On May 21, 2026- Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival announced they had a record breaking event this year with over 184,000 fans that attended! The festival is held at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio for 4 days and Danny Wimmer offered 145 bands on 5 stages including Shinedown, My Chemical Romance, Bring Me The Horizon, and Pierce The Veil and more!

This year’s massive event also offered an incredible number of special performances, collaborations and exclusive moments, including:

• My Chemical Romance celebrated the 15^th anniversary of their album Danger Days with performances of songs like “Vampire Money” for the first time in years
• Bring Me The Horizon wrapped up their North American tour and brought out special guest MAPHRA for a performance of “Doom”
• Shinedown invited Daughtry to join on the song “Monsters” and also covered 3 Doors Down’s “Kryptonite” in memory of Brad Arnold
• Breaking Benjamin was joined onstage by Lacey Sturm (Flyleaf) for “Dear Agony”
• Hip-hop legends Public Enemy marked their debut at a DWP festival in a celebration of the band’s 40-year legacy
• Daughtry invited Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale to guest on their cover of Journey’s “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)”
• Flyleaf performed “So I Thought” with Breaking Benjamin’s Ben Burnley
• Atreyu covered Audioslave’s “Like A Stone” to commemorate the 9^th anniversary of Chris Cornell’s passing
• Ice-T  his son Tracy “Lil’ Ice” Marrow Jr.  on backing vocals  during Body Count’s set, which was the band’s Sonic Temple debut and first Ohio show in 8 years
• Fan proposals happened during Slaughter To Prevail and Paleface Swiss

As well, the Rock Royalty VIP experience included meet & greets with Hawthorne Heights, Stone Temple Pilots, New Found Glory, Daughtry, Pop Evil, Bush, P.O.D., and Saliva.

“Sonic Temple never fails to deliver one of the year’s biggest spotlights on modern hard rock and metal and this year is no different.” — Loudwire

“Sonic Temple just delivered another massive four-day concert event that found more than 140 acts treating heavy music fans to a hell of a show.” — Revolver

“Sonic Temple 2026 spread its wings over Historic Crew Stadium with a roar that made all its previous editions sound like a warm-up, shattering attendance records and confirming that DWP’s empire of rock and metal festivals has yet to find its ceiling. Columbus keeps answering the call, and Sonic Temple keeps redefining what answering it looks like. “ — Metal Injection

“With record-breaking attendance … and a lineup that read like a living archive of heavy music’s past, present, and future, Sonic Temple didn’t just return, it expanded its footprint as one of America’s most essential hard rock festivals.” — Consequence

“Rock is alive and well. Thank you, Sonic Temple.” — Richland Source

The 2027 festival dates for Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival will be announced soon.

Sonic Temple was proud to partner with an incredible lineup of partners for this years curation, including Beatbox Beverages, Bud Light, Brixton, Jack Daniel’s, Middle West Spirits, Mountain Dew, Ohio Lottery, Rockstar Energy & White Claw, and more.

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