About Download Festival 2024
Retaining its title year after year as the only rock festival worth mentioning, Download Festival continues to hit all the right notes for true fans of rock music. Three days of heavy rock over five stages are what await the faithful who make the journey to the iconic location every year.
Previous headliners have included the likes of Marilyn Manson, Iron Maiden, Metallica, HIM, Black Sabbath, System of a Down, Tool, and Guns N’ Roses to name a few.
With each year’s improvement on the last, and the organizers staying true to the Donnington ‘Monsters of Rock’ ethos, rock music certainly has a spiritual home in the shape of Download Festival.
The bars stay open after the entertainment has finished, and running until 2am (Friday to Sunday) there'll be an after-hours Campsite Entertainment Zone, which has a cafe, beer stall, funfair rides, various shops, and a cinema.
Music genres: Alternative, Metal, Nu Metal, Pop Punk, Rock
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Download Festival information & FAQs
Download Festival takes place Friday 14th June - Sunday 16th June 2024.
Download Festival takes place at Donington Park, next to East Midlands Airport.
No. Children under 5 are free and don't need a ticket but do need to be accompanied by an adult ticket holder at all times.
Children aged 5-12 must have a Child ticket and be accompanied by an adult ticket holder at all times.
13-15 year olds must have an Adult ticket and be accompanied by an adult ticket holder at all times.
Please note that Download Festival will include acts considered unsuitable for children.
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Download happens at the sacred site that is Donington Park, right next to East Midlands Airport. Donington Park lies where the three counties of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire meet. - The ley-lines of ROCK!!
Please note: There will be no Pedestrian access to the Festival from Melbourne Lane
In virtually the middle of the country, it has excellent connections being only 3 miles from the major trunk routes of the M1/M42 and A50.
The festival is linked around the country with Big Green Coaches travelling to the site from various towns all over the UK. Coach tickets to Download 2020 are available to book.
Download can also recommend Liftshare. A service that matches you with other Download goers in your area so you can save on petrol!
East Midlands International Airport is only two and a half miles away and has comprehensive domestic and European flight schedules.
The mainline railway stations are East Midlands Parkway, Derby, Nottingham and Loughborough, which are anything up to twenty minutes drive away.
Donington Park is also well served by public transport and taxi services. Download Festival's official shuttle bus partner is Notts and Derby Bus Service, who provide a continuous bus service from East Midlands Parkway and Derby train stations ONLY, throughout the duration of the festival. More info and shuttle bus timetable coming soon.
For all you Sat Nav users, the postcode for Donington Park is DE74 2RP
Try our fully interactive map of all nearby hotels and accommodation. Please check location and dates before booking.
The first Download Festival was held in 2003. The headliners were originally Iron Maiden and Limp Bizkit, although Limp Bizkit pulled out and were replaced by Audioslave. Metallica attempted to step in as headliners, but were unable due to already being headliners at that year's Reading and Leeds Festivals. Instead, they played an unannounced "secret slot" in the afternoon on the second stage!
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