The LoadDown Podcast

This week we return with our yearly game of "The Download Penalty Shootout". Join us as we try to predict the logo bands for 2026, with some wildcards thrown in for good measure. What's the forfeit going to be next year??

This week we catchup for the first time since Download 2025 with Kate and Rosie. We celebrate 1 year of the LoadDown Podcast and chat about what Download could improve on for next years Festival.

Join us this week as we chat through the mad week of festival lineup announcements we have had, from Slam Dunk and Bloodstock, to some of the big European festivals next year, and chat about what this means for the Download 2026 lineup!

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!