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 1

Wed, Jul 29

Lineup

Playlist on Spotify· 452 songs

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

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

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

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

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...

14:00Wasteland

Diabolisches Werk

Metal

14:20W.E.T. Stage

The Crescents Call

14:45Headbangers Stage

Expellow

Metalcore

15:00Wackinger Stage

5th Avenue

Rock

15:00LGH Clubstage

Megalive

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

16:00Faster Stage

Lovebites

Metal

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...

16:40W.E.T. Stage

Blanket Hill

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

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,...

18:20W.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 G.D.L

Rock

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...

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

19:35Headbangers Stage

Sót

Black Metal

20:00Faster Stage

Electric Bassboy

Rock

20:00Wasteland

Crypt Sermon

Doom Metal

20:15Wackinger Stage

Dirty Shirt

Folk Metal

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

00:15Headbangers Stage

Mambo Kurt

Rock

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Venue

Wacken Open Air Festival Grounds

Wacken

Festivalgelände, 25596 Wacken

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