Download Festival, the greatest rock and metal festival of all time, is now only 100 days away. With the countdown now truly on, celebrate this year’s festival with our round up of Download By Numbers. This year’s festival will take place on 13-15 June 2025 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. Tickets are available now at www.downloadfestival.co.uk.
DOWNLOAD BY NUMBERS
- 22 years of Download Festival
- 9 stages across the site, offering an array of entertainment across the weekend
- 120+ artists, from headliners Green Day, Sleep Token and Korn on the Apex Stage, to new talent on the Avalanche and Dogtooth Stages, to DJs and secret sets in District X
- 90,000+ fans set to descend on Donington Park
- 100,000 expected mosh and circle pit steps per person
- 30,000 Download t-shirts in production
- 6000 new Download patches in production
- 5000 members of crew needed to build the site in 20 days
- 3690 barrels of beer and cider being brewed
- 3000 Download rubber ducks in production
- 3000 Download pin badges in production
- 1500+ yurts, chalets, tipis and airstreams in RIP Metal Meadow
- 931.56 acres of land to host Download Festival
- 300 bottles of champagne on the band riders
- 200 horns thrown by the Download Dog across the weekend
- 170 food and drinks traders onsite
- 150 miles cycled by the Heavy Metal Truants to get to Download each year
- 127 Big Green Coach vehicles used to get fans to the festival in the greenest possible way
- 57 golf buggies onsite to transport artists and crew
- 50 fans heading to the festival on their own to create a community in Camp Loner
- 48 countries represented by fans
- 46 tattooists onsite
- 34 hours of live music
- 20 British Sign Language interpreters available for customers
- 17 countries represented on the line-up
- 8 vegan food outlets
- 3 secret sets in District X
- 4 exclusive plush Download Dog designs in production
- 2 Download Dog groomers onsite
- 1 and only time McFly have performed
- 1 unforgettable weekend of the best rock and metal music the world has to offer
- 0 Kilowatts of unrenewable energy used to power the Rock Retreat
DLXXII will see Green Day, Sleep Token and Korn headline the festival with the likes of Jimmy Eat World, Weezer, Rise Against, Shinedown, Bullet For My Valentine, Spiritbox, Don Broco, Palaye Royale, Meshuggah, Within Temptation, Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter, Steel Panther, The Darkness, Eagles Of Death Metal, Myles Kennedy, McFly, Jerry Cantrell and many more joining them on the bill.
Book your tickets now: www.downloadfestival.co.uk.
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Andrew Whitton / Download Festival
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