{"id":100729,"date":"2025-11-02T21:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T21:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=100729"},"modified":"2025-11-02T21:55:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T21:55:28","slug":"outbreak-fest-2026-first-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/outbreak-fest-2026-first-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Outbreak Fest Announce Stellar First Wave of Bands for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first wave of acts for next year&#8217;s <b>Outbreak Fest<\/b> in Manchester has been announced. As the festival is celebrating its 15th anniversary, they have pulled together an impressive list of names, with <strong>Alexisonfire<\/strong> and <strong>Basement<\/strong> set to headline.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian veterans\u00a0<strong>Alexisonfire<\/strong> will mark their appearance by performing their 2006 album,\u00a0<em>&#8216;Crisis,&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>in full. <strong>Basement<\/strong> will return as headliners, having topped the bill in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The stellar bill will also feature sets from influential crossover thrash band, <strong>Suicidal Tendencies<\/strong>, as well as <strong>Converge<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Hatebreed<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Trapped Under Ice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The festival, which takes place across three days at B.E.C Arena, in Manchester, has also roped in <strong>PUP<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>La Dispute<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>The Armed<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Trash Talk<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Fiddlehead<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Scowl<\/strong>, <strong>Higher Power<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Glitterer<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Ecca Vandal<\/strong>. The full line-up so far can be viewed below.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to\u00a0<strong>Alexisonfire<\/strong> playing\u00a0<em>&#8216;Crisis&#8217;<\/em> in full,\u00a0<strong>Touch\u00e9 Amor\u00e9<\/strong> will mark the 10th anniversary of their incredible <em>&#8216;Stage Four&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>album.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, it&#8217;s unclear which days bands will play. However, organisers have indicated that the line-up for the Friday, June 26th date will be announced at a later date. Announcing the initial line-up on social media,\u00a0<strong>Outbreak Fest<\/strong> bookers stated, <em>&#8220;We still have much more to announce, including a Friday show. You will be able to upgrade your weekend ticket to include this show once the lineup is announced if you would like.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This festival is nothing without the community of people around it. It doesn\u2019t exist without your support, and we are grateful to still be doing this all these years later.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was also recently announced that the London portion of <strong>Outbreak Fest<\/strong> has been moved to August. It will take place at Victoria Park, with details yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ah-infobox\" style=\"max-width: 80%; margin: 0 auto 20px auto; padding: 20px; border: 1px solid #000; text-align: center;\"><style>.ah-infobox p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }<\/style><p>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-100732\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Outbreak-Festival-2026-Announcement-1-640x800.webp\" alt=\"Outbreak Festival 2026 Announcement 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Outbreak-Festival-2026-Announcement-1-640x800.webp 640w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Outbreak-Festival-2026-Announcement-1-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Outbreak-Festival-2026-Announcement-1-768x960.webp 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Outbreak-Festival-2026-Announcement-1-1228x1536.webp 1228w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Outbreak-Festival-2026-Announcement-1.webp 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alexisonfire (Performing<em> &#8216;Crisis&#8217;<\/em> in full + more)<br \/>\nBasement<br \/>\nSuicidal Tendencies<br \/>\nConverge<br \/>\nHatebreed (Performing songs from <em>&#8216;Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire &amp; &#8216;Perseverance&#8217;<\/em> + More)<br \/>\nTrapped Under Ice<br \/>\nPUP<br \/>\nHigh Vis<br \/>\nTouch\u00e9 Amor\u00e9 (Performing<em> &#8216;Stage Four&#8217;<\/em> in full and more)<br \/>\nLa Dispute<br \/>\nThe Armed<br \/>\nTrash Talk<br \/>\nFiddlehead<br \/>\nScowl<br \/>\nHarms Way<br \/>\nHigher Power<br \/>\nGlitterer<br \/>\nEnd It<br \/>\nEcca Vandal<br \/>\nHaywire<br \/>\nGridiron<br \/>\nSanction<br \/>\nBodyweb<br \/>\nDynamite<br \/>\nIngrown<br \/>\nGlixen<br \/>\nTruck Violence<br \/>\nFebuary<br \/>\nInitiate<br \/>\nGlare<br \/>\nStill In Love<br \/>\nTurn Of Phrase<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>When and Where is Outbreak Fest 2026?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Outbreak Fest 2026<\/strong> will take place at The B.E.C. Arena in Manchester from Friday, June 26th to Sunday, June 28th.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets go on sale on Monday, November 3rd at 10am. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outbreak-fest.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outbreak-fest.co.uk<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexisonfire, Basement, Converge, Hatebreed, Touch\u00e9 Amor\u00e9 and more will appear at the hardcore, metal and punk fest next June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17559],"tags":[5812,17725],"class_list":["post-100729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-outbreak-fest","tag-outbreak-festival"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Outbreak Fest Announce Stellar First Wave of Bands for 2026 - Already Heard Staging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alexisonfire, Basement, Converge, Hatebreed, Touch\u00e9 Amor\u00e9 and more will appear at the hardcore, metal and punk fest next June.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Outbreak Fest Announce Stellar First Wave of Bands for 2026 - 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