Damnation Festival 2026

Damnation takes place at Manchester's Bowlers Exhibition Centre on 7–8 November. The indoor heavy-music festival brings a specialist audience together across several stages.

The programme offers a starting point for discovering artists and understanding the communities around their work. Performances can be placed alongside interviews, local cultural journalism and background listening. Those sources provide different experiences of the gathering, while any live broadcast remains dependent on specific announcements and the permissions of the organiser and performers. Use the organiser's timetable to follow the programme and add artist interviews or specialist commentary where public material is available.