Friday and Saturday, February 27 and 28
LDB Fest 2026
Mellwood Art Center | 1860 Mellwood Ave. | ldbbbfest.com | $155.59 two-day pass | 11 a.m. | All ages
If you’re having/plan on attending a wedding at the Mellwood Art Center on February 27th or 28th, your chances of receiving a windmill kick to the face during said wedding have just gone up substantially. Or at the very least, your wedding music is getting an upgrade.
LDB Fest, presented by Life & Death Brigade, Triple B Records, and 502 Shows, is one of the largest hardcore festivals in the country, and it returns to Louisville for its 13th edition, moving this year to the Mellwood Art Center. Over 30 bands are scheduled to appear, they are:
- Saves The Day
- Terror
- All Out War
- Big Boy
- Gridiron
- On Broken Wings
- Beyond All Doubt
- Bulldoze
- Burning Lord
- C4
- Combust
- Contention
- Crush Your Soul
- D Bloc
- Division of Mind
- Everybody Dies (Louisville band featuring Isaac Hale from Knocked Loose)
- Face the Pain
- Fatal Realm
- The Final Agony
- Final Resting Place
- xGAARGOYLEx (Louisville band)
- Hold My Own
- Mongrel
- No Guard
- Orthodox
- Prevention
- Scarab
- Stateside
- Struck
- Walk Alone (Louisville band)
- Who Laughs Last (Louisville band)
- With Hate
- Wreckage
Thursday, February 26
LDB Fest 2026 Pre-Show
Portal | 1512 Portland Ave. | ldbbbfest.com | $28.39 adv | 5 p.m. | All ages
If LDB Fest isn’t enough already, check out the pre-show Thursday night at Portal featuring:
- Missing Link
- The Sissy Boys
- Enervate
- Surfaced (Louisville band)
- Rejoice
- Kings Command
- Dead On Your Feet
- Couldn’t Be Me (Louisville band featuring Isaac Hale from Knocked Loose)
Friday, February 27
LDB Fest 2026 Friday Night Afterparty
Headliners Music Hall | 1386 Lexington Rd. | ldbbbfest.com | $28.37 adv | 9 p.m. | 18 & over
And we’re not done yet, as Friday night following LDB Fest head over to Headliners Music Hall where you’re gonna dance till you bleed to goth, techno, industrial, freakshit with Nowhere2Run’s Bloodrave.
