Download Festival 2023: Set times including Metallica, Slipknot and Bring Me The Horizon

This year’s Download Festival is now underway, with an impressive line-up for keen rock music fans. The festival will take place between Thursday, June 8 to Sunday, June 11.

Headliners Metallica, Bring Me The Horizon and Slipknot, as well as Pendulum, Neck Deep Placebo and many more are set to play the festival, in what will be an unforgettable weekend to kickstart festival season in style.

Over the years, many rock legends have graced the Download main stage, including Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Linkin Park. The festival was conceived as a follow up to the Monsters of Rock festivals which had been held at the Donington Park Circuit between 1980 and 1996.

But what are the set times for the likes of Metallica and Bring Me The Horizon at this year’s Download Festival? Here’s everything you need to know.

Download Festival 2023 set times

Friday

Apex Stage

• 1pm to 1.30pm - Stand Atlantic
• 2pm to 2.35pm - Nova Twins
• 3.05pm to 3.40pm - Hot Milk
• 4.10pm to 5pm - Neck Deep
• 5.30pm to 6.30pm - Pendulum
• 7pm to 8.10pm - Architects
• 9.20pm to 10.50pm - Bring Me The Horizon

Opus Stage

• 1pm to 1.25pm - The Warning
• 1.50pm to 2.20pm - Smash Into Pieces
• 2.45pm to 3.25pm - Elvana
• 3.50pm to 4.30pm - Epica
• 5pm to 5.45pm - Asking Alexandria
• 6.15pm to 7.25pm - Within Temptation
• 8.05pm t0 9.15pm - Evanescence

For the full Friday line-up and set times, visit the Download Festival website - or Download the official app from App Store of Google Play.

Saturday

Apex Stage

• 12pm to 12.35pm - Polaris
• 1.05pm to 1.45pm - Fever 333
• 2.15pm to 3pm - Ice Nine Kills
• 3.30pm to 4.20pm - Clutch
• 4.50pm to 5.50pm - Alexisonfire
• 6.20pm to 7.30pm - Disturbed
• 8.55pm to 10.55pm - Metalllica

Opus Stage

• 12pm to 12.25pm - Static Dress
• 12.50pm to 1.20pm - Stray From The Path
• 1.45pm to 2.25pm - Municipal Waste
• 2.50pm to 3.30pm - Carcass
• 3.55pm to 4.35pm - Motionless In White
• 5pm to 5.40pm - Three Days Grace
• 6.05pm to 6.55pm - Simple Plan
• 7.30pm to 8.45pm - Placebo

For the full Saturday line-up and set times, visit the Download Festival website - or Download the official app from App Store of Google Play.

Sunday

Apex Stage

• 12pm to 12.40pm - Bloodywood
• 1.10pm to 1.55pm- Lorna Shore
• 2.25pm to 3.10pm - The Hu
• 3.40pm to 4.30pm - Behemoth
• 5pm to 6pm - I, Prevail
• 6.40pm to 7.50pm - Parkway Drive
• 9.15pm to 10.50pm - Slipknot

Opus Stage

• 12.55pm to 1.20pm - Blind Channel
• 1.45pm to 2.15pm - Sim
• 2.40pm to 3.10pm - The Amity Affliction
• 3.35pm to 4.05pm - Avatar
• 4.30pm to 5.05pm - Dinosaur Pile-Up
• 5.30pm to 6.10pm - Palaye Royale
• 6.35pm to 7.20pm - Bad Religion
• 8pm to 9.10pm - Ghost

For the full Sunday line-up and set times, visit the Download Festival website - or Download the official app from App Store of Google Play.