Louder Than Life

Louder Than Life is an annual heavy metal and rock music festival that takes place in Louisville, Kentucky. It is produced by Danny Wimmer Presents. It was originally hosted at Champions Park. Starting in 2019, it was moved to the Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center. The first festival was in 2014 and lasted two days. It was eventually expanded to three. The 2018 and 2020 festivals were cancelled due to bad weather and the coronavirus[1][2]. The festival is known for featuring whiskey, craft beer, gourmet food, and multiple exhibits. The 2015 festival also featured live matches with WWE NXT wrestlers.[3]It has made a large economic impact on the city of Louisville.[4]

Louder Than Life
Breaking Benjamin performing at Louder Than Life 2019
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal, grunge, melodic death metal, post-hardcore, metalcore, power metal, gothic metal
Location(s)	Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Years active	2014 – present
Organized by	Danny Wimmer Presents
Website	Official website

Estimated Yearly Attendance

• 2014: over 36,000[5]
• 2015: over 50,000[6]
• 2016: 50,000[7]
• 2017: over 60,000[8]
• 2019: over 100,000[9]

Lineups

2014

Saturday, October 4th Judas Priest Korn Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington Limp Bizkit Alter Bridge Mastodon Theory of a Deadman Of Mice and Men Steel Panther Memphis May Fire Pop Evil Fuel Otherwise Thousand Foot Krutch Nonpoint Wilson Flaw

Sunday, October 5th Kid Rock Papa Roach Five Finger Death Punch Volbeat A Day to Remember Bring Me the Horizon Buckcherry In This Moment Hellyeah Chiodos Motionless in White Nothing More Butcher Babies Crobot Avatar Monster Truck Islander

2015

Saturday, October 3rd Rob Zombie Godsmack Chevelle Seether Sevendust Tremonti Bring Me the Horizon Of Mice and Men Hollywood Undead Atreyu Issues 10 Years Butcher Babies Starset Beartooth Art of Dying Turbowolf Dorothy Jelly Roll Cliver Romantic Rebel RavenEye

Sunday, October 4th ZZ Top Lynyrd Skynyrd Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators Breaking Benjamin Shinedown 3 Doors Down Collective Soul Hinder Saint Asonia Black Stone Cherry Skid Row Kentucky Headhunters We Came as Romans Nothing More We Are Harlot Aranda Like a Storm The Temperance Movement The Glorious Sons Kill It Kid Marmozets Red Sun Rising All Them Witches Whiskey Myers Goodbye June

2016

Saturday, October 1st Avenged Sevenfold Slayer The Cult The Pretty Reckless Pierce the Veil Cheap Trick Anthrax Hellyeah Chevy Metal Motionless in White The Amity Affliction Avatar Sick Puppies Neck Deep Young Guns Being As An Ocean '68 Twelve Foot Ninja Dinosaur Pile-Up

Sunday, October 2nd Slipknot Disturbed Korn Alter Bridge Ghost Clutch Sevendust Pop Evil Biffy Clyro Parkway Drive Skillet Trivium Zakk Sabbath(Black Sabbath cover band with Zakk Wylde) Kyng Skindred Adelitas Way Crobot Sabaton Smashing Satellites

2017

Saturday, September 30th Ozzy Osbourne featuring Zakk Wylde Rob Zombie Hollywood Undead Five Finger Death Punch Halestorm For We Are Many Of Mice and Men Sleeping with Sirens Mastodon Gojira Eagles of Death Metal Starset New Years Day Palisades Steel Panther Fire From the Gods Through Fire He Is Legend Ded

Sunday, October 1st Prophets of Rage Rise Against Incubus Stone Sour Falling in Reverse Beartooth Joyous Wolf Nothing More The Pretty Reckless Greta Van Fleet Black Map In This Moment Lacuna Coil Radkey Ocean Grove '68 Biters

2019

Friday, September 27th Gwar Slipknot Staind A Day to Remember Chevelle I Prevail Architects Beartooth Motionless In White Phil Anselmo(performing with his band Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals). The Crystal Method Graveyard Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes New Years Day All Them Witches Crown Lands Joyous Wolf Dead Posey Santa Cruz

Saturday, September 28th Ice Cube Guns N' Roses Godsmack Stone Temple Pilots Suicidal Tendencies Halestorm Dropkick Murphys Melvins Andrew W.K. Badflower Knocked Loose Anti-Flag Redd Kross Parlor Mob Like A Storm Jelly Roll Dirty Honey Ded Junkbunny The Pink Slips

Sunday, September 29th Rob Zombie Marilyn Manson Disturbed Breaking Benjamin Sum 41 Three Days Grace Die Antwoord In This Moment Deadland Ritual White Reaper Demon Hunter Ho99o9 Angel Dust Sick Puppies Amigo the Devil Fire From the Gods Broken Hands Anemic Royalty

References

1. Puckett, Jeffrey Lee. "Louder Than Life cancelled due to weather and Champions Park conditions". The Courier-Journal.
2. "Hometown Rising, Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life canceled amid COVID-19 pandemic". WDRB.
3. "'WWE NXT takes over Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, Ky. this October!'". WWE.
4. Shafer, Sheldon S. "'Louder Than Life has large economic impact'". The Courier-Journal.
5. Ashton-Magnuson, Kristine. "'Louder Than Life brings in over 36,000 fans for Louisville's October 4 & 5 weekend festival'". Ashton-Magnuson Media.
6. Villa, James. "'Second Annual Louder Than Life Sells Out With Over 50,000 In Attendance For Oct. 3 & 4 Destination Festival In Louisville'". On Tour Monthly.
7. "'3rd Annual Louder Than Life wraps with 50,000 in attendance for 2-day festival in Louisville with headliners Avenged Sevenfold and Slipknot'". Antihero Magazine.
8. Kristine Ashton-Magnuson, Selena Fragassi. "Fourth Annual Louder Than Life wraps with more than 60,000 in attendance over two days at Champions P September 30 and October 1 with headlining sets from Ozzy Osbourne & Prophets of Rage, plus Five Finger Death Punch, Incubus, Rob Zombie, Stone Sour & More". Ashton-Magnuson Media.
9. "Louder Than Life Earns Its Spot As Largest Rock Festival In America With More Than 128,000 In Attendance Sept. 27-29 In Louisville, KY With Guns N' Roses, Slipknot, Disturbed & More; Big Announcement Coming October 10". Side Stage Magazine.

External links

• Official website