Download Festival is a British rock festival, held annually at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England, since 2003, in Paris, France since 2016 and Parramatta Park, Sydney since 2019 & Flemington Racecourse Melbourne Australia since 2018. It is the most popular British summer rock and heavy metal festival and has hosted some of the genre's biggest names, including Saxon, Black Sabbath, Slipknot, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Korn, Soundgarden, Mot\u00f6rhead, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Def Leppard, Kiss, Judas Priest, Status Quo, M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce, Journey, ZZ Top, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Faith No More and Guns N' Roses.