Torquay’s Burn It Down Festival has dropped a massive third wave of artists for 2026, and with it, the day splits, confirming what many already suspected: this year is going to be the festival’s most explosive edition yet.

Leading the charge are Stick To Your Guns, the Orange County hardcore/metalcore heavyweights who join Drug Church on the barrier‑less Friday for a rare UK festival appearance. Fresh from celebrating the anniversary of their landmark album Disobedient across Europe, the band will hit the English Riviera with a career‑spanning set built for stage‑divers, pile‑ons and pure catharsis.

If Burn It Down 2026 had already positioned itself as a haven for hardcore fans, with Drug Church and Speed locked in as headliners, this new announcement cements it.

Locked Shut arrive as a UK festival exclusive, bringing their stompy Midwest sound to the main stage. UK crossover heroes Pest Control join the Friday chaos, while returning favourites Splitknuckle, False Reality and Bodyweb bolster a lineup that’s increasingly stacked with some of the most exciting heavy bands in the country.

Burn It Down has always thrived on variety, and 2026 is no different.

TheBoyShadow adds technical firepower after a major UK run supporting President, delivering a blend of punishing heaviness and soaring vocals. They join riff‑driven standouts like Love Rarely and Unpeople, helping shape a weekend that refuses to sit neatly in one genre box.

Alt‑rap also finds a home this year, with Yung Yusuf joining the bill alongside Sunnbrella and Toast, expanding the festival’s sonic palette even further.

Once again, Burn It Down transforms the English Riviera into a multi‑venue celebration of alternative music, taking over The Foundry, The Attic and The Apple & Parrot for a sun‑soaked weekend of chaos, community and discovery.

The much‑loved merch hall returns, now upgraded with a full vegan food market and a dedicated space for fans to meet bands and independent creators.

And yes, the skatepark is back. Expect the gnarly half‑pipe, the return of last year’s wildly popular wrestling show, and some secret special guests playing sets in a setting that couldn’t be more perfect.

Every New Addition (Alphabetically)

Asidhara / Arbiter / Be Nice / Bodyweb / Cowboy Hunters / Dear Diary / Downpour / Downward / Emergency Broadcast / Exit Dream / Exterminatus / False Reality / Funeral / Guillotine / Incaseyouleave / Liquid Mike / Locked Shut / Mishikui / No Relief / Oversize / Pest Control / Rat Attack / Roman Candle / Sovereign / Splitknuckle / Stick To Your Guns / Sunday Best / Supernova / TheBoyShadow / TNL VZN / Toothache / Worst Wishes / Wrex / Wrong Man / Yard

With the festival’s first full day of no‑barrier mayhem on the Foundry stage and hardcore heroes Speed closing out the Saturday, Burn It Down 2026 is shaping up to be its most ambitious and adrenaline‑fuelled year to date.

Tickets are on sale now: https://www.byplive.co.uk/burn-it-down