With an astonishing 175 bands/artists playing seven different stages over four days on a newly expanded and enhanced festival site, Louder Than Life 2025 is certainly pushing the boundaries of the phrase “Too much of a good thing!” This year’s Louder Than Life – which returns September 18, 19, 20 & 21 to the Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center – is officially the largest festival in the history of producer Danny Wimmer Presents!
That being said, Loudmouths are obviously going to need to make a lot of difficult choices this year in who to see and who they are forced to miss given that as many as five different bands may be playing at the same time. Thankfully, you can start weighing those choices today, as Danny Wimmer Presents has now released the daily set schedule for all four days, (subject to change).
Festival gates open at 10:00 AM daily.
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
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.
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Fans are encouraged to secure their passes now as very limited options for four day and single day GA, 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. Car + Tent and RV Camping are both sold out. However, there is a wait list for RV Camping.
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.
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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, Strüng, 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 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.
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This article appears in Aug 1-31, 2025.