Louder Than Life


Louder Than Life is a rock/heavy metal festival that takes place in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The event is known to also feature whiskey, craft beer, gourmet food and multiple exhibits. It has made a large economic impact on the city of Louisville.

History

The first Louder Than Life was a two-day festival hosted at Champions Park in 2014.
The 2015 festival also featured live matches between wrestlers from WWE NXT.
In 2018 the festival was canceled due to continuing rain and deteriorating conditions at Champions Park.
The festival was expanded to three days in 2019 and moved to Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center to prevent flooding.
The 2020 festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2021 the festival was expanded to four days.
2024 celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the festival with a record 140+ bands, including the reuniting of Slayer after a five-year retirement. However, due to weather conditions caused by Hurricane Helene, Louder Than Life canceled their Friday shows, which included Slayer in the line-up. On October 3, Louder Than Life announced that ticket holders for Friday and 4-days will be offered an exclusive invite to see Slayer at the Aftershock Festival on October 10. On October 30, Danny Wimmer Presents announced that Slayer would return for 2025. Friday and 4 day ticket holders for 2024 would also have the option to receive a partial refund or a credit towards 2025 festival passes.

Estimated yearly attendance

  • 2014: 36,000
  • 2015: 50,000
  • 2016: 50,000
  • 2017: 60,000
  • 2019: 128,000
  • 2021: 160,000
  • 2022: 170,000
  • 2023: 180,000
  • 2024: 150,000
  • 2025: 240,000

    Lineups

2014

Saturday, October 4
Sunday, October 5
Saturday, October 3
Sunday, October 4
Saturday, October 1
Sunday, October 2
Saturday, September 30
Sunday, October 1
Friday, September 27
Saturday, September 28
Sunday, September 29
were added on September 21, 2021, as replacements for Mudvayne, who cancelled their performance due to Chad Gray and some staff members contracting COVID-19. Disturbed replaced Nine Inch Nails for the Saturday headliner spot.
Thursday, September 23
Friday, September 24
Saturday, September 25
Sunday, September 26
Thursday, September 22
  • Nine Inch Nails
  • Bring Me the Horizon
  • Evanescence
  • Halestorm
  • Tenacious D
  • Yungblud
  • Highly Suspect
  • Ministry
  • Nothing More
  • Spiritbox
  • Apocalyptica
  • Ho99o9
  • New Years Day
  • Lilith Czar
  • Dorothy
  • Plush
  • Maggie Lindemann
  • Taipei Houston
  • Royal & the Serpent
  • Giovannie and the Hired Guns
  • The Dead Deads
  • Mothica
  • Superbloom
  • Eva Under Fire
  • Archers
  • Nail Bite
  • Asava
  • Two Sides of Me
  • Magg Dylan
Friday, September 23
  • Slipknot
  • Shinedown
  • Lamb of God
  • Mastodon
  • In This Moment
  • Meshuggah
  • Clutch
  • Gwar
  • In Flames
  • Baroness
  • Helmet
  • Crown the Empire
  • Poorstacy
  • Amigo the Devil
  • Ded
  • All Good Things
  • Vended
  • Mike's Dead
  • Suicide Silence
  • Orbit Culture
  • The Luka State
  • Ego Kill Talent
  • Aeir
  • Archetypes Collide
  • Until I Wake
  • Befell
  • Young Other
  • The Dev
  • The 500 Block
  • Thirst
Saturday, September 24
  • Kiss
  • Rob Zombie
  • Alice Cooper
  • Chevelle
  • Ghostemane
  • Jerry Cantrell
  • Body Count
  • Theory of a Deadman
  • Sevendust
  • Pop Evil
  • We Came as Romans
  • Airbourne
  • Cherry Bombs
  • Ill Nino
  • Tetrarch
  • D.R.U.G.S.
  • Redlight King
  • Wargasm
  • Trash Boat
  • The Alive
  • Solence
  • Dropout Kings
  • Bloodywood
  • Widow7
  • Scarlet O'hara
  • Silly Goose
  • Sevven
  • Breed
Sunday, September 25
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Alice in Chains
  • Incubus
  • Papa Roach
  • The Pretty Reckless
  • Bad Religion
  • Action Bronson
  • Jelly Roll
  • The Struts
  • Dirty Honey
  • Anti-Flag
  • The Joy Formidable
  • Bayside
  • Oxymorrons
  • Carolesdaughter
  • The Warning
  • Radkey
  • The Native Howl
  • Shaman's Harvest
  • Joey Valence & Brae
  • Lines of Loyalty
  • Heartsick
  • Normundy
  • As You Were
  • The Strangers

    2023

Thursday, September 21
Friday, September 22
Saturday, September 23
Sunday, September 24