Festival No. 0189117 · Est. 2026
Who's playing, and when
Festival lineup
Saturday
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Voices from the field
Reviews
Nothing written about this edition concerts yet - pick whoever you watched and be the first.
Four questions, one answer each
Rate this festival
Nobody has said what this weekend was like
13+ acts on the bill and not one answer yet. Four questions - the lineup, the atmosphere, how it was run, and whether it was worth the ticket - and this page starts telling people what Hellfest West 2026 was actually like to be at.
Every edition since 2026
Hellfest West editions
Somewhere in Santa Ana
Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- The Observatory
- Address
- 3503 S. Harbor Blvd. 92704
- City
- Santa Ana, US
- Capacity
- 1,000
Somewhere to sleep it off
Where to stay
Apartments and hotels near The Observatory, Santa Ana for the nights of the festival. The map comes from Stay22. If you book through it, we earn a commission, which helps keep the site running.
For the record
About the artists
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Arkangel formed in Brussels, Belgium, in 1997. Plays crossover thrash, hard rock, hardcore punk, heavy metal, metal, metalcore. -
Balmora formed in April 2022, and split up on 1 June 2026, after 4 years. Plays melodic death metal, melodic metalcore, metalcore. -
Disembodied formed in Minneapolis, United States, in 1995. Plays metalcore. -
Downpresser formed in Santa Barbara, United States, in 2006. -
It Dies Today formed in 2001. Plays metal, metalcore, rock, screamo. -
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Mindforce formed in Poughkeepsie, United States, in 2016. Plays hardcore punk, thrash metal. -
Morning Again formed in Cooper City, United States, in November 1995. -
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Shattered Realm formed in 2001. -
The Beautiful Mistake formed in San Diego, United States, in 2000. Plays emo, post-hardcore. -
Turmoil formed in 1992. Plays hardcore punk. -
Twitching Tongues formed in 2009. Plays alternative metal, doom metal, metalcore.

