The Rave/Eagles Ballroom June 5 – 7, Pre-Party June 5 – 7

Milwaukee Metal Festival 2026 is pleased to now reveal the headliner day splits! ACID BATH will conquer Friday, followed by KILLSWITCH ENGAGE on Saturday with newly added headliner MINISTRY to close out the weekend! In addition, the festival has announced over 20 new additions, which can be found below!

General ticket sales will launch on Monday, December 15 @ 10:00 A.M. CST, which includes all single day, 2-day, and 3-day ticketing options and can be found HERE.

The festival will now take place June 5 – 7, 2026, with the pre-party kicking off on June 4! The festival will take place once again at The Rave/Eagles Ballroom.

Co-organizer Jamey Jasta comments, “2026 is shaping up to be our best year yet and we’re just getting started! More bands, more stages, more vendors, more food, more signings, it’s gonna be the best weekend EVER! See you in the good the land!”

The current lineup is now as follows with more TBA:

• ACID BATH
• KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
• MINISTRY
• OBITUARY
• POWERTRIP
• AGALLOCH
• AFTER THE BURIAL
• ALL SHALL PERISH
• NAILS
• IRON REAGAN
• HAVOK
• NUNSLAUGHTER
• HIRAX
• INTEGRITY
• PRONG
• INTERNAL BLEEDING
• UADA
• DEADGUY
• MASTER
• WEEKEND NACHOS
• MORTA SKULD
• POLKADOT CADAVER
• SWORN ENEMY
• BELUSHI SPEEDBALL
• INCITE
• CASKET ROBBERY
• DUSK
• JEFFREY NOTHING
• BRICK BY BRICK
• DEAD BY WEDNESDAY
• HUMAN ARTIFACTS
• THANATOTIC DESIRE
• EYES OF THE LIVING
• MISERY
• STRIKING 13
• TRIP TO THE MORGUE
• DARK HORSE PROPHET
• & OVER 40 MORE ARTISTS / BANDS TO BE ANNOUNCED!

Stay tuned for the next wave of bands – you don’t wanna miss this!