Now in its 15th year, Outbreak Fest has become the most essential date in the calendar for the counterculture within the UK. Hosting the likes of Death Grips, Turnstile, Title Fight, Knocked Loose and more in its almost decade and a half operating, its reputation has extended globally; welcoming artists and fans alike from around the world to participate in the event’s sweat-soaked chaos over three days of genre-fluidity across two locations. Taking place on the 26th, 27th and 28th June 2026 at their home of Bowler’s Exhibition Centre, Outbreak Fest’s 15th anniversary celebrations in Manchester will host Canadian post-hardcore legends Alexisonfire performing their world-beating 2006 album Crisis in full in a very special headline slot alongside UK alternative titans Basement returning for the Sunday headline slot. The Front Bottoms top the billing for Friday’s pre-show. This is alongside the likes of Converge, Suicidal Tendencies, Hatebreed (performing Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire + Perseverence in full), Trapped Under Ice, Touché Amore (performing Stage Four in full), High Vis, Trash Talk, PUP, Snail Mail and many more. Today, Outbreak Fest announce even more huge names for their Manchester event across all three days. On the Friday, California punks Joyce Manor will return to Outbreak, this time with tracks from their critically acclaimed new album I Used To Go To This Bar in tow, alongside math-infused emo revival heroes Algernon Cadwallader, making their first appearance at the festival. Saturday sees the addition of UK alternative titans Loathe, fresh off the back of announcing their first new album in six years, A Stranger To You, as well as New York punk experimentalists Lip Critic and Australian punk/hip hop trio Shady Nasty also touching down at the B.E.C. Hotly-tipped emerging post-hardcore hopes I Promised The World join the line up for their first visit to the UK, with Northampton’s thistle. also joining the fold alongside UK grunge newcomers East Exchange. Sunday features another new addition in the form of fast rising shoegaze wonders Midrift, who will present music from their forthcoming new album Silhouette alongside a rapidly increasing catalogue of hits. Outbreak Fest’s 2026 line up also includes the likes of La Dispute, The Armed, Fiddlehead, Trash Talk, Ecca Vandal, End It, Haywire, Gridiron, Sanction, Higher Power, Glare, Glitterer, Ingrown, Bodyweb, Dynamite, Glixen, Truck Violence, Initiate, February, Still in Love, Turn Of Phrase and more. Full line up listed below. FRIDAY 26TH JUNE
The Front Bottoms (Performing Talon Of The Hawk in full) Joyce Manor
Balance & Composure
Tigers Jaw
Free Throw
Algernon Cadwallader
Pool Kids SATURDAY 27TH JUNE
Alexisonfire (Performing Crisis in full) Converge * Loathe
PUP * High Vis Touche Amore (Performing Stage Four in full) * Quicksand
The Armed * Higher Power
I Promised The World * Shady Nasty
Truck Violence
Lip Critic * Bodyweb
Death Lens
Sunnbrella * Tummyache
Greet Death
Knives
Love is Noise * Blanket
Recluse.E * Still in Love
Turn of Phrase * Thistle.
East Exchange SUNDAY 28TH JUNE
Basement Suicidal Tendencies * Hatebreed (Performing Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire & Perseverance in full)
Trapped Under Ice * Trash Talk
Snail Mail La Dispute
Fiddlehead * Nothing
Ecca Vandal
Gridiron
End It * Haywire
Glitterer
Glare * Midrift
Sanction * Ingrown
Glixen * Febuary
Initiate Over 95% of weekend tickets for Manchester’s edition of Outbreak Fest 2026 are sold out. Remaining tickets are available now from outbreakfest.co.uk alongside hotel packages and a deposit scheme, allowing festival goers to split the cost of their tickets. In its decade and a half causing chaos in the North of England, Outbreak Fest has become a hub for alternative music in all its guises and the community that comes with it. Rapidly expanding to become a global destination for some of the most boundary pushing music the alternative scene has to offer. 2026’s edition aims to celebrate the achievements of that scene at large, while offering festival attendees a completely unique experience that’s unable to be captured anywhere else. Outbreak Fest: Twitter | Instagram | TikTok About Outbreak Fest:
Launched in 2011 as an independent, DIY one day festival in the north of England, Outbreak Fest has rapidly expanded in its 14 years of operating to become the premier event within the UK’s thriving counterculture. Initially launching as a home to hardcore, punk and metal, the sounds emanating from the festival have broadened to suit the ever-diversifying tastes of its audience; now playing host to the finest established and emerging names in the genres of its origins, but also hip hop, indie, shoegaze, emo, electronic and so much more. 2025 saw more scope to the reach of Outbreak Fest, with a triumphant one-day event in London’s Victoria Park alongside its usual two-day weekender at Manchester’s Bowlers Exhibition Centre. | 
