Wacken Open Air 2026 live in Wacken

Thursday, July 30, 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

Day 2

Thu, Jul 30

Lineup

Playlist on Spotify· 452 songs

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

11:00W.E.T. Stage

E.N.D.

Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal

E.N.D. (Evil Never Dies) is one of the longest-running metal bands from Croatia, formed in 1996 in Zadar. The trio...

11:25Headbangers Stage

Novelization

Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal

Novelization is an atmospheric black and death metal band from Arnhem, Netherlands, formed in 2023. Their sound weaves...

11:50W.E.T. Stage

Haine

12:00Louder Stage

Alien Ant Farm

Metal, Rock, Nu-Metal

Alien Ant Farm is an alternative rock band from Riverside, California, formed in 1995. The band became known for their...

12:00Wackinger Stage

Wüstenberg

Rock

Wüstenberg is the solo project of Franz Wüstenberg, former frontman of The O'Reillys and the Paddyhats. The band blends...

12:15Headbangers Stage

GÁGOR

13:05Headbangers Stage

Force

Metal, Rock

Force is a glam metal band from Chile, drawing on the melodic hard rock and hair metal traditions of the 1980s with big...

13:30Wackinger Stage

Katerfahrt

Rock

Katerfahrt is a German pirate folk band from Düren in North Rhine-Westphalia. They blend sea shanties and acoustic folk...

13:45Louder Stage

H-Blockx

Rock

H-Blockx is a German rock band formed in Münster in 1991. After the success of their debut album Time to Move in 1994,...

13:55Headbangers Stage

Midhaven

Metal, Progressive Metal

Midhaven is a progressive sludge metal band from Mumbai, India, formed in 2011. Their music combines thick, slow-moving...

14:00Wasteland

Saviourself

Rock

14:20W.E.T. Stage

Given by the Flames

Metal, Metalcore

Given by the Flames is a metalcore band from Tokyo, Japan, formed in 2013. Combining melodic, gothic-tinged atmospheres...

14:45Headbangers Stage

Gidora

15:00Faster Stage

Skyline

Rock

15:00Wackinger Stage

Vogelfrey

Metal, Folk Metal

Vogelfrey is a medieval metal band from Hamburg, Germany, founded in 2004. Their sound combines heavy metal and rock...

15:00Wasteland

Black Tish

Rock

15:30Louder Stage

Therapy?

Rock, Metal

16:00Wasteland

Brunhilde

Rock, Metal, Punk

Brunhilde is a punk-metal crossover band from Fürth, Bavaria, founded in 2013 by vocalist Carolin Loy and guitarist...

16:00LGH Clubstage

Heaven Shall Burn

Metal, Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal

Heaven Shall Burn is a metal band formed in 1996 in Saalfeld, Germany. Their music blends melodic death metal with...

16:15Harder Stage

Uli Jon Roth

Metal, Rock

Uli Jon Roth (born 18 December 1954 in Düsseldorf) is a German guitarist who served as lead guitarist of the Scorpions...

16:15W.E.T. Stage

Craft

Black Metal

16:45Wackinger Stage

Sagenbringer

Folk Metal, Metal

Sagenbringer is a folk and pagan metal band formed in 2021 in Hamburg/Sylt (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany). The lineup —...

17:15Headbangers Stage

Firespawn

Death Metal

Firespawn is a Swedish death metal supergroup formed in 2014/2015 in Stockholm featuring members of Entombed A.D.,...

17:15Wasteland

9mm Headshot

Rock

17:30Faster Stage

Yngwie Malmsteen

Metal, Power Metal, Rock

Yngwie Malmsteen is a Swedish guitarist born in 1963 in Stockholm. He is credited as a pioneer of neoclassical metal,...

17:30Louder Stage

Life Of Agony

Metal, Hardcore

Life of Agony is an alternative metal band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 1989. The band's original lineup included...

18:15W.E.T. Stage

Spectral Wound

Black Metal

18:30Wackinger Stage

Storm Seeker

Folk Metal, Metal

Storm Seeker is a pirate folk metal band from Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, founded in 2013 by brothers Marius and...

18:30Wasteland

Wytch Hazel

Metal, Rock

Wytch Hazel is a heavy metal band formed in Chorley, England in 2011. Their sound is rooted in the New Wave of British...

18:45Faster Stage

Savatage

Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal

Savatage is an American heavy metal band formed in Tampa, Florida, in 1979. Initially known as Avatar, they gained...

19:00Harder Stage

Europe

Rock, Metal

Europe is a Swedish hard rock band formed in 1982 in Upplands Väsby. The band achieved worldwide fame in 1986 with the...

19:15Headbangers Stage

Blood Red Throne

Death Metal, Metal

Blood Red Throne is a death metal band formed in Kristiansand, Norway, in 1998 by Daniel Olaisen. The band is known for...

19:45Louder Stage

P.O.D.

Metal, Nu-Metal

P.O.D. (Payable on Death) is an American nu-metal and crossover band formed in 1992 in San Diego, fronted by Sonny...

19:45Wasteland

Temple Of The Absurd

Thrash Metal

20:15Wackinger Stage

KUPFERGOLD

Rock

Kupfergold is a German folk-rock band from Cologne, founded in 2018, fusing medieval folk, party music and anarchic...

20:30W.E.T. Stage

Misery Index

Death Metal, Grindcore

Misery Index is a death metal/grindcore band formed in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2001. Following the departure of Jason...

21:15Wasteland

Evil Jared x Krogi

Rock

21:45Headbangers Stage

Anaal Nathrakh

Black Metal, Death Metal, Grindcore

Anaal Nathrakh is a British extreme metal duo from Birmingham, formed in 1999 by Mick Kenney and Dave Hunt. Their music...

22:00Louder Stage

Turbonegro

Punk, Rock

Turbonegro is a Norwegian punk/glam rock band from Oslo, formed in 1989. They coined the self-styled "deathpunk" sound...

22:15Harder Stage

Def Leppard

Rock, Metal

Def Leppard is an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They established themselves as part of the new wave of...

22:15Wackinger Stage

Manntra

Folk Metal, Metal, Industrial

Manntra is a new industrial and folk metal project formed by Malice and Zoltan from the Croatian band Omega Lithium....

23:00W.E.T. Stage

Misþyrming

Black Metal

Misþyrming is an Icelandic black metal band formed in 2013 in Reykjavík around frontman D.G. Their debut "Söngvar elds...

23:00Wasteland

Year Of The Goat

Metal, Rock

Year of the Goat is a progressive doom metal band formed in 2006 in Norrköping, Sweden. Their sound incorporates...

00:00Headbangers Stage

Cowgirls from Hell

Metal

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Venue

Wacken Open Air Festival Grounds

Wacken

Festivalgelände, 25596 Wacken

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