Alexisonfire, PUP, Suicidal Tendencies and Converge are among the first wave of names announced for the Manchester leg of Outbreak Fest.
The festival has established a reputation as one of the leading events for hardcore, metal and punk music in the UK and in 2026, for its 15th year, it will once again be held across two locations – one in London and the other in its regular home of Manchester.
On June 27 and 28, they will bring a stacked line-up to the Bowler’s Exhibition Centre in Trafford, with Canadian post-hardcore band Alexisonfire topping the bill, playing their 2006 album ‘Crisis’ in full.
Elsewhere, thrash legends Suicidal Tendencies will be playing, as well as Converge, PUP, Basement, Trapped Under Ice (playing their 2011 album ‘Big Kiss Goodnight’), Scowl, High Vis, Hatebreed, Touché Amoré (performing ‘Stage Four’ in full) and La Dispute.
Also announced are The Armed, Fiddlehead, Trash Talk, Ecca Vandal, Harms Way, End It, Haywire, Gridiron, Sanction, Higher Power, Glare, Glitterer, Ingrown, Bodyweb, Dynamite, Glixen, Truck Violence, Initiate, February, Still in Love, and Turn Of Phrase.
Tickets are available from 10am on Monday (November 3), as well as hotel packages – find yours here. A full line-up for the Friday June 26 date will be announced in due course.
Last year’s Outbreak Fest saw headline performances from Knocked Loose, Glassjaw, Alex G, Danny Brown, Slowdive, Denzel Curry, Momma, Model/Actriz, Militarie Gun and Sunny Day Real Estate.
Earlier this year, Alexisonfire guitarist Wade MacNeil was announced as being a member of the new band Pig Pen, alongside The Bear’s Matty Matheson. They released their first single ‘Mental Madness’ in June.
At the end of last year, meanwhile, Converge released a live album from a performance in Orlando, Florida in 2022 to raise funds for the relief efforts for Hurricane Helene.
PUP released their fifth studio album ‘Who Will Look After The Dogs?’ in May this year, including the singles ‘Paranoid’ and ‘Hallways’.
