The AFL will race through the rest of the 2020 regular season with another festival of football scheduled for rounds 14 to 17.

Games will be played on 18 of 19 days, starting from August 27, the second stage of a compressed fixture in the coronavirus-affected season.

A Thursday double-header will get round 14 underway, with Adelaide hosting Hawthorn in a twilight timeslot, before premiership contenders Richmond and West Coast battle at Metricon Stadium.

The only day with no football from there until the end of round 17 will be August 31.

Teams that are yet to byes this year will have them during this period, while the postponed Melbourne-Essendon game is scheduled for the final round.

The AFL is leaving round 18 in a floating format, with venues and times for those games to be announced in coming weeks.

AFL fixture boss Travis Auld said there had been widespread support for the jam-packed schedule of games.

The league’s current run of 20-straight days of football will finish next Monday when Richmond plays on Gold Coast at the Gabba.

“Clubs and players are enjoying playing more often and viewership remains very strong, with the average audience per game up 14 per cent,” Auld said.

“Scheduling a second compression phase allows us to again play more matches in a shorter period of time as the majority of clubs continue to live in a hub environment.

“The support of players, clubs and broadcasters to take this approach, paired with the limitations on attendance at matches, supports the playing of games in non-traditional timeslots.”