Damnation Festival 2026 - Dates, Tickets & Lineup

Key Info

About

Damnation is an annual indoor extreme metal festival held across three stages, drawing fans of black metal, death metal, doom, grindcore and related genres. It runs across a full weekend at the BEC Arena in Manchester and is billed as the largest ind…

Website

damnationfestival.co.uk

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Genres

HardcoreMetalPunk

Date

7 - 8 November, 2026

Location

Stretford, North West

Size

Medium · 6,000

Established

2005, Running 21 years

Vibe

An indoor two-day November weekend in a cavernous Manchester arena, packed with people who are plainly there for the music, moving between three stages all day and into the night, with pits, crowd surfing, and the odd seat scattered around for when your legs give out.

Tags

warehousemusic nerdspacked in tightcome as you arelots of food optionscity-accessible

WHAT PEOPLE SAID ABOUT 2025

“No posers or musical tourists”

“Slick organisation, warm atmosphere”

“Full rooms from doors open”

“Intimate feel despite near sell-out”

“Wide variety, grind to post-rock”

LineupUpdated: 31 Mar 2026

Full lineup

Walls of Jericho

Eyehategod

Benediction

Amenra

Anaal Nathrakh

HEALTH

Wolves in the Throne Room

Corrosion of Conformity

Gorerotted

Car Bomb

MØL

Weekend Nachos

Raging SpeedhornConjurerWiegedoodWormrotHoly FawnCabalSlow CrushAuthor & PunisherHellripperSpectral WoundStampin' GroundEyesLamp of MurmuurUlthaDödsrit

TicketsUpdated: 7 Apr 2026

Prices and availability are indicative. Always confirm on the official ticket page.

Buy Tickets

Weekend Ticket

£160

Day Tickets

Saturday Day TicketSat 7 Nov

£160

Sunday Day TicketSun 8 Nov

£160

Recent NewsUpdated: 12 Apr 2026

Damnation Festival reveal six new bands