Bloodstock 2024: Unleash the Metal with New Bands, VR Gaming, and Viking Battles!
With just 65 days – or 9 weekends – until Bloodstock 2024, the anticipation is building as heavy metal fans prepare for the ultimate festival experience at Catton Park. This year’s event promises to be more epic than ever with a slew of new band announcements, exciting club nights, a cutting-edge gaming arena, and the return of the Viking warriors!
New Bands Storm the Stage
Bloodstock is proud to reveal the next phase of Metal 2 The Masses winners, who will be taking the Hopical Storm New Blood stage by storm. Friday’s lineup features Nottingham alt-rock trio Sleep in Motion, Belfast metallers Nihilanth, Newcastle riff masters Kraken Waker, and Edinburgh heavyweights Hammer.
On Saturday, brace yourself for Sheffield brutalists IL, Brazilian crossover thrashers Black Hole Divers, Manchester thrashers Hellbearer, and Leicester’s modern metal act Running with Knives.
Rounding off the weekend on Sunday are Leeds prog rockers Divided by Design and Poland’s melodeath newcomers Semprah. Stay tuned for more band announcements soon!
Club Nights: Where Metalheads Unite
Bloodstock club nights are in full swing, and due to popular demand, new events have been added in Scotland. Meet fellow Bloodstock-ers, enjoy music from BOA bands, and enter competitions to win weekend festival tickets at the following dates and locations:
- 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 Night
Gaming Arena: VR Challenges Await
Gamers assemble! This year, Bloodstock introduces a new VR gaming installation featuring Beat Saber, Space Pirate, and the daring Richie’s Plank Experience. Compete in Beat Saber across the festival weekend for a chance to win tickets to Bloodstock 2025. Top scorers will earn incredible prizes, with the highest scorer snagging a pair of tickets for next year’s festival!
The Vikings Return
Prepare for the clash of steel and the roar of battle as the Vikings return to Bloodstock! Witness warriors from Blodorn, Hrafn, and Halda fight in full-contact 1v1 and team battles using authentic (but blunted) weapons. Meet these fierce competitors, take selfies, and learn about their gear and Viking history throughout the weekend.
Early Arrival Perks
ARRIVE ONE DAY EARLY FOR JUST £20 + booking fee!
BLOODSTOCK knows possible congestion and intended roadworks on the routes around Catton Park could cause delays sitting in traffic which no one likes. Plus, who doesn’t want a little more BLOODSTOCK?! So, after extensive review with the licensing council, to make your festival experience even better this year, all standard campsites will open one day earlier at midday on Wednesday 7th August for a limited number of spots, to help spread arrivals over two days. Of course, coming early also means more time to get settled & hang out with your mates for more fun too!
To aid in that, a cinema will be set up on the Midgard village green on Wednesday evening, showing movies, a bar, food stalls, premium hand-crafted coffee (in the Ironwood campsite), and some light evening entertainment via inflatables and DJs. The supermarket and Fat Frank’s camping shop will also be open in Midgard for anything you’ve forgotten and to blow up your airbed.
You should only consider buying an Early Arrival add-on ticket if:
- You have or will be getting a standard weekend ticket (this includes those with a campervan ticket)
- You are NOT travelling via a Big Green Coach package
- You are NOT camping in the Serpents Lair VIP or Accessible campsites
Headbangers who have booked a Tangerine Fields pre-erected tent package (located in the Asgard campsite) can also arrive early on Wednesday from midday by purchasing the Early Arrival add-on ticket.
Standard campsites include Asgard, Valhalla, Midgard, Ironwood, Jotunheim, and Hel, plus for families and those wanting a quieter camping experience, Ragnarok. Vanaheim will also be open for those with campervan tickets. Please note, if you are arriving by train, the arrivals shuttle from Tamworth train station does not run on Wednesday.
Ticket Information
Standard weekend tickets for Bloodstock 2024 are available now at £185 (+ booking fee). Limited day tickets, child tickets, and early arrival add-ons can also be purchased. Visit Bloodstock’s official website for full festival details and to secure your tickets.
BLOODSTOCK’s 2024 Ronnie James Dio main stage headliners are AMON AMARTH, OPETH, and ARCHITECTS. Across the weekend you can also expect to see CLUTCH, HATEBREED, CARCASS, ENSLAVED, MALEVOLENCE, SATYRICON, ROTTING CHRIST, SYLOSIS, WHITECHAPEL, DEICIDE, GRAND MAGUS, DESERT STORM, THE VINTAGE CARAVAN, SOEN, GREEN LUNG, COMBICHRIST, XENTRIX, EXIST IMMORTAL, ETERNAL CHAMPION, GROVE STREET, MIMI BARKS, CRYPTA, FORBIDDEN, NERVOSA, BEAST IN BLACK, KORPIKLAANI, UNLEASH THE ARCHERS, FLOGGING MOLLY, SEPTIC FLESH, IGORRR, RUIJIN, GROVE STREET, UNPEOPLE, NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA, HELLRIPPER, INFECTED RAIN, CULTURA TRES, SADUS, LUDOVICO TECHNIQUE, BURNER, RED RUM, EVERGREY, RAISED BY OWLS, TAILGUNNER, SOUTH OF SALEM, and ANKOR amongst others with yet more still to be announced.
Get full festival information over at bloodstock.uk.com. BLOODSTOCK will take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire on 8th-11th August 2024.
