Bloodstock have announced that their Winter Gathering is making a return in 2026, and the line-up guarantees you’ll be seeing the year out well.

Taking place at KK’s Steelmill in Wolverhampton on December 05, the event serves as a bridge between this year’s festival and next year’s. A chance for the masses to have a catch-up and a headbang before downing tools.

And there will be plenty of headbanging with the bands set to assemble.

The main stage will feature sets from Rotting Christ, 1914, Pest Control, Party Cannon, Red Rum, Witchsorrow and Square Wild.

Whilst the second stage will house Shrapnel, The Crawling, Moon Reaper and Head Dent.

Thrash, slam, pirate metal, doom metal, punk and death metal? A lot of bases are very well covered.

Festival co-director Vicky Hungerford had this to say about the event, exclaiming, “Last year’s Winter Gathering was honestly such a blast — it reminded us exactly why Bloodstock began as an indoor event in the first place. The atmosphere was so intimate and felt just like those early days. We’ve got loads of fun things planned for 2026 and we’d love to see as many of you there as possible. It’s basically our Bloodstock Christmas party!”

Tickets are available right now from right here.

And let’s not forget this year’s festival, which will be taking place between August 06-09 at Catton Park in Derbyshire. And what a line-up they have put together to celebrate 25 years, with Lamb Of God, Judas Priest, Bleed From Within, Of Mice & Men, Northlane, Fit For An Autopsy, Body Count, Graphic Nature and so many more joining the party.

You can pick up your tickets from right here.