From bands to bags to beer bins - everything you need to know ahead of Download festival

From bands to bags to beer bins - everything you need to know ahead of Download festival2 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleIsaac AsheEast MidlandsDownload festivalDonington Park has a special place in the hearts of metalheads and moshersRock royalty is gearing up to descend on Donington Park for the 23rd Download festival.The UK's biggest celebration of metal music takes place at the Leicestershire racetrack that once hosted the legendary Monsters of Rock festivals in the 1980s.Headliners of the festival's 2026 edition are Limp Bizkit, Guns N' Roses and Linkin Park, with campsites throwing open their gates from Wednesday 10 June.If you've had it in your diary since last year, or if you bagged tickets at the last minute, here's what you need to know.Who is in the line-up?Limp Bizkit are Friday's headliners, Guns N' Roses are the top billing on Saturday and Linkin Park will close out the festival on Sunday.While the headline slots are filled by some of the genre's biggest names, there are more than 100 other acts performing to excite fans of every strand of rock, metal, punk and alternative.Less typical acts for the traditionally rock and metal event include hip-hop legends Cypress Hill, Pendulum, which will perform their trademark drum and bass on Friday, techno act Scooter will take to the stage on Sunday and - perhaps most surprising of all - pop band Five will be playing the District X stage on Thursday.EPAAxl Rose will be bringing his appetite for destruction to the Saturday headline slotThe full line up for Download's four main music stages can be viewed by choosing a specific day in the drop down menu below:Can I get a ticket?If you want to make yourself at home for the weekend, sorry, but camping tickets are all sold out.Day tickets are also at a premium with Friday and Sunday sold out, but at the time of writing, Saturday day tickets were still available.For anyone wanting to grab any resale tickets that...