Hardcore festivals

Hardcore festivals in 2026

Every bill still ahead of you with real Hardcore on it, deepest first. A festival needs at least 2 Hardcore acts to be here, so one stray booking on a bill about something else does not count.

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  Aftershock 2026October 1–4, 2026 · Discovery Park, Sacramento, CA46 Hardcore acts on the bill →
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  Warped Tour Orlando 2026November 14–15, 2026 · Camping World Stadium Campus, Orlando, FL29 Hardcore acts on the bill →
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  Furnace Fest 2026October 10–11, 2026 · Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, AL26 Hardcore acts on the bill →
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  Sick New World Texas 2026October 24, 2026 · Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX15 Hardcore acts on the bill →
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  The Fest 2026October 23–25, 2026 · Gainesville, FL15 Hardcore acts on the bill →
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  Good Things 2026December 4–6, 2026 · Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane, Australia3 Hardcore acts on the bill →

Who carries Hardcore this season

All 120 acts we have tagged Hardcore, sorted six ways. The lists disagree with each other, and the names they disagree about are usually the ones worth hearing.

Booked the most in 2026

The Hardcore acts who spent 2026 on the road. Go to more than one festival and you have probably seen a few of them already.

1. 1Turnstile15Hardcore's joyful crossover kings — dreamy interludes, stage dives, total communion, and a crowd that moves as one.
2. 2Haywire7Newer West Coast hardcore working the same fast, mean seam as its Bay Area peers — no-frills aggression built for short, violent sets.
3. 3Pierce The Veil7San Diego post-hardcore romantics enjoying a massive TikTok-era second act — the scene's most swooned-over comeback.
4. 4Coheed and Cambria5Sci-fi concept-rock saga with arena hooks — 'Welcome Home' indeed, the Amory Wars mythology powering some of modern prog's biggest singalongs.
5. 5Dance Gavin Dance5Swancore's funk-flecked flagship — technicolor riffs and dual-vocal whiplash, a prolific catalog that never stopped mutating.
6. 6Kublai Khan TX5Texas hardcore at its most punishing — mosh calls with a message, and a low end that treats subtlety as a character flaw.
7. 7Rise Against5Chicago's melodic-hardcore conscience — two decades of fists-up anthems delivered with undimmed conviction, 'Savior' still closing rooms.
8. 8Suicidal Tendencies5Venice crossover legends — 'Institutionalized' and a pit that never ages, Cyco Mike still leading the charge.
9. 9Underoath5'They're Only Chasing Safety' to now — metalcore's restless innovators, reinventing loudly in every era, and the reinventions keep landing.
10. 10AFI4Hardcore kids who became goths and then a genuinely huge rock band — Davey Havok's full-commitment melodrama riding a catalog that runs from East Bay punk to 'Miss Murder'-era anthems.

Most upcoming bookings

Everything still ahead of us, for anyone with festivals left on the calendar.

1. 1Haywire4Newer West Coast hardcore working the same fast, mean seam as its Bay Area peers — no-frills aggression built for short, violent sets.
2. 2AFI3Hardcore kids who became goths and then a genuinely huge rock band — Davey Havok's full-commitment melodrama riding a catalog that runs from East Bay punk to 'Miss Murder'-era anthems.
3. 3Alexisonfire3Canada's post-hardcore heart — three voices trading scream, croon, and rasp across one beloved catalog, with reunion sets that feel like national holidays back home.
4. 4Emery3'The Question'-era screamo-pop veterans, still swinging — dueling vocals and dynamic whiplash from one of the scene's smartest bands.
5. 5Gideon3Alabama metalcore turned mean — melodic roots swapped for something nu-metal-adjacent, and the heaviness pays for the trade.
6. 6Norma Jean3Chaotic Southern metalcore — dissonant, lurching, and famously punishing to watch from the front, two decades of controlled collapse.
7. 7Pain of Truth3Long Island heavy hardcore with a lineage running straight back to the NYHC canon — new-school stomp, old-school allegiance.
8. 8Underoath3'They're Only Chasing Safety' to now — metalcore's restless innovators, reinventing loudly in every era, and the reinventions keep landing.
9. 9Bad Religion2Forty-plus years of polysyllabic melodic punk — three-part harmonies over an unwavering political line, still the genre's reigning intellectuals.
10. 10Ben Quad2Fifth-wave emo at its most frantic — tapped riffs and throat-shredding payoffs in equal measure, from a band that treats catharsis as a competitive sport.

Most headline slots

The names printed in the biggest type, trusted to send everyone home.

1. 1Turnstile6Hardcore's joyful crossover kings — dreamy interludes, stage dives, total communion, and a crowd that moves as one.
2. 2My Chemical Romance4Concept-album maximalists who treated emo as opera — marching-band drums, guitar harmonies, and a costume for every era, theatrical to the last note.
3. 3Pierce The Veil3San Diego post-hardcore romantics enjoying a massive TikTok-era second act — the scene's most swooned-over comeback.

Most places played

Whose year reads like a world tour that happened to be made of festivals.

1. 1Turnstile13Hardcore's joyful crossover kings — dreamy interludes, stage dives, total communion, and a crowd that moves as one.
2. 2Haywire7Newer West Coast hardcore working the same fast, mean seam as its Bay Area peers — no-frills aggression built for short, violent sets.
3. 3Pierce The Veil7San Diego post-hardcore romantics enjoying a massive TikTok-era second act — the scene's most swooned-over comeback.
4. 4Coheed and Cambria5Sci-fi concept-rock saga with arena hooks — 'Welcome Home' indeed, the Amory Wars mythology powering some of modern prog's biggest singalongs.
5. 5Kublai Khan TX5Texas hardcore at its most punishing — mosh calls with a message, and a low end that treats subtlety as a character flaw.
6. 6Rise Against5Chicago's melodic-hardcore conscience — two decades of fists-up anthems delivered with undimmed conviction, 'Savior' still closing rooms.
7. 7Underoath5'They're Only Chasing Safety' to now — metalcore's restless innovators, reinventing loudly in every era, and the reinventions keep landing.
8. 8Alexisonfire4Canada's post-hardcore heart — three voices trading scream, croon, and rasp across one beloved catalog, with reunion sets that feel like national holidays back home.
9. 9Bodysnatcher4Florida beatdown with no interest in subtlety — grief and rage compressed into two-minute assaults, as heavy emotionally as it is sonically.
10. 10Chiodos4Craig Owens's theatrical post-hardcore, reunited — MySpace-era drama with real stakes, piano flourishes and that unmistakable swooping vocal intact.

Most saved to a plan

The Hardcore acts people are building a Saturday around.

1. 1Soul GloPhilly's ferocious hardcore standard-bearers — blistering screamo velocity spliced with hip-hop and biting political fury, critical darlings for good reason.
2. 2TurnstileHardcore's joyful crossover kings — dreamy interludes, stage dives, total communion, and a crowd that moves as one.
3. 3AFIHardcore kids who became goths and then a genuinely huge rock band — Davey Havok's full-commitment melodrama riding a catalog that runs from East Bay punk to 'Miss Murder'-era anthems.
4. 4Gouge AwayPost-hardcore that knows exactly when to stop shouting — dynamics doing the damage the volume can't, Pixies nerve inside hardcore muscle.
5. 5High VisUK hardcore with baggy Britpop swagger — working-class catharsis that turned the scene's head, then everyone else's.
6. 6My Chemical RomanceConcept-album maximalists who treated emo as opera — marching-band drums, guitar harmonies, and a costume for every era, theatrical to the last note.

All 120 Hardcore acts

TurnstileHaywirePierce The VeilCoheed and CambriaDance Gavin DanceKublai Khan TXRise AgainstSuicidal TendenciesUnderoathAFIAlexisonfireBad ReligionBodysnatcherChiodosDrainEmeryFrom First To LastGideonHolding AbsenceKnocked LooseL.S. DunesMy Chemical RomancePaleface SwissSleep TheorySleeping with SirensSPEEDSunamiTaking Back SundayThe Plot In YouThe UsedThriceThrownBen QuadblessthefallCatch Your BreathCirca SurviveHail The SunHawthorne HeightsNorma JeanPain of TruthRain City DriveSenses FailShow Me The BodyThousand BelowunpeopleWe Came As RomansAngel Du$tAngerfistAustin Carlile: The Original Voice of Of Mice & MenBetween The Buried And MeCorrosion of ConformityCounterpartsCro-MagsEmarosaEscape The FateGlassjawHatebreedI Set My Friends On FireInitiateKayzoKOYOLil TexasMadballPoison the WellScary Kids Scaring KidsSoul GloStick To Your GunsThe Acacia StrainThe Ghost InsideThe Red Jumpsuit ApparatusThe Tony Danza Tapdance ExtravaganzaThursdayA Wilhelm ScreamAlesanaBear Vs. SharkBetter LoversBody Count feat. Ice-TBoston ManorBurning AirlinesCamping in AlaskaCapstanDayseekerFinchGammerGatecreeperGlittererGood RiddanceGouge AwayHelmetHigh VisHorace PinkerHorse The BandIron ReaganJoão Gordo & Asteroides TrioLa DisputeLagwagonMatanza RitualMunicipal WasteMurphy's LawNo CureNØ MANPulleySaosinScowlScribeSet Your GoalsSilversteinSleeping GiantSmall Brown BikeSpacedSpartaStrike AnywhereStuck LuckysunshowerTerrorTexas is the ReasonThe AlmostThe BollweevilsThe Callous DaoboysThe Number Twelve Looks Like You

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