TX
2:05 PM Drain
12:50 PM Haywire
11:56 AM Haarper
The Point Stage Presented By Coors Light:
8:50 PM Coheed And Cambria
7:20 PM Underoath
6:10 PM Alexisonfire
5:00 PM Senses Fail
3:50 PM Atreyu
2:45 PM Finch
1:45 PM Alesana
12:45 PM Eyes Set To Kill
Faultline Stage:
9:45 PM Dethklok
8:00 PM Chad Gray
5:35 PM Cradle Of Filth
4:30 PM Blue Medusa
3:20 PM Nekrogoblikon
2:15 PM Psychostick
1:15 PM vianova
Epicenter Stage:
7:40 PM Paleface Swiss
5:55 PM The Black Dahlia Murder
4:15 PM Spite
2:45 PM Bodysnatcher
1:20 PM PeelingFlesh
12:20 PM Rivers Of Nihil
Saturday, October 03rd:
Aftershock Stage:
9:25 PM Pierce The Veil
7:20 PM BABYMETAL
5:35 PM Sleeping With Sirens
4:05 PM Chiodos
2:45 PM Set It Off
1:30 PM blessthefall
12:30 PM ivri
11:30 AM Fear, And Loathing In Las Vegas
Shockwave Stage:
8:15 PM A Day To Remember
6:25 PM The Story So Far
4:50 PM Wage War
3:25 PM The Wonder Years
2:05 PM The Devil Wears Prada
1:00 PM Escape The Fate
12:00 AM Austin Carlile
The Point Stage Presented By Coors Light:
9:40 PM Black Label Society
7:45 PM Down
6:20 PM Corrosion Of Conformity
5:00 PM Kylesa
3:45 PM Melvins
2:30 PM Pentagram
1:30 PM Doobie
12:30 PM TBA (Twitch winner)
Faultline Stage:
7:10 PM Circa Survive
5:45 PM La Dispute
4:40 PM Thursday
3:00 PM Saosin
2:05 PM Armor For Sleep
1:10 PM HORSE the band
12:20 PM Emery
11:30 AM The Fall Of Troy
Epicenter Stage:
7:15 PM The Ghost Inside
5:30 PM Counterparts
4:00 PM After The Burial
2:40 PM The Acacia Strain
1:20 PM Stick To Your Guns
12:10 PM Gideon
Sunday, October 04th:
Aftershock Stage:
8:25 PM Tool
6:15 PM Danny Elfman
4:40 PM AFI
3:20 PM Zakk Sabbath
2:00 PM Buckethead
12:50 PM Helmet
11:55 AM CKY
Shockwave Stage:
7:20 PM Queens Of The Stone Age
5:25 PM Stone Temple Pilots
4:00 PM Highly Suspect
2:45 PM Wolfmother
1:25 PM Filter
12:20 PM Oleander
11:30 AM Toadies
The Point Stage Presented By Coors Light:
7:35 PM Body Count
6:10 PM Suicidal Tendencies
4:55 PM Cavalera
3:55 PM Soulfly
2:45 PM Municipal Waste
1:25 PM Cro-Mags
12:20 PM Codefendants
Faultline Stage:
8:10 PM Dance Gavin Dance
6:55 PM The Home Team
5:30 PM From First To Last
3:45 PM Hail The Sun
2:40 PM I See Stars
1:45 PM Drop Dead, Gorgeous
12:50 PM Emarosa
11:55 AM I Set My Friends On Fire
Epicenter Stage:
9:10 PM Sleep Theory
6:10 PM PRESIDENT
4:45 PM Jutes
3:20 PM Holywatr
2:05 PM The Pretty Wild
12:50 PM Cenobia
Per the festival’s organizers, this year’s highlights include:
- My Chemical Romance: Celebrating 20 years of The Black Parade
- Wu-Tang Clan: The 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees perform as part of their Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber Tour
- Circa Survive: West Coast Reunion show (and one of the first shows since 2021)
- The Story So Far: Hometown show
- Dance Gavin Dance: Hometown show and exclusive Bay Area performance
- Cavalera: Exclusive West Coast performance of the iconic Sepultura album Roots, live for the first time in nearly a decade.
- Wolfmother: 20th Anniversary Tour
- Chad Gray: The voice of Mudvayne and Hellyeah in his “30 Years of Madness” solo performance with the hits of both Mudvayne and Hellyeah
- DRAIN: Home area show
- Thursday: Celebrating anniversaries of three albums: 25 years of Full Collapse, 20 years of A City By the Light Divided, and 15 years of No Devolución
- From First To Last: Reunion show and rare performance
- Kylesa: Reunion show and first West Coast performance since 2015
- Municipal Waste: 25th anniversary set
- Oleander: Hometown reunion show (and one of the first shows since 2018)
- Spite: Hometown show
- Drowning Pool: 25th anniversary performance of Sinner
- The Union Underground: First California show in 24 years
- Drop Dead, Gorgeous: Reunion show
- Ünloco: Reunion Show
- Red: Celebrating 20 years of End of Silence
- Austin Carlile: The original voice of Of Mice & Men
