Aftershock Announces 2026 Lineup with My Chemical Romance, Limp Bizkit, Pierce The Veil, Tool
Aftershock has announced one hell of a lineup for 2026, when the acclaimed rock and metal festival will be returning to Discovery Park in Sacramento from Thursday October 1st to Sunday October 4th. This year’s headliners will include My Chemical Romance, Limp Bizkit, Pierce The Veil, and Tool. Other notable performances are set to come from Sublime, Wu-Tang Clan, Babymetal, Danny Elfman, The Offspring, $uicideboy$, A Day To Remember, Queens of the Stone Age, The Pretty Reckless, Coheed and Cambria, Black Label Society, Body Count, and so many more.
Passes for all dates are on sale now, but they are sure to go fast. You can view the full day-by-day lineup below. Who are you most looking forward to seeing?
Aftershock Festival 2026
Thursday, October 1st, 2026
My Chemical Romance
Sublime
Hot Mulligan
Mayday Parade
We The Kings
Lit
Free Throw
The Offspring
The Used
New Found Glory
The Starting Line
Hawthorne Heights
L.S. Dunes
Leap
The Pretty Reckless
Nothing More
Theory of a Deadman
Apocalyptica
Finger Eleven
Red
The Violent Hour
Killswitch Engage
Sevendust
Coal Chamber
The Union Underground
Ill Niño
Unloco
Brujeria
Ladrones
Starset
From Ashes to New
Holding Absence
Caskets
The Word Liave
Wind Walkers
Friday, October 2nd, 2026
Limp Bizkit
Wu-Tang Clan
Public Enemy
Cypress Hill
Insane Clown Posse
P.O.D.
Drowning Pool
$uicideboy$
Slaughter to Prevail
Three 6 Mafia
Kublai Khan TX
Drain
Haywire
Haarper
Silly Goose
Coheed & Cambria
Underoath
Alexisonfire
Senses Fair
Atreyu
Finch
Alesana
Eyes Set To Kill
Dethlok
Chad Gray
Cradle of Filth
Alissa White-Gluz
Nekrogoblikon
Psychostick
Vianova
Paleface Swiss
The Black Dahlia Murder
Spite
Bodysnatcher
Peelingflesh
Rivers of Nihil
Saturday, October 3rd, 2026
Pierce The Veil
Babymetal
Sleeping With Sirens
Chiodos
Set It Off
Blessthefall
Ivri
A Day To Remember
The Story So Far
Wage War
The Wonder Years
The Devil Wears Prada
Escape TheFate
Austin Carlile
Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas
Black Label Society
Down
Corrosion of Conformity
Kylesa
Melvins
Pentagram
Doobie
Circa Survive
La Dispute
Thursday
Saosin
Armor for Sleep
Horse the Band
Emery
The Fall of Troy
The Ghost Inside
Counterparts
After The Burial
The Acacia Strain
Stick To Your Guns
Gideon
Sunday, October 4th, 2026
Tool
Danny Elfman
AFI
Zakk Sabbath
Buckethead
Helmet
CKY
Queens of the Stone Age
Stone Temple Pilots
Highly Suspect
Wolfmother
Filter
Oleander
Toadies
Body Count (featuring Ice-T)
Suicidal Tendencies
Cavalera (performing Roots in full)
Soulfly
Municipal Waste
Cro-Mags
Codefendants
Dance Gavin Dance
The Home Team
From First To Last
Hail The Sun
I See Stars
Drop Dead, Gorgeous
Emarosa
I Set My Friends on Fire
Sleep Theory
President
Jutes
Holywatr
The Pretty Wild
(Mystery Guest TBD)
