Toronto heavy music and arts festival Prepare The Ground has revealed full details for its third annual edition, set for May 29-31, 2026. The complete lineup — including single-day breakdowns and pass options — is now available.

Newly added to the bill are avant-garde composer William Basinski, Norwegian occult black metal trio Witch Club Satan, Texas punk/black metal outfit Portrayal Of Guilt, and Portland doom project Mizmor.

They join previously announced acts such as Amenra (heavy + quiet sets), Oathbreaker (North American exclusive reunion performing Rheia in full), Torche, Oranssi Pazuzu, …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead (performing Source Tags & Codes in full), Pallbearer (performing Foundations Of Burden), HELL, Stygian Bough, and more.

The three-day event will take over multiple downtown Toronto venues, including Trinity-St. Paul’s Church, Lee’s Palace, The Cave, and TRANZAC, and will also feature an outdoor arts market plus a dedicated theater space for film scores and related programming.

Tickets are available now, here.

Friday, May 29th:

Amenra
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead (performance Source Tags & Codes + Secret of Elena's Tomb)
Blood Ceremony
Blood Vulture
Conjurer
Final Gasp
Indian Handcrafts
Lowheaven
Minsk
Mizmor
Pretty
UUGGHH
Witch Club Satan

Saturday, May 30th:

Amenra
Burner
Cease
Dear Evangeline
dogwhistle
Malevich
Habak
Oathbreaker (performing Rheia in full)
Oranssi Pazuzu
Pallbearer (performing Foundations of Burden in full)
Portrayal of Guilt
Svalbard (first and last North American show)
Tómarúm
Wayfarer

Sunday, May 31st:

HELL
Hell is Other People
Kathryn Mohr
The Keening
Sara Sloan
Stygian Bough
Tribunal
Torche
Unholy Altar
Unwell
Wiegedood
William Basinski
Wrekmeister Harmonies