Aftershock Festival 2026 has unveiled its biggest lineup yet, locking in more than 140 artists across five stages when the West Coast’s largest rock, punk and metal gathering returns to Discovery Park in Sacramento, California from October 1st to 4th.
Now in its 14th year, the Danny Wimmer Presents festival continues to balloon in scale, the 2026 edition introduces an expanded festival footprint and an additional stage, giving space for a sprawling lineup that cuts across punk, metal, emo and alternative heavyweights.
Headlining the four-day event are My Chemical Romance, TOOL, Limp Bizkit and Pierce The Veil, each anchoring a stacked bill that reads like a crash course in alternative culture across generations.
Aftershock 2026 headliners and daily lineup
Thursday, October 1st
My Chemical Romance, The Offspring, Sublime
Friday, October 2nd
Limp Bizkit, $UICIDEBOY$, Wu-Tang Clan
Saturday, October 3rd
Pierce The Veil, A Day To Remember, BABYMETAL
Sunday, October 4th
TOOL, Queens of the Stone Age, Danny Elfman
The lineup stretches far beyond those names, pulling together icons, cult favourites and modern heavy hitters in one enormous program.
Full Aftershock Festival 2026 lineup
My Chemical Romance, TOOL, Limp Bizkit, Pierce The Veil, $UICIDEBOY$, Queens of the Stone Age, The Offspring, A Day To Remember, Wu-Tang Clan, Sublime, Danny Elfman, BABYMETAL, Circa Survive, Public Enemy, AFI, The Used, Stone Temple Pilots, Cypress Hill, Slaughter To Prevail, The Pretty Reckless, The Story So Far, Dance Gavin Dance, Coheed and Cambria, Hot Mulligan, Sleeping With Sirens, DOWN, Dethklok, Three 6 Mafia, Black Label Society, Chiodos, Highly Suspect, Nothing More, Body Count feat. Ice-T, Cavalera, Killswitch Engage, Zakk Sabbath, Insane Clown Posse, Kublai Khan TX, New Found Glory, Wolfmother, Wage War, Underoath, Theory of a Deadman, Mayday Parade, Alexisonfire, Chad Gray: Voice of Mudvayne & HELLYEAH – 30 Years of Madness, Coal Chamber, Suicidal Tendencies, Starset, Sevendust, La Dispute, The Starting Line, DRAIN, The Wonder Years, The Ghost Inside, Paleface Swiss, The Home Team, We The Kings, P.O.D., Thursday, From Ashes To New, Sleep Theory, L.S. Dunes, Lit, Cradle of Filth, From First To Last, President, Apocalyptica, Atreyu, Finch, Hawthorne Heights, Set It Off, Corrosion of Conformity, Kylesa, Saosin, Buckethead, Helmet, Filter, Soulfly, Blessthefall, The Devil Wears Prada, Senses Fail, Melvins, Municipal Waste, Alissa White-Gluz, Counterparts, Oleander, Spite, After The Burial, Toadies, Finger Eleven, Drowning Pool, The Black Dahlia Murder, Armor For Sleep, Horse The Band, Holding Absence, HAYWIRE, Bodysnatcher, Escape The Fate, The Acacia Strain, Jutes, ivri, Free Throw, Caskets, Haarper, PeelingFlesh, Pentagram, Cro-Mags, Holywatr, Alesana, Stick To Your Guns, Hail The Sun, I See Stars, The Union Underground, The Word Alive, Wind Walkers, Nekrogoblikon, Emery, The Fall of Troy, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Gideon, Red, Ill Niño, Ünloco, Fear, And Loathing in Las Vegas, CKY, Psychostick, Austin Carlile: The Original Voice of Of Mice & Men, Codefendants, The Pretty Wild, Rivers of Nihil, Brujeria, Emarosa, I Set My Friends On Fire, Silly Goose, LEAP, The Violent Hour, Ladrones, Eyes Set To Kill, vianova, Doobie, and a mystery guest.
Everything you need to know and tickets here.
Special sets and reunions
Several rare appearances and anniversary performances are also locked in, My Chemical Romance will mark 20 years of ‘The Black Parade’, while Circa Survive return for a West Coast reunion show, their first performance since 2021.
Elsewhere, Cavalera will perform Sepultura’s ‘Roots’, Municipal Waste celebrate 25 years, and Thursday will mark anniversaries for ‘Full Collapse’, ‘A City By the Light Divided’, and ‘No Devolución’.
Danny Wimmer says the 2026 edition represents a turning point for the festival (per press release):
“This year’s Aftershock marks a bold new chapter for the festival. We’ve brought together metal, punk, emo, and nu-metal to create a lineup that’s raw, youthful, and unapologetic,” says Danny Wimmer of DWP. “With TOOL anchoring the weekend and Pierce The Veil making their headlining debut, we’re breaking boundaries and redefining what Aftershock can be. And after years of fan requests, we’re finally introducing camping — giving fans the chance to fully immerse themselves in the weekend. This is a new era for Aftershock, and Sacramento is about to feel it.”
With more than 160,000 fans attending in 2025, Aftershock has become one of North America’s defining heavy music festivals, and this year’s lineup is looking amazing once again.
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