This weekend marks the return of the popular Slam Dunk Festival, with the Southern event taking place at Hatfield Park on Saturday, May 27th, and the Northern event at Leeds Temple Newsam on Sunday, May 28th. These pop-punk, ska punk, emo, and metal music extravaganzas will be co-headlined by the St Albans band Enter Shikari and American rockers The Offspring.
The set times have now been published and will be the same at both the North and South events. While they’re always subject to change at the last minute, the full list of times across all stages is now available below so you can start planning your day. Tickets are completely sold out but limited tickets are available at face value plus fees from the secure resale website Twickets.
Slam Dunk 2023 North & South set times
The set times will be the same at both Slam Dunk North and Slam Dunk South.
Gates to the festival village will open at 9am with the main arena open from 11am.
Amazon Music presents Rock Scene Stage
- Enter Shikari: 9pm-10.15pm
- Billy Talent: 7.40pm-8.30pm
- PVRIS: 6.30pm-7.15pm
- Kids in Glass Houses: 5.20pm-6.05pm
- Underoath: 4.10pm-4.55pm
- Wargasm: 3.10pm-3.45pm
- Holding Absence: 2.10pm-2.45pm
- Trash Boat: 1.10pm-1.45pm
- Vukovi: 12.15pm-12.50pm
- Zand: 11.25am-11.55am
The Dickies Stage
- The Offspring: 9pm-10.15pm
- Bowling for Soup: 7.40pm-8.30pm
- Less Than Jake: 6.25pm-7.15pm
- Flogging Molly: 5.15pm-6pm
- Gogol Bordello: 4.05pm-4.50pm
- Millencolin: 3pm-3.40pm
- Zebrahead: 1.55pm-2.35pm
- Teenage Bottlerocket: 12.55pm-1.30pm
- Millie Manders & The Shutup: noon-12.30pm
The Kerrang Tent
Left Stage
- Yellowcard: 8.05pm-8.55pm
- The Academy Is…: 6.25pm-7.10pm
- Four Year Strong: 4.55pm-5.40pm
- Real Friends: 3.35pm-4.15pm
- Fireworks: 2.20pm-2.55pm
- Hawthorne Heights: 1.10pm-1.45pm
- Destroy Boys: noon-12.35pm
Right Stage
- Creeper: 7.15pm-8pm
- The Menzingers: 5.40pm-6.25pm
- Boston Manor: 4.15pm-4.55pm
- Trophy Eyes: 2.55pm-3.35pm
- Spanish Love Songs: 1.45pm-2.20pm
- Movements: 12.35pm-1.10pm
- Sincere Engineer: 11.30am-noon
The Knotfest Stage
- DJ Fresh: 10.15pm-10.55pm
- Malevolence: 8.10pm-8.55pm
- We Came As Romans: 7.05pm-7.45pm
- Escape The Fate: 6pm-6.40pm
- Fit for a King: 5pm-5.35pm
- Landmvrks: 4pm-4.35pm
- Static Dress: 3.05pm-3.35pm
- Dragged Under: 2.10pm-2.40pm
- See You Space Cowboy: 1.20pm-1.50pm
- Higher Power: 12.30pm-1pm
- Heriot: 11.40am-12.10pm
The Key Club Stages
Left Key
- The Hunna: 8.10pm-8.55pm
- JXDN: 6.35pm-7.15pm
- Sueco: 5.05pm-5.45pm
- Charlotte Sands: 3.40pm-4.15pm
- Scene Queen: 2.20pm-2.55pm
- Emarosa: 1.10pm-1.40pm
- Youth Fountian: noon-12.30pm
Right Key
- The Maine: 7.20pm-8.05pm
- Maggie Lindemann: 5.50pm-6.30pm
- Noahfinnce: 4.20pm-5pm
- Grayscale: 3pm-3.35pm
- LØLØ: 1.45pm-2.15pm
- Girlfriends: 12.35pm-1.05pm
- The Tyne: 11.25am-11.55am
Line-up poster
After an all-day celebration at the historical Hertfordshire site on Saturday, the festival continues its journey northward. The identical bill will grace Leeds Temple Newsam on Sunday, May 28th. Simultaneously, the Hatfield location will host another Slam Dunk event featuring NOFX, marking the Los Angeles punk band’s final show in the UK.
Enter Shikari, recently celebrating their debut atop the UK album charts with “A Kiss For The Whole World,” are set to lead the lineup at the Amazon Music presents Rock Scene Stage. The stage will also host a variety of acts such as Billy Talent, PVRIS, Kids in Glass Houses, Underoath, Wargasm, Holding Absence, and Trash Boat, another band hailing from St Albans.
The festival’s other main stage, The Dickies Stage, is set to be headlined by The Offspring, an American rock band best known for their 1998 number-one hit, “Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)”. Due to concurrent scheduling, festival-goers may have to choose between The Offspring and Enter Shikari’s performances. The Dickies Stage will also feature Bowling for Soup, Less Than Jake, Flogging Molly, and Slam Dunk regulars Zebrahead, amongst others.
Additional highlights of the multi-stage festival include headline sets from Creeper and Yellowcard in The Kerrang Tent, and Malevolence on The Knotfest Stage. The night will conclude with a DJ set from DJ Fresh in The Knotfest arena, following the wrap-up of the main stage performances.
Slam Dunk Festival 2023 is set to open its gates at 9 am each day, with the main arena welcoming fans from 11 am onwards. The first bands will begin their performances before noon. The festival’s schedule is anticipated to remain consistent between Slam Dunk South in Hatfield on May 27 and Slam Dunk North in Leeds on the following day.
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