There will be thrashing all around on May 2-3, 2026, when Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly—the world’s heaviest and headbangingest craft beer event—returns to the Fillmore in Philadelphia and turns your boring festival into art for its ninth year! And for the first time ever, Metal & Beer Fest will be an ALL-AGES show!
Texas crossover thrash juggernauts Power Trip will headline the Sunday night with their first Philly performance in seven years, while Richmond heroes Municipal Waste will close out Saturday evening via a special celebration of selections from their thrash metal landmark The Art of Partying.
Of course, our flight of special sets doesn’t end there! Montréal death metal kings Cryptopsy will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their None So Vile LP with a set of vintage (and a few new) rippers, while New York hardcore legends Cro-Mags will perform their genre-defining The Age of Quarrel album to honor its 40th anniversary.
The already stacked artist bill, presented by BLKIIBLK, is rounded out by: freshly reunited progressive psych sludge institution Kylesa; Oakland death metal raiders Necrot; Italian death cultists Fulci; bicoastal masked mincecore marauders Haggus; capitol grindcrushers No/Más; and D.C. death/grind blasters Blood Monolith.
But that’s just the (sober) half of it! The weekend’s maelstrom of malts is fully covered via the country’s most metal breweries! This year’s beer lineup is once again presented by American craft beer vanguard 3 Floyds Brewing (IN) and includes featured breweries WarPigs Brewing (IN), XUL Beer Company (TN), Magnanimous Brewing (FL), New Trail Brewing Co. (PA), Nepenthe Brewing Co. (MD), Little Cottage Brewery (GA), Bear Cult Brewing Co. (DE) and flagship meadery Brimming Horn Meadery (DE). More breweries will be announced soon!
This year “Metal & Beer” ticket holders are granted exclusive access to the Foundry, the upstairs room at the Fillmore, where they can sample pours from and speak with participating breweries in a comfortable environment while still having access to audio and video feeds from the main hall. “Metal & Beer” tickets are limited to 500 per day.
“2026 is the year of the shredder!” exclaims 3 Floyds’ Brewmaster Chris Boggess. “Super stoked to see Municipal Waste, Power Trip and the rest of these maniacs bring the Fillmore to its knees.”
Daily lineups and all ticket option details for Metal & Beer Fest Philly 2026 can be found below:
MAY 2
Municipal Waste (special The Art of Partying Set set)
Cro-Mags (special The Age of Quarrel set)
Kylesa
Haggus
No/Más
MAY 3
Power Trip
Cryptopsy (special None So Vile set)
Necrot
Fulci
Blood Monolith
“Just Metal” Ticket
Admittance to the day’s event, but as the name suggests, you just get to see the show—no beer samples.
“Metal & Beer” Ticket (21+)
Admittance to the day’s event plus unlimited* sampling from our diverse lineup of breweries presented by 3 Floyds. Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2026 sampling cups provided. Limited to 500 tickets per day.
*Please note: In extremely extreme cases, certain high-ABV pours will be ticketed, with attendees receiving a limited number of tickets available to redeem for each offering.
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Brimming Horn Meadery
Bear Cult Brewing Co.
New Trail Brewing Co.
Nefarious Industries
Night Shift Merch
Doom Bar
Time to Kill
Nepenthe Brewing Co
Magnanimous Brewing
20 Buck Spin
Tankcrimes
Little Cottage Brewery
Profound Lore
Tankcrimes
Heavy and Fast Records/Distro
Sauce Leopard
GhostWolf Pepper Co.
