LOUDER THAN LIFE Music Performance Times Announced

September 17-20 In Louisville, KY At Kentucky Exposition Center

The daily music set times are now available for Louder Than Life, America’s Largest Rock, Metal, & Punk Festival. Louder Than Life returns to the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY September 17-20 for its 12th edition, delivering the largest lineup in the festival’s history —4 days, 7 stages, 200+ bands— topped by My Chemical Romance, Iron Maiden, TOOL, Limp Bizkit, Gojira, Pantera, Pierce The Veil, Papa Roach, A Day To Remember, Sublime, Megadeth, Danny Elfman and many more.

Louder Than Life General Admission, VIP and Angel’s Envy Top Shelf VIP passes are available here.

In 2025, Louder Than Life brought together over 240,000 fans — and this year's edition will feature the biggest bill ever assembled by producer Danny Wimmer Presents.

In addition to the wide range of music at Louder Than Life, festivalgoers will receive FREE access to amusement rides inside Kentucky Kingdom, which became part of the festival footprint in 2025 and will be open exclusively to Louder Than Life attendees. A full list of onsite experiences, along with various food and beverage options, can be found here.

The 2026 Louder Than Life mobile app has launched and gives fans the option to create personalized itineraries. The Louder Than Life app is available for both iPhone and Android here.

The full music schedule for Louder Than Life 2026 is as follows (subject to change) and can also be found online here.

Thursday, September 17

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

Life Stage

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

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

Reverb Stage

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

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

Impact Stage

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

Big Bourbon Bar

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

Friday, September 18

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

Life Stage

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

Decibel Stage
10:00 PM The Pretty Reckless
8:15 PM The Warning
6:25 PM Dead Poet Society
5:15 PM Scene Queen
4:05 PM Vana
2:55 PM Showing Teeth
1:45 PM American Monster

Reverb Stage

9:05 PM Chad Gray
7:25 PM Cavalera
5:50 PM Blue Medusa feat. Alissa White-Gluz
4:40 PM Soulfly
3:30 PM Mushroomhead
2:20 PM Butcher Babies
1:10 PM Death Valley Dreams

Loudmouth Stage
6:25 PM President
5:25 PM Holding Absence
4:30 PM The Word Alive
3:35 PM Rain City Drive
2:40 PM Wind Walkers
1:35 PM Nevertel
12:40 PM Cenobia

Impact Stage

8:15 PM TBA
6:50 PM Haywire
5:55 PM Angel Du$t
5:00 PM Twitching Tongues
4:05 PM Koyo
3:10 PM Missing Link
2:15 PM Gates To Hell

Big Bourbon Bar

7:00 PM SOiL
5:00 PM Jeff Hardy
4:05 PM Dry Kill Logic
2:55 PM Primer 55
2:00 PM Earshot
1:10 PM 40 Below Summer
12:05 PM Billy McNicol

Saturday, September 19

Louder Stage
9:45 PM Limp Bizkit
7:30 PM Sublime
5:45 PM Bilmuri
4:05 PM Tom Morello
2:30 PM P.O.D.
1:15 PM Alien Ant Farm
12:05 PM Josey Scott: The Original Voice Of Saliva

Life Stage

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

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

Reverb Stage

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

Loudmouth Stage
7:35 PM Kublai Khan TX
6:25 PM Boundaries
5:20 PM Spite
4:15 PM Peeling Flesh
3:20 PM Fox Lake
2:25 PM Silly Goose
1:30 PM Heavy//Hitter
12:40 PM Freeze The Fall (Twitch winner)

Impact Stage

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

Big Bourbon Bar

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

Sunday, September 20

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

Life Stage

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

Decibel Stage
8:25 PM The Prodigy
6:55 PM Killswitch Engage
5:30 PM Black Veil Brides
4:10 PM Atreyu
3:00 PM Escape The Fate
1:50 PM I See Stars
12:40 PM Caskets
11:30 AM Austin Carlile

Reverb Stage

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

Loudmouth Stage
10:05 PM Sleep Theory
8:45 PM The Home Team
7:00 PM Jutes
4:50 PM Holywatr
3:35 PM Arrows In Action
2:25 PM The Pretty Wild
1:15 PM sace6

Impact Stage

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

Big Bourbon Bar

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

Festival gates open at 10:45 AM daily.

Some of the special appearances and reunions at Louder Than Life 2026 will include:

●      Pantera’s only U.S. show of 2026
●      Danny Elfman’s first show in the Eastern half of the U.S. in nearly a decade
●      One of Megadeth’s final farewell performances
●      Reunion sets from Circa Survive, Get Scared, Blood For Blood, Metal Church, Primer 55, Sent By Ravens and 40 Below Summer
●      Jimmy Eat World celebrating the 25th anniversary of Bleed American
●      Sleeping With Sirens celebrating the 15th anniversary of Let’s Cheers To This
●      Cavalera with an exclusive performance of the iconic Sepultura album Roots live for the first time in nearly a decade
●      A special pyrotechnic performance from Skillet
●      Chad Gray, the voice of Mudvayne and Hellyeah, in a “30 Years of Madness” solo performance
●      Alissa White-Gluz, the former voice of Arch Enemy & The Agonist (and current Dragonforce vocalist) in a debut show with her new band, Blue Medusa
●      The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus celebrating the 20th anniversary of Don’t You Fake It
●      Alien Ant Farm celebrating the 25th anniversary of ANThology
●      Red celebrating the 20th anniversary of End of Silence
●      Rare sets from Dry Kill Logic and Earshot
●      Hometown shows from Emarosa, Greyhaven, Tantric, Showing Teeth, Gates To Hell and Billy McNicol

Saturday, September 19 will feature one of the most prominent all-female-fronted stage lineups assembled at a major U.S. rock festival, with Halestorm, In This Moment, Lindsey Stirling, Orianthi, Icon For Hire, Kami Kehoe, and Diamante.

Onsite parking passes for Louder Than Life at Kentucky Exposition Center are available here. For those that prefer not to drive to the festival grounds, the official Louder Than Life Downtown Hotel Shuttle will transport festival attendees between the Kentucky International Convention Center and the festival grounds. Full details and shuttle passes are available here.

Louder Than Life camping is sold out, but a wait list is available for select packages. Info on Louder Than Life Jampack hotel packages can be found here.

Service fees on Louder Than Life pass purchases include a charity fee for the DWP Foundation, which gives back to local and national charities throughout the year. In 2026, the DWP Foundation will be supporting Dare to Care, Preston Area Business Alliance and others.

Louder Than Life is teaming up with an incredible lineup of partners for 2026 including Angel's Envy, Beatbox, Bud Light, Cutwater, Jack Daniel's, Old Forester, Red Bull, Tito's Handmade Vodka, White Claw and more.

Louder Than Life’s Community Partners include Crowne Plaza, Galt House Hotel, Kentucky Proud, Kentucky Venues, Louisville Metro, Louisville Tourism, Louisville Marriott Downtown and Team Kentucky.