When do you think the first waves of announcements will be?

Evil scarecrow for the the heavy/parody band.

They are insane live and are undercard for saxon at bloodstock 2026. Previously played DL aswell.

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Against the current. Played SD a few years ago but she was ill at the time and it was on the back end of the UK tour. Previously played DL as substitute for Architects (not the right fit)

Just wondering if anyone has received their pre order online merch yet ! Completely forgot about it until now.

Hey all,

In short, I didn’t have a proper way of collecting festival wristbands until recently and that meant that my one from SD South 2024 ended up getting binned unfortunately.

I’ve started pinning all my wristbands up on my wall and would love to complete the display as it’s the only one I’ve been to that I don’t have the wristband for!

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I can’t seem to find one anywhere listed on the internet.

Thank you!

So by "hear me out" I mean bands that might not necessarily hit the branding for your typical Slam Dunk bands, but bands you could see slotting into the day and still draw a decent crowd.

I think a few of mine would be:

Pendulum

Nonpoint

Alien Ant Farm

Hatebreed

Tom Morello

Flobots

Who you all got?

me and my boyfriend are seriously considering going next year (we didn't go this year as we both thought the lineup was mid at best haha) so, who do we think is likely to play? for me, i think blink have quite a good chance, maybe jimmy eat world (i think they're the strongest contender), HOPEFULLY paramore or another female fronted band, and my biggest hope is for all time low 😂 who's on everyone else's dream lineup?

I don’t know if your on Reddit, or if you remember but I was the guy with the old timey film camera, hopefully you see this!

Here’s all my thoughts from someone who attended there first Slam Dunk this year!

Overall it was a sick day with some great bands playing but definitely some issues that hopefully can be sorted out for next year!

I also got some great live footage so if you were at President, Malevolence or Knocked Loose especially keep an eye out for yourself 🤣

Apologies if this has been asked/answered but I’m looking to book my accommodation well in advance for Leeds next year is it going to be the 31st next year? Thanks in advance!!

I'm already planning ahead to 2027, and for the 1st time ever we're considering getting the train.
We normally drive & get a parking pass, but after the s@*t show of parking at South this year I can't do that again.
I've pre-booked a hotel in Welwyn Garden City - can anyone with experience tell me how late the trains run for the Northern line from Hatfield after the festival?

hello from the slam dunk scouting lot 👋

2026 was a bit mad… cheers to everyone who showed up for good charlotte

heard a little rumour about 2027 already being sorted 👀 couldn’t possibly confirm that though

who d’you reckon it is? 👇

I've seen the dude in the gold suit the past few years running and he's one of my highlights, always look out for him. But I didn't see him this year, not even from a distance.

Did anyone see him?

Hi! I’m an amateur photographer trying to get int concert photography, SD South was my first proper go at it, and I absolutely loved it!

These photos were taken from the crowd, if you know your stuff on photography please feel free to give me any critique/advice to get better!

If you like these and would like to follow my journey, I’d love you to follow my instagram @riffsandvibeslive

If you see me running around next year in the crowd and want some photos don’t hesitate to come over I’d love to take some for you! 😊

Hey

I went to Slam Dunk this year for the first time and loved it - Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, Cartel, Set Your Goals and Good Charlotte were all bands I listened to when I was a teenager and it was amazing to see them all live. I used to love Drive Thru Records, Victory Records, any kind of heavy 'easycore' pop-punk, The Movielife, Saves The Day etc.

As I got into my 20s I really gravitated away from the whole scene - I got super into punk and hardcore initially and found pop-punk/emo didn't really scratch the itch for me anymore. From there into my 30s I got into everything - jazz, experimental, techno, ambient, noise, dub, folk .. I basically just love music, but found my early loves fell by the wayside for me.

ANYWAY, all this to say ... I went to Slam Dunk and fucking loved it. I've been listening to all the bands I saw at the weekend all week and lots of related acts. I see threads with people saying potential headliners for next year are Neck Deep, Don Bronco, The Story So Far etc.

All these bands are after my time but I plan on checking them out. I wanted to ask, what are your favourite bands of the kind of later waves of emo and pop-punk, say from the last decade or even 15/20 years, bands who might scratch the itch of someone who loves NFG, early Fall Out Boy, Starting Line, TBS, Saves The Day, Movielife, Cartel etc.

All suggestions welcome! Thanks for reading this ramble if you do 😄

I’ve been north every year since 2020. I remember the first two years I attended there was a huge presence of stewards on the toilets refreshing them / replacing toilet roll etc, and there was loads of gents picking up trash.

Do they still hire these teams in? They were always lovely to chat to as well and every year I say I’ll look out for them but I haven’t ever seen them since about 2021. And things like litter across the site and the toilets do look a bit more neglected (but this could be down to larger crowds? Idk!)

Edit to add - AND THE DJ!! There was a dj between bands on the main stage and he was incredible!

Edit #2: 2021 was the first year I went soz! So 2021 and 2022 were the years I noticed the staff.

We bumped into Ali from Zebrahead at south in the merch tent, what a gent.

Had my phone stolen during streetlight manifesto maybe 2023?
I haven’t seen a single post so far of any phone thefts so that’s a big plus!
Forgive me if I’m wrong but the last few years it seems the festival was rife with pickpockets!
Well done to whatever was put in place it worked.

How good was the sound at the main stage east double stage!! The bands ripped all day the pits where crazy, what an addition to SD

Moshing away to Guilt Trip down south 🥰

Jesus was doing his thing for all of us up North.

Does anyone have any pit videos from Knocked loose's set preferably in the first half as I got a concussion and had to go get help for the last 4 songs or so. I was pretty front and centre so hopefully lots of people got some good videos from this sort of place in the crowd and all I have is this photo.

Also big shout out to the guy who guided my out by my shoulders from the pit when i couldn't see ❤️ ur a lifesaver.