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🛏️Damnation Festival 2026 accommodation: hotels near BEC Arena
Damnation Festival 2026 takes place in BEC Arena from November 7 to November 8. Arrival night: November 7. The map below is prefilled for the nights of November 7 to 8 (check-out November 9) and shows how far each hotel, apartment or rental is from the site.
Also consider staying around Manchester, Greater Manchester, the nearest large city, if the closest options to the site are sold out.
Estimated travel time to the site
| Distance | 🚗 Car / taxi | 🚴 Bike | 🚶 On foot |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~1 km | ~3 min | ~4 min | ~12 min |
| ~3 km | ~7 min | ~12 min | ~36 min |
| ~5 km | ~11 min | ~20 min | ~1 h |
| ~10 km | ~22 min | ~40 min | ~2 h |
Public transport: depends on the network around Manchester, Greater Manchester.
Each accommodation's distance to the site is shown on the map above. Rough estimates; allow extra time during festival peak hours.
✈️How to get to Damnation Festival
Planning your trip to Damnation Festival? Here's how to get there by plane, train or car, and plan your route to the festival site.
- Nearest airport: Manchester Airport (MAN), about 14 km from the venue.
- Allow about 20 min by car from the airport to the site.
- By train, head for Manchester, Greater Manchester or the nearest major station, then finish by bus, shuttle or taxi to the site.
- By car, plan for on-site parking and expect heavy traffic around the venue on festival days.
🌤️Damnation Festival 2026 weather
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🗺️Things to do near Damnation Festival
Many shows happen in the evening, so use your days to explore the area around Damnation Festival. Guided tours, museums, outdoor experiences and local activities can be booked in a few clicks before you go.
Nearby, Manchester, Greater Manchester and its surroundings offer museums, walks and local gems to discover between sets.
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🧭Practical info: Damnation Festival
- Minimum age
- 14+
- Setting
- Indoors
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📋About
Damnation Festival 2026: an extreme metal weekend across three stages in Manchester
The contact address may be in Leeds, but the 2026 edition of Damnation Festival happens in Manchester. On Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November, the Bowlers Exhibition Centre, better known as BEC Arena, in Trafford Park, opens three stages to 46 bands. The official site bills it as Europe's biggest indoor festival for extreme music, and the poster covers the whole range of the roughest metal, from grindcore to shoegaze.
Saturday is the heavy day. Carcass, the Liverpool pillar of death metal and grindcore, shares it with the post-metal of Cult of Luna and Pelican, the sludge of Crowbar and Eyehategod, HEALTH's noise rock, MØL's blackgaze and the experimental black metal of Krallice. Coltaine and Wormed round off the day with The Berzerker: back together for the occasion, the Melbourne band has not played live since 2009, nor in Europe since 2008, the year of its last visit to the festival.
Sunday turns darker. Satyricon carry the Norwegian black metal flag, which Wolves in the Throne Room stretch into atmospheric territory, while Triptykon hold the doom end and Benediction stand for old school death metal. Igorrr, the project of Frenchman Gautier Serre, blends metal, electronics and baroque harpsichord. GROZA, Mastiff, Shining and Sugar Horse are also booked.
Doors open at 11am and the first bands start at noon on both days. Entry is from age 14, and under-18s must come with an adult. There is no parking on site, as the car park hosts the food stalls, merch and a chill-out corner: use the surrounding streets, the Metrolink Park & Ride five minutes away on foot, or take the tram to Parkway. All three rooms have raised platforms with seating, a lift reaches the Cantina bar, and a free carer ticket is granted after assessment.
Weekend passes start at £160 plus fees on Skiddle, can be paid in instalments and are refunded only if the event is cancelled, postponed or moved (resale through Twickets is advised). Tickets for 2027 are already on sale. Full details are on the Damnation Festival website; to keep planning, browse our November 2026 festivals and those in the United Kingdom.
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