DOWNLOAD AUSTRALIA // The Line-Up Revealed!

The wait is over! Download Australia’s line-up is real, and it’s spectacular – Korn, Limp Bizkit, & Prophets of Rage will headline the inaugural event.

Taking place on the 24th of March, 2018 at Melbourne’s now iconic Flemington Racecourse, Download Australia has a massive slate of acts to tantalise rockers of every flavour.

From Mastodon to NOFX, Good Charlotte to Arch Enemy, Northlane to King Parrot, every fan is catered for in what’s gearing up to be an unforgettable kick off to the Aussie heavy festival. See the full line-up below.

“It is a great honour and very exciting that we are bringing Download Festival to Australia,” says Andy Copping, Download Founder. “Since the inception of Download UK in 2003, we have been looking for other territories to launch the festival and having successfully found a home for Download in France and Spain, we felt that the next country had to be Australia. Many rock fans from Australia have been in contact with us asking us to bring the festival to them – we have finally heard their calling and I cannot wait to put Download Australia on the map!”

From the bottom of our steel capped boots, we thank you, Mr. Copping.

The festival will run across four stages with the usual selection of food trucks and bars dotting the landscape. The first festival is a testbed for a festival more in line with the UK Download – multiple days and in multiple cities.

“When it comes to festivals, heavy music fans have had little option of late, with Download recently expanding from its Donington stronghold, into Paris and Madrid, it seems like the perfect time for it to storm down here,” says Download Australia Producer Nigel Melder. “Starting with a single day event in Melbourne with the intention to grow it at a sustainable pace over the coming years, to a nationally touring festival for the long term. We have 28 bands in total, 1/3 of those are Australian. We are really excited to have the Australian artists on the line up for Download Melbourne, Oz heavy acts are drawing a lot of people both here and overseas so we are happy to be able to showcase that strength.”

Tickets go on sale to the General Public at 9am (AEDT), Thursday 16 November.

A special Optus Perks Pre-sale begins on 9am (AEDT), Monday 13 November until 9am (AEDT), Tuesday 14 November.

For ticket information, click here.

FULL DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL AUSTRALIA LINE-UP

Korn
Prophets Of Rage
Limp Bizkit
Mastodon
Good Charlotte
NOFX
Suicidal Tendencies
Gojira
Amon Amarth
Arch Enemy
Neck Deep
Sabaton
Hot Water Music
Of Mice & Men
The Story So Far
Northlane
Trophy Eyes
Nails
Issues
Bad Cop/Bad Cop
Ocean Grove
Psycroptic
King Parrot
Clowns
Chase Atlantic
Cursed Earth
Alpha Wolf