Event
7th August 2025 - 10th August 2025
Bloodstock Festival
The UK’s biggest independent metal festival held at the picturesque village of Walton on Trent in Derbyshire.
About
7th August 2025 - 10th August 2025
10:00 am - 11:45 pm
Bloodstock Open Air (B-O-A) is the UK’s biggest independent METAL festival. Held at the picturesque location of Walton on Trent in Derbyshire, B-O-A has won the hearts and minds of fans of heavy ROCK AND METAL by consistently showcasing the strongest metal line up on UK soil.
You can expect some 20,000 metal heads descending on Derbyshire in August for 4 days of unadulterated full on Heavy Metal!!!
BLOODSTOCK boasts over 100 international rock and metal acts across four stages, as well as other attractions including a huge international metal market, late night entertainment in the Sophie Lancaster Tent, fairground rides, ‘Lemmy's Bar’ festival bar serving real ale, full weekend camping and one of the best atmospheres the festival scene has to offer. Add to this a signing tent where you can meet your favourite bands, and for those of you who need those extra creature comforts - an extra special VIP experience in the Serpents Lair camping and hospitality backstage bar, which offers 100+ different real ales, this really is an unmissable date in the headbangers calendar. Metal brethren at your marks!
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