Good news! BLOODSTOCK was digging down the back of the sofa while watching the footie and found a few extra Wednesday early arrival add-on tickets. They’ve dropped in the ticket store here NOW, so snap ‘em up if you’d missed out before. These are the final ones available.
All weekend tickets and Sunday day tickets for 2026 are now sold out, but you can still get Friday and/or Saturday day tickets for £99 (+fees) to be part of the fun! Not been to the festival before? A day ticket is a perfect taster to see what you think! Child tickets are also available and under 4’s attend for free. Visit the ticket store to see all options and if you’re coming by car, pre-book to save on car parking!
With BLOODSTOCK now just around the corner, it’s time for the final flourish of METAL 2 THE MASSES news – the last batch of finalists heading to the Stowford Press New Blood Stage has arrived, closing out months of regional battles in style!
Friday welcomes genre-blending Merseyside outfit ARCHAEA bring their hard rock/metal hybrid to the stage, horn-fuelled Oxford skacore crew REDEEMON promising circle pits and skanking in equal measure, Devon and Cornwall metalcore force CARRIER, Bristol’s MARTYRS SAINT whose brutal face-off of hardcore meets thrash makes for a relentless, punishing live assault, and Nuneaton newcomers THRASH MOB, an old-school thrash band barely eight months old and already tearing up the underground. Sunday rounds things off with London’s genre-melting groove metallers SOLATIA, Brighton’s dingy-basement grunge favourites MOTH, and Stoke-on-Trent’s RETURN TO SOLACE, forged in friendship and loss, delivering oppressive riffs and explosive vocals for fans of Lamb of God and Architects alike. That’s the full METAL 2 THE MASSES roster locked in – congratulations to every band who made it through, and to everyone who entered, thank you for keeping the new blood flowing. See you all down the front! Applications for venues/regions to take part in 2027’s battle will open immediately after the festival!
Did you know that besides the 100+ real ales on offer at the festival (not forgetting wine and some cocktails), BLOODSTOCK also has a range of non-alcoholic, gluten free, and vegan beverages? That includes Bitburger 0.0, Guinness 0.0, Thornbridge’s alcohol-free Green Mountain Hazy Session IPA and their gluten-free & vegan-friendly Lukas Helles lager, Dancing Duck’s Ay Up pale ale (gluten-free), alcohol-free options of Kopparberg, Motorhead Overkill pilsner (gluten-free & vegan friendly), and more.
BLOODSTOCK hasn’t forgotten craft brew aficionados either, Oakham have you covered – look out for Bishops Farewell, Citra, Devil’s Horns, Helter Skelter, Inferno, Darkness Falls, and additional options.
If cider’s your thing, how about a crisp pint of Thistly Cross, Old Rosie, Rosie’s Pig Cloudy or Rhubarb, or indeed, a classic Lilley’s Mango (or Strawberry), to name just a few?
As for black beer fans, there’s Milestone’s Honey Porter, Thornbridge’s Necessary Evil and Market Porter, the award-winning Dark from Brains, Salted Caramel Lucaria (an ice cream porter), Old Peculiar, Motorhead’s Dancing With The Devil, Bradfield’s Farmers Stout, Coco Cocoa (yes, a coconut chocolate porter), as well as Plum Porter and True Stout Nitro from Titanic for you to try – and a few more, we lost track.
In other news, MERCH has been flying off the (virtual) shelves at unprecedented levels this year! If you want to guarantee your shirt size, or bag one of the coveted Stabubu’s or branded cups, click and collect is the way to go – but you’ll need to be quick, as advance orders close on July 18th. Click and collect customers are given an allocated time slot over the weekend to grab their goodies, so no queuing required when you arrive on site. Everything else will be available at the merch stand as usual, but be warned: once it’s gone, it’s gone!
BLOODSTOCK’s 25th anniversary is going to be truly unforgettable. BLOODSTOCK 2026 is delighted to present RJD headliners LAMB OF GOD, SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL, JUDAS PRIEST, and SAXON. Sophie Lancaster stage headliners will be CRYPTOPSY (None So Vile 30-year anniversary set), WEDNESDAY 13, LEPROUS, and CARPENTER BRUT. You’ll also be able to see BODY COUNT, SEPULTURA, MUNICIPAL WASTE, DEATH ANGEL, TESTAMENT, NORTHLANE, BLEED FROM WITHIN, VENDED, ORBIT CULTURE, THE SCRATCH, IMPERIAL AGE, LIFE OF AGONY, OF MICE & MEN, BIOHAZARD, 200 STAB WOUNDS, THE HELL, BLACK SPIDERS, SHINING, NEVERMORE, EVIL SCARECROW, HEAVYSAURUS, SKYND, PARTY CANNON, BATTLESNAKE, INHUMAN NATURE, KITTIE, CASTLE RAT, GRAPHIC NATURE, BOOTYARD BANDITS, EXCREMENTORY GRINDFUCKERS, HIDDEN INTENT, SELLSWORD, NECKBREAKKER, SEETHING AKIRA, HAMMER, STAMPIN GROUND, URNE, CELESTIAL SANCTUARY, THROWN INTO EXILE, VIKING SKULL, BOUND IN FEAR, IMPERIUM, FROGLORD, MUSHROOMHEAD, DREAM STATE, TRIVAX, MANTIS DEFEATS JAGUAR, BLOOD COUNTESS, GURT, OUTERGODS, FLAYED DISCIPLE, NOISEPICKER, ACID THRONE, ALUNAH, VOID BELOW, TEMPLES ON MARS, CONCRETE AGE, THRASHERWOLF, IMPERIAL DEMONIC, CHAINED SAINT, IMBRIUM, OVERPOWER, UNTAMED SILENCE, CHANGE PERSONA, AFTER SMOKE CLEARS, SOULRIDE, VANITAS, GOAT MAJOR, CANCEL THE TRANSMISSION, TEMPEST SAINT, TROLLMOTHER, DOSED, STITCHED, WREX, FOLLOWING THE SIGNS, THE CARTOON CARTEL, AETHORIA and more. See the full lineup at the official website.
BLOODSTOCK 2026 will take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire on 6th – 9th August, 2026.
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