Louder Than Life 2026 - Set Times & Lineup Schedule

Sep 17 – 21, 2026 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Louder Than Life is an annual rock and heavy metal festival held in Louisville, Kentucky, renowned for its dynamic lineup and immersive atmosphere. Since its inception in 2014, the festival has grown into one of North America's most influential music events, attracting thousands of fans each year. The 2026 edition, scheduled for September 17–20, promises to be the largest yet, featuring nearly 200 bands performing across seven stages. Headliners include Iron Maiden, My Chemical Romance, Limp Bizkit, and Tool, with additional performances by Megadeth, Pantera, Alice Cooper, and many more. Beyond the music, attendees can enjoy award-winning bourbon, a wide selection of food from local and regional vendors, and free access to amusement rides inside Kentucky Kingdom. The festival's setting at the Highland Festival Grounds within the Kentucky Exposition Center provides ample space for multiple stages and attractions, ensuring a comfortable and engaging experience for all attendees.

Day 1 · Sep 17

Big Bourbon Bar

• Set for Tomorrow 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
• Holy Wars 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
• Dark Divine 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
• Elijah 4:25 PM – 4:55 PM
• Archers 5:20 PM – 5:50 PM
• Thousand Below 7:20 PM – 7:55 PM
• Sent By Ravens 12:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Life Stage

• Chained Saint 11:30 AM – 11:55 AM
• GWAR 1:20 PM – 1:50 PM
• Machine Head 2:30 PM – 3:10 PM
• Sabaton 4:00 PM – 4:40 PM
• Danzig 5:40 PM – 6:30 PM
• Pantera 7:40 PM – 8:50 PM
• Mac Sabbath 12:20 AM – 12:45 AM

Louder Stage

• The Violent Hour 11:55 AM – 12:20 PM
• Suicidal Tendencies 1:55 PM – 2:25 PM
• Anthrax 3:15 PM – 3:55 PM
• Alice Cooper 4:45 PM – 5:35 PM
• Megadeth 6:35 PM – 7:25 PM
• Iron Maiden 8:45 PM – 10:55 PM
• Metal Church 12:50 AM – 1:15 PM

Impact Stage

• Signs of the Swarm 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
• Born Of Osiris 2:05 PM – 2:35 PM
• Emmure 3:15 PM – 3:55 PM
• The Acacia Strain 4:35 PM – 5:15 PM
• After the Burial 5:50 PM – 6:30 PM
• Chelsea Grin 9:10 PM – 9:55 PM
• King 810 12:00 AM – 12:30 AM

Loudmouth Stage

• vianova 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM
• Cane Hill 2:35 PM – 3:05 PM
• Like Moths To Flames 3:55 PM – 4:25 PM
• Volumes 5:20 PM – 5:50 PM
• Erra 6:35 PM – 7:15 PM
• Currents 8:15 PM – 9:00 PM
• Fit for a King 10:05 PM – 10:50 PM

Decibel Stage

• The Ataris 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
• Lit 2:40 PM – 3:10 PM
• Bowling for Soup 3:50 PM – 4:25 PM
• Alkaline Trio 5:05 PM – 5:45 PM
• Hot Mulligan 6:35 PM – 7:20 PM
• Jimmy Eat World 8:15 PM – 9:05 PM
• Rise Against 10:05 PM – 10:55 PM

Reverb Stage

• Adelitas Way 2:05 PM – 2:35 PM
• The Rasmus 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
• RED 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
• From Ashes to New 5:50 PM – 6:30 PM
• Starset 7:25 PM – 8:10 PM
• Skillet 9:10 PM – 10:00 PM
• Zero 9:36 12:55 AM – 1:25 PM

Day 2 · Sep 18

Life Stage

• ivri 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
• Get Scared 1:50 PM – 2:20 PM
• Loathe 3:05 PM – 3:45 PM
• Sleeping With Sirens 4:40 PM – 5:25 PM
• The Used 6:20 PM – 7:05 PM
• Pierce The Veil 8:15 PM – 9:20 PM
• Lacey Sturm 12:40 AM – 1:10 PM

Big Bourbon Bar

• 40 Below Summer 1:10 PM – 1:40 PM
• Earshot 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
• Primer 55 2:55 PM – 3:25 PM
• Dry Kill Logic 4:05 PM – 4:35 PM
• Jeff Hardy 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
• Soil 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM
• Billy McNicol 12:05 AM – 12:35 AM

Reverb Stage

• Death Valley Dreams 1:10 PM – 1:40 PM
• Butcher Babies 2:20 PM – 2:50 PM
• Mushroomhead 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
• Soulfly 4:40 PM – 5:10 PM
• Blue Medusa 5:50 PM – 6:20 PM
• CAVALERA 7:25 PM – 8:10 PM
• Chad Gray 9:05 PM – 9:55 PM

Louder Stage

• L.S. Dunes 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM
• We The Kings 2:25 PM – 3:00 PM
• Coheed and Cambria 3:50 PM – 4:35 PM
• Taking Back Sunday 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM
• A Day To Remember 7:10 PM – 8:10 PM
• My Chemical Romance 9:25 PM – 10:55 PM
• The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus 12:05 AM – 12:35 AM

Loudmouth Stage

• Nevertel 1:35 PM – 2:05 PM
• Wind Walkers 2:40 PM – 3:10 PM
• Rain City Drive 3:35 PM – 4:05 PM
• Holding Absence 5:25 PM – 6:00 PM
• PRESIDENT 6:25 PM – 7:10 PM
• Cenobia 12:40 AM – 1:10 PM

Decibel Stage

• American Monster 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM
• Showing Teeth 2:55 PM – 3:25 PM
• Vana 4:05 PM – 4:35 PM
• Scene Queen 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM
• Dead Poet Society 6:25 PM – 6:55 PM
• The Warning 8:15 PM – 9:00 PM
• The Pretty Reckless 10:00 PM – 10:50 PM

Impact Stage

• Gates to Hell 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM
• Missing Link 3:10 PM – 3:40 PM
• Koyo 4:05 PM – 4:35 PM
• Twitching Tongues 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
• Angel Dust 5:55 PM – 6:25 PM
• Haywire 6:50 PM – 7:20 PM

Day 3 · Sep 19

Decibel Stage

• DIAMANTE 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
• Icon For Hire 1:50 PM – 2:20 PM
• Orianthi 3:00 PM – 3:35 PM
• Lindsey Stirling 4:25 PM – 5:10 PM
• In This Moment 6:05 PM – 6:50 PM
• Halestorm 7:45 PM – 8:35 PM
• Kami Kehoe 12:40 AM – 1:10 PM

Life Stage

• TX2 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
• Set It Off 1:50 PM – 2:25 PM
• Nothing More 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM
• Ice Nine Kills 4:55 PM – 5:40 PM
• BABYMETAL 6:35 PM – 7:25 PM
• Papa Roach 8:25 PM – 9:40 PM
• The Funeral Portrait 12:40 AM – 1:10 PM

Impact Stage

• Codefendants 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
• Many Eyes 1:55 PM – 2:25 PM
• The Barbarians of California 2:50 PM – 3:20 PM
• H2O 3:50 PM – 4:20 PM
• Madball 4:50 PM – 5:20 PM
• Agnostic Front 5:55 PM – 6:25 PM
• Blood for Blood 7:05 PM – 7:35 PM

Louder Stage

• Alien Ant Farm 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM
• P.O.D. 2:30 PM – 3:10 PM
• Tom Morello 4:05 PM – 4:50 PM
• Bilmuri 5:45 PM – 6:30 PM
• Sublime 7:30 PM – 8:20 PM
• Limp Bizkit 9:45 PM – 11:00 PM
• Josey Scott 12:05 AM – 12:35 AM

Reverb Stage

• Scary Kids Scaring Kids 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM
• Hail the Sun 2:25 PM – 2:55 PM
• Thursday 3:40 PM – 4:20 PM
• Chiodos 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM
• Dance Gavin Dance 6:55 PM – 7:40 PM
• Circa Survive 8:40 PM – 9:45 PM
• Emarosa 12:05 AM – 12:35 AM

Loudmouth Stage

• Heavy//Hitter 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
• Silly Goose 2:25 PM – 2:55 PM
• Fox Lake 3:20 PM – 3:50 PM
• PeelingFlesh 4:15 PM – 4:55 PM
• Spite 5:20 PM – 6:00 PM
• Boundaries 6:25 PM – 7:05 PM
• Kublai Khan TX 7:35 PM – 8:25 PM
• Freeze the Fall 12:40 AM – 1:05 PM

Big Bourbon Bar

• As You Were 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM
• Doobie 2:35 PM – 3:05 PM
• No Resolve 3:25 PM – 3:55 PM
• Spoken 4:20 PM – 4:50 PM
• Otherwise 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM
• Tantric 6:10 PM – 6:40 PM
• Texas Hippie Coalition 7:10 PM – 7:40 PM

Day 4 · Sep 20

Decibel Stage

• Austin Carlile 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
• I See Stars 1:50 PM – 2:20 PM
• Escape the Fate 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
• Atreyu 4:10 PM – 4:45 PM
• Black Veil Brides 5:30 PM – 6:10 PM
• Killswitch Engage 6:55 PM – 7:35 PM
• The Prodigy 8:25 PM – 9:20 PM
• Caskets 12:40 AM – 1:10 PM

Life Stage

• Rivers of Nihil 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
• Animals as Leaders 1:35 PM – 2:10 PM
• Dethklok 2:55 PM – 3:40 PM
• Black Label Society 4:35 PM – 5:20 PM
• Mastodon 6:15 PM – 7:05 PM
• Gojira 8:15 PM – 9:20 PM
• Between the Buried and Me 12:25 AM – 12:55 AM

Louder Stage

• Toadies 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
• Filter 2:15 PM – 2:50 PM
• Ministry 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM
• The Mars Volta 5:25 PM – 6:10 PM
• Danny Elfman 7:10 PM – 8:10 PM
• Tool 9:25 PM – 10:55 PM

Loudmouth Stage

• sace6 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM
• The Pretty Wild 2:25 PM – 2:55 PM
• Arrows in Action 3:35 PM – 4:05 PM
• Holywatr 4:50 PM – 5:25 PM
• Jutes 7:00 PM – 7:40 PM
• The Home Team 8:45 PM – 9:30 PM
• Sleep Theory 10:05 PM – 10:55 PM

Big Bourbon Bar

• Future Palace 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM
• Dreamwake 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
• Resolve 5:25 PM – 5:55 PM
• Downswing 6:20 PM – 6:50 PM
• Aviana 7:25 PM – 7:55 PM
• Greyhaven 8:20 PM – 8:50 PM
• 156/Silence 9:30 PM – 10:05 PM

Impact Stage

• BOLTCUTTER 1:50 PM – 2:20 PM
• Corpse Pile 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
• 200 Stab Wounds 4:10 PM – 4:40 PM
• End It 5:30 PM – 6:10 PM
• LOCKED SHUT 6:55 PM – 7:35 PM
• Sunami 8:25 PM – 9:10 PM

Reverb Stage

• Emery 2:25 PM – 2:55 PM
• Haste the Day 3:35 PM – 4:05 PM
• Alexisonfire 4:50 PM – 5:25 PM
• Thrice 6:15 PM – 6:50 PM
• Underoath 7:40 PM – 8:20 PM
• He Is Legend 12:05 AM – 12:35 AM