…FROM ZOMBIE BALL TO ZANY COMEDY… 
…METAL DJ’S TO MADAME PAIN’S BOUDOIR CIRCUS… 
…BRAND NEW ‘INK’ CLUB NIGHT TO BUNGEE RUNS… 

A veritable banquet of after-dark and extra-curricular activities for this year’s DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL has been announced, with a huge variety of entertainment, club nights, comedy, and one-off events set to take place in the Campsite Village from the Wednesday before the festival, which takes place 10-12 June at Donington Park and is headlined by Def Leppard, System Of A Down and Linkin Park. 

The renowned ‘Bell Tent’ has been granted a brand new name and is now known as THE DOGHOUSE, in tribute to the Download Festival’s mascot - the Download Dog, which will host a number of activities across the weekend including the soon to be launched INK Clubnight – a new rock club night at the O2 Academy Birmingham. INK at The Doghouse at Download will see top rock & metal DJ’s on the decks from Friday to Sunday night, including Radio 1 Rock Show’s Daniel P. Carter, XFM Rock Show’s Ian Camfield, the Metal Hammer podcast duo GILL & BEEZ, and XFM’s Rich Walters. 

First time ever at DOWNLOAD is the official ‘Fancy Dress Friday’, where all Downloaders, staff, crew, and artists will be invited to adopt this years theme which is …………. ZOMBIES!!! Festival goers during the day will be recruited by a horde of zombies on site to get decked out and painted up as the walking dead, all to converge on The Doghouse for the ZOMBIE BALL, celebrating the first day of Download 2011! 

Download wouldn’t be complete without a touch of comedy – and we’re not talking about Justin Hawkin’s newly grown moustache!! Set to perform in the Comedy Tent on the Wednesday and Thursday leading up to Download will be the notorious Kunt& The Gang, Andrew O’Neill, Jason Rouse, Sean Percival plus many more. 

Moving into the weekend, the Comedy Tent will then play host each night of the festival to the spell binding Madame Pain’s Boudoir Circus, an immersive theatrical experience incorporating Victorian-era characters, Rock Angels, swinging Trapeze acts, contortionists, ‘Hardcore Henchmen’ with ‘Hell Bitch’, acrobatics and beds of nails – a true S&M experience conceived by Madame Pain who has even performed with the master of horror Alice Cooper. 

Download’s Outdoor Cinema returns showing classic cult movies and box set favourites such as South Park, Family Guy and The Simpsons for those who want to take it a bit easier! 

VK is back for more at this year’s Download, and the VK bus will be rolling into town to help festival goers stay up later and rock out harder this summer. The VK area in the campsite will once again be the place to be after the main acts turn in for the night, with the best DJs, the heaviest rock songs, the most electrifying atmosphere and the best tasting drinks to guarantee that Download 2011 is one of the best VKendsever! 

Jägermeister are back to Download for the 3rd year running but this year they are bigger and better with two monolithic metal beasts. For the first time ever the seriously cool Jäger Ice truck will be making its debut at Download. 

This specially converted ex-military 25 tonne beast converts into a sub zero ice bar area where festival goerswill be able to enjoy an Ice cold Jäger shot and giveaways!  In addition the awesome Jäger Rock Truck, will host The Acoustic stage after its success last year with exclusive acoustic sets from famous live rock bands throughout the day! 

Watch this space for the exciting line-up and Jäger VIP giveaways
http://www.jagermeister.co.uk 
http://www.facebook.com/jagermeisterUK 

The Tuborg Beat The Intro tent is back at Download, fans are invited to challenge their mates on their giant bungee run for a chance to win great prizes including side of stage visits. 

Also back this year is the customisation station where folks can get painted up for the festival, and new this year is the chill out area, where you can sit back and relax with a nice cold pint of Tuborg. 

EA is back at Download this year to celebrate the launch of Alice: Madness Returns but will you be lucky enough to get an invite to her Twisted Tea Party??? Festival goers are invited to go along to the EA Hub to win the chance to enter Alices' weird and wild Wonderland. 

Finally, Pepsi Max, the Official Cola sponsor of Download is giving fans the chance to win tickets for them and three mates to go to Download!All fans have to do to enter is buy a can of Pepsi, go to facebook.com/pepsimax and enter the code for a chance to win. Go on, your mates will love you for it! 

 Limited day tickets, weekend tickets and RIP packages available to purchase from here