Jonny and Mike talk all about the Download Festival Pilot in 2021. After the Covid-19 pandemic cancelled 2 Download Festivals, the pilot event restarted live music at Donington Park. Where you there too, what were your memories of a mini Download Festival?

This week we are joined by non other than the incredible Trish Rayner (known to many as PolytheneGirl!) to discuss all the incredible things she does to help shape the festival we love, and also reflect emotionally on the impact the Download Festival Forums have had on this fantastic Download Community. Enjoy

After a couple of weeks holiday, Mike and Jonny re group in what is now Season 2 as the Download excitement and cycle starts again. We discuss who are the potential Download Headliners for 2026, who' s in, who's out and who is on our Wishlist! Welcome to Season 2!

Join us this week as we cover all the bands, laughs and stories from the Sunday as this years Download Festival 2025!

Join us this week as we talk about one of our favourite UK Festivals... Bloodstock Festival. We break down this years setup and lineup and reminisce about our time at Bloodstock from previous years.

Join us this week as we break down the high and lows of the Saturday at Download Festival 2025!

Jonny and Mike have returned from Back to the Beginning, was it worth the hype. We review every band and also chat to SMTV and Trash Talkin' Podcast's Stu Marlow about all of our experience on the day; there's always room for a bit of Download Festival and Bloodstock festival chat too!

Join us this week as we are joined by our good friend and Download Festival first timer Bainesy, as we discuss the Friday antics and review some incredible bands at this years Download Festival.

Join us this week as we read through the funniest stories from download 2025 sent in by the incredible download family. We discuss a very hot Iron Maiden gig in London, as well as chat about the upcoming Back to the beginning gig for Ozzy and Sabbath. Enjoy!

With Download Festival over, we breakdown our experience day by day starting with the thursday. We talk around what it was like to "perform" for the first time at Download, and reminisce about what could possibly be one of our favourite Thursdays of all time.