Hellfest is an annual music festival which takes place in Clisson, France in mid-June. It is held within the Val de Moine sport complex in Clisson, approximately 35 km south-east of the city of Nantes, and approximately 400 km south-west of the nation’s capital Paris. Billed as an “extreme music festival”, the programme features a variety of heavy metal, hard rock, punk and hardcore acts.
Headliners
Festival lineup
- 7 Seconds
- Aerosmith
- Alter Bridge
- Annihilator
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Black Sabbath
- Buckcherry
- Caspian
- Clutch
- Death Angel
- Deefeater
- Deep Purple
- Electric Wizard
- Enslaved
- Flogging Molly
- Godflesh
- Gorgoroth
- Hatebreed
- Iced Earth
- Iron Maiden
- Kylesa
- Megadeth
- Millencolin
- Monster Magnet
- Of Mice and Men
- Opeth
- Protest the Hero
- Queensryche
- Rob Zombie
- Royal Thunder
- Satan
- Seether
- Skidrow
- Slayer
- Soulfly
- Soundgarden
- Status Quo
- The Misfits
- Therapy?
- Toxic Holocaust
- Trivium
- Walls of Jericho
- We Came As Romans
Previous Years
Festival News and Rumors

Austin City Limits' 2022 Livestream to Feature Paramore, Kacey Musgraves, The Chicks & More
You can also watch sets by Marcus Mumford, The War on Drugs, Billy Strings, Flume, and Goose.
Consequence Staff October 6, 2022

The What Podcast: Mat Kearney Talks Cover Songs, His Career Journey, and More at Moon River Festival
Barry and Lord Taco also touch on how the festival handled its Sunday rainout.
Ben Kaye September 14, 2022

First Pantera Reunion Shows Announced for Slipknot's South American Knotfests and Mexico's Hell & Heaven Fest
Jon Hadusek August 25, 2022

2022 Zona Music Festival: Beach House, Portugal. the Man, and Bleachers Lead Lineup
Carys Anderson August 24, 2022

Police Believe They Stopped Potential Mass Shooting at Bass Canyon EDM Festival
Abby Jones August 21, 2022