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Olimpia Zagnat

Download Festival 2023 set times as Metallica, Slipknot and Bring Me The Horizon headline this year's event

Excitement is building up for the sell-out 2023 edition of Download Festival with tens of thousands expected to attend the event. Taking place at Donington Park, next to East Midlands Airport, the heavy music extravaganza has been a must-visit event for rock fans all over since its 2003 debut.

And the festival is back in full force for 2023 with an extra day of music marking its 20th anniversary. It features a stellar line-up across the long weekend which kicks off on Thursday, June 8.

It will see metal heavyweights including Metallica and Slipknot take to the stage, as well as Placebo, Bring Me The Horizon, and many more. Camping opened on Wednesday, June 7, with live music starting a day earlier this year - on Thursday, June 8 rather than Friday.

Are you a true Nottinghamian? Test your knowledge

For those who will be in attendance, fully brief yourself on all the set times for the extended weekend to familiarise yourself with who will be playing where and when. Here are the timings and full line-up:

Thursday

Apex Stage

Metallica – 8.50pm to 10.50pm

Alter Bridge – 7.10pm to 8.10pm

Halestorm – 5.50pm to 6.40pm

Jinjer – 4.40pm to 5.20pm

Mammoth WVH – 3.30pm to 4.10pm

Opus Stage

Skindred – 7.35pm to 8.50pm

Puscifer – 6.15pm to 7.05pm

Hundred Reasons – 5pm to 5.45pm

The Bronx – 3.50pm to 4.30pm

Cancer Bats – 2.45pm to 3.25pm

Cherry Bombs – 1.50pm to 2.20pm

The Avalanche Stage

State Champs – 7.30pm to 8.30pm

Mom Jeans - 6.25pm to 7.05pm

Punk Rock Factory – 5.20pm to 6pm

Fearless Vampire Killers – 4.25pm to 4.55pm

Tigress – 3.30pm to 4pm

The Dogtooth Stage

Perturbator – 7.40pm to 8.25pm

Haken – 6.25pm to 6.55pm

A.A. Williams – 5.30pm to 6pm

Caskets – 4.40pm to 5.05pm

Mimi Barks – 3.50pm to 4.15pm

Snayx – 3pm to 3.25pm

Friday

Apex Stage

Bring Me The Horizon – 9.20pm to 10.50pm

Architects – 7pm to 8.10pm

Pendulum – 5.30pm to 6.30pm

Neck Deep – 4.10pm to 5pmHot Milk – 3.05pm to 3.40pm

Nova Twins – 2pm to 2.35pm

Stand Atlantic – 1pm to 1.30pm

Opus Stage

Evanescence – 8.05pm to 9.15pm

Within Temptation – 6.15pm to 7.25pm

Asking Alexandria – 5pm to 5.45pm

Epica – 3.50pm to 4.30pmElvana – 2.45pm to 3.25pm

Smash Into Pieces – 1.50pm to 2.20pm

The Warning – 1pm to 1.25pm

The Avalanche Stage

VV – 7.50pm to 8.50pm

Pup – 6.40pm to 7.20pm

The Blackout – 5.30pm to 6.10pm

Crawlers – 4.35pm to 5.05pm

Demob Happy – 3.40pm to 4.10pm

As December Falls – 2.50pm to 3.15pm

Redhook – 2pm to 2.25pm

Fixation – 1.10pm to 1.35pm

The Dogtooth Stage

Carpenter Brut – 8.40pm to 9.25pm

GWAR – 7.15pm to 7.55pm

Empire State Bastard – 6.10pm to 6.50pm

Brutus – 5.15pm to 5.40pmIngested – 4.20pm to 4.45pm

Undeath – 3.30pm to 3.55pmPupil Slicer – 2.40pm to 3.05pm

Witch Fever – 1.50pm to 2.15pmTaipei Houston – 1pm to 1.25pm

Saturday

Apex Stage

Metallica – 8.25pm to 10.55pm

Disturbed – 6.20pm to 7.30pm

Alexisonfire – 4.50pm to 5.50pm

Clutch – 3.30pm to 4.20pm

Ice Nine Kills – 2.15pm to 3pm

Fever 333 – 1.05pm to 1.45pm

Polaris – 12pm to 12.35pm

Opus Stage

Placebo – 7.30pm to 8.45pm

Simple Plan – 6.05pm to 6.55pm

Three Days Grace – 5pm to 5.40pm

Motionless In White – 3.55pm to 4.35pm

Carcass – 2.50pm to 3.30pm

Municipal Waste – 1.45pm to 2.25pm

Stray From The Path – 12.50pm to 1.20pm

Static Dress – 12pm to 12.25pm

The Avalanche Stage

Coheed and Cambria – 7.40pm to 8.40pm

Deaf Havana – 6.30pm to 7.10pm

Bob Vylan – 5.20pm to 6pm

Kid Kapichi – 4.25pm to 4.55pm

Casey – 3.30pm to 4.55pm

Blackgold – 2.35pm to 3.05pm

Lake Malice – 1.40pm to 2.10pm

Rituals – 12.45pm to 1.15pm

The Dogtooth Stage

Creeper - 8.05pm to 8.45pm

Monuments – 7.10pm to 7.40pm

Greg Puciato – 6.20pm to 6.45pm

Spirit Adrift – 5.30pm to 5.55pm

Enola Gay – 4.40pm to 5.05pm

Bambie Thug – 3.50pm to 4.15pm

Beauty School Dropout – 3pm to 3.25pm

Kid Bookie – 2.10pm to 2.35pm

Unto Others - 1.20pm to 1.45pm

Antisaint – 12.30pm to 12.50pm

Sunday

Apex Stage

Slipknot – 9.15pm to 10.50pm

Parkway Drive – 6.40pm to 7.50pm

I Prevail – 5pm to 6pm

Behemoth – 3.40pm to 4.30pm

The HU – 2.25pm to 3.10pm

Lorna Shore – 1.10pm to 1.55pm

Bloodywood – 12pm to 12.40pm

Opus Stage

Ghost – 8pm to 9.10pm

Bad Religion – 6.35pm to 7.20pm

Palaye Royale – 5.30pm to 6.10pm

Dinosaur Pile-Up – 4.30pm to 5.05pm

Avatar – 3.35pm to 4.05pm

The Amity Affliction – 2.40pm to 3.10pm

Sim – 1.45pm to 2.15pm

Blind Channel – 12.55pm to 1.20pm

The Avalanche Stage

Electric Callboy – 7.35pm to 9.05pm

Set It Off – 6.10pm to 6.50pm

Mod Sun – 5pm to 5.40pm

Cleopatrick – 4pm to 4.30pm

Jazmin Bean – 3pm to 3.30pm

Joey Valence & Brae – 2pm to 2.30pm

Taylor Acorn – 1pm to 1.30pm

Crashface – 12pm to 12.30pm

The Dogtooth Stage

Hatebreed – 8.20pm to 9.05pm

Touche Amore – 7.25pm to 7.55pm

Terror – 6.35pm to 7pm

Soen – 5.45pm to 6.10pm

Green Lung – 4.50pm to 5.20pm

Soul Glo – 4pm to 4.25pm

The Meffs – 3.10pm to 5.35pm

Hawxx – 2.20pm to 2.45pm

Graphic Nature – 1.30pm to 1.55pm

Beauty School – 12.40pm to 1.05pm

For the full lineup and timings visit the Download Festival's website.

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