Organizers have unveiled the full program for Hellfest 2026: 183 acts will perform across six stages in Clisson from 18 to 21 June. The headliners — Bring Me The Horizon, Iron Maiden, Limp Bizkit and The Offspring — underscore the event’s international stature, while the lineup also demonstrates a clear commitment to French acts, reflecting the vitality of the national scene.
Spread across four days, Hellfest 2026 reaffirms its position among Europe’s leading festivals.
Taking place from Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 June in Loire‑Atlantique, this 19th edition brings together established legends, anticipated returns and promising newcomers, making it an essential destination for rock and metal fans.
Bring Me The Horizon will open the festival on Thursday. Iron Maiden — celebrating 50 years of music on their Run For Your Lives tour — will top the bill on Friday. Saturday features the return of Limp Bizkit, and Sunday closes with a punk‑focused program led by The Offspring. Alongside these major international names, a substantial number of French bands appear across stages big and small, offering festivalgoers a broad view of the nation’s musical creativity.
Thursday, 18 June
Mainstage 01: Bring Me The Horizon, Papa Roach, Breaking Benjamin, The Plot In You, We Came As Romans
Mainstage 02: Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, The Pretty Reckless, Alestorm, Mikkey Dee With Friends (Motörhead tribute)
Warzone: Social Distortion, All Time Low, Lagwagon, Shelter, Satanic Surfers
Valley: Kadavar, Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats, The Inspector Cluzo, Elder, Truckfighters
Altar: Igorrr, The Halo Effect, Rivers Of Nihil, Devangelic, Skaphos
Temple: SKÁLD, Feuerschwanz, Borknagar, Winterfylleth, Perchta
Friday, 19 June
Mainstage 01: Iron Maiden, Helloween (anniversary set), Ultra Vomit, Accept, Queensrÿche, Sortilège, Winds Of Steel, Blackrain
Mainstage 02: Sabaton, Opeth, Sepultura, Bloodywood, TesseracT, Brothers Of Metal, Return To Dust, Uravena
Warzone: The Dillinger Escape Plan, La Dispute, Malevolence, Ceremony, Pogo Car Crash Control, Point Mort, Die Spitz, Gridiron, Wake The Dead
Valley: Mastodon, SLIFT, Loathe, Torche, Stoned Jesus, Primitive Man, REZN, Yarostan, Dragunov
Altar: Blood Incantation, Periphery, Decapitated, Sylosis, Sinsaenum, Blood Red Throne, Crypta, Esodic, Impureza
Temple: The Gathering, My Dying Bride, Rotting Christ, Carach Angren, Trelldom, Einherjer, Ponte del Diavolo, Killus, Mourir
Saturday, 20 June
Mainstage 01: Limp Bizkit, A Perfect Circle, Tom Morello, Static‑X, Enhancer, House Of Protection, Thornhill, Slay Squad
Mainstage 02: Volbeat, Megadeth, Anthrax, Cavalera (Chaos A.D. set), Crisix, Gatecreeper, Escuela Grind, Insanity Alert, Locomuerte
Warzone: Hatebreed, Lionheart, Kublai Khan TX, Cro‑Mags, Trash Talk, Cancer Bats, King 810, Combust, False Reality
Valley: Cult Of Luna, Amenra, The Young Gods, God Is An Astronaut, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Psychonaut, Fange, BRUIT ≤, Cold.Capsule
Altar: Deicide, Carcass, SepticFlesh, Obscura, Severe Torture, Defeated Sanity, Cabal, Profanation, Dvrk
Temple: Behemoth, Old Man’s Child, Aura Noir, Oranssi Pazuzu, Gaerea, 1914, Non Est Deus, Hulder, Vígljós
Sunday, 21 June
Mainstage 01: The Offspring, The Hives, Rise Against, Pennywise, The Ataris, The Bones, The Dwarves, Not Scientists
Mainstage 02: Bad Omens, Architects, Three Days Grace, Black Veil Brides, PRESIDENT, Resolve, Revnoir, The Funeral Portrait
Warzone: The Adicts, Agnostic Front, Circle Jerks, Buzzcocks, DRAIN, End It, Maid Of Ace, Karen Dió
Valley: Down, Acid Bath, Corrosion Of Conformity, Eyehategod, Soilent Green, Black Tusk, Gnome, Alta Rossa
Altar: Napalm Death, Possessed, Forbidden, Six Feet Under, Fulci, Sublimate Cadaveric Decomposition, Bloodstain, Tempt Fate
Temple: Mayhem, Marduk, Wolves In The Throne Room, Scour, Gehenna, Thy Light, Austere, Silhouette
Hellfest 2026 presents a bold, carefully curated celebration of heavy music that balances international icons with a strong contingent of French artists. Their sustained presence across multiple stages enhances the festival’s cultural identity and provides an important platform for the French scene — from punk and alternative currents to extreme metal.
For more information and practical details, visit the official website: hellfest.fr.
