Festival dijadwalkan dari 16 Jun hingga 19 Jun 2016 (3 hari).
Hellfest berlangsung di Clisson, France. Berikut adalah alamat lengkap festival: Rue du Champ Louet 44190 Clisson, France
Rammstein, Bring Me the Horizon, Korn, Megadeth, Ghost, The Offspring, Dropkick Murphys, Gojira, Volbeat, Shinedown, Within Temptation, Joe Satriani, Amon Amarth, Foreigner, August Burns Red, Bad Religion, Bullet for My Valentine, Disturbed, Katatonia, Killswitch Engage.
Genre dan sub-genre yang paling populer dari edisi sebelumnya adalah:
rock
heavy metal
punk
metal
hard rock
death metal
hardcore
thrash metal
black metal
doom metal
alternative
hardcore punk
metalcore
stoner rock
progressive metal
punk rock
stoner metal
speed metal
doom