Festival dijadwalkan dari 10 Jun hingga 12 Jun 2011 (2 hari).
Download Festival berlangsung di Derby, United Kingdom. Berikut adalah alamat lengkap festival: Donington Park, Leicestershire, England
Bring Me the Horizon, Korn, Ghost, System of a Down, Def Leppard, Avenged Sevenfold, Alice Cooper, Black Veil Brides, Alter Bridge, Asking Alexandria, Bullet for My Valentine, Hollywood Undead, Disturbed, The Cult, Frank Turner.
Genre dan sub-genre yang paling populer dari edisi sebelumnya adalah:
rock
heavy metal
punk
metal
hard rock
alternative rock
alternative
metalcore
hardcore
alternative metal
post-hardcore
classic rock
emo
screamo
nu metal
indie
post-grunge
thrash metal
death metal