NEWS: Rabidfest announce second wave of bands for 2026!

After the 10th March announcement of the first five bands and the Saturday night headliner, Rabidfest have admitted to booking another six bands for Oxford’s finest Metal Weekender. While they’ve kept their Sunday headliner a closely guarded secret for now, they have warned of eleven of the twenty bands set to cause a tear in the time space continuum over the weekend of 31st October and 1st November 2026 at The Bullingdon in Oxford. Are you f***ing ready?!

Here’s the line up so far:

Hacktivist (Saturday headliner)
Thrashatouille
Maatkare
Swarm6ix
Black Candy
Devilhusk
The Dead XIII
The Crawling
Novacrow
Dacara
Rattlesnakes
Omegathrone

We’re proud to be a Media Partner of Rabidfest again this year alongside Red Death Media, Moomin Merchandise, Moshville Times, Moshville Radio, GraphicsFix, TwoFace Promotions, Blackstar Amplification and main stage sponsor Devolution Magazine. The Festival is all for charity and this year the profits will be going to the The Sophie Lancaster Foundation!

Rabidfest will take place at The Bullingdon in Oxford over the weekend of the 31st October and 1st November 2026:

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