Official schedule published
The full schedule is now available in the official Leeds app. FestivalPilot adds 90-minute estimates for the seven Grid acts whose end times are hidden in the official app.
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Festival news 2026 — Lineups, tickets & timetables
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- 2027 · 2026
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- 20 August 2026
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Official schedule published
The full schedule is now available in the official Reading app. FestivalPilot estimates 90-minute sets for the six Grid headliners whose end times are hidden in the official app.
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Provisional app schedule surfaced
A user copied this schedule from a briefly visible Reading app draft. It was removed again, is incomplete and may contain incorrect times.
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Official timetable published
The complete timetable for Zanzibar, Razorback, Greenfloor and Zion Club is now available.
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Official timetable published
The complete music timetable for seven stages is now available.
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Full schedule and new acts published
The official festival programme is live. The latest wave brings many more international newcomers to Hamburg; Cadet Carter have cancelled their appearance.
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Schedule published – Deez Nuts added as special opener
The full schedule is live. Camping arrival starts Friday at 10:00; the festival site opens Friday at 15:00 and Saturday at 11:00. Deez Nuts have been added as Saturday's special opener at 12:00.
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Jolle replaces Anaïs
Anaïs will not perform at Highfield. Jolle takes over the Sunday slot on the Club Stage from 13:30 to 14:15.
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New acts and changes to the SUPERBLOOM lineup
Kasi & Antonius and Buntspecht join Saturday, with Nico Santos now also performing that day. Merve has cancelled for health reasons. Yola and Soda Frizzante have been added to Sunday's lineup.
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Dominum and Hämatom swap Thursday slots
Dominum now play Thursday from 20:35 to 21:35 on the Rock Stage. Hämatom close Thursday from 00:05 to 01:05 on the Dark Stage. The signing sessions swap as well: Dominum at 18:00, Hämatom at 19:00 at the Metal.de stand.
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Static-X replaced by H-Blockx (Wed E2 Stage, 18:05)
Static-X have cancelled their tour and will not appear at Rock for People. H-Blockx take over their Wednesday slot on the E2 Stage (18:05–18:50).
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Times & band assignments corrected
Several fixes: Social Distortion Thu 15:10–16:10 (was 14:45), Vypsaná fiXa Wed E2 11:30, Silent Planet Sat RFP Stage 20:50, Comastatic Sat E2 Stage 21:05. Also added missing acts: Gufrau, Cintorinni, Klamat, Wotazník, Jet8, The Complication, Sonaata, Mindgaze, Hand Grenade, Safari Duo.
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Static-X cancelled — Creeper take their Sunday Dogtooth slot
Static-X have cancelled their tour and will not appear at Download 2026. Creeper take over their Sunday slot on the Dogtooth Stage (20:30–21:30).
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Passionflower replace Kerrang placeholder on Avalanche (Sat 11:00)
Passionflower open the Avalanche Stage on Saturday (11:00–11:25). Also: Architects Sat Opus pushed back 10 min (19:45–21:00), Scooter Sun Avalanche pushed back 10 min (20:30–21:30), We Came As Romans end corrected to 14:20.
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3 acts added: Pure Chlorine, Cousins, Purple
Pure Chlorine (Fri, Red Bull Stage, 13:15–13:45), Cousins (Sat, Red Bull Stage, 13:15–13:45) and Purple (Sun, Red Bull Stage, 14:15–14:45) were missing from the timetable and have been added.
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Saturday Red Stage: times corrected
Nickelsdorfer Böhmische was incorrectly assigned to Friday and now correctly shows on Saturday 12:00–12:50. Set times for Querbeat, Bad Nerves, The Rasmus, All Time Low, Madsen, Roy Bianco and Sabaton have been pushed back by 25–30 minutes.
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VOILÀ (Blue Stage) and BMTH time corrected
VOILÀ was incorrectly assigned to the Red Bull Stage – the set takes place on the Blue Stage. Bring Me The Horizon start at 21:45 on Sunday, not 21:30 as previously shown.
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Friday Mountain Stage order corrected
Basement, President, Drunken Masters and Pennywise were each shifted by one slot on Friday's Mountain Stage. Correct order: Basement 17:15, President 18:45, Drunken Masters 20:30, Pennywise 23:15.
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Saturday Red Stage order corrected
Pennywise, Basement, President and Drunken Masters were each shifted by one slot on Saturday's Red Stage. Correct order: Basement 16:45, President 18:15, Drunken Masters 20:15, Pennywise 23:00.
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Kraftklub (Sat, Green Stage): end time 00:30 not 00:00
Kraftklub play until 00:30 on Saturday's Green Stage – not midnight as previously shown.
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PINHEAD replace Watch Me Rise on Saturday
Watch Me Rise had to cancel their Saturday appearance. PINHEAD take over the opening slot on the Rock Stage.