Just make sure you buy your car park pass before you go. In good traffic, it's about 50 minutes away from Birmingham city centre. The postcode for your sat nav is DE74 2RP. It's the race track, so some of this year's stuff will be on hard ground and not just on grass! The official line-up for Download Festival 2022 (Image: Download Festival) Where is Download Festival 2022 and how do you get there?ĭownload is held at Donington Park, Castle Donington in Derbyshire. Here's the official poster, showing all the bands and when you'll get to see them: Kiss, Iron Maiden and Biffy Clyro headlining, that that order, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Read more: We went to Mardi Gras at Alton Towers and had street food and beers on the new pontoon Who's playing Download Festival 2022? Hopefully we won't hear the words 'Drownload' or 'Brownload' this year, nicknames coined by fans who have waded knee-deep in mud in past years. But the main stages will open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with Kiss, the legendary Iron Maiden and Biffy Clyro headlining on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, in that order.īlissfully, the Met Office has predicted three dry days. Technically, Download Festival is a five-dayer - many dedicated fans will travel to the Leicestershire site tomorrow, Wednesday, June 8, to party in their tents and with their pals in the Village. The week is upon us, when heavy metal fans return home to the hallowed ground of Donington Park for three days of excellent music on five main arena stages.

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