Download Festival 2023: Download line up, what is refresh retreat …
Slipknot, Metallica and Bring Me The Horizon will headline the five day event on its 20th anniversary next month. Here’s the full Download line-up, which tickets are still available and camping details.
Bring Me the Horizon will headline Download Festival alongside Metallica and Slipknot (Photo by Anna Webber/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
Britain’s most popular metal festival is back with a bang this summer as it celebrates its 20 year anniversary.
Already confirmed to be the fastest selling Download in its history[1], the festival saw weekend camping tickets completed sold out after naming some of biggest names in rock and metal as headliners this year with organisers confirming the first ever four day edition of the festival.
Originally conceived as a follow up to the Monsters of Rock festivals which took place at the same venue in the 1980’s and early 1990’s, Download has been hugely popular with rock fans since its inception in 2003, which saw the likes of rock Gods Iron Maiden and Limp Bizkit as headliners, with the rest of the bill including Marilyn Manson, Audioslave, Disturbed and Ministry.
Now, 20 years later, the summer festival is set to welcome its biggest and best event yet. Here is everything you need to know about the festival.
Where is Download Festival 2023?
The 20th anniversary of the event will take place at the usual location of Donington Park, which is located next to East Midlands Airport.
Download Festival has excellent connections by road, rail, bus and plane. Its full address is Donington Park, Castle Donington, Derby, DE74 2RP.
What is refresh retreat
If you’re looking for a slightly more comfortable experience at the festival, then Refresh Retreat may be just what you’re looking for.
With access to luxury loos and showers after you’re rocking out at Download and a locker to store all your valuables, many attendees take full advantage of this service at the metal fest.
Offering several different packages ranging from £20 to £70, you can book here[2] prior to the festival.
What is Download Festival quiet camping
A new addition to the Download Festival a few years ago, the quiet camping option gives anyone who would prefer to ‘have a break from the 24-hour party atmosphere of the standard campsites’ a bit of a break.
Quiet Camping is located in a separate field in the main campsite area and said to be suitable for families, younger festival goers, or anyone looking for more sleep and less party.
It has a ‘curfew’ at 12pm, which means those in the quiet camping area are asked to be quiet after that time and to not disturb others who want to sleep.
What is Download Festival eco camping
Compared to the other campsites, the eco camping option is said to be “more chilled”. One Download goer describes the eco camping site as a place “that means you won't have party buddies at 4am, but it also means you can sleep”.
The official Download Festival site explains that eco camping is ‘a place for exploring and playing’ and a place that ‘connects with and respects nature’.
Eco camping is a campsite for music fans who ‘value spending five glorious days in the great outdoors and respecting the environment just as much as rocking out to their favourite bands’.
When is Download Festival 2023
The festival will begin on Thursday 8 June and will end on Sunday 11 June 2023.
What is the line up for Download Festival 2023
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Download has confirmed the festival will be a five day event for the first time ever – with four of those days including live music.
Bring Me The Horizon, Slipknot, and Metallica will headline the festival in 2023, with the latter playing TWO completely unique sets on Thursday and Saturday, with no songs repeated.
Confirmed acts so far are: Bring Me The Horizon, Metallica, Slipknot, Architects, Alexisonfire, The Distillers, Disturbed, Evanescence, Ghost, I Prevail, Parkway Drive, Pendulum, Placebo, Simple Plan, Within Temptation, As December Falls, Asking Alexandria, Aviva, Bambie Thug, Beauty School Dropout, Behemoth, Blackgold, Blind Channel, Bloodywood, Brutus, Crashface, Crawlers, Dead Sara, Elvana, Enola Gay, Fever 333, Fixation, Graphic Nature, GWAR, Hawxx, Ingested, I Prevail, Jazmin Bean, Kid Bookie, Kid Kapichi, Lake Malice, Lorna Shore, Mod Sun, Monuments, Motionless In White, Municipal Waste, nothing, nowhere., Nova Twins, Polaris, Pupil Slicer, Seether, Set It Off, SiM, Simple Plan, Skindred, Soen, Soul Glo, Stand Atlantic, Stray From The Path, Taylor Acorn, The Blackout, Bad Religion, The Meffs, Terror, Three Days Grace, Touche Amore, VV, Witch Fever.
How can I get tickets to Download Festival 2023
There are just a few options left available via the official Download Festival site[3] and Ticketmaster[4] with the bulk of tickets now completely sold out. However, resale tickets have been appearing via the site for the lucky few still looking for tickets.
References
- ^ fastest selling Download in its history (www.scotsman.com)
- ^ here (www.therefreshretreat.co.uk)
- ^ site (go.skimresources.com)
- ^ Ticketmaster (go.skimresources.com)