

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Metal 2 The Masses 2026 - Heat 1
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 19 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Bloodstock Metal 2 the Masses - Hitchin - Heat 1.
www.facebook.com/M2TMHITCHIN

Club 85 and Bloodstock M2TM are uniting again for 2026, giving more of your favourite unsigned bands a chance to play Bloodstock Open Air and get their names out there!

HOW IT WORKS:
- All heats will be 50% audience vote and 50% judges vote.
- 2 bands from each heat will go through to the May SEMI finals
- 2 bands from each semi will then go through to the June GRAND final.
- SEMI finals voting will be 70% judges vote and 30% audience vote.
- GRAND final voting is 100% judges vote!

Each heat will consist of four competing bands and a special guest headliner - line-up as follows:

Special guest headliners: Vanitas - https://www.facebook.com/vanitasbanduk
Competing bands:
(running order determined on the night)
Apollo - https://www.facebook.com/WeAreApolloBand
Past Damnation - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61574196986359
Temper Mental - https://www.facebook.com/tempermentalband
Excinerus - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61581441711038

Tickets: £8 adv (+10% online booking fee) / £10.00 on the door.
Doors 6:30pm

Age: Persons aged 16+ may attend without a chaperone provided they have photo ID – younger patrons can be signed in at the door and accompanied for the duration of the show by a responsible adult.

Earplugs are available upon request (50p).
Downstairs bar open until 11pm.

We are just a 5-minute stroll from the station.; like all our gigs this show finishes well in time for the last trains North and South to Cambridge, Peterborough and London.
For full up to the minute listings please visit www.club-85.co.uk and consider signing up to our mailing list for information on existing and upcoming gigs straight to you! And remember… Club 85 loves you! xo
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hitchin/metal-2-the-masses-2026-heat-1/200029522941523
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 88

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://club-85.co.uk/event/metal-2-the-masses-2026-heat-1/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=hitchin-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Hitchin
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Club 85, Whinbush Road, sg51pz Hitchin, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 51.95305
- **long**: -0.27187
- **full address**: Club 85, Whinbush Road, sg51pz Hitchin, United Kingdom, 74 Whinbush Road, Hitchin, SG5 1PZ, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: M2TM Hitchin (https://allevents.in/org/m2tm-hitchin/17188683)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 19 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Club 85, Whinbush Road, sg51pz Hitchin, United Kingdom, 74 Whinbush Road, Hitchin, SG5 1PZ, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** M2TM Hitchin
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Metal 2 The Masses 2026 - Heat 1 ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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