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Download Festival Melbourne Announces Debut Lineup!

Months of rumours and speculation have finally been put to rest with the official lineup announcement for the Australian leg of Download Festival—the mammoth heavy metal and punk music festival.

Topping the inaugural bill will be the previously rumoured Korn with an exclusive performance at Download Festival. Also jumping onboard is the supergroup Prophets of Rage, Limp Bizkit, Mastodon, Good Charlotte, NOFX, Suicidal Tendencies, Gojira and more! And we’ve yet to even talk about locals such as Ocean Grove, Alpha Wolf, Northlane, Trophy Eyes, King Parrot, Clowns and more!

The one-day epic hits Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse Saturday 24 March which stretches across four stages along with speciality bars, a food fare, markets, art installations and more. Download Festival Melbourne comes to us from the legends behind Live Nation, Secret Sounds and Unified.

Scope the full lineup below. Tickets go on sale 9am Thursday 16 November HERE. They’ve capped it at 25,000 tickets so first in, best dressed!

Download Festival Melbourne Lineup Announcement

Korn (only Australian show)
Prophets of Rage
Limp Bizkit
Mastodon
Good Charlotte
NOFX
Suicidal Tendencies
Gojira
Amon Amarth
Arch Enemy
Falling In Reverse
Neck Deep
Sabaton
Hot Water Music
Of Mice & Men
The Story So Far
Northlane
Trophy Eyes
Nails
Issues
Bad Cop/Bad Cop
Ocean Grove
Psycroptic
King Parrot
Clowns
Chase Atlantic
Cursed Earth
Alpha Wolf

Written by Jake Wilton