Music Forge Festival 2026 live in Lich

Saturday, August 22, 2026

Music Forge Festival ("no mainstream, no bullshit") brings metalcore, hardcore and modern metal to the forest pool of Lich (near Gießen) for the sixth time: 25 bands on two stages – from Stick To Your Guns and Signs of the Swarm to a late-night special by Schlager legend Roberto Blanco.

Festival Days

Day 3

Sat, Aug 22

Lineup

Lineup and set times are subject to change — please verify on the official festival website.

23:00

Stick To Your Guns

Hardcore, Metalcore, Punk

Stick to Your Guns is a metalcore band from Orange County, California, formed in 2003. Heavily influenced by the local...

April Art

Metal, Metalcore

April Art is an exciting alternative metal band from Frankfurt, Germany. Formed in 2014, the quartet blends metalcore...

Our Mirage

Metalcore

Our Mirage is a German metalcore band combining melodic metalcore with atmospheric elements.

Mental Cruelty

Death Metal, Metalcore

Mental Cruelty is a blackened deathcore band from Karlsruhe, Germany. Formed in 2016, the band has quickly gained...

Samurai Pizza Cats

Metalcore

Samurai Pizza Cats is a metalcore band from Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, active since approximately 2015. They blend...

Revolte Tanzbein

Punk, Rock

Revolte Tanzbein is an eight-piece ska and folk-punk band from Frankfurt am Main, meandering between ska, polka, Balkan...

XO Armor

Metal

XO Armor (formerly CODA) is a band from Koblenz, Germany blending metalcore, alternative metal and post-hardcore with...

Artemis Rising

Metalcore, Industrial

Artemis Rising is an electronic metalcore project from Germany and the USA. The band fuses heavy guitar riffs and...

Dying Breed

Hardcore

Dying Breed is a post-hardcore band from Dillenburg in central Hesse. With releases such as "Note To Self" (2021) and...

GROUND2A

Hardcore, Punk

GROUND2A was founded in Hesse in 2021 with the aim of combining New York hardcore with melodic hardcore punk. The band...

ATRIO

Rock

ATRIO stands for handmade, straightforward riff rock that connects the past with the present. The Hessian band released...

Pubstage

The Dullahans

The Dullahans from Mannheim play what they call "Irish outlaw folk" – a mix of Irish traditionals and modern Irish folk...

Pubstage

Campfire Confessions

Rock

Campfire Confessions are a four-piece acoustic rock band from central Hesse who have been playing together since 2012,...

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Venue

Waldschwimmbad Lich

Lich

Alte Gießener Straße

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