Sick New World Announces 2026 Dates and Lineup

It's back! Sick New World took last year off after two successful years in a row. But now it’s back and it’s bigger than ever. Not only will the stacked festival return to Las Vegas next year but it will also be making a stop in Texas in the fall!

Sick New World will be taking place on April 25th once again in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds and it will also feature a second event in Fort Worth, Texas on October 24th at the Texas Motor Speedway. Both events will be headlined once again by the legendary System of a Down with Korn co-headlining in Las Vegas and Deftones co-headlining in Fort Worth. Sick New World will be featuring another stacked lineup including Evanescence, Marilyn Manson, Knocked Loose, AFI, Underoath, Wage War, Mastodon, Speed, Pain of Truth, Glassjaw and many, many more.

Pre-sales for both events begin this Thursday (October 23rd) at 10 a.m. PT for Vegas and 10 a.m. CT for the Forth Worth show. You can sign up for pre-sale access to the Vegas show here, and for the Texas concert over here.

See the flyers below for the full lineup

Don’t expect Sick New World to have the same lineup for both events though, as the festival will be having bands that will be exclusive on both dates. The traditional Las Vegas event will see performances by Bring Me The Horizon, Acid Bath, Cypress Hill, End It, Corrosion of Conformity and Danny Elfman. Meanwhile, the inaugural Texas event will have its own set of exclusives like Scowl, Deafheaven, PeelingFlesh, Power Trip, The Prodigy, Down, Haywire and a very special performance by the mighty Slayer who will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of their titular third studio album; Reign In Blood.

Sick New World teased their return yesterday with an animated teaser that featured snippets from System of a Down’s “Prison Song”, Korn’s “Blind” and Deftones’ “My Own Summer (Shove It)”, giving a clear indication who would be headlining the 2026 events. Now that we know who will be playing which date, which one do you plan on going to? Las Vegas? Texas? Both? Both events have a lot to offer so it’s gonna a tough choice but get your plans together and sign up for the presale so you don’t miss your chance at tickets.