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The organisers of Download Festival 2018 have announced this year's stage times. The event, which kicks off at Donington Park, Derbyshire, this Friday, is headlined by Avenged Sevenfold, Guns N' Roses and Ozzy Osbourne, and features more than 100 other bands across four stages.
- 5-night standard camping tickets and information
- 3-night standard camping tickets and information
- 5-night quiet camping tickets and information
- 3-night quiet camping tickets and information
- 5-night eco camping tickets and information
- 3-night eco camping tickets and information
Stage times are as follows...
Friday
Main Stage
Avenged Sevenfold | 21:00 – 22:50
Bullet For My Valentine | 18:50 – 20:00
Volbeat | 17:20 – 18:20
Marmozets | 16:05 – 16:50
Dragonforce | 14:55 – 15:35
Avatar | 13:55 – 14:25
Boston Manor | 13:00 – 13:30
Zippo Encore Stage
You Me At Six | 20:15 – 21:25
Hell Is For Heroes | 19:00 – 19:45
Jonathan Davis | 17:50 – 18:30
Andrew WK | 16:40 – 17:20
CKY | 15:40 – 16:15
Nothing More | 14:40 – 15:10
Miss May I | 13:50 – 14:15
Culture Abuse | 13:00 – 13:25
The Avalanche Stage
Bad Religion | 19:50 – 20:50
The Bronx | 18:30 – 19:10
Cancer Bats | 17:20 – 18:00
Stick To Your Guns | 16:25 – 16:55
Stray From The Path | 15:30 – 16:00
Ded | 14:40 – 15:05
Employed To Serve | 13:50 – 14:15
Woes | 13:00 – 13:25
The Dogtooth Stage
Tesseract | 21:25 – 22:05
Napalm Death | 20:30 – 21:00
Emmure | 19:40 – 20:05
Igorrr | 18:50 – 19:15
Blessthefall | 18:00 – 18:25
Loathe | 17:10 – 17:35
Savage Messiah | 16:20 – 16:45
Gold Key | 15:30 – 15:55
Kaiser Franz Josef | 14:40 – 15:05
Helpless | 13:50 – 14:15
Cellar Darling | 13:00 – 13:25
Saturday
Main Stage
Guns N’ Roses | 19:20 – 22:50
Black Stone Cherry | 17:20 – 18:30
Thunder | 15:50 – 16:50
The Temperance Movement | 14:40 – 15:20
The Struts | 13:40 – 14:15
Monster Truck | 12:45 – 13:15
Whiskey Myers | 11:50 – 12:20
The Pink Slips | 11:00 – 11:25
Zippo Encore Stage
Parkway Drive | 18:00 – 19:10
Babymetal | 16:45 – 17:30
Asking Alexandria | 15:40 – 16:20
L7 | 14:50 – 15:20
Bury Tomorrow | 14:00 – 14:30
Corrosion Of Conformity | 13:15 – 13:40
Lawnmower Deth | 12:30 – 12:55
Von Hertzen Brothers | 11:45 – 12:10
Powerflo | 11:00 – 11:25
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The Avalanche Stage
Neck Deep | 20:40 – 21:40
Mayday Parade | 19:20 – 20:00
The Maine | 18:05 – 18:45
Being As An Ocean | 17:00 – 17:30
The Fever 333 | 15:50 - 16:30
Rolo Tomassi | 14:50 – 15:20
The Faim | 13:50 – 14:20
WSTR | 12:50 – 13:20
Tigress | 11:50 – 12:20
The Bottom Line | 11:00 – 11:25
The Dogtooth Stage
Thy Art Is Murder | 19:50 – 20:35
Plini | 18:50 – 19:20
Knocked Loose | 17:50 – 18:20
Malevolence | 16:50 – 17:20
Massive Wagons | TBA
Shvpes | 15:10 – 15:35
Sleep Token | 14:20 – 14:45
Higher Power | 13:30 – 13:55
Anchor Lane | 12:40 – 13:05
Death Blooms | 11:50 – 12:15
Sunday
Main Stage
Ozzy Osbourne | 20:50 – 22:50
Marilyn Manson | 18:40 – 19:50
Shinedown | 17:00 – 18:00
Black Veil Brides | 15:40 – 16:30
In This Moment | 14:25 – 15:10
Hatebreed | 13:10 – 13:55
Cradle Of Filth | 12:00 – 12:40
Inglorious | 11:00 – 11:30
Zippo Encore Stage
Rise Against | 19:30 – 20:40
Alexisonfire | 18:10 – 18:55
Meshuggah | 17:05 – 17:45
Thrice | 16:05 – 16:40
Body Count Feat. Ice-T | 15:05 – 15:40
Kreator | 14:10 – 14:40
Dead Cross | 13:20 – 13:50
Turbonegro | 12:30 – 13:00
Greta Van Fleet | 11:45 – 12:10
Starcrawler | 11:00 – 11:25
The Avalanche Stage
The Hives | 20:10 – 21:10
Less Than Jake | 19:00 – 19:40
A | 17:50 – 18:30
Jamie Lenman | 16:50 – 17:20
Black Foxxes | 15:50 – 16:20
Milk Teeth | 14:50 – 15:20
Badcop/Badcop | 13:50 – 14:20
Puppy | 12:50 – 13:20
Ecca Vandal | 11:50 – 12:20
Dream State | 11:00 – 11:25
The Dogtooth Stage
Baroness | 19:45 – 20:35
Zeal & Ardor | 18:40 – 19:10
Myrkur | 17:35 – 18:05
All Them Witches | 16:30 – 17:00
Wayward Sons | 15:35 – 16:00
Myke Gray | 14:40 – 15:05
No Hot Ashes | 13:45 – 14:10
The Hyena Kill | 12:50 – 13:15
Sun Arcana | 11:55 – 12:20
Koyo | 11:00 – 11:25
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