Download Festival has revealed the full set times for its 2025 edition.
The metal and rock event will return to Donington Park in Leicestershire between June 13-15 for its 22nd instalment, with Green Day, Sleep Token and Korn all due to headline.
- READ MORE: Download boss Andy Copping on the 2025 line-up: “The festival will die if we don’t move with the times”
Other acts on the line-up include Weezer, Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter, Jimmy Eat World, Poppy, Loathe, Jerry Cantrell, McFly, Within Temptation, Eagles Of Death Metal, The Darkness, Spiritbox, Meshuggah, Steel Panther, Cradle Of Filth and Alien Ant Farm.
More artists joined the bill in February, such as Rise Against, Hatebreed, Kids In Glass Houses, Opeth, Myles Kennedy, Shinedown, AWOLNATION, Power Trip, Palaye Royale, Municipal Waste and Crossfaith.
Organisers later shared details of this year’s ‘District X’ – with appearances from Vengaboys, Justin Hawkins and Funeral For A Friend – and revealed the day splits for the festival. Bosses have also promised “multiple secret sets” for next month’s bash.
Now, ticketholders can start planning their weekend with the full set times on the Download app and website.
Green Day and Sleep Token will both deliver two-hour sets as they close out the Apex Stage, with Korn scheduled to play for 90 minutes as they top the bill on Sunday night.
Sub-headliners Weezer, Shinedown and Bullet For My Valentine will all perform for 70 minutes at the same venue. Jimmy Eat World, Don Broco and Spiritbox are due for one-hour sets in the slots before.
You can download the official app here, or see timings on the artist pages of Download’s website. Check out the Apex and Opus schedule below.
Apex
Friday
13:00-13:30 – SiM
14:00-14:30 – CKY
15:00-15:40 – Boston Manor
16:10-17:00 – Rise Against
17:30-18:30 – Jimmy Eat World
19:00-20:10 – Weezer
20:50-22:50 – Green Day
Saturday
11:00-11:30 – Static Dress
12:00-12:35 – Loathe
13:05-13:45 – Hatebreed
14:15-15:00 – Poppy
15:30-16:20 – Palaye Royale
16:50-17:50 – Don Broco
18:20-19:30 – Shinedown
20:55-22:55 – Sleep Token
Sunday
11:00-11:30 – Orbit Culture
12:00-12:40 – Bleed From Within
13:10-13:55 – Power Trip
14:25-15:10 – Jinjer
15:40-16:30 – Meshuggah
17:00-18:00 – Spiritbox
19:00-20:10 – Bullet For My Valentine
21:25-22:55 – Korn
Opus
Friday
13:00-13:25 – The Scratch
13:50-14:30 – Starset
14:55-15:25 – Dirty Honey
15:50-16:30 – Northlane
17:00-17:45 – Myles Kennedy
18:15-19:05 – Opeth
19:35-20:50 – Within Temptation
Saturday
12:05-12:30 – Sophie Lloyd
12:55-13:25 – Kim Dracula
13:50-14:30 – Currents
14:55-15:35 – Awolnation
16:00-16:40 – Polaris
17:05-17:45 – Eagles of Death Metal
18:10-19:00 – The Darkness
19:35-20:50 – Sex Pistols
Sunday
11:00-11:25 – The Southern River Band
11:50-12:15 – Seven Hours After Violet
12:40-13:15 – Nothing More
13:40-14:10 – The Ghost Inside
14:35- 5:05 – Municipal Waste
15:30-16:00 – Alien Ant Farm
16:25-17:05 – Jerry Cantrell
17:35-18:15 – Airbourne
18:45-19:30 – Lorna Shore
20:05-21:15 – Steel Panther
In late 2024, festival organiser Andy Copping spoke to NME about the importance of creating a platform for new talent. “I’ve always wanted to do that, and you can see it in how we’ve been developing the other stages like the Dogtooth stage and the Avalanche,” he said.
“For us, it’s about giving bands the opportunity to grow. We’ve got the platform and we want to be sending a message to those guys like ‘Come and play. We believe in you and you’ve got a great opportunity here.’ Thankfully, for the most part, these bands do step up and they do deliver.”
Discussing Sleep Token’s return to Download as a headline act, Copping explained: “They’ve got a sold-out arena tour in a couple of weeks which we already know will be a sight to behold.”
He continued: “I think it’s important for the festival to bring new bands through to headline. Back in the day, I did it with Slipknot. I did it with Avenged Sevenfold and Biffy Clyro. In 2023, we did it with Bring Me The Horizon. Now, every one of those bands across the world is perceived as a festival headliner.
“That’s what I felt this time with Sleep Token. It feels like we’re the first major festival that’s taken the bull by the horns and gone, ‘OK, it’s time. Its Sleep Token’s moment’. I know it’s going to be amazing for them, amazing for the festival and amazing for the fans.”
Meanwhile, new data has revealed that almost half of ticketholders for Download 2025 are going to the event for the first time.
Sleep Token released their fourth album, ‘Even In Arcadia’, last week. It earned a glowing five-star review from NME, which hailed the project as “another jaw-dropping ascent towards immortality”.
Last month saw the band score their first-ever UK top 10 single with ‘Caramel’.
