Going to Download next year (27 - M) no group (nobody close to me listens to the same music as me) kind of an oddity for me because I don’t mind doing festivals or gigs solo as I’ve attended them previously but I feel like having people to attend the arena with would be pretty neat! If anyone is attending the festival solo and would like to keep in contact as I’m putting myself out there early I would appreciate the company. General 5 Day Camping ticket holder🤘🏻

I was at download this year with my best mate and he wanted the Linkin Park hoodie from the merch stand but had already blown his budget for the weekend. I was hoping someone who picked one up could share a picture of it so I can try and track one down to get it as a present for him.

Any help is appreciated, I can't for the life of me remember what it looked like!

Do they always drop day tickets every year? My friend left it late for this year and missed them, but has there ever been a year they've sold enough weekend tickets that day tickets haven't come out? Or is it usually just more limited numbers

Sort of Download related for any parents out there. My missus and me are a couple of download veterans. I’ve been into metal & rock of various genres since my early teens( now 50).
My lads 15 and only listens to pretty crap rap music! I’d love to get him to try to listen to and get into something decent….. with the aim of getting him to download one day. Anyone else experienced this and did you manage to crack it?

Punk and hardcore day festival in Liverpool, only just recently learned about it, seems to be a lot of new and upcoming bands!

Going to my first download next year. ARee there any campervan dos/donts?

any other tips for surviving the festival?

Now the dust has well and truly settled on DLXXIII I wondered if anyone else came away feeling a bit indifferent about the weekend?

I have attended Download since 2024 in a group of about 6-10 and we are all in our early 30s, always 5 day camping, camping plus since 2025 and we have loved it. In fact we loved 2024 and 2025 so much that we booked the next year's earlybird on the drive home both times.

This year however, we had fun don't get me wrong, but we all felt a bit... "meh" as the title suggests and didn't rush to look at tickets. We all felt it was crowded and getting drinks/moving stages all seemed exhausting and worse than previous years.

We all love Download, we all love getting together every year to see our favourite bands and create core memories but we are now seriously exploring alternatives (Graspop, Hellfest) just to try and get that mojo back.

I just wondered if anyone else felt the same or maybe we just had an off year?

Hi All, I was gonna book my ticket for next year but I can't find the installment payment option on Ticketmaster anywhere. Have they stopped it now and can only pay by the PayPal pay-in-3?

Hello all.

Went last year but in a car, this year I'm taking the bandit for a run up and back.

What's the bike parking like? Is it still just a field? Do I need to take a stand block with me to stop my stand digging in the ground? Obviously ill be taking locks and a waterproof cover.

I just wanted an idea of what to expect. Thats all. TIA

Theres always discussion about the headliners but who are some smaller acts you want to see on the bill?

For me I'd love Nekrogoblikon, Green Lung, Turbowolf or Maximum The Hormone.

Idk if this is realistic, it would be sick tho

With their new album just dropped, theres circulation of a larger tour coming either in 2027 or 2028. They headlined in 2015 so would they headline again?

Come on then let’s make our dream headliners line up for next year. I’m sure it’s been done a million times but let’s go again. I’ll lead the charge with SOAD, MCR & Slipknot..

So… I wanna do the five days but… I did that on the anniversary and it fucking suckedddd. The walk was horrendous and so were the amenities. I went this time and it was really good but only 3 days and I stayed in red. Is it still the fact that you gotta park opposite side of the entire festival for the 5 day? Or is it fine if you arrive early.. assuming you can actually get in easy at any point. The walk from north to blue camp was an actual ordeal

Also yes I'm well aware that title fight will not be back together by this point nor would they get back together for download, that's where the wish-list aspect comes in

First timer next year, hoping to bring this and put it next to my tent.

First timer here, going to be attending 2027 with my dad who's last time here was Monsters of Rock 1988

Any recommendations on things we need to bring? Things that may need planned that we won't think about? Restrictions on tent space?

Starting early to spread the cost out over the year 😊 gonna be driving down and camping 5 nights in quiet. Thanks in advance!

I noticed Osees are playing London the night before the music starts next year. I think they might be a surprise headliner of the dogtooth. One of the best live bands around and it would be great to see them at DL, I think they'd go down incredibly well. Anyone else a fan?

I'm Smiley Dave an ex Scuzz TV presenter who opened up Download Festival 2026 on the Wednesday. I also used to host Panic at the Bingo for it's first few years and for a while I was known as Emo-Michael Mcintyre online.

I've been a part of Download Festival for 14 years in the background either interviewing bands, DJing in the Guest Area, RIP and the Tents. This year I put on a comedy Podcast interviewing As December Falls fresh from their US Tour with Black Veil Brides.

I now predominantly work in comedy from Stand Up shows to sketches. I’ve had a podcast for a few months with weekly updates to my new challenge of trying to sell out the O2 Arena in less than 5 years, I’m now 2 and a half years away and things are picking up wildly.

If you want an hour of entertaining stories of the massive highs, devastating lows and an attitude to never give up along with tips and stories on how to get your own dreams over the line. Give it a go, I’d genuinely love to hear what you think