Louder Than Life Recruits Iron Maiden, Tool, My Chemical Romance & More For 2026 Lineup

Louder Than Life unveiled the massive 2026 lineup of artists set to perform at Kentucky Fair And Expo Center in Louisville between September 17 and 20. The four-day festival features headliners Iron Maiden, Tool, My Chemical Romance and Pantera.

The massive lineup of nearly 200 acts marks the largest in the festival’s history and the biggest bill ever assembled by producer Danny Wimmer Presents. Nearly 200 bands will perform across the festival’s seven stages.

Additional performers include Alice Cooper, Megadeth, Limp Bizkit, Rise Against, Pierce The Veil, Anthrax, A Day To Remember, Danzig, The Pretty Reckless, Suicidal Tendencies, Sabaton, Machine Head, GWAR, Sublime, The Used, Jimmy Eat World, Tom Morello, Coheed and Cambria, Taking Back Sunday, Skillet, Sleeping With Sirens, Coal Chamber, Alkaline Trio, Bowling for Soup, CAVALERA, Soulfly, Fit for a King, Mushroomhead, After the Burial, Currents, The Acacia Strain, Born Of Osiris, Starset, Badflower, We The Kings, Butcher Babies, Erra, Metal Church and Emmure.

The lineup also features Hot Mulligan, Lit, The Ataris, From Ashes to New, RED, The Rasmus, Adelitas Way, Make Them Suffer, Volumes, Like Moths To Flames, Cane Hill, Signs of the Swarm, King 810, Thousand Below, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and dozens more.

Additionally, a “Mystery Guest band” will make their live debut at Louder Than Life, while one of the biggest heavy bands of the modern era will be added to the lineup at a later date.

Louder Than Life 2026 passes, including 4-Day, Single Day, GA, VIP and Angel’s Envy Top Shelf VIP options, are on sale now.

Click below to view the Louder Than Life 2026 lineup by-day.