Download Festival is returning this year as Download Pilot, which is a three-day pilot festival that takes part in the U.K. government's Event Research Programme. The festival will take place between June 18 and 20 at Donington Park in Leicestershire with a capacity of 10,000. The festival will be headlined by Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Enter Shikari, and Bullet For My Valentine with the following lineup:
June 18
- Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
- Neck Deep
- Sleep Token
- Boston Manor
- Holding Absence
- Hot Milk
- Malevolence
- Death Blooms
June 19
- Enter Shikari
- While She Sleeps
- Creeper
- Stone Broken
- Twin Atlantic
- Yonaka
- Those Damn Crows
- A
- Vukovi
- Tigercub
- Wargasm
- The Hara
- Bleed From Within
- As Everything Unfolds
- Conjurer
- Lotus Eater
June 20
- Bullet For My Valentine
- Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
- Skindred
- The Wildhearts
- Trash Boat
- Massive Wagons
- Elvana
- Jamie Lenman
- Lonely The Brave
- Higher Power
- Loathe
- Chubby And The Gang
- Employed To Serve
- Cassyette
- Saint Agnes
- Static Dre
- Enter Shikari
- While She Sleeps
- Creeper
- Stone Broken
- Twin Atlantic
- Yonaka
- Those Damn Crows
- A
- Vukovi
- Tigercub
- Wargasm
- The Hara
- Bleed From Within
- As Everything Unfolds
- Conjurer
- Lotus Eater
June 20
- Bullet For My Valentine
- Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
- Skindred
- The Wildhearts
- Trash Boat
- Massive Wagons
- Elvana
- Jamie Lenman
- Lonely The Brave
- Higher Power
- Loathe
- Chubby And The Gang
- Employed To Serve
- Cassyette
- Saint Agnes
- Static Dre
