Wacken Open Air 2026 live in Wacken

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Wacken Open Air Festival Grounds, Wacken

Wacken Open Air is the biggest metal festival in the world and celebrates its 35th anniversary in 2026. For four days, around 85,000 metalheads turn the Schleswig-Holstein village into the "Holy Ground" of the scene.

Festival Days

Day 4

Wed, Jul 29

Lineup

Playlist on Spotify· 659 songs

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

11:00W.E.T. Stage

Seers of Light

Metal, Progressive Metal

Seers of Light from Budapest have played melodic progressive metal since 2022. The six-piece build on commanding female...

11:00Wasteland

Van Tastik

11:25Headbangers Stage

Gannondorf

Black Metal, Death Metal

Gannondorf from California combine melodic black metal, atmospheric death metal and progressive structures into an...

11:50W.E.T. Stage

Speak in Whispers

Metal

Speak in Whispers is a progressive groove metal band from Cyprus, founded in 2017. Known for high-energy live...

12:00Wackinger Stage

Wacken Firefighters

Wacken Firefighters is the name under which the music corps (Musikzug) of the volunteer fire department of Wacken,...

12:00Louder Stage

Broken by the Scream

Metalcore

Broken by the Scream are a Japanese metal idol group from Tokyo, formed in 2016. They blend metalcore, deathcore and...

12:15Headbangers Stage

Born Broken

12:40W.E.T. Stage

I See Red

Melodic Death Metal

I See Red from Athens have fused melodic death metal with hardcore and black metal influences since 2014.

12:45Wackinger Beergarden

The Trouble Notes

12:45St. Port Church

Mac Cabe & Kanaka

13:05Headbangers Stage

Human Nebula

Death Metal, Metalcore

Human Nebula from Pretoria have played a mix of deathcore and death metal since 2018. Their debut EP "Pillars of...

13:30Louder Stage

Visions Of Atlantis

Metal, Gothic, Power Metal

Visions of Atlantis is a symphonic metal band formed in 2000 in Styria, Austria. The band takes inspiration from the...

13:30Wackinger Stage

Alien Rockin' Explosion

Rock

Alien Rockin' Explosion is a quartet based in Madrid that blends Hard Rock and Heavy Metal with visual arts and science...

13:30W.E.T. Stage

Goodnight Greatness

Metal, Metalcore

Goodnight Greatness is a metalcore band from Stockholm, Sweden. The group blends explosive breakdowns and heavy riffs...

13:55Headbangers Stage

Dead Memories

Death Metal, Metalcore

Dead Memories from Dublin play slam and deathcore and have built a reputation for uncompromising live shows. Their...

14:00Wasteland

Diabolisches Werk

Metal

Diabolisches Werk is a death/thrash metal band from Kiel, Germany. They formed as a three-piece during the pandemic in...

14:15Wackinger Beergarden

Lutz Drenkwitz

14:15St. Port Church

Whizbow

14:20W.E.T. Stage

The Crescents Call

14:45Headbangers Stage

Expellow

Metalcore

15:00Wackinger Stage

5th Avenue

Rock

5th Avenue is a rock band from Hamburg, Germany, founded in 1989. Internal tensions led to the band splitting up in...

15:00LGH Clubstage

Megalive

Megadeth Tribute

Metal

Megalive is the only German Megadeth tribute band, delivering precision renditions of the thrash metal legends' catalog...

15:15Louder Stage

Thundermother

Rock

Thundermother is an all-female Swedish hard rock band formed in Växjö. Their sound carries the torch of AC/DC and...

15:30Wasteland

Battlecreek

Thrash Metal

15:50W.E.T. Stage

Ashed Winter

Death Metal, Thrash Metal

Ashed Winter is a metal band from Roanne, active in live performances since late 2018. The group plays a style...

16:00Faster Stage

Lovebites

Metal

16:00Welcome To The Jungle

Thomas Nicholas Band

16:00Wackinger Beergarden

Tales of Nebelheym

16:15Headbangers Stage

Sinamort

Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal

Sinamort is a death/doom metal band from Kaunas, Lithuania, formed in 2015. Their music builds on long, slow and...

16:30Metal Church

Wacken Church meets Headbangers Church

16:40W.E.T. Stage

Blanket Hill

Hardcore

Blanket Hill is a hardcore/thrash metal band from Luxembourg that started in 2017. Their music mixes modern hardcore...

16:45Wackinger Stage

Ricky Warwick

Rock

17:00Louder Stage

The Hardkiss

Rock

The Hardkiss is a Ukrainian alternative rock band formed in Kyiv in 2011 by lead singer Julia Sanina and guitarist...

17:00Wasteland

Poison the Preacher

Hardcore, Thrash Metal

17:00LGH Clubstage

RAGETRACK

Rage Against the Machine Tribute

Metal, Rock

Ragetrack is a tribute band dedicated to performing the music of Rage Against the Machine, the American rap metal band...

17:05Headbangers Stage

Deflag

Deflag is a hardcore/metal band from Novara, Italy, formed in 2019. They play with what they describe as the rage of...

17:30W.E.T. Stage

Witchlords

Power Metal

Witchlords from Belgium have played power metal in the tradition of the genre's classics since 2019. The quartet is...

17:45Wasteland

Megabosch

17:55Headbangers Stage

Noiduin

Noiduin from Finland merge ancient folk traditions with shamanism and pagan mysticism. The ensemble handcraft their own...

18:00Faster Stage

The Butcher Sisters

Hardcore, Metal

The Butcher Sisters are a crossover band from Mannheim, Germany, blending metal riffs, hardcore and rap into a hard,...

18:00Welcome To The Jungle

Acoustic Steel

18:20W.E.T. Stage

Elchivo

Metal, Doom Metal

Elchivo is a stoner and doom metal band from Monterrey, Mexico, formed in 2018. Their heavy, riff-driven sound moves...

18:30Wackinger Stage

Vanir

Folk Metal, Melodic Death Metal

Danish Viking/folk metal band from Roskilde, combining Norse mythology with aggressive melodic death metal and...

18:30Wasteland

Phantom

Thrash Metal

Phantom is a speed/thrash metal band from Guadalajara, Mexico, founded in 2021 by guitarist and vocalist J.C. García...

18:45Louder Stage

The Gathering

Gothic, Metal

The Gathering is a Dutch atmospheric rock/metal band from Oss, formed in 1989. They are credited as pioneers of...

18:45Headbangers Stage

Invasion

Metal, Rock

Invasion from Norway have blended classic heavy metal with modern, 80s-inspired rock and outsized choruses since 2022.

19:00LGH Clubstage

Mother

Danzig Tribute

Metal

Mother is a Danzig tribute band from Heidelberg, Germany, formed in 2015. The band dedicates itself to the classic...

19:10W.E.T. Stage

Morphide

Morphide is a Latvian modern metal band, founded in June 2019 by married couple Eissa Morphide (vocals) and Kristians...

19:15Wasteland

Godzilla In The Kitchen

Metal, Rock

Godzilla In The Kitchen from Leipzig started out as an instrumental heavy psych and progressive rock trio and played...

19:35Headbangers Stage

Sót

Black Metal

Sót is a sludge, groove, stoner and doom metal band from Iceland. Emerging on the underground scene in 2023, they...

19:45Welcome To The Jungle

Vika Goes Wild

20:00Faster Stage

Electric Bassboy

Rock

20:00Wasteland

Crypt Sermon

Doom Metal

Crypt Sermon is a dark heavy metal band from Philadelphia, United States, formed in 2013. The sextet plays doom metal...

20:15Wackinger Stage

Dirty Shirt

Folk Metal

Dirty Shirt is a crossover folkcore metal band from Seini, Romania, formed in 1995. Their sound combines a...

20:15W.E.T. Stage

Velvet Rush

Rock

Velvet Rush is a female-fronted hard rock band from Hamburg, Germany. Their sound draws on 1970s-rooted classic rock...

21:00Louder Stage

Lacuna Coil

Gothic, Metal

Lacuna Coil are an Italian gothic metal band formed in 1994 in Milan, originally under the names Sleep of Right and...

21:00LGH Clubstage

Ozzyfied

Ozzy Osbourne Tribute

Metal, Rock

Ozzyfied is an Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath tribute band from Germany's Bergisches Land region, fronted by Henning...

21:15Headbangers Stage

Kadavar

Rock, Doom Metal

Kadavar are a stoner rock and heavy psych band formed in Berlin, Germany in 2010. Their retro-oriented sound combines...

21:30Wasteland

The Troops Of Doom

Death Metal, Thrash Metal

The Troops of Doom is a Brazilian old-school death/thrash metal band founded in 2020 by former Sepultura guitarist...

22:00Faster Stage

Hämatom

Metal, Industrial, Rock

Hämatom is a German metal band from Franconia, formed in 2004 and known for their high-energy live performances in...

22:15Wackinger Stage

Unzucht

Gothic, Rock

Unzucht is a German gothic rock band formed in the early 2000s. The quartet from Lower Saxony has built a reputation as...

22:45W.E.T. Stage

Rose Tattoo

Rock

Rose Tattoo is a hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia. Their sound is characterized by blues rock influences and...

23:00Wasteland

Sacred Steel

Power Metal

Sacred Steel is a heavy metal band from Ludwigsburg, Germany, formed in 1996. Its members had previously played in...

00:15Headbangers Stage

Mambo Kurt

Rock

Mambo Kurt, born Rainer Limpinsel on 11 April 1967 in Hagen, Germany, is a German comedy and novelty act. He performs...

01:00Wasteland

Mudfinger

Metal, Doom Metal

Mudfinger is a stoner and sludge metal band from the Koblenz/Westerwald area in Germany. On albums like “Psychonaut”...

01:30Wackinger Beergarden

Sintram

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Festivalgelände, 25596 Wacken

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