Louder Than Life 2026 Lineup & Set Times

Louder Than Life 2026 runs September 17–20, 2026 at Highland Festival Grounds at KY Expo Center, Louisville. 197 sets across 7 stages — Louder Stage, Life Stage, Decibel Stage, Reverb Stage, Loudmouth Stage, Impact Stage, and Big Bourbon Bar. Headliners include Iron Maiden, My Chemical Romance, Limp Bizkit, and Tool, plus Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Pantera, Gojira, Mastodon, Rise Against, Halestorm, BABYMETAL, Papa Roach, The Prodigy, Sublime, Ministry, The Mars Volta, Danny Elfman, Killswitch Engage, and Jimmy Eat World. Use this tool to pick your must-see shows and plan with your crew.

Official Louder Than Life lineup →

Thursday, Sep 17

Louder Stage

• 11:55 AM – The Violent Hour
• 12:50 PM – Metal Church
• 1:55 PM – Suicidal Tendencies
• 3:15 PM – Anthrax
• 4:45 PM – Alice Cooper
• 6:35 PM – Megadeth
• 8:45 PM – Iron Maiden

Life Stage

• 11:30 AM – Chained Saint
• 12:20 PM – Mac Sabbath
• 1:20 PM – GWAR
• 2:30 PM – Machine Head
• 4:00 PM – Sabaton
• 5:40 PM – Danzig
• 7:40 PM – Pantera

Decibel Stage

• 1:30 PM – The Ataris
• 2:40 PM – Lit
• 3:50 PM – Bowling For Soup
• 5:05 PM – Alkaline Trio
• 6:35 PM – Hot Mulligan
• 8:15 PM – Jimmy Eat World
• 10:05 PM – Rise Against

Reverb Stage

• 12:55 PM – Zero 9:36
• 2:05 PM – Red
• 3:15 PM – The Rasmus
• 4:30 PM – Adelitas Way
• 5:50 PM – From Ashes To New
• 7:25 PM – Starset
• 9:10 PM – Skillet

Loudmouth Stage

• 1:15 PM – vianova
• 2:35 PM – Cane Hill
• 3:55 PM – Like Moths To Flames
• 5:20 PM – Volumes
• 6:35 PM – ERRA
• 8:15 PM – Currents
• 10:05 PM – Fit For A King

Impact Stage

• 12:00 PM – King 810
• 1:00 PM – Signs of the Swarm
• 2:05 PM – Born of Osiris
• 3:15 PM – Emmure
• 4:35 PM – The Acacia Strain
• 5:50 PM – After The Burial
• 9:10 PM – Chelsea Grin

Big Bourbon Bar

• 11:30 AM – Set For Tomorrow
• 12:30 PM – Sent By Ravens
• 1:30 PM – Holy Wars
• 3:00 PM – Dark Divine
• 4:25 PM – Elijah
• 5:20 PM – Archers
• 7:20 PM – Thousand Below

Friday, Sep 18

Louder Stage

• 12:05 PM – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
• 1:15 PM – L.S. Dunes
• 2:25 PM – We The Kings
• 3:50 PM – Coheed and Cambria
• 5:30 PM – Taking Back Sunday
• 7:10 PM – A Day To Remember
• 9:25 PM – My Chemical Romance

Life Stage

• 11:30 AM – ivri
• 12:40 PM – Lacey Sturm
• 1:50 PM – Get Scared
• 3:05 PM – Loathe
• 4:40 PM – Sleeping with Sirens
• 6:20 PM – The Used
• 8:15 PM – Pierce The Veil

Decibel Stage

• 12:40 PM – American Monster
• 1:50 PM – Showing Teeth
• 3:00 PM – Vana
• 4:10 PM – Scene Queen
• 5:20 PM – Dead Poet Society
• 6:30 PM – The Warning
• 8:15 PM – The Pretty Reckless

Reverb Stage

• 1:15 PM – Death Valley Dreams
• 2:25 PM – Butcher Babies
• 3:35 PM – Mushroomhead
• 4:45 PM – Soulfly
• 5:55 PM – Blue Medusa
• 7:20 PM – Cavalera
• 9:20 PM – Chad Gray: Voice of Mudvayne & HELLYEAH

Loudmouth Stage

• 1:35 PM – Nevertel
• 2:40 PM – Wind Walkers
• 3:35 PM – Rain City Drive
• 4:30 PM – The Word Alive
• 5:25 PM – Holding Absence
• 6:25 PM – President
• 8:15 PM – Knocked Loose

Impact Stage

• 2:15 PM – Gates To Hell
• 3:10 PM – Missing Link
• 4:05 PM – KOYO
• 5:00 PM – Twitching Tongues
• 5:55 PM – Angel Du$t
• 6:50 PM – HAYWIRE

Big Bourbon Bar

• 1:30 PM – Billy McNicol
• 2:30 PM – 40 Below Summer
• 3:30 PM – Earshot
• 4:30 PM – Primer 55
• 5:30 PM – Dry Kill Logic
• 6:30 PM – Jeff Hardy (WWE Superstar)
• 7:45 PM – Soil

Saturday, Sep 19

Louder Stage

• 12:05 PM – Josey Scott: The Original Voice of SALIVA
• 1:15 PM – Alien Ant Farm
• 2:30 PM – P.O.D.
• 4:05 PM – Tom Morello
• 5:45 PM – Bilmuri
• 7:30 PM – Sublime
• 9:45 PM – Limp Bizkit

Life Stage

• 11:30 AM – TX2
• 12:40 PM – The Funeral Portrait
• 1:50 PM – Set It Off
• 3:15 PM – Nothing More
• 4:55 PM – Ice Nine Kills
• 6:35 PM – BABYMETAL
• 8:25 PM – Papa Roach

Decibel Stage

• 11:30 AM – Diamante
• 12:40 PM – Kami Kehoe
• 1:50 PM – Icon For Hire
• 3:00 PM – Orianthi
• 4:25 PM – Lindsey Stirling
• 6:05 PM – In This Moment
• 7:45 PM – Halestorm

Reverb Stage

• 12:05 PM – Emarosa
• 1:15 PM – Scary Kids Scaring Kids
• 2:25 PM – Hail The Sun
• 3:40 PM – Thursday
• 5:15 PM – Chiodos
• 6:55 PM – Dance Gavin Dance
• 8:40 PM – Circa Survive

Loudmouth Stage

• 12:40 PM – Freeze The Fall
• 1:30 PM – Heavy//Hitter
• 2:25 PM – Silly Goose
• 3:20 PM – Fox Lake
• 4:15 PM – PeelingFlesh
• 5:20 PM – Spite
• 6:25 PM – Boundaries
• 7:35 PM – Kublai Khan TX

Impact Stage

• 1:00 PM – Codefendants
• 1:55 PM – Many Eyes
• 2:50 PM – The Barbarians of California
• 3:50 PM – H2O
• 4:50 PM – Madball
• 5:55 PM – Agnostic Front
• 7:05 PM – Blood For Blood

Big Bourbon Bar

• 1:45 PM – As You Were
• 2:35 PM – Doobie
• 3:25 PM – No Resolve
• 4:20 PM – Spoken
• 5:15 PM – OTHERWISE
• 6:10 PM – Tantric
• 7:10 PM – Texas Hippie Coalition
• 8:05 PM – Powerman 5000

Sunday, Sep 20

Louder Stage

• 1:00 PM – Toadies
• 2:15 PM – Filter
• 3:45 PM – Ministry
• 5:25 PM – The Mars Volta
• 7:10 PM – Danny Elfman
• 9:25 PM – Tool

Life Stage

• 11:30 AM – Rivers of Nihil
• 12:25 PM – Between The Buried And Me
• 1:35 PM – Animals As Leaders
• 2:55 PM – Dethklok
• 4:35 PM – Black Label Society
• 6:15 PM – Mastodon
• 8:15 PM – Gojira

Decibel Stage

• 11:30 AM – Austin Carlile: The Original Voice of Of Mice & Men
• 12:40 PM – Caskets
• 1:50 PM – I See Stars
• 3:00 PM – Escape The Fate
• 4:10 PM – Atreyu
• 5:30 PM – Black Veil Brides
• 6:55 PM – Killswitch Engage
• 8:25 PM – The Prodigy

Reverb Stage

• 12:05 PM – He Is Legend
• 1:15 PM – Maylene & The Sons of Disaster
• 2:25 PM – Emery
• 3:35 PM – Haste The Day
• 4:50 PM – Alexisonfire
• 6:15 PM – Thrice
• 7:40 PM – Underoath

Loudmouth Stage

• 1:15 PM – Sace6
• 2:25 PM – The Pretty Wild
• 3:35 PM – Arrows in Action
• 4:50 PM – Holywatr
• 7:00 PM – Jutes
• 8:45 PM – The Home Team
• 10:05 PM – Sleep Theory

Impact Stage

• 12:40 PM – Surfaced
• 1:50 PM – Boltcutter
• 3:00 PM – Corpse Pile
• 4:10 PM – 200 Stab Wounds
• 5:30 PM – End It
• 6:55 PM – Locked Shut
• 8:25 PM – Sunami

Big Bourbon Bar

• 1:45 PM – Future Palace
• 4:00 PM – Dreamwake
• 5:25 PM – Resolve
• 6:20 PM – Downswing
• 7:25 PM – Aviana
• 8:20 PM – Greyhaven
• 9:30 PM – 156/Silence