Louder Than Life 2023 lineup: Your guide to who's performing at the metal music festival

Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal
Updated ·8 min read

Get ready, Loudmouths. Louder Than Life is back!

The heavy metal, rock, punk, and alternative headliners music festival has a rocking 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.

Headliners include Foo Fighters, Green Day (making its festival debut), Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, Godsmack, Pantera, Queens of the Stone Age, Weezer, Limp Bizkit, Megadeth, Turnstile and Rancid.

“The fans spoke and we listened. The Foo Fighters, Green Day, Tool and Avenged Sevenfold were our most fan-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 news release. "Louder Than Life and Bourbon & Beyond (held the weekend before), are the eight biggest days in music and it’s all happening in Louisville this September."

More than 100 music acts make up the 2023 Louder Than Life festival including Falling In Reverse, 311, Pierce The Veil, Run The Jewels, Corey Taylor, Coheed and Cambria, Royal Blood, Parkway Drive, Bad Omens and BABYMETAL.

Rivers Cuomo, lead vocals and guitarist, left, and Scott Shriner, bassist, of Weezer play together 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.
Rivers Cuomo, lead vocals and guitarist, left, and Scott Shriner, bassist, of Weezer play together 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.

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In addition to music, festivalgoers will also be able to enjoy four days of award-winning whiskey, bourbons, spirits, craft beer and some of the best food Louisville has to offer, as well as sponsor activations that celebrate the bourbon culture and culinary heritage of Kentucky.

For 2023, the Louder Than Life festival will be hosted by Jose “Metal Ambassador” Mangin.

“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," Cleo Battle, president and CEO of Louisville Tourism, said in the release. "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."

In 2022, 275,000 fans turned out for the back-to-back DWP festivals, creating over $43 million in local economic impact, an attendance boom at all bourbon distilleries along the urban bourbon trail, and more than 50,000 hotel nights.

A late add, TikTok luminary Oliver Anthony is set for two distinct performances on Thursday and Friday at the festival's esteemed Kroger Big Bourbon Bar. Specific set times for Anthony's engagements will be disclosed on their respective show days.

Here's everything you need to know about Louder Than Life:

When is Louder Than Life 2023?

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.

The heavy metal, rock, punk, and alternative headliners music festival returns to Louisville on Sept. 21-24.

Where is Louder Than Life 2023?

Dave Grohl and the rest of the Foo Fighters rock the Barrel stage at Bourbon and Beyond on Sept. 20, 2019
Dave Grohl and the rest of the Foo Fighters rock the Barrel stage at Bourbon and Beyond on Sept. 20, 2019

The four-day festival is an outdoor event held at the Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center, 937 Phillips Lane, in Louisville.

How much will it cost to attend Louder Than Life?

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 general 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 and schedule

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.

Loudmouth Stage

  • Pinkshift: 12:55 p.m.

  • Mannequin Pu**y: 2 p.m.

  • White Reaper: 3:15 p.m.

  • Coheed & Cambria: 4:40 p.m.

  • Rancid: 6:25 p.m.

  • Foo Fighters: 8:45 p.m.

Space Zebra Stage

  • Tigercub: 12:25 p.m.

  • Call Me Karizma: 1:25 p.m.

  • Nothing But Thieves: 2:35 p.m.

  • Royal Blood: 3:55 p.m.

  • 311: 5:30 p.m.

  • Weezer: 7:30 p.m.

Disruptors Stage

  • ASAVA: 1:05 p.m.

  • Guerilla Warfare: 2:15 p.m.

  • Starcrawler: 3:25 p.m.

  • Sueco: 4:35 p.m.

  • L7: 5:50 p.m.

  • Code Orange: 7:30 p.m.

Revolver Stage

  • Starbenders: 12:30 p.m.

  • KYNG: 1:40 p.m.

  • Kid Capichi: 2:50 p.m.

  • Beauty School Dropout: 4 p.m.

  • Nothing, Nowhere: 5:10 p.m.

  • Deafheaven: 6:35 p.m.

Road Hounds Stage

  • From Ashes to Embers: 1:30 p.m.

  • NVRLESS: 2:30 p.m.

  • Traverse The Abyss: 3:30 p.m.

  • Nail Bite: 4:30 p.m.

  • SeeYouSpaceCowboy: 5:30 p.m.

  • Movements: 6:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 22

Space Zebra Stage

  • Austin Meade: 12:55 p.m.

  • Fame on Fire: 2:05 p.m.

  • Wage War: 3:20 p.m.

  • Corey Taylor: 4:45 p.m.

  • Limp Bizkit: 6:35 p.m.

  • Tool: 8:55 p.m.

Loudmouth Stage

Godsmack performed on the Oak stage at the Louder Than Life Music Festival on Saturday, September 28, 2019, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Godsmack performed on the Oak stage at the Louder Than Life Music Festival on Saturday, September 28, 2019, in Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Flat Black: 12:55 p.m.

  • Wargasm: 1:30 p.m.

  • Avatar: 2:40 p.m.

  • Bad Omens: 4 p.m.

  • Megadeth: 5:35 p.m.

  • Godsmack: 7:40 p.m.

Disruptors Stage

  • Fox Lake: 1:15 p.m.

  • Gnome: 2:25 p.m.

  • SiM: 3:35 p.m.

  • Ten56.: 4:45 p.m.

  • Kittie: 6:05 p.m.

  • Dance Gavin Dance: 7:45 p.m.

Revolver Stage

  • Luna Aura: 12:40 p.m.

  • Widow7: 1:50 p.m.

  • Hanabie.: 3 p.m.

  • TallahL 4:10 p.m.

  • Miss May I: 5:20 p.m.

  • Fever 333: 6:55 p.m.

Road Hounds Stage

  • Major Moment: 2:30 p.m.

  • Capra: 3:30 p.m.

  • Foxbat: 4:30 p.m.

  • Raven Gray: 5:30 p.m.

  • Enter Shikari: 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 23

Loudmouth Stage

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)

  • Strange Kids: 1:15 p.m.

  • Memphis May Fire: 2:25 p.m.

  • Asking Alexandria: 3:45 p.m.

  • Parkway Drive: 5:15 p.m.

  • Falling In Reverse: 6:55 p.m.

  • Avenged Sevenfold: 9:15 p.m.

Space Zebra Stage

Pantera performs as the second opening act for Metallica at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023.
Pantera performs as the second opening act for Metallica at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023.

  • Another Day Dawns: 12:40 p.m.

  • Suicide Silence: 1:50 p.m.

  • The Hu: 3 p.m.

  • Babymetal: 4:30 p.m.

  • Pierce The Veil: 6 p.m.

  • Pantera: 8 p.m.

Disruptor Stage

  • Dissonation: 12:30 p.m.

  • Reach NYC: 1:40 p.m.

  • Ithaca: 2:50 p.m.

  • Afterlife: 4 p.m.

  • Gideon: 5:05 p.m.

  • Dethklok: 6:20 p.m.

  • The Amity Affliction: 8 p.m.

Revolver Stage

  • Devil's Cut: 1:05 p.m.

  • Dragged Under: 2:15 P.M.

  • Kim Dracula: 3:35 p.m.

  • Zero 9:36: 4:30 p.m.

  • Whitechapel: 5:40 p.m.

  • Sleep Token: 7:05 p.m.

Road Hounds Stage

  • Dead/Water: 12:30 p.m.

  • Czyk: 1:30 p.m.

  • Deadlands: 2:30 p.m.

  • Kissing Candice: 3:30 p.m.

  • Silly Goose: 4:30 p.m.

  • Feast For The Crows: 5:30 p.m.

  • Jesus Pierce: 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 24

Space Zebra Stage

Green Day performs at the Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival celebrating the company's 120th anniversary on Friday July 14, 2023 at Veterans Park in Milwaukee, Wis.
Green Day performs at the Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival celebrating the company's 120th anniversary on Friday July 14, 2023 at Veterans Park in Milwaukee, Wis.

  • Holy Wars: 12:55 p.m.

  • Boston Manor: 2:05 p.m.

  • Rival Sons: 3:25 p.m.

  • The Interrupters: 4:55 p.m.

  • Turnstile: 6:40 p.m.

  • Green Day: 8:55 p.m.

Loudmouth Stage

Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age performs at the Boston Calling Music Festival on Saturday, May 26, 2018, in Allston, Mass.
Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age performs at the Boston Calling Music Festival on Saturday, May 26, 2018, in Allston, Mass.

  • Thousand Below: 12:25 p.m.

  • Senses Fail: 1:30 p.m.

  • Awolnation: 2:45 p.m.

  • Flogging Molly: 4:05 p.m.

  • Run The Jewels: 5:45 p.m.

  • Queens Of The Stone Age: 7:40 p.m.

Disruptor Stage

  • As You Were: 1:15 p.m.

  • Letdown.: 2:25 p.m.

  • Sleep Theory: 3:35 p.m.

  • Rain City Drive: 4:45 p.m.

  • Viagra Boys: 6 p.m.

  • Mayday Parade: 7:40 p.m.

Revolver Stage

  • Death Valley Dreams: 12:40 p.m.

  • Reddstar: 1:50 p.m.

  • The Bronx: 3 p.m.

  • Jehnny Beth: 4:10 p.m.

  • DeathByRomy: 5:20 p.m.

  • Billy Talent: 6:45 p.m.

Road Hounds Stage

  • Two Sides Of Me: 1:30 p.m.

  • HXLA: 2:30 p.m.

  • Over The Moon: 3:30 p.m.

  • Archers: 4:30 p.m.

  • JVK: 5:30 p.m.

  • The Emo Night Tour: 6:30 p.m.

What bourbons will be available at the Big Bourbon Bar?

Some of the brands you'll find at the Big Bourbon Bar Partners include Angel’s Envy, Brother’s Bond, Bulleit, Elijah Craig, Four Roses, George Dickel, Heaven’s Door, Jack Daniel’s, Jefferson’s, Kentucky Peerless, Larceny, Legent, Maker’s 46, Michter’s, Middle West Spirits, Monk’s Road, Old Forester, Rabbit Hole, Resilient Bottled in Bond, Starlight Distillery, and Wilderness Trail.

Where do I park at Louder Than Life?

General parking will be available at the Kentucky Exposition Center for a daily fee of $30. Parking is not reserved and your vehicle will be parked based on your arrival time and entrance point into the Kentucky Expo Center parking lots. Visit any of the Entrance Gates at the Kentucky Exposition Center, including Gate 2, Gate 4, and Gate 6. It is suggested to arrive early if you’d like to park on-site.

Parking lots open at 10 a.m. Cash will be accepted.

Where do I find more information about the festival?

Dave Grohl and the rest of the Foo Fighters rock the Barrel stage at Bourbon and Beyond on Sept. 20, 2019
Dave Grohl and the rest of the Foo Fighters rock the Barrel stage at Bourbon and Beyond on Sept. 20, 2019

Everything you need to know about the four-day Louder Than Life festival can be found at louderthanlifefestival.com and on the festival’s social media on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

Reach features reporter Kirby Adams at kadams@courier-journal.com.

This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Louder Than Life 2023 lineup: What to know about acts, tickets