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Bloodstock Open Air 2027

5–8 August 2027 Walton-on-Trent, England · Catton Park (Derbyshire) 4 days
Camping festival 23 acts so far Presale on Metal, Extreme Metal approx. 20,000 per day (estimate)

Bloodstock is the most important independent metal festival in Great Britain and stands for a pure metal programme with a strong extreme and underground focus.

Listen to the line-up

Updated 18 October 2026

Photo: Belphegor138 · Public domain

Full line-up 2027

23 acts

Mercyful Fate / Electric Callboy / Motionless In White
5 August

Black & Death Metal 3

Kanonenfieber / Gaerea / Dethklok

Hardcore 1

Madball
6 August

Heavy, Power & Folk Metal 1

Mercyful Fate
7 August

Metalcore & Deathcore 1

Electric Callboy
8 August

Metalcore & Deathcore 1

Motionless In White
Day TBA

Melodic Death & Groove 4

Children Of Bodom / The Halo Effect / DevilDriver / Sylosis

Heavy, Power & Folk Metal 2

HammerFall / Wind Rose

Death, Black & Grind 4

Hypocrisy / Decapitated / Pig Destroyer / Witch Club Satan

Doom, Sludge & Stoner 4

Corrosion Of Conformity / Acid Bath / Green Lung / Conan

Metalcore & Deathcore 2

Imminence / Humanity's Last Breath

Thu 5 August on the Sophie Lancaster Stage; according to Metal Injection, the day allocation of the Sophie Lancaster acts is in part only «over the weekend». According to the organiser, 27 bands are on the first poster (not all names can be found in the sources), approx. 100 more to follow.

3 headliners · 23 acts in total · order as announced · Highlighted = in «My artists». Every name links to the artist page with their festival tour.

–/100

Fit for your compass. Weights in small print.

    Plan the trip

    Typical weather

    20°daytime high
    13°night low

    days with rain: 4.2/10. Pack: rain jacket, boots

    Average 2001–2025 for the festival days · ERA5-Land (Copernicus)

    Getting there

    Official shuttle buses run between Tamworth train station and the Bloodstock site, operated by Big Green Coach. Taxis from Tamworth or Lichfield City station cover the site in under nine miles. An accessible overflow car park is about 900 metres from the entrance.

    • EMA25 km
    • MAN77 km
    • STN162 km

    Station close by: Burton-on-Trent (5.7 km), Lichfield Trent Valley (12 km)

    Distance as the crow flies from the festival site · airports: Wikidata, stations: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Source: bloodstock.uk.com, here.live

    Travel & stay

    Searches open on the provider's site with destination and dates filled in.

    On site

    • ✓Camping
    • ✓Family-friendly
    • ✓Accessible

    Stages: 4 (Ronnie James Dio Stage, Sophie Lancaster Stage, Jägermeister Stage, New Blood Stage; as of previous years)

    Tickets

    Weekend ticket GBP 235 plus fee (Early Bird GBP 210 only on site in 2026); on sale since 10 August 2026, VIP/campervan since 12 August 2026, instalment payment possible.

    Same weekend as Alcatraz (BE). Burton upon Trent is the nearest railway station; hotels are scarce, and the festival is clearly geared towards camping.

    Map

    OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles · © OpenStreetMap

    At a glance

    Why
    Family-run festival with its own New Blood stage for up-and-coming bands from a nationwide competition.
    Line-up announcement
    Line-up usually announced in early August
    first acts announced: 9 August 2024, 8 August 2025

    Artists also playing other festivals in 2027

    Festivals nearby

    Sources: Metal Injection – Bloodstock 2027 · RouteNote – Bloodstock 2027 Line-up · Impericon – Bloodstock 2027 · MetalTalk – Bloodstock 2027 Tickets

    Researched automatically from these sources; facts are checked against the official website wherever possible.

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