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Outbreak Fest announce Alexisonfire, Basement, Hatebreed, Scowl, High Vis and more for 2026 Manchester edition

03 November 2025, 11:09 | Written by Tyler Damara Kelly

Outbreak Fest have announced their 15th anniversary celebrations, taking place from 26-28 June 2026 at their home of Bowler’s Exhibition Centre.

Manchester will host Canadian post-hardcore legends Alexisonfire performing their world-beating 2006 album Crisis in full in a very special headline slot. UK alternative group Basement will return to Outbreak after their headline slot in 2024, joined by the likes of Suicidal Tendencies, Converge,Trapped Under Ice, Scowl, High Vis and Conneticut metalcore veterans Hatebreed, who will play music from their first two albums (Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire & Perserverance).

Outbreak Fest’s 2026 line up also includes the likes of PUP, Touché Amoré performing Stage Four in full, La Dispute, The Armed, Fiddlehead, Trash Talk, Ecca Vandal, Harms Way, End It, Haywire, Gridiron, Sanction, Higher Power, Glare, Glitterer, Ingrown, Bodyweb, Dynamite, Glixen, Truck Violence, Initiate, Febuary, Still in Love, and Turn Of Phrase.

Tickets are on sale now via outbreak-fest.co.uk.

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