Download Festival Australia 2018 announces its enormous lineup

It’s been a long time coming for heavy music fans who’ve been waiting for the long-rumoured local version of the enormous Download Festival to make its way to Australia, but now the lineup has finally been announced.

Featuring on the first ever bill will be names like Korn, Prophets of Rage, Limp Bizkit, Mastodon, Good Charlotte, NOFX, Suicidal Tendencies, Gojira, and a list of 29 bands playing across four stages – two thirds of them international.

Locked in for March 24 2018 at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse, the grounds will open up to 25,000 punters for the day as a licensed, 18+ event. And while the inaugural event has chosen Melbourne as its home for this year, there are already plans to expand into a full-scale touring festival when the time is right.

We’re hugely excited to add this one to our festival calendar, so check out the full lineup below and grab your tickets, because this one will be in high demand.

Download Festival Australia 2018

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