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Download Festival is an open-air rock and metal festival held each June since 2003 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England. It is the United Kingdom's largest rock festival, with more than 100 bands playing on several stages and 75,000–80,000 attendees in recent years. The site covers around 900 acres (360 ha) and includes a large 'village' area with stalls, bars and entertainment. It surrounds Donington racetrack and is beside East Midlands Airport. Between 2016 and 2022 it was held in multiple locations as well as Donington: this included Paris (France), Madrid (Spain), Hockenheimring (Germany), Sydney and Melbourne (Australia). The festival has hosted some of the biggest rock and metal bands.
Download was created by Andy Copping as a successor to Monsters of Rock, which had been held at Donington until 1996. The festival is owned by Live Nation, and was run by Festival Republic until 2023; now being run by Far And Beyond. It is one of the very few open-air metal festivals in the UK, and is similar to the nearby Bloodstock Festival, but Download is much larger and has a broader range of genres as well as more mainstream acts.
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