Rock & metal festivals in 2026

The UK's premier rock festival returns to its legendary home at Donington Park for five days of heavy music. With 90+ artists ann...

Rock festival at Portsmouth waterfront (August 28-30, 2026). Headliners across three days plus afternoon special guests including...

The UK’s biggest independent metal festival, famous for huge production, legendary lineups and a fiercely dedicated community of...

Rock and indie festival at Upcote Farm near Cheltenham featuring 120+ acts; 8-11 July 2026.

A beloved independent Northern Irish festival blending live music, arts, workshops and a family-friendly atmosphere in a beautifu...

A vibrant festival celebrating indie rock, breakthrough artists and Greater Manchester’s live music heritage.

England

A fiercely independent Scottish rock and metal festival championing underground artists with a loyal grassroots community vibe.

Belsonic is a series of major standalone concerts staged at Ormeau Park in Belfast each summer, bringing international headline a...

EdgeFest 2026: Ronan Keating, Emeli Sande, Tinie Tempah, Callum Beattie headline. Lilliardsedge, Scottish Borders. 2027 dates TBA...

An award-winning home of live music, performance, art and proper good times since 1998. Nozstock brings people together on the fa...

The Great Escape is a new music showcase festival held across 30 plus walkable venues in Brighton every May, featuring 450 plus e...

Garth Brooks, ATEEZ, Maroon 5 & Mumford & Sons headlined 2026. British Summertime Hyde Park series across six headliner weekends...

Lewis Capaldi, Calvin Harris & The Cure headlined 2026. Britain's oldest rock festival at Newport, Isle of Wight.

Richard Ashcroft, Kasabian & Lewis Capaldi headlined 2026. Glasgow Green's three-day music festival, Scotland's biggest annual ou...

BunkFest 2026 dates: 4-6 Sep, Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Dr. Feelgood, Skinny Lister, Pink Floyd tribute. Free entry, no ticket ne...

Independent rock and metal weekender on the Manchester–Cheshire border with camping.

HebCelt (Hebridean Celtic Festival) is a Celtic and traditional music festival held at Lews Castle Grounds in Stornoway, Isle of...

Suffolk

Uriah Heep, Saxon and The Wildhearts top 40 bands at this 5,000-cap classic rock weekender in Maidstone's Mote Park. Family campi...

Hampton Court Palace Festival is an annual open-air concert series held in the Tudor Base Court of Hampton Court Palace in East M...

Aberdeenshire

Beermageddon 2026 lineup: Xentrix, Stahlsarg, Deathfiend + 5 more. Metal and craft beer camping festival, 27-30 Aug, Bromsgrove....

Bonfest is a rock festival in Kirriemuir honouring hometown AC/DC frontman Bon Scott, run by charity DD8 Music across the town's...

Call of the Wild is an independent rock and metal festival held at Lincolnshire Showground near Lincoln. The 2026 edition ran fro...

Chilfest is an 80s and 90s themed music festival held on Cow Lane in Tring, Hertfordshire, running over a Friday tribute-band nig...

Old Bank End Farm, Finningley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire (Sheffield – multi venue)

Forest Live stages open-air concerts in the natural amphitheatre at Delamere Forest, near Northwich, Cheshire. The 2026 shows ran...

Forest Live returns to High Lodge in Thetford Forest, Suffolk, for a week of open-air concerts among the trees. The 2026 shows ra...

Forest Live hosts open-air concerts among the trees at Westonbirt Arboretum, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire. The 2026 shows ran fr...

Glasgow Summer Sessions is an annual run of large outdoor concerts in Bellahouston Park, promoted by DF Concerts and Live Nation...

Incineration Festival is an extreme metal multi-venue day festival across Camden, London, spanning the Roundhouse, Electric Ballr...

Inglefest 2026 lineup: Baka Beyond, Toodles & the Hectic Pity, Dirty Cash, Mammoth Toe + 25 more acts. Aug 14-16, Oxwick Farm, S...

Iron Maiden headline a curated five-band rock festival on July 11, 2026 at Knebworth Park, with camping from July 10-12 and volun...

A family-friendly tribute acts festival at Hooton Lodge Farm featuring Oasis, Arctic Monkeys, Stereophonics, Coldplay, The Killer...

Liverpool Sound City is a multi-venue new music festival spread across around ten venues in Liverpool city centre each May bank h...

Manchester Punk Festival is an independent, volunteer-run multi-venue festival spanning seven venues across Manchester city centr...

Meltdown is the Southbank Centre's long-running artist-curated music festival in London, taking place across the Royal Festival H...

Charity-run festival with tribute acts and local bands in Wiltshire countryside.

Mouth of the Tyne Festival is an annual live music event staged at Tynemouth Priory and Castle in North Tyneside each July, run b...

County Durham

On the Waterfront is a four-day open-air music festival on Liverpool's Pier Head, set against the Mersey and the Three Graces. Th...

Thy Art Is Murder, Skindred and Animals as Leaders headline Radar's progressive metal weekend at Manchester's Victoria Warehouse....

Good Charlotte, Sublime, Taking Back Sunday & Knocked Loose headlined 2026 at Temple Newsam, Leeds. The UK's biggest pop-punk and...

Good Charlotte, Sublime, Taking Back Sunday & Knocked Loose headlined 2026 at Hatfield Park. The UK's biggest pop-punk and metalc...

Sounds From The Other City is a one-day multi-venue new-music festival across Chapel Street and The Crescent in Salford, held on...

Stockton Calling is a multi-venue new-music day festival held across seven venues in Stockton-on-Tees town centre on Easter Satur...

Multi-day rock and tribute band festival in Hertfordshire (July 3-5) with six stages featuring tribute acts and emerging local ta...