Bloodstock Open Air

Annual British heavy metal festival

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Bloodstock Open Air
Main stage
Genre	Heavy metal, extreme metal, hard rock
Dates	2nd weekend in August
Location(s)	Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, England, UK
Years active	2005–present
Founders	Paul Raymond Gregory, Vince Brotheridge
Capacity	20,000
Website	www.bloodstock.uk.com

Bloodstock Open Air is a British heavy metal festival held annually at Catton Hall in Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, since 2005.

Originally held indoors for one day with two stages, the festival started in 2001 at the Derby Assembly Rooms and expanded over the years. It became an outdoor event in 2005. By 2019, it had five stages and a capacity of 15,000, and as of 2023, it welcomed 20,000 metalheads.

History

Originally on one stage only, the festival expanded to incorporate a second stage in 2006. Known simply as The Unsigned Stage, it was designed to provide a platform for the next generation of metal talent to reach a wider audience. In 2010 it was renamed The New Blood Stage.

2007 saw further expansion with the addition of a third stage, originally called The Lava Stage, which in 2009 became the Sophie Lancaster Stage. In 2010 the capacity of this stage was increased and it became the festival's second stage.

Bloodstock Open Air was conceived as an extension of the original Bloodstock indoor festival which ran from 2001 until 2006 at Derby Assembly Rooms. After an amicable parting in 2006 with his business partner Vince Brotheridge, in 2006 Paul Gregory brought his daughters Vicky Hungerford, Rachael Greenfield and son Adam Gregory on board as directors.

In 2010, Heaven & Hell was scheduled to headline Bloodstock Open Air, but pulled out due to the death of singer Ronnie James Dio. The main stage at the festival was subsequently renamed as the "Ronnie James Dio stage" in tribute to him.

The 2020 festival was planned to be a celebration of "20 years of Bloodstock" however the festival was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ticket holders were given the option either to have a refund on their ticket or to roll it over to the 2021 festival which saw three stages expanded to include an extra day.

Bloodstock has hosted numerous metal bands from the following countries/dependencies: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Egypt, England, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland (including Shetland Islands), Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, USA, Venezuela, Wales, and Guernsey.

Bloodstock UK Metalfest

Bloodstock originally began as an indoor festival held in Derby Assembly Rooms which ran for six years, 2001 to 2006. In order to associate the festival roots with Derby, where founder Paul Gregory lives, the festival's mascot/logo was based on the tale of The Derby Ram; a beast so large that, when a butcher finally slaughtered it, he drowned in the Ram's blood. A competition was run to name the beast and 'S-tan' was selected, he has appeared on almost all Bloodstock artwork since only missing from the first three BOA festivals when the S-tan snake featured instead.

2001

The first year was a one-day event headlined by Saxon, whom Paul Gregory had known personally since being commissioned to do the artwork for their 1984 Crusader album. Attendance for the festival topped 700 people and, despite taking an (expected) financial loss, a second festival was arranged for the following year.

Main Stage	Darwin Stage
Monday 28 May
Saxon Glenn Hughes Blaze Skyclad Primal Fear Dirty Deeds Area 54 Shadowkeep	Orange Goblin Return to the Sabbat Freebase Consumed Underule Evoke Occupational Hazard Bloodstream

2002

2002 saw Blind Guardian headlining, again a band Paul Gregory knew through producing their artwork, which was their first UK show. Bringing metal acts to the UK for the first time become a regular occurrence for Bloodstock and the stronger line-up which also included Gamma Ray as second billing doubled the festival's attendance to approximately 1500.

Main Stage	Darwin Stage
Saturday 31 August
Blind Guardian Gamma Ray Diamond Head Threshold Balance of Power Freedom Call Biomechanical	Return to the Sabbat Bal-Sagoth Elvenking Primordial Enemymaker 888 Twelvepointhead Infobia

2003

2003 brought the first of many expansions to the festival as it stretched across two days. The first day was headlined by a returning Saxon and the second by Nightwish whom like Blind Guardian the year before were playing their first UK show. Paul and Gregory had gone on tour with Saxon the previous year and it was then that Vince first saw Nightwish which convinced them they should be booked for the Bloodstock festival. This year also featured Edguy's first UK show as they were drafted in to replace HammerFall after guitarist Oscar Dronjak broke his arm in a motorcycle accident only weeks before the show. The full line-up was:

Main Stage
Friday 29 August
Saxon Blaze Power Quest 5th Man Down Biomechanical

Main Stage	Darwin Stage
Saturday 30 August
Nightwish Paradise Lost Edguy Masterplan Saracen DragonForce Illuminatus Mercury Rain	Biomechanical F.U.L.C. Waylander Fourwaykill Invey Bates Motel Ninedenine Cruel Humanity Bumsnogger

2004

2004 saw continued growth in attendance with the festival selling out and brought Gamma Ray back to headline the first day and Children of Bodom headlined the second day. The full line-up was:

Main Stage	Femme Fatale Stage
Friday 3 September
Gamma Ray Threshold Sinergy Illuminatus Infobia	Season's End Invey Liquid Sky Super Massive Object

Main Stage	Darwin Stage
Saturday 4 September
Children of Bodom Sonata Arctica Primal Fear Balance of Power Evergrey Edenbridge Panic Cell Intense	Fourway Kill Cruachan The Prophecy Gutworm Nowhere Near the Garden Humanity Seven Years Dead Rezin 69

2005

2005 was the first year which saw both the indoor and outdoor festivals running. HammerFall were booked to play, now with a headline slot on the first day, and Within Temptation headlined the second day. The full line-up was:

Main Stage	Battle Metal Stage
Friday 2 September
HammerFall Stormwarrior Metalium Reckless Tide	Conquest of Steel Warchild Deliverance Zillah

Main Stage	Darwin Stage
Saturday 3 September
Within Temptation Amon Amarth After Forever Bob Catley Raven Iron Savior Suidakra Season's End Rise to Addiction	Cathedral Soliloquy Balance of Silence Jesus Fix Kingsize Blues Kyrb Grinder Dreadnought Mfkzt Pro-jekt Osmium

† Kyrb Grinder were not originally booked to play, but the band members were working at the festival and delays in the running of the Darwin stage left a gap, so they played a short sell to fill in the gap.

2006

2006 was the last year an indoor festival was hosted allowing for full focus on the outdoor festival from then on. Primal Fear headlined day one with My Dying Bride headlining day two and thus being the last ever band to play at Bloodstock as an indoor festival. The full line-up was:

Main Stage	Darwin Stage
Friday 29 September
Primal Fear Axel Rudi Pell Savage Circus Majesty Marshall Law	To-Mera Eden Steel Tormentor Captive Audio Awaken

Main Stage	Darwin Stage
Saturday 30 September
My Dying Bride Deathstars Onslaught Brainstorm Machine Men Omnium Gatherum Sworn Amongst Spellblast Illuminatus	Vanden Plas Deadfall Enemy Unknown Died Smiling Tourettes Syndrome Beyond Afterlife Agankast Mael Mórdha Isaiah H.O.S.T.I.L.E. The Boy Will Drown

† Tourettes Syndrome had originally been booked to play the main stage. However, their flight was delayed and they did not arrive in time. Sworn Amongst were bumped up from their scheduled Darwin Stage slot to fill the gap, and Tourettes Syndrome played on the Darwin Stage later in the day when they eventually arrived.

Bloodstock Open Air is the outdoor venture for the festival after selling out the indoor festival which had a maximum capacity of 2500. Catton Hall was selected as the venue to allow growth in size without losing the festival's established friendly atmosphere and also maintained its link to Derby.

2005

The festival featured only one stage which was headlined by Sebastian Bach (Friday) and Children of Bodom (Saturday).

Friday 24 June	Saturday 25 June
Main Stage
Sebastian Bach Mostly Autumn Breed 77 Gotthard Panic Cell	Children of Bodom Paradise Lost Edguy Masterplan Evergrey Humanity Fourwaykill

2006

Bloodstock Open Air 2006 brought in a second stage called simply "Unsigned Stage". This was to showcase new unsigned acts to a wider audience like the indoor festival did previously to on their second stage. Now backed by Wacken Open Air, the festival was able to attract more European metal bands to the line-up which was headlined by Edguy (Friday) and Stratovarius (Saturday). It was the last year which had both the indoor and outdoor festivals running together.

Main Stage	Unsigned Stage
Friday 14 July
Edguy Metal Church Atheist Nocturnal Rites Rage Pyramaze	Evile Kingsize Blues Headless Cross Pitiful Reign Nephwrack

Main Stage	Unsigned Stage
Saturday 15 July
Stratovarius Turisas Bal-Sagoth Ensiferum Callenish Circle Gorilla Monsoon Season's End Ashtar 19th Century	Deadweight Sicfelt State of Serenity Nekkrosis Kyrb Grinder Spitting Blood Beyond All Reason Isaiah Deadeye Solace Luna Pin Phat Jerusalem Cycle VI Black River Project

2007

Sinnergod performing on the Unsigned Stage at Bloodstock Open Air 2009 — Sinnergod performing at Bloodstock Open Air 2007.

Bloodstock Open Air 2007 brought further growth for the festival which now ran over three days and included three stages. The additional stage was named the Lava Stage and allowed more established but smaller acts to perform at the festival. Following a stronger marketing campaign which included advertisement within HMV and greater coverage in music media, attendance at the festival more than doubled from the previous year exceeding 5000 people. The festival's website also went through a major overhaul and the opportunity was given to unsigned bands to upload their videos. Following public voting, Costa Rican band Sight Of Emptiness won and were invited to open the main stage on Thursday. The three mainstage headliners were Testament (Thursday), Lacuna Coil (Friday) and In Flames (Saturday).

BOA 2007 took place from Thursday 16 August to Saturday 18 August. The line up was as follows:

Main Stage	Lava Stage
Thursday 16 August
Testament Firewind Head On Kiuas Sight of Emptiness Chris Slade	Beholder

Main Stage	Unsigned Stage	Lava
Friday 17 August
Lacuna Coil Dark Tranquillity Nevermore Epica Korpiklaani Memfis Wolf Scar Symmetry Voodoo Six Exploder	Hexagram Idiom King Lizard Sinocence Forever Never Cerebral Fix Timefall Enemo J The Aftermath Life Denied Omen Mindflow	Zenith Blindsight

Main Stage	Unsigned Stage	Lava Stage
Saturday 18 August
In Flames Arch Enemy Sabbat Dream Evil Finntroll Legion of the Damned Benediction Freedom Call Rise to Addiction Beyond All Reason	Terrathorn Axis of Evil Exit Ten Trigger 9 Honey for Christ Nemhain Speed Theory Nephwrack Sinnergod The Hollow Earth Theory The Apostacy Kobrakai Hanging Doll	Rollin' Thunder Headrush

2008

Bloodstock Open Air 2008 took place from Friday 15 August to Sunday 17 August.

Lava Stage
Thursday 14 August
Conquest of Steel Bungle Jr

Main Stage	Scuzz Stage	Lava Stage
Friday 15 August
Opeth Helloween Soulfly Primal Fear Destruction Akercocke Týr Praying Mantis Evile Saint Deamon	From the Ashes Sorcerer's Spell The Dead Lay Waiting Anger Management Firebrand Super Rock Son of Science Obsessive Compulsive Hospital of Death Broken Faith A470 Deadfilmstar	The Inbreds Invasion Outcryfire Pro-jekt

Main Stage	Scuzz Stage	Lava Stage
Saturday 16 August
Dimmu Borgir Iced Earth Soilwork Napalm Death Moonsorrow Communic Swallow the Sun Eluveitie Rise to Remain Cloudscape Evil Scarecrow	The Berzerker RSJ Metalloid Concept of Time Hellfighter Keltic Jihad The Defiled Blood Island Raiders The Dirty Youth Mantra Empyreal Destroyer Witchsorrow Denounce 9 Days Down	Sondura Fury UK Seven Years Dead

Main Stage	Scuzz Stage	Lava Stage
Sunday 17 August
Nightwish At the Gates Overkill As I Lay Dying Kataklysm Mob Rules Grand Magus Alestorm Crowning Glory Heaven's Basement	TesseracT Silent Descent Musta Talvi Ted Maul Ravens Creed Necrosadistic Goat Torture Celtic Legacy Ravenage Serotonal De Profundis Blasphemous Creation Cursed as Angels	Liquid Sky Adam Bomb Breedapart Heaven's Gate Esoterica

2009

Bloodstock Open Air 2009 took place at Catton Hall from Friday 14 August to Sunday 16 August.

Main Stage	Unsigned Stage	Sophie Lancaster Stage	Jägermeister Stage
Friday 14 August
Carcass Arch Enemy Saxon Sodom Katatonia Municipal Waste Die Apokalyptischen Reiter Insomnium Million Dollar Reload Blitzkrieg	Vallenbrosa The Green River Project Gods of Hellfire Blindfolds Aside Alternative Carpark Snakebite Divine Chaos Left to Bleed Bloodshot Dawn Bisonhammer Ventflow	Pythia Malefice Godsized Xerath	Blitzkrieg

Main Stage	Unsigned Stage	Sophie Lancaster Stage	Jägermeister Stage
Saturday 15 August
Cradle of Filth Blind Guardian Apocalyptica Kreator Enslaved Candlemass Entombed The Haunted Wolf Battlelore Uncle Rotter	The Saw Doctors Severed Heaven Hunted Solsikk O.M.T Inner Eden Sanctorum Internal Conflict Switchblade Scream Niyah Sky Nefarious They Will Rise	The Rotted Abgott Arthemis Celesty	Godsized Celesty

Main Stage	Unsigned Stage	Sophie Lancaster Stage	Jägermeister Stage
Sunday 16 August
Europe Satyricon Amon Amarth Moonspell Turisas Anathema Equilibrium Girlschool Sabaton Beholder	Nya Into the Woods Nightmare World Biomortal Sower Primitive Graven Image Long Time Dead Triaxis Annwn Agonyst Eibon la Furies	Eden's Curse Tribe Darkness Dynamite Anterior	Beholder Into the Woods

2010

Bloodstock Open Air 2010 celebrated the festival's 10th anniversary, and took place between Friday 13 August and Sunday 15 August. The line up was as follows:

Sophie Lancaster Stage
Thursday 12 August
Desecration Hospital of Death

Ronnie James Dio Stage	New Blood Stage	Sophie Lancaster Stage	Jägermeister Stage
Friday 13 August
Opeth Meshuggah Sonata Arctica Gorgoroth Cathedral Ensiferum Rage Ross the Boss Black Spiders Snakebite	Arceye Credit to Dementia Shrapnel Splintered Soul Senturia Tempestora Morgue Orgy Grieve Betraeus Lordaeron Under Blackened Skies	Powerwolf Enforcer Steelwing Collapse	Betraeus Sworn to Oath Victor Smolski

Ronnie James Dio Stage	New Blood Stage	Sophie Lancaster Stage	Jägermeister Stage
Saturday 14 August
Children of Bodom Fear Factory The Devin Townsend Project Amorphis Obituary Edguy Onslaught Evile Leaves' Eyes Andromeda	The Whores Reism Chaos Asylum Silas Flayed Disciple Aghast Lithurgy Zocalo Achren Echoes Fall Burn the Hive	Sylosis Benediction Regardless of Me Mordecai	Silas Cosmic Vortex of Doom Hanging Doll Point Blank Fury

Ronnie James Dio Stage	New Blood Stage	Sophie Lancaster Stage	Jägermeister Stage
Sunday 15 August
Twisted Sister Cannibal Corpse Bloodbath Gojira Gwar Korpiklaani Doro Holy Moses Suffocation Bonded by Blood	Furyon Core Project Orestea Stone Circle Mutant Extreme Od Ishmael Traces Hekz Neonfly Old Corpse Road	Killing Machine Winterfylleth Witchsorrow The Prophecy Purified In Blood	Fury UK

Heaven & Hell were booked to headline on Sunday, but pulled out due to Ronnie James Dio's continuing health issues.
- Shortly after Heaven & Hell pulled out, Dio died. The main stage was later renamed the Ronnie James Dio stage in tribute to him.
- Twisted Sister's headline slot was moved from Friday to Sunday to replace Heaven & Hell. Opeth were then booked to fill the Friday headline slot.
Dream Evil were confirmed for the mainstage on Friday, but were forced to pull out due to "personal commitments".
Behemoth were confirmed for the mainstage on Friday, but pulled out due to the hospitalisation of frontman, Adam "Nergal" Darski. Cathedral were announced as their replacements.
The Sophie Lancaster stage was increased in size and became Bloodstock's second stage. It now plays host to larger, more well known bands, as well as DJs, karaoke, film showings, competitions and more.

2011

Bloodstock Open Air 2011 took place at Catton Hall between Friday 12 August and Sunday 14 August 2011. This year the festival had over 10,900 visitors.

Sophie Lancaster Stage
Thursday 11 August
Steve Hughes Jason Rouse Beholder Revoker Xerath Achren

Ronnie James Dio Stage	Sophie Lancaster Stage	New Blood Stage	Jägermeister Stage
Friday 12 August
W.A.S.P. The Devin Townsend Project Kreator Coroner Triptykon Poisonblack Forbidden Wolf The Defiled	Lawnmower Deth October File Byfrost Arthemis Romeo Must Die Cerebral Bore Imicus Mortad	Brezno Training Icarus Cryostorm Decimation The Furious Horde Saturnian Rannoch Primitai Entro-P Inner Fire Shreddertron Unknown Fear	Primitai Alternative Carpark Rannoch Spires Foul Body Autopsy

Ronnie James Dio Stage	Sophie Lancaster Stage	New Blood Stage	Jägermeister Stage
Saturday 13 August
Immortal Rhapsody of Fire Therion Wintersun Ihsahn Finntroll Tarot Grave Digger Skeletonwitch	Keith Platt Stephen Hill Angel Witch The Rotted Deadly Circus Fire Hammer of the Gods Def-Con-One Blake Dripback	Intensive Square Haerken Pure Negative Hostile Rising Furyborn Foul Body Autopsy Impaled Existence Uburen Bury the Conscious Soulsphere Zombie Militia Bludvera	Northern Oak Obsessive Compulsive Guardians of Andromeda Fantasist Avenge Thee + Naime

Ronnie James Dio Stage	Sophie Lancaster Stage	New Blood Stage	Jägermeister Stage
Sunday 14 August
Motörhead Morbid Angel At the Gates Exodus HammerFall Napalm Death Primordial 1349 Hell	Steve Hughes Jason Rouse Criminal Amaranthe Power Quest Survivors Zero Hellish Outcast Nemhain Evil Scarecrow Grand Ultra	Lifer Achilla Talanas Northern Oak Sanguine Twilight's Embrace Sacred Illusion Akarusa Yami Spires Visitor Wolfcrusher Candid Iniquity	The Last in Line Pig Iron Inferno Operation Error Amaranthe

Nevermore were booked for the Ronnie James Dio stage, but were removed from the official line up in July. No official explanation was released.
Primevil were booked for the Sophie stage, but were later removed from the official line up. No explanation was released.

2012

Bloodstock Open Air 2012 was scheduled to take place at Catton Hall between Thursday 16 August and Sunday 19 August 2012 (a week later than usual, owing to the festival organisers not wanting the festival to clash with the closing of the 2012 London Olympics); however, the dates were changed to between Thursday 9 August and Sunday 12 August. This change was never officially explained.

Sophie Lancaster Stage
Thursday 9 August
Viking Skull Marionette Bloodshot Dawn Saturnian

Ronnie James Dio Stage	Sophie Lancaster Stage	New Blood Stage	Jägermeister Stage
Friday 10 August
Behemoth Dio Disciples Watain Sepultura Iced Earth Moonsorrow Grand Magus Freedom Call Malefice	Dirty Sanchez Alcest Eastern Front Pythia Death Valley Knights Derision Sweet Savage Primitai Gonoreas Commander in Chief	Fallen Fate Infernal Creation Kataleptic Scare Tactics Killer Hurts Exile the Traitor My Wooden Pillow Cambion Krepuskul Warhorse Waking Theo Control the Storm InComa	Absolva Dave McPherson Andraste Dakesis Skarlett Riot

Ronnie James Dio Stage	Sophie Lancaster Stage	New Blood Stage	Jägermeister Stage
Saturday 11 August
Machine Head Testament Hatebreed Sanctuary Mayhem Crowbar Chthonic I AM I Benediction	Orange Goblin Sight of Emptiness Witchsorrow Winterfylleth Furyon Rising Dream Infernal Tenebra Dripback Savage Messiah Splintered Soul	Gone Til Winter Doomed Reflection in Exile Cosmic Vortex of Doom Tempus Fusion Bull Riff Stampede Wretched Soul Sublime Eyes Father The Conflict Within Stormborn Merciless Fail Apollyon	I AM I Dreamcatcher Kyrbgrinder Triaxis From Ruin

Ronnie James Dio Stage	Sophie Lancaster Stage	New Blood Stage	Jägermeister Stage
Sunday 12 August
Alice Cooper Dimmu Borgir Paradise Lost Anvil Evile The Black Dahlia Murder Nile Corrosion of Conformity Kobra and the Lotus	Anaal Nathrakh Headcharger Demonic Resurrection Nociferia Ancient Ascendant Crimes of Passion Battalion Flayed Disciple Re-Armed	Airstryke Blynd Incinery Shattered Skies A Thousand Enemies Huron Reign of Fury Dreamcatcher Hakin Sa-da-kO Aethara From Ruin Seprevation	The Mercy House Kobra and the Lotus Orianthi Splintered Soul A Thousand Enemies

Lock Up were booked to play on the RJD stage on the Friday, but were removed from the lineup. This was later confirmed on the official Bloodstock Twitter page due to logistical problems.
Deicide were booked to play on the RJD stage on the Sunday, but ended up cancelling the whole European tour that BOA was a part of. Because of this Evile were moved from the Sophie Lancaster Stage to the Ronnie James Dio Stage to fill the void.
Anthrax were announced for BOA 2013 before Machine Head's Headline set

2013

Bloodstock Open Air 2013 took place at Catton Hall between Thursday 8 August and Sunday 11 August.

Sophie Lancaster stage
Thursday 8 August
Tragedy Ravenage OAF Bull-Riff Stampede Motherload

Ronnie James Dio stage	Sophie Lancaster stage	New Blood Stage	Jägermeister Stage
Friday 9 August
King Diamond Accept Voivod Municipal Waste Dark Funeral Firewind Ex Deo Death Angel Earthtone9	Scar Symmetry Xentrix Xerath Cypher 16 Skiltron The Prophecy Shrapnel Bloodbound Absolva The Way of Purity	Mair Craniation Fahran Second Rate Angels Karybdis Prosperina Nocturna Warpath Left Unscarred Shoel Afterlife Rezinwolf Cruel Humanity This Is Turin	Mitchel Emms Ravenage Wraith Mia Klose Resin

Ronnie James Dio stage	Sophie Lancaster stage	New Blood Stage	Jägermeister Stage
Saturday 10 August
Lamb of God Avantasia Sabaton Gojira Kataklysm Hell 3 Inches of Blood Beholder Stormbringer	Last In Line Power Quest* NeonFly Mael Mordha Scarab Betraeus Vanderbuyst Sworn Amongst Unfathomable Ruination	The Infernal Sea Skreamer One for Sorrow Dishonour the Crown Ten Cent Toy Internal Conflict In the Hills Gehtika XII Boar Diesel King Mask of Judas Elithia Fallen Riot	Incassum Awake By Design The Earls of Mars Ballsdeep Cavorts

Ronnie James Dio stage	Sophie Lancaster stage	New Blood Stage	Jägermeister Stage
Sunday 11 August
Slayer Anthrax DevilDriver Exodus Amorphis Fozzy Sacred Mother Tongue Whitechapel Gama Bomb	Dying Fetus Wolfsbane Belphegor Breed 77 Gormathon Evil Scarecrow Bossk RSJ Grifter States of Panic Lifer	Bludger Amulet Merciless Terror Bound By Exile Negligence Eridium Fury Line of Fire NeonHalo Kremated Oceanis Scar City Black Emerald	Phil Campbell's All Starr Band Betraeus Andy James The Bastard Sons Operation Error

Pritchard vs Dainton, Andrew O'Neill & Full Contact Medieval Tournament Combat also appeared at the festival.

*Power Quest's final show before disbanding.

2014

Avatar performing at Bloodstock Open Air 2014.

Bloodstock Open Air 2014 took place at Catton Hall between Thursday 7 August and Sunday 10 August.

The line-up was:

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Ronnie James Dio Stage
Down Dimmu Borgir Hatebreed Triptykon Prong Flotsam and Jetsam Primordial Entombed A.D. Bloodshot Dawn	Emperor Carcass Children of Bodom Lacuna Coil Crowbar Orphaned Land Decapitated Shining Evil Scarecrow	Megadeth Amon Amarth Saxon Obituary Avatar Biohazard ReVamp Aborted Arthemis

Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sophie Lancaster Stage
Jaldaboath Monument Incinery Gehtika Ballsdeep	Rotting Christ Skyclad Diabolical Winterfylleth Deals Death Zerozonic De Profundis Krokodil Aghast! Cambion Gurt	Hellyeah Sister Sin Battleaxe Blood Red Throne Obsidian Kingdom Conquest of Steel The Mercy House Old Corpse Road Profane Omen The King Is Blind Babylon Fire	Satan Graveyard Collibus Krow Stormzone Stahlsarg Voices Morgue Orgy Haerken October File Aaron Keylock

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
New Blood Stage
Jackknife Seizure Jonestown Angerman Dog Tired Hogslayer Sinpathetic Alone with Wolves Oakhaart Brutai Abhorrent Decimation No Sin Evades His Gaze Convincing Clearity Goat Leaf	All Consumed Cacodaemonic Warcrab The Canyon Observer Phantom Metaprism Resin Born of the Jackal Synaptik The Threat Darkeye Reprisal Back Down or Die	The Self Titled Once Upon Kill All the Gentlemen Scordatura Stoneghost Today the Sun Dies Psykosis Leatherneck Akbal Eradikator Unseen Prophecy King Goat Byzanthian Neckbeard

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Jägermeister Stage
Aceldama King Creature Undersmile Ten Foot Wizard Cadence Noir	Alzir Orphaned Land Acoustic Massive Wagons The Darkhorse The Amorettes	enkElination Ded Orse The Heretic Order Rabid Bitch of the North Resin Acoustic

Prior to Lamb Of God's set at Bloodstock 2013, Emperor were announced for the 2014 event.
Phil Campbell's All Starr Band were booked to headline Thursday on the Sophie stage but withdrew 2 weeks before the festival due to Phil's Motörhead commitments.
Due to Graveyard's flight being delayed, Graveyard and Avatar swapped slots at last minute.

2015

Bloodstock Open Air 2015 took place at Catton Hall between Thursday 6 August and Sunday 9 August.

The lineup was:

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Ronnie James Dio Stage
Trivium Sabaton Overkill Ihsahn Enslaved Belphegor Armored Saint Raging Speedhorn Nuclear Assault	Within Temptation Opeth Death DTA Dark Angel Napalm Death Korpiklaani 1349 Xerath Savage Messiah	Rob Zombie Black Label Society Cannibal Corpse Ensiferum Sepultura Pro-Pain Orange Goblin Wolf Agalloch

Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sophie Lancaster Stage
ArnoCorps Red Rum Desecration Metaprism Reign of Fury	Delain Conan I AM I Hang the Bastard Fire Red Empress Ne Obliviscaris Re-Animator Messiah's Kiss Bast Oaf Silas	Fleshgod Apocalypse Jettblack Planet of Zeus Burgerkill Mordred Battalion Godsized Jasad Ethereal Ageless Oblivion Anihilated Pist	Godflesh Onslaught Trepalium Lawnmower Deth Destrage Saille Ol Drake Alunah Villainy Dead Label The Izuna Drop Triaxis

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Hobgoblin New Blood Stage
Hexis Piss Viper Diatessaron Blackened Ritual King Leviathan Forgotten Remains Countless Skies We Are the Catalyst Mutagenocide XVII Kryocell Loft Mortishead	Victorian Whore Dogs Sumer From Eden to Exile Akarusa Yami Bloodyard Codex Alimentarius Soulborn Martyr De Mona Chaos Trigger Mastiff Overoth Deified Amethyst	Wretched Toad Burden of the Noose Scarred Left for Red By Any Means Taken By the Tide Animator Obey Spirytus Incipit Tombstone Crow Hell's Gazelles Skarthia

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Jägermeister Stage
Witch Tripper City of Thieves The Parallax Method The Mighty Wraith Winter Storm Foul Body Autopsy	Hanowar Morass of Molasses Knock Out Kaine Circle Spectre Haunting Pig Iron Divine Solace	Hell Puppets Snowblind Blind Haze Endeavour Bigfoot Killer Hurts

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
VIP Bar Stage
		Ozzbourne again

The sideshow Pritchard vs Dainton also appeared at the festival. The historical battle re-enactment group Battle of the Nations UK have been confirmed.

After Sabaton's set, Venom were announced for the 2016 festival. Also, on the Sunday, Behemoth were announced for BOA 2016 as well.

2016

BOA 2016 took place at Catton Hall between Thursday 11 and Sunday 14 August 2016.

The lineup was:

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Ronnie James Dio Stage
Twisted Sister Behemoth Venom Corrosion of Conformity Misery Loves Co. Stuck Mojo Evil Scarecrow Gloryhammer Hark	Mastodon Gojira Paradise Lost Fear Factory Rotting Christ Akercocke Vallenfyre Kill II This Cambion	Slayer Anthrax Symphony X DragonForce Satyricon Metal Allegiance Unearth Heart of a Coward Ghost Bath

Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sophie Lancaster Stage
Phil Campbell's All Starr Band Psykosis Sumer Karybdis Sublime Eyes	Diamond Head Beyond the Black Beholder XII Boar Foetal Juice The Charm the Fury Meta-Stasis Anti-Clone Brutai Boss Keloid Fury	Acid Reign Shining Bull-Riff Stampede One Machine Misanthrope Vodun The King Is Blind This Is Turin The Raven Age Mage The Heretic Order	Goatwhore Pythia Memoriam Vektor Whispered Derange Witchsorrow Divine Chaos Krysthla Sanguine Desert Storm

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Hobgoblin New Blood Stage
Exhumation Agrona The Crawling Triverse Massacre End of Salvation Burning the Dream Vehement Garganjua Husk Seed of Sorrow Souls of Jack Ketch Redeye Revival Witch Tripper	Poseidon The Face of Ruin Regulus Mordrake After The Abduction Conjurer Famyne Ramage Inc Vendetta Heriot Ten Ton Slug Bearfist Black Ink Sun	Gutlocker Footprints in the Custard Valous Chronicles The John Doe's Burial Firebomb Rabid Bitch of the North Art of Deception I Saw the World Burn Far from History Kahtet Pteroglyph Visions of Disfigurement

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Jägermeister Stage
Two Tales of Woe Vrona Fuelled Hate Chasing Dragons The Hyena Kill Isarnos	Vicious Nature Vice Broken Zlatanera Pulverise Cybernetic Witch Cult	Attica Rage Dirty King Sodomized Cadaver Aklash Outright Resistance Jukebox Monkey

2017

BOA 2017 took place at Catton Hall between Thursday 10 and Sunday 13 August 2017.

The lineup was:

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Ronnie James Dio Stage
Amon Amarth Blind Guardian Testament Decapitated Soilwork Devilment Whitechapel Chelsea Grin Forever Still	Ghost Kreator Hatebreed Municipal Waste Annihilator King 810 Havok Winterfylleth Fallujah	Megadeth Arch Enemy Skindred Hell Brujeria Obituary Possessed Venom Prison Broken Teeth

Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sophie Lancaster Stage
Battle Beast Wind Rose The Infernal Sea Gurt Ramage Inc	Inquisition Lionize Shrapnel Black Moth Season's End Dendera Morass of Molasses Corpsing Endeavour Internal Conflict Iron Rat	Macabre Xentrix OHHMS Red Rum Florence Black GODS Abhorrent Decimation The One Hundred Kroh Eradikator Blind River	Wintersun Bossk Arthemis Criminal ONI Wolfheart Puppy Courtesans Wretched Soul Blind Haze GraVil

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Hobgoblin New Blood Stage
Nordjevel Mantra Blood Oath Enslavement Seek Solace in Ruin Devil's Playground Raze the Void Blood Thread Ashen Crown Thuum Embodiment K-Lacura Merithian	Dakesis zhOra Decrepit Monolith Hoofknuckle Malum Sky Ba'al Solar Sons Infected Dead Raised By Owls Titan Breed Reaper Hundred Year Old Man Ward XVI	Blaakyum Vorbid Mist Na Cruithne Netherall Prognosis Shrouded Sentience Torqued Heathen Deity Seething Akira Battalions Switchblade City

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Jägermeister Stage
Hanowar Biggus Riffus Trendkill Hung Daddy Electric Mother	Departed Twisted Illusion Tales of Autumn Bangover SpyderByte	Voodoo Blood Unitra Silverchild Atragon Everest Queen

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
VIP Bar Stage
Darth Elvis and the Imperials Manidu	Steak Noisepicker	Black Shot Rose Orphan Gears

2018

BOA 2018 took place at Catton Hall between Thursday 9 August and Sunday 12 August 2018.

The lineup was:

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Ronnie James Dio Stage
Judas Priest Emperor Kamelot Lovebites Bloodbath Wednesday 13 Memoriam Onslaught Feed the Rhino	Gojira Cannibal Corpse Alestorm Combichrist Venom Inc. Septicflesh Orden Ogan Power Trip Nailed to Obscurity	Nightwish At the Gates DevilDriver Mr. Big Jasta Fozzy Amaranthe Evergrey Monument

Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sophie Lancaster Stage
Arkona Bloodshot Dawn Skiltron Fire Red Empress Hundred Year Old Man	Doro Bleed From Within Suicidal Tendencies Ingested De Profundis Reprisal Sodomized Cadaver Godthrymm Fahran Mortishead Deity's Muse	Orphaned Land Exhorder With the Dead Voyager A Forest of Stars Vola Conjurer Dead Label Weight of the Tide Limb Forgotten Remains	Watain Pallbearer Act of Defiance Mantar Demonic Resurrection Underside Sangre Alien Weaponry King Leviathan Uncured Doomsday Outlaw

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Hobgoblin New Blood Stage
King Bison Trivax Body Harvest Sertraline Underdark A Ritual Spirit Seven Hells Kinasis Pelugion Vulgore Democratus Garshkott Turbyne	Earthbound Luna's Call Psychotype Valafar Aonia Equinox Oracle 13 Negative Thought Process Ashborn Cadence Noir Kilonova The Brood	Srd Servers Sellsword Skybrudd Dead Before Mourning Barbarian Hermit This Place Hell Obzidian Ethyrfield Crawlblind Drudge Autocracy Imminent Annihilation

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Jägermeister Stage
The Heretic Order Kamikaze Test Pilots Untamed Callus Damaged Reich	Voodoo Sioux Luke Appleton Sinocence Alpha Omega Cranial Separation	Gemma Fox Abduction True Believer Def Goldblum Dawn of Anubis

Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
VIP Bar Stage
Vital Idol	Season of the Witch Gator Bait Metalhead	Spires Pop-Up Puppet Cinema Brule Ten Foot Wizard	Peter Holland Kapsel Rekovered

2019

BOA 2019 took place at Catton Hall between Thursday 8 August and Sunday 11 August 2019.

The announced lineup was:

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Ronnie James Dio Stage
Sabaton Powerwolf Tesseract Children of Bodom Soulfly Metal Church Death Angel Xentrix Incite	Parkway Drive Anthrax The Wildhearts Thy Art Is Murder Evil Scarecrow Swallow the Sun Cancer Bats Krysthla	Scorpions Queensrÿche Cradle of Filth Dee Snider Hypocrisy Soilwork Ross the Boss Aborted All Hail The Yeti

Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sophie Lancaster Stage
Rotting Christ Ten Ton Slug Footprints in the Custard Blind River Barbarian Hermit	Grand Magus Raging Speedhorn Countless Skies Sulpher Karybdis Damnation's Hammer BongCauldron Def Con One Blasphemer Control the Storm Zealot Cult	Taake Divine Chaos Black Shuck 3 Headed Snake Helheim Dust Bolt Red Method Guardians of Time Lotus Eater Odd Crew The Parallax Method	Eluveitie Batushka Bloodred Hourglass Violblast Crescent Boss Keloid Wheel Solitary Witch Tripper Harbinger Resin

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Hobgoblin New Blood Stage
Anakim Saurr Gaia Widows MARW Pravitas Blind Divide The Hope Burden Tomorrow is Lost Midnight Prophecy Grand Elder Death by Ki Xero	Master's Call Deformation of Man Lock Horns Djinova Voidlurker Empire Warning Voluntas Grief Ritual Scars of Remembrance Reaper X Goat Monsoon Stormcast Inferiem	The Lazys Damim Leadrobot Sethiest Golden Core Lost In Lavender Town Fear Bound Aesect Take Refuge Elyrean Bastard Fallen Temples 28 Double Fractions

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Jägermeister Stage
Skypilot Beggar Graves Eyes of the Raven Sophie Sparham	Daybreaker Foul Body Autopsy Black Falcon Pemphigoid	Womenowar Jailbirds Victus Jackal's Backbone Crimson Tusk

Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
VIP Bar Stage
The Essence of Springsteen	Heavy Duty The Brothers Keg NPKR	Gorilla Disgraceland Slay Duggee	Forged In Black The Lost Boys

Dimmu Borgir were booked to play the Ronnie James Dio stage on Sunday but pulled out due to illness, they were replaced by Batushka.

Code Orange were booked to play the Ronnie James Dio stage on Saturday but pulled out and were replaced by The Wildhearts.

Shvpes were booked to play the Sophie Lancaster stage on Saturday but pulled out and were replaced by Lotus Eater.

Generation Kill were booked to play the Sophie Lancaster stage on Saturday but pulled out and were replaced by Divine Chaos who were also moved up to the Special Guest slot as Skeletal Remains had to pull out as their ferry was cancelled due to bad weather.

Due to windy conditions, the Ronnie James Dio stage was unsafe for use on the Saturday evening, leading to Cradle of Filth being moved to the Sunday, taking Batushka's slot, with Batushka being moved to the Sophie Lancaster Stage, resulting in The Lazys being moved to the New Blood Stage. As well as this, Parkway Drive's and Anthrax's performances were both delayed until the Stage was deemed safe to use.

2020

BOA 2020 was due to take place at Catton Hall between Thursday, 6 August and Sunday, 9 August 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The announced lineup at the time of postponement was:

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Ronnie James Dio Stage
Devin Townsend Skindred Phillip H. Anselmo & The Illegals Dark Tranquillity Sacred Reich Acid Reign Svalbard Lost Society	Behemoth Paradise Lost Bury Tomorrow Vio-lence Jinjer Sylosis Toxic Holocaust Conjurer Savage Master	Judas Priest Saxon Gloryhammer Orange Goblin Life of Agony Diamond Head Butcher Babies Idle Hands

Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sophie Lancaster Stage
The Night Flight Orchestra Nekrogoblikon The Crawling Raised By Owls Anakim	Bloodywood Soen Bossk Exhumed Necrot Dog Tired	Cattle Decapitation Memoriam Ramage Inc Winterfylleth Viscera Bailer Sharks In Your Mouth Video Nasties	Hatebreed Unleash the Archers Blasphemer Green Lung Black Tongue Wolf Jaw Vexed Pist Liberty Lies Grave Lines

The Black Dahlia Murder were booked to play the Ronnie James Dio stage on Sunday but pulled out of all European summer shows due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021

BOA 2021 took place at Catton Hall between Wednesday 11 August and Sunday 15 August 2021. This is an extra day to the usual length of the festival owing to the postponement of the 2020 event.

Bloodstock Open Air 2021
Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Ronnie James Dio Stage
stage closed	stage closed	Devin Townsend Skindred The Wildhearts Venom Prison Higher Power Acid Reign Svalbard Divine Chaos Foetal Juice	Kreator Cradle of Filth Paradise Lost While She Sleeps Malevolence Wargasm Conjurer Borstal	Judas Priest Saxon Gloryhammer Therapy? Orange Goblin Bleed From Within Diamond Head Bloodshot Dawn Seidrblot
Sophie Lancaster Stage
Onslaught Beholder Raised By Owls Ward XVI Anakim	Lawnmower Deth Punk Rock Factory The Crawling King Witch Famyne Forlorn World Seething Akira Urne Luna's Call Ashen Crown Thunderous Jones Fury	Napalm Death Conan Evile Raging Speedhorn Shrapnel Primitai Garganjua Dog Tired Agrona Deified King Creature	Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons Memoriam Ramage Inc Winterfylleth Viscera XL-Life Bailer King Goat Terra IV Video Nasties Netherhall	Evil Scarecrow Black Spiders Necronautical Green Lung Black Tongue Wolf Jaw Vexed Pist Liberty Lies Grave Lines Internal Conflict
Hobgoblin New Blood Stage
stage closed	Kurokuma Battle Born As The World Dies Pemphigoid Godeater The Best Medicine Slave Steel Casket Feeder Riptide Solcura Odysseus Halveksia	Colpocleisis Broken Jaw Elder Druid Sail Sound of Origin Beyond Salvation Desolation Beyond Extinction Insurgent Pearler Severenth Terminal Sun	Hanowar Abduction Grey Stag The Ghoules Nassau Hawxx Cottonmouth Iron Tooth Ascaris Kinzoku A Horse Called War Black Atlas	Ghosts of Atlantis Strangle Wire Frozen In Shadows Deitus South of Salem Fellowship The Injester This is Endless Hybridize Son of Boar Words That Burn Sorceress of Sin Wired
Jägermeister Stage
stage closed	Ghosts Of Men Milliner Axiom Master Charger Bad Earth King Corpse Shackled Tortured Demon	Häxan Godless Suns Ale of Adam Black Emerald Wall	Mountain Caller Primitai Lowen The New Sun Zookeeper	Gemma Fox Boycott the Baptist Trilobite The Howling Tides Spectral Darkwave
VIP Bar Stage
Heavy Metal Cabaret	Popestars	Heavy Duty Chestburster The Hyper Bowl Slay Duggee	Daxx and Roxane Heavy Metal Cabaret Chris Ryan/Sam Rhodes/Dan Vallender Forged In Black (acoustic)	Electric Funeral Forged In Black Andrew O'Neill Alan Brown (acoustic)

Brian Blessed appeared at the festival on Sunday 15 August 2021, Brian announced Saxon onto the stage on the Sunday evening.

Loathe were scheduled to perform on the Ronnie James Dio stage on Friday 13 August 2021 but they pulled out due to a member testing positive for COVID-19, they were replaced by Higher Power

Sylosis were scheduled to perform on the Ronnie James Dio stage on Saturday 14 August 2021 but due to Josh Middleton having to self isolate after coming into contact with someone who had tested positive for COVID-19 at an Architects album release show, they were forced to pull out of the festival.

2022

Bloodstock 2022 took place from 11 to 14 August 2022. 17 bands were announced, including headliners Lamb of God and Saturday Ronnie James Dio stage headliner Mercyful Fate.

Life of Agony had to pull out due to a medical emergency, resulting in Skarlett Riot taking a slot on the main stage.
On the Friday, Machine Head played an hour-long unannounced set on the Sophie Lancaster Stage

Bloodstock Open Air 2022
Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Ronnie James Dio Stage
stage closed	Behemoth Testament Exodus Gwar Doyle Bloodywood Sorcerer Heart Of A Coward Red Method	Mercyful Fate Dimmu Borgir Bury Tomorrow Jinjer Sylosis Lorna Shore Spirit World Lost Society Baest	Lamb of God Killing Joke Dark Funeral Cattle Decapitation Venom Inc. Vio-lence Butcher Babies Vended Skarlett Riot
Sophie Lancaster Stage
Dark Tranquillity Nekrogoblikon Nanowar of Steel Mother Vulture Thuum Basement Torture Killings	Sleep Token Avatar Eyehategod Heathen Discharge Machine Head Party Cannon Thrown into Exile Inhuman Nature Crepitation	Malevolence Ferocious Dog Samael Ingested Blood Youth Defects Cyhra Cage Fight Pupil Slicer Mastiff Sister Shotgun	The Night Flight Orchestra Belphegor Strigoi Ill Niño Orbit Culture Heriot Noctem Guilt Trip Desert Storm Pelugion
New Blood Stage
stage closed	Tumandoomband Fyresky Mechanized Verminthrone Pariah Fornoth Haint Catalysis Existentialist I Fight Bears Ireosis Nømadus Hellfekted	Viction Tribe Of Ghosts Imperium Collapse The Sky Headpress Novacrow Steel Mage Ambrius Cast in Tephra Portrayal of Ruinn Draconian Reign Silen Collected	Torus Denali Must Kill Sulvain Karma's Puppet Apollyon Drip Fed Empire Unburier Devastator Desenser Callous Hands Sweet May Prolapse A.D.
Jagermeister Stage
stage closed	Syncolima Certain Death Swamp Coffin Vulgar Dissection	The Kunts Master Charger Solar Sons BOZ Warlock A.D.	Acid Throne Tooms Deadlock Saints Lore Of The Woodman
VIP Bar Stage
stage closed	Through Hell Into Paradise Mezzotint	Heavy Metal Cabaret Martin Feral	Rekovered Caleb H

2023

Bloodstock Festival 2023 took place on 10–13 August 2023. 8 bands were announced after Testament's set in 2022, including headliners Killswitch Engage and Megadeth.

Bloodstock Open Air 2023
Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Ronnie James Dio Stage
stage closed	Killswitch Engage In Flames Heaven Shall Burn Fit for an Autopsy Gatecreeper Sacred Reich Hate Wytch Hazel Witchsorrow	Meshuggah Triptykon performing Celtic Frost Knocked Loose Abbath Crowbar Employed to Serve Royal Republic Urne Seething Akira	Megadeth KK's Priest Sepultura Ugly Kid Joe Decapitated Tribulation All Hail the Yeti Uuhai Dead Label
Sophie Lancaster Stage
SKYND Visions of Atlantis King 810 Frozen Soul The Violent Inzident	Candlemass Bossk Gaerea Fury Zetra Pest Control The Enigma Division Black Coast Wolfbastard Bloodyard	Brothers of Metal Trollfest Gutalax Casketfeeder Skin Failure Dakesis Tribe of Ghosts The Grey Tortured Demon Ambrius	Biohazard Zeal & Ardor Embodiment Church of the Cosmic Skull Invisions Cobra the Impaler Tuskar Stengah Overthrone
New Blood Stage
stage closed	Street Soldier HEADPRESS Moon Reaper Square Wild Voidwalker LOKUST Arms to Oblivion Uridium	Nakkeknaekker Soothsayer DROWND Broken Calling DeadBlondeStars Extort Vice Swarms Ofnus	.bHP Lavein Acid Age Outergods Sentient Godeth Skypilot Nameless Sanguinem Elimination
Jagermeister Stage
stage closed	Hidden Intent Dunes Deathfiend Wildheat This Summit Fever	Water Lines Muddi Brooke Pryma Repulsive Vision Daybreaker	Iron Altar Past The Fall Skies Turn Black Dead Air Those Once Loyal
VIP Bar Stage
Guns 2 Roses	Motörwrecked Dave McPherson Lauren Jennifer	101% Pantera Lewis Floyd Henry	Popestars

Russkaja were scheduled to perform but disbanded prior to the festival. Anthrax, Whitechapel, Nonpoint, Unto Others, Striker, Eyes and DevilDriver were also scheduled to perform but withdrew from the festival.

Helloween were scheduled to perform on the Sunday, but were forced to withdraw due to Michael Kiske contracting acute laryngitis. KK's Priest were announced as their replacement.

2024

Bloodstock Festival 2024 took place from August 8th to August 11th, 2024. 14 bands were announced after the In Flames set in 2023, including headliners Amon Amarth and Architects.

Bloodstock Open Air 2024
Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Ronnie James Dio Stage
stage closed	Opeth Clutch Hatebreed Enslaved Rotting Christ Grand Magus Green Lung Nervosa Desert Storm	Architects Malevolence Whitechapel Deicide Unleash the Archers Forbidden Crypta Ignea Deitus	Amon Amarth Carcass Flogging Molly The Night Flight Orchestra Septicflesh Beast in Black Soen Cultura Tres Raised by Owls
Sophie Lancaster Stage
Evergrey Hellripper South of Salem Tailgunner Acid Age	Igorrr The Vintage Caravan Eternal Champion Darkest Era Wolf Haliphron Exist Immortal DeathCollector Burner Haxan	Korpiklaani Sylosis Combichrist Asomvel Red Rum Mimi Barks Ludovico Technique Enemies Everywhere Unpeople Cauldron	Satyricon Infected Rain Xentrix Sadus Ankor Grove Street Moon Reaper Osiah Awake by Design
Hopical Storm New Blood Stage
stage closed
EMP Stage
stage closed
VIP Bar Stage

2025

19 bands were announced at 2025's festival including all three Ronnie James Dio Stage headliners and all four Sophie Lancaster Stage headliners after Clutch's set.

Bloodstock Open Air 2025
Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Ronnie James Dio Stage
stage closed	Trivium Emperor Lacuna Coil Orange Goblin Paleface Flotsam and Jetsam Shrapnel Famyne Konvent	Machine Head Ministry Fear Factory Kublai Khan Creeper Heriot Warbringer The Spirit Cage Fight	Gojira Mastodon Lord of the Lost The Black Dahlia Murder Feuerschwanz August Burns Red Rivers of Nihil One Machine Ghosts of Atlantis
Sophie Lancaster Stage
Me And That Man All For Metal Gnome Fourwaykill Dead Flesh	Kataklysm Nailbomb High Parasite Eihwar Shade Empire Rough Justice My Diligence Lock Horns Turin Ofnus	Static-X Breed 77 Undeath Neonfly Phoenix Lake Waterlines Pengshui Ba'al Vnder A Crvmbling Moon Ireosis	Obituary 3 Inches of Blood Thrown Siglos Spirit Adrift Dogma Wall Frayle Barbarian Hermit Apathy (UK)
Hopical Storm New Blood Stage
stage closed
EMP Stage
stage closed
VIP Bar Stage

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