Hellfest have announced that next year’s event is going to be their biggest in their history, with an expansion unlike any other.

The Absolute Edition of the festival will take place from June 17-20 2027 in Clisson, France, and will see the event expand from 170 bands across the weekend to a whopping 300. Oh yes.

And to house such a huge number of bands, the festival are expanding to ten stages. Those are – MAINSTAGE 1, MAINSTAGE 2, WARZONE, RIOT, VALLEY, ABYSS, ALTAR, FORGE, TEMPLE and CRYPT.

So, yeah, it’s going to be something else. Not a bad way to celebrate your 20th anniversary.

You can watch a trailer for the announcement below.

Hellfest 2026 was headlined by Bring Me The Horizon, Iron Maiden, Limp Bizkit and The Offspring.

If you want a taste of the chaos, here is what Papa Roach’s appearance looked like: