Ricky Warwick, frontman and founder of The Almighty, has checked in with the following message and a special story shared via video:,“On the day I turn 60, The Almighty will be sharing a stage with our friends Iron Maiden at Knebworth, which brings back wild and wonderful memories from Donington 1992, where my dad celebrated his 60th birthday watching us play with Maiden.,Life has a funny way of coming full circle.

Time flies, but the music, the memories, and the people we share them with are what really endure.”,Last September when Iron Maiden announced their only UK show of 2026, on July 11th at Knebworth Park, they said they would be “turning it into as much of a ‘Maiden World’ as we can for all our fans to enjoy!” and true to form they are now able to announce the full details, revealing exactly what that means.,Get ready for EDDFEST – a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience what constitutes Iron Maiden’s idea of a fun-filled 48 hours of entertainment, themed areas and bars, experiences, live music and more.

Inside EDDFEST fans will be able to explore the Infinite Dreams Museum Experience, a walk-through display of stage props and relics, inspired by Sunday Times Bestseller book Infinite Dreams.

This is an unprecedented and completely unique opportunity to view Maiden relics up close and personal.,Fans will also encounter Maidenville, where you will find the greatest Eddie’s Dive Bar yet, a second stage for music and entertainment, the Unfair Funfair featuring rides and Eddie-themed Funfair Games, plus Eddie’s Emporium and much more to explore throughout the site.,Friday night campers will be able to gain early access to the site and experiences, including first access to the Infinite Dreams Museum Experience.

There will also be a whole evening of entertainment planned on the Maidenville stage featuring a mix of special acts with a connection to Maiden.

This is all topped off with the previously announced main stage on the Saturday, featuring an exceptional supporting line-up, ahead of Iron Maiden’s show-stopping Run For Your Lives performance.,Manager Rod Smallwood explains; “After the monumental shows in the UK last year, we knew that if we were going to play the UK in 2026 it had to be very different.

So we chose Knebworth Park as it gives us the space required – which is just not available in stadiums – to put together something groundbreaking for our fans by creating a Maiden World for them.

We are excited to now reveal the details of this one-off event to celebrate the band’s 50 year career, which we are now calling EDDFEST, because, as everyone knows, Eddie is the true star of the show!,We also know Maiden fans are basically a huge gang and we want to give them a weekend to remember at Knebworth.

For the last couple of tours we have been arranging the Eddie Dive Bars for our fans, both pre- and post-show.

Some of these took over the entire centres of towns with thousands of fans gathered there enjoying the fun, the music and each other’s company.

So EDDFEST is going to expand on that concept in a huge variety of ways, to create a truly unmissable Maiden World over the whole weekend!,There will be a whole host of great music, great beer (of course!), lots of exciting and varied fun things to do, great souvenirs and merch, some unique and fantastic photo opportunities to create unbeatable Maiden memories, and of course, the true camaraderie that comes from being a Maiden fan.”