There’s just 65 days – or 9 weekends – ‘til your heavy metal brethren thunder their way onto Catton Park’s hallowed turf.

by Felix Bartlett | June 4, 2024

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As the days count down, BLOODSTOCK has the next phase of Metal 2 The Masses winners to reveal, as well as a new batch of club nights for June and July, plus news about the gaming arena this year, Vikings, and more!

First up then, the bands… Grabbing a Friday slot on the Hopical Storm New Blood stage are Nottingham alt-rock trio SLEEP IN MOTION, Belfast metallers NIHILANTH, Newcastle riff merchants KRAKEN WAKER, and Edinburgh heavyists HAMMER.

Saturday’s bill will include Sheffield brutalists IL, Irish-based, Brazilian crossover thrash squad BLACK HOLE DIVERS, Manchester thrashers HELLBEARER, and Leicester modern metallers RUNNING WITH KNIVES.

Lastly, appearing on Sunday’s line up are Leeds prog rock crew DIVIDED BY DESIGN and the victors in the Poland M2TM finals, melodeath newcomers SEMPRAH. Stay tuned for the next phase of winners soon!

BLOODSTOCK club nights have been going great guns so far!  By popular demand, we’ve added two Scottish events; Glasgow and and a first ever night in Edinburgh.  Head to one of the following events to meet some other BLOODSTOCK-ers and hear lots of BOA bands old and new, and maybe win a prize!  Check locally for more details. There will be a competition at every club night to win a pair of standard weekend festival tickets!

Fri 7th June – Glasgow – Cathouse
Fri 21st June – Exeter – The Cavern, Altern8
Sat 29th June – Manchester – Satan’s Hollow, Spitfire
Sat 29th June – Stoke-on-Trent – The Sugarmill, Devil’s Night
Sat 6th July – Torquay – The Attic, Party Hard!
Sat 6th July – Brighton – Above, Apocalypse
Fri 12th July – Bristol – The Lanes, Phuct
Sat 13th July – Isle of Wight – Strings, Apocalypse
Sat 20th July – Newcastle – Think Tank, Grindhouse
Sat 20th July – Edinburgh – Decade, Decade’s 12th Birthday
Sat 20th July – York – Bluebox, Deadbolt
Fri 26th July – London – Elektrowerkz, Voodoo Summer Ball
Sat 27th July – Nottingham – The Sal, Raise Your Horns
Sat 27th July – Southampton – Sobar, Apocalypse
Sat 27th July – Stoke-on-Trent – The Sugarmill, Devil’s Nigh

Standard weekend tickets to BLOODSTOCK, priced at £185 (+ bkg fee) are available now in the 2024 ticket store. Early Bird, VIP and campervan tickets are already sold out.

Get full festival information over at bloodstock.uk.com.

BLOODSTOCK will take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire on 8th-11th August 2024.