LOUDER THAN LIFE Festival Announces Band Performance Times
By
Larry Petro,
News Monkey
Friday, August 22, 2025 @ 6:52 AM
| September 18-21 In Louisville, KY At Highland Festival Grounds At Kentucky Exposition Center
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In just a month, Louder Than Life will stage one of the biggest and LOUDEST festivals in North America all year - and the largest in the history of producer Danny Wimmer Presents! With more than 175 bands, 7 stages and a newly expanded and enhanced festival site, the 11th edition of Louder Than Life - held September 18, 19, 20 & 21 at the Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY - will be like nothing music fans have experienced yet. To help everyone plan ahead, DWP has now released the music performance set times and a new mobile app so attendees can create their dream weekend and make sure not to miss a moment of the action.
In addition to the previously announced return of metal legends SLAYER, the four-day destination event will also feature ROB ZOMBIE in a global exclusive performance of Astro-Creep: 2000 in honor of the album's 25th anniversary, plus MARILYN MANSON on Thursday; AVENGED SEVENFOLD, SLEEP TOKEN and BREAING BENJAMIN on Friday; DEFTONES, BAD OMENS and A PERFECT CIRCLE on Saturday; and BRING ME THE HORIZON, $UICIDEBOY$ and EVANESCENCE on Sunday.
America's Loudest Rock & Metal Festival will also feature performances from Knocked Loose, Three Days Grace, Lamb of God, Mudvayne, I Prevail, Spiritbox, All Time Low, Dream Theater, Stone Temple Pilots, Motionless in White, Cypress Hill, Acid Bath, DOWN, Lorna Shore, Bruce Dickinson, and many more.
Fans are encouraged to secure their passes now as very limited options for four day and single day GA and VIP and Angel's Envy Top Shelf passes remain at https://louderthanlifefestival.com/passes along with Jampack hotel packages, plus options to buy now and pay later via Zip.Car + Tent and RV Camping are both sold out. However, there is a wait list for RV Camping.
The music schedule for Louder Than Life 2025 is as follows (subject to change) and can also be found online. Attendees can create a personalized festival schedule with alerts and find all Louder Than Life details via the festival's official mobile app, available on both iPhone & Android.
Thursday, September 18
Main Stage 1
- 9:30 PM - Slayer
- 7:10 PM - Lamb Of God
- 5:20 PM - Down
- 3:50 PM - Cavalera
- 2:35 PM - Carcass
- 1:25 PM - Municipal Waste
- 12:15 PM - Winds Of Plague
Main Stage 2
- 8:15 PM - Rob Zombie
- 6:05 PM - Marilyn Manson
- 4:35 PM - Cannibal Corpse
- 3:10 PM - Exodus
- 2:00 PM - The Black Dahlia Murder
- 12:50 PM - Fear Factory
- 11:45 AM - Fulci
Decibel Stage
- 8:30 PM - Lorna Shore
- 7:00 PM - Kublai Khan TX
- 5:40 PM - Brand Of Sacrifice
- 4:30 PM - Sanguisugaboog
- 3:20 PM - Full Of Hell
- 2:10 PM - Left To Suffer
- 1:10 PM - Not Enough Space
Reverb Stage
- 7:45 PM - The Story So Far
- 6:15 PM - Neck Deep
- 5:05 PM - State Champs
- 3:55 PM - Drain
- 2:45 PM - Four Year Strong
- 1:40 PM - Gideon
- 12:40 PM - Guilt Trip
Loudmouth Stage
- 7:00 PM - From Ashes To New
- 5:40 PM - Atreyu
- 4:30 PM - Set It Off
- 3:20 PM - Catch Your Breath
- 2:10 PM - Landmvrks
- 1:10 PM - Colorblind
- 12:05 PM - If Not For Me
Big Bourbon Bar
- 5:40 PM - Peeling Flesh
- 4:30 PM - Mugshot
- 3:20 PM - Snuffed On Sight
- 2:10 PM - Big Ass Truck
- 1:10 PM - Imperial Tide
- 12:05 PM - Sicksense
Kingdom Stage
- 8:15 PM - XweaponX
- 5:05 PM - Haywire617
- 2:45 PM - SIlly Goose
Friday, September 19
Main Stage 1
- 9:55 PM - Avenged Sevenfold
- 7:35 PM - Breaking Benjamin
- 5:50 PM - Mudvayne
- 4:20 PM - Insane Clown Posse
- 3:05 PM - Static-X
- 1:55 PM - Dope
- 12:45 PM - Nonpoint
Main Stage 2
- 8:40 PM - Sleep Token
- 6:40 PM - Spiritbox
- 5:05 PM - Dayseeker
- 3:40 PM - Pvris
- 2:30 PM - Imminence
- 1:20 PM - Northlane
- 12:10 PM - Violent Vira
Decibel Stage
- 9:05 PM - All Time Low
- 7:20 PM - Hollywood Undead
- 5:45 PM - Story Of The Year
- 4:15 PM - Of Mice & Men
- 3:00 PM - Magnolia Park
- 1:50 PM - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
- 12:40 PM - Hot Milk
Reverb Stage
- 8:10 PM - Dream Theater
- 6:30 PM - Powerwolf
- 5:00 PM - Dragonforce
- 3:35 PM - Alestorm
- 2:25 PM - Demon Hunter
- 1:15 PM - Gloryhammer
- 12:10 PM - Liliac
Loudmouth Stage
- 7:20 PM - Hatebreed
- 6:00 PM - Whitechapel
- 5:00 PM - Suicide Silence
- 4:00 PM - Miss May I
- 3:05 PM - Thrown
- 1:55 PM - Walls Of Jericho
- 12:45 PM - Thornhill
Big Bourbon Bar
- 4:45 PM - Ded
- 3:45 PM - Islander
- 2:45 PM - Aurorawave
- 1:45 PM - Savage Hands
- 12:45 PM - Uncured
- 11:45 AM - Xcomm
Kingdom Stage
- 5:20 PM - Unearth
- 4:20 PM - War Of Ages
- 3:20 PM - Convictions
Saturday, September 20
Main Stage 1
- 9:55 PM - Deftones
- 7:35 PM - A Perfect Circle
- 5:50 PM - Stone Temple Pilots
- 4:10 PM - Acid Bath
- 2:50 PM - Failure
- 1:40 PM - Superheaven
- 12:30 PM - Quannnic
Main Stage 2
- 8:40 PM - Bad Omens
- 6:40 PM - I Prevail
- 5:00 PM - Motionless In White
- 3:25 PM - Black Veil Brides
- 2:15 PM - Fleshwater
- 1:05 PM - The Funeral Portrait
- 11:55 AM - Silent Theory
Decibel Stage
- 8:30 PM - Trivium
- 6:55 PM - Machine Head
- 5:40 PM - Chimaira
- 4:30 PM - August Burns Red
- 3:20 PM - Devildriver
- 2:10 PM - Spiritworld
- 1:10 PM - Disembodied Tyrant
Reverb Stage
- 7:40 PM - Cypress Hill
- 6:15 PM - Stabbing Westward
- 5:05 PM - Kittie
- 3:55 PM - Spineshank
- 2:45 PM - Snot
- 1:40 PM - The Union Underground
- 12:40 PM - Ra
Loudmouth Stage
- 9:55 PM - Chiodos
- 7:35 PM - Letlive.
- 5:50 PM - Blessthefall
- 4:10 PM - Hawthorne Heights
- 2:50 PM - From First To Last
- 1:40 PM - Attack Attack!
- 12:30 PM - Woe, Is Me
Big Bourbon Bar
- 5:30 PM - Small Town Titans
- 4:30 PM - Smile Empty Soul
- 3:20 PM - Halocene
- 2:10 PM - Ashes Remain
- 1:05 PM - Versus Me
- 11:45 AM - Left For Last
Kingdom Stage
- 8:00 PM - Upon A Burning Body
- 7:10 PM - The Browning
- 6:20 PM - Fight From Within
Sunday, September 21
Main Stage 1
- 9:30 PM - Bring Me The Horizon
- 7:10 PM - Evanescence
- 5:25 PM - Knocked Loose
- 3:55 PM - Slaughter To Prevail
- 2:40 PM - Tech N9ne
- 1:30 PM - The Plot In You
- 12:20 PM - Escape The Fate
Main Stage 2
- 8:15 PM - $uicideboy$
- 6:15 PM - Three Days Grace
- 4:40 PM - Wage War
- 3:15 PM - We Came As Romans
- 2:05 PM - Memphis May Fire
- 12:55 PM - Crown The Empire
- 11:45 AM - Sleep Theory
Decibel Stage
- 8:15 PM - In This Moment
- 5:30 PM - Flyleaf w/Lacey Sturm
- 4:10 PM - Hinder
- 3:00 PM - Crossfade
- 1:50 PM - 10 Years
- 12:40 PM - Rev Theory
- 11:30 AM - 12 Stones
Reverb Stage
- 7:25 PM - Bruce Dickinson
- 4:45 PM - Testament
- 3:35 PM - Queensryche
- 2:25 PM - Sebastian Bach
- 1:15 PM - Accept
- 12:05 PM - Yngwie Malmsteen
- 11:00 AM - Chained Saint
Loudmouth Stage
- 7:25 PM - The Dillinger Escape Plan
- 6:15 PM - Glassjaw
- 4:10 PM - Counterparts
- 3:00 PM - Dying Wish
- 1:50 PM - Norma Jean
- 12:40 PM - It Dies Today
- 11:30 AM - Gates To Hell
Big Bourbon Bar
- 6:55 PM - Wargasm
- 5:25 PM - Amira Elfeky
- 3:50 PM - The Haunt
- 2:35 PM - Kami Kehoe
- 1:25 PM - Picturesque
- 12:20 PM - Enmy
Kingdom Stage
- 8:15 PM - Orthodox
- 6:55 PM - Fox Lake
- 4:50 PM - 156/Silence
- 3:40 PM - Return To Dust
Festival gates open at 10:00 AM daily.
As previously announced, Louder Than Life will offer a major festival site expansion and extensive enhancements to elevate the experience for fans that makes greater use of the Kentucky Exposition Center's infrastructure, creating a more comfortable and resilient experience for fans. More space will improve the crowd flow and there will be more room for all to relax and enjoy the onsite festival experiences. Some of the enhancements include an immersive indoor merch experience within the air-conditioned Kentucky Expo Center, a VIP area that's 35% larger with a 3-story elevated viewing platform of the main stages and a newly added seventh stage for even more music.
In addition, all festival passes will include FREE access to amusement rides inside Kentucky Kingdom (which will be part of the festival footprint and open exclusively to festival attendees), including the Giant Wheel (ferris wheel, with extended hours), Lightning Run roller coaster, Scream Extreme and Skycatcher, for a total of 18 fan-favorites.
See a virtual video of the reimagined festival site here: https://youtu.be/--5VlliI9lU
In addition to music performances, Louder Than Life will also feature various partner onsite activations, award-winning beverages and delectable eats. Louder Than Life has teamed up with an incredible lineup of partners that help the event grow louder, bolder, and more unforgettable every year: Acathla Clothing, Al Capone, Angel's Envy, Basil Hayden, Beatbox Beverages, Black Shades, Blackcraft Cult, Bud Light, Cutwater Spirits, Demons Behind Me, Dimebag Hardware, Drew Estate, Eargasm, Elijah Craig, Fxck Cancer, Huber's Starlight Distillery, Jack Daniel's, Jim Beam, Knob Creek & Rye, KREWE, Kroger, Maker's Mark, Middle West Spirits, Milagro Tequila, Old Forester, Park Community Credit Union, Voices for Consumer Choice and Citizens for Tobacco Rights, Parlor Root Beer, Red Bull, Strung, Take Me Home, The Music Experience, The Taylor Foundation, Tito's Handmade Vodka, To Write Love on Her Arms, U.S. Army, U.S. Marines, Voices for Consumer Choice and Citizens for Tobacco Rights, White Claw, and Willett Distillery.
Louder Than Life draws fans from every state and many countries around the world, and passes sell out well in advance, so fans are encouraged to buy early to reserve their spot. The special 10th anniversary edition of Louder Than Life in 2024 brought together 150,000 fans (over three festival days) and continues to retain its title of America's Loudest Rock & Metal Festival a decade after debuting in Louisville in 2014, marking a dedicated and ongoing partnership between the city and festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents.
Louder Than Life and DWP's Louisville companion festival Bourbon & Beyond, which takes place the weekend prior, generated over $33 million in local economic impact in 2024 and drew more than 300,000 attendees booking over 60,000 hotel room nights and creating a visitor boom at local restaurants and other businesses, including bourbon distilleries along the Urban Bourbon Trail.
Los Angeles-based Danny Wimmer Presents, one of the largest independent producers of destination music festivals in America, produces Louder Than Life.
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