Here's how to get 2023 tickets to Louder Than Life heavy metal festival in Louisville

Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal
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Louder Than Life is back and is bigger than ever, with four days of heavy metal music heading to the Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center.

The heavy metal, rock, punk, and alternative headliners music festival announced its lineup of nearly 100 performers heading to Louisville for the four-day event held Sept. 21-24 at the Highland's Festival Grounds, 937 Phillips Lane.

The 2023 festival includes a top-notch list of bands, including headliners Foo Fighters, Green Day (making its festival debut), Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, Godsmack, Pantera, Queens of the Stone Age, Weezer, Limp Bizkit, Megadeth and Turnstile. Other bands include Rancid, Falling In Reverse, 311, Pierce The Veil, Run The Jewels, Corey Taylor, Coheed and Cambria, Royal Blood, Parkway Drive, Bad Omens, BABYMETAL and more.

"The fans spoke and we listened. The Foo Fighters, Green Day, Tool and Avenged Sevenfold were our most fa requested bands for 2023, so being able to deliver this massive lineup to them is so special" Danny Wimmer, Founder of Danny Wimmer Presents said in a press release announcing the lineup. "Louder Than Life and Bourbon & Beyond (held this year on Sept. 14-17) are the eight biggest days in music and it’s all happening in Louisville this September."

Single-day and weekend General Admission and VIP passes, as well as weekend Angel's Envy Top Shelf VIP passes for Louder Than Life are on sale now starting as low as $10 down.

Green Day performs on the Home Plate stage during day one of Innings Festival at Tempe Beach Park on Feb. 25, 2023.
Green Day performs on the Home Plate stage during day one of Innings Festival at Tempe Beach Park on Feb. 25, 2023.

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“Louder Than Life always delivers a huge weekend and is one of the top economic events annually for Louisville, further cementing the city as a top destination for music festivals. Bourbon City loves welcoming fans for America’s Biggest Rock Festival, inviting them to experience the city’s Southern hospitality, area attractions and of course urban bourbon experiences," Cleo Battle, president and CEO of Louisville Tourism, said in the news release. "We’ve seen this weekend continue to grow throughout the longtime partnership with festival organizers Danny Wimmer Presents and look forward to celebrating our ninth year hosting Louder Than Life this September."

Here's what else to know about the 2023 Louder Than Life festival:

When do tickets for Louder Than Life go on sale?

Maynard James Keenan, frontman of the Grammy winning metal band, Tool, performs at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona on Jan. 21, 2022.
Maynard James Keenan, frontman of the Grammy winning metal band, Tool, performs at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona on Jan. 21, 2022.

Tickets are currently available at louderthanlifefestival.com.

How much will it cost to attend Louder Than Life?

Celtic punk band Flogging Molly poses for a photo while promoting their 2022 album "Anthem," which Worcester audiences will hear on Feb. 28.
Celtic punk band Flogging Molly poses for a photo while promoting their 2022 album "Anthem," which Worcester audiences will hear on Feb. 28.

Tickets are currently available at louderthanlifefestival.com. Four-day weekend packages range in price from $279.99-$1599.99 plus fees. Prices typically increase closer to the festival date. Combination passes for Louder Than Life and Bourbon & Beyond held Sept. 14-17, are also available.

Tickets for Louder Than Life are on sale at LouderThanLifefestival.com. Ticket options are available in four tiers: single-day, weekend general admission, VIP and Top Shelf:

  • Single-day Admission: $109.99

  • Single-day VIP Admission: $229.99

  • General Admission weekend pass: $279.99

  • Weekend VIP pass: $669.99

  • Weekend Angel's Envy Top Shelf pass: $1,599.99

2023 Louder Than Life Music Festival lineup

Thursday, Sept. 21

Brian Bell, guitarist in Weezer, performs during the first show of the Weezer x Pixies 2019 tour at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Ky. on Friday, March 8, 2019.
Brian Bell, guitarist in Weezer, performs during the first show of the Weezer x Pixies 2019 tour at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Ky. on Friday, March 8, 2019.

  • Foo Fighters

  • Weezer

  • Rancid

  • 311

  • Coheed and Cambria

  • Royal Blood

  • Code Orange

  • White Reaper

  • L7

  • Deafheaven

  • Nothing But Thieves

  • Sueco

  • Movements

  • The Bronx

  • Nothing

  • Nowhere.

  • Mannequin Pu**y

  • Beauty School Dropout

  • Pinkshift

  • Bob Vylan

  • Starcrawler

  • Starbenders

  • KYNG

  • Tigercub

  • SeeYouSpaceCowboy

  • Guerilla Warfare

  • Asava

Friday, Sept. 22

Alternative metal band Godsmack started off with some pyrotechnics for their 2007 show at the Kay Yeager Coliseum.
Alternative metal band Godsmack started off with some pyrotechnics for their 2007 show at the Kay Yeager Coliseum.

  • Tool

  • Godsmack

  • Limp Bizkit

  • Megadeth

  • Corey Taylor

  • Dance Gavin Dance

  • Bad Omens

  • Wage War

  • Avatar

  • Fever 333

  • Kittie

  • Enter Shikari

  • Miss May I

  • Fame On Fire

  • Dead Poet Society

  • Rain City Drive

  • Austin Meade

  • SIM

  • Tallah

  • Cassyette

  • Ten56.

  • HANABIE

  • Gnome

  • Fox Lake

  • Widow7

  • Luna Aura

Saturday, Sept. 23

M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold performs at the Rock On The Range Music Festival at Mapfre Stadium on Saturday, May 19, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold performs at the Rock On The Range Music Festival at Mapfre Stadium on Saturday, May 19, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

  • Avenged Sevenfold

  • Pantera

  • Falling In Reverse

  • Pierce The Veil

  • Parkway Drive

  • BABYMETAL

  • Asking Alexandria

  • Dethklok

  • The Hu

  • The Amity Affliction

  • Memphis May Fire

  • Suicide Silence

  • Sleep Token

  • Whitechapel

  • Zero 9:36

  • Gideon

  • Strange Kids

  • Dragged Under

  • Jesus Piece

  • Afterlife

  • Another Day Dawns

  • Ithaca

  • Devil's Cut

  • Reach NYC

  • Feast For the Crows

  • Dissonation

Sunday, Sept. 24

Green Day performs on the Home Plate stage during day one of Innings Festival at Tempe Beach Park on Feb. 25, 2023.
Green Day performs on the Home Plate stage during day one of Innings Festival at Tempe Beach Park on Feb. 25, 2023.

  • Green Day

  • Queens of the Stone Age

  • Turnstile

  • Run The Jewels

  • Flogging Molly

  • The Interrupters

  • AWOLNATION

  • Rival Sons

  • Billy Talent

  • Mayday Parade

  • You Me At Six

  • Senses Fail

  • Viagra Boys

  • Boston Manor

  • DeathbyRomy

  • Jehnny Beth

  • The Emo Night Tour

  • Call Me Karizma

  • Ryan Oakes

  • Thousand Below

  • Holy Wars

  • Reddstar

  • Letdown.

  • As You Were

  • Death Valley Dreams

  • JVK

This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: How to get Louder Than Life 2023 tickets: When they go on sale, price