It’s been awesome to see Hellfest grow into one of the world’s largest and most highly-anticipated heavy music festivals on the planet. Now in its 16th iteration, last year the festival hosted over 60,000 rabid fans each day of the fest, and they’re expecting even bigger and crazier crowds for Hellfest 2023, which features 180 bands and artists spread out across four days from June 15-18.

ESP Guitars is, once again, the official guitar sponsor of Hellfest, and when you look through the lineup, you’ll see why. It will be hard to find a moment on any of the stages at Hellfest 2023 that don’t feature an ESP player or two. If you’re attending Hellfest, ESP will be right there with you. Visit Hell City Square and visit the ESP showroom where, along with our French distributor Algam, we’ll be hosting meet-and-greet sessions with ESP players. You’ll also have the chance to try out a variety of LTD, E-II, and ESP instruments right there, and purchase them on the spot (don’t worry; we’ll ship them out so you won’t have to drag them around the show).

Below is a list of artists and bands who are scheduled to perform at Hellfest 2023, along with the guitars and basses you might see them playing.