Wacken Open Air 2026 live in Wacken

Friday, July 31, 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.

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Lineup

Playlist on Spotify· 452 songs

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

12:00Louder Stage

Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen

Folk Metal

Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen are a pirate-folk band formed in Osnabrück in 2009 around frontman Mr. Hurley (Simon...

12:00Headbangers Stage

ten56.

Metalcore

ten56. is a French band from Paris playing a brutal blend of metalcore, deathcore and nu-metal. Founded by vocalist...

12:00Wackinger Stage

tuXedoo

Folk Metal

12:30Faster Stage

Gutalax

Grindcore

Gutalax is a goregrind band from the Czech Republic, formed in 2009. With their absurdly humorous approach and crushing...

13:00W.E.T. Stage

Employed To Serve

Metal, Metalcore, Hardcore

Employed to Serve is a metallic hardcore band formed in Woking, Surrey, England. Their sound incorporates elements of...

13:15Wackinger Stage

Blaas of Glory

Rock

13:30Harder Stage

Vreid

Black Metal

Vreid is an influential Norwegian metal band that combines classic black metal with elements of rock and roll, creating...

13:45Louder Stage

Future Palace

Metalcore, Rock

Future Palace is a post-hardcore trio from Berlin: vocalist Maria Lessing, guitarist Manuel Kohlert, and drummer...

14:00Headbangers Stage

Grand Magus

Doom Metal

14:00Wasteland

Heartless Human Harvest

Metal, Death Metal, Metalcore

Heartless Human Harvest is a deathcore band from Lingen (Ems), Germany, founded in late 2019. The band stands for...

14:15Wackinger Stage

Metaklapa

Metaklapa is a Croatian a-cappella metal ensemble that interprets songs by Iron Maiden and other metal bands using...

14:30Faster Stage

Paradise Lost

Metal, Doom Metal, Gothic

Paradise Lost is a British gothic metal band from Halifax, England, formed in 1988. They are considered pioneers of the...

15:00Wasteland

Cursed Abyss

Black Metal

15:00W.E.T. Stage

Dead By April

Metalcore, Melodic Death Metal

15:30Louder Stage

Mantar

Black Metal, Doom Metal

15:30Wackinger Stage

Trold

Folk Metal, Death Metal

15:45Harder Stage

Danko Jones

Rock

Danko Jones is a Canadian hard rock trio formed in Toronto in 1996. Led by vocalist and guitarist Danko Jones, the band...

16:00Headbangers Stage

Any Given Day

Metal, Metalcore

Any Given Day is a metalcore band formed in 2012 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Their sound incorporates elements of...

16:00Wasteland

Chaosbay

Metal, Progressive Metal, Metalcore

Chaosbay are a German progressive metalcore band formed in Mannheim in 2012 and now based between Berlin and...

17:00Faster Stage

Black Label Society

Metal, Rock

Black Label Society is an American heavy metal band founded in 1998 in Los Angeles by Zakk Wylde, the former guitarist...

17:00W.E.T. Stage

Deafheaven

Black Metal, Metal

Deafheaven formed in February 2010 in San Francisco, California, as a two-piece project by vocalist George Clarke and...

17:00Wackinger Stage

Cruachan

Folk Metal

17:15Louder Stage

Paleface Swiss

Metalcore, Hardcore

Paleface Swiss is a slamming deathcore band from Zurich, Switzerland. Formed in 2017, the band has released four...

17:15Wasteland

Luna Kills

Metal, Rock

Luna Kills is a Finnish rock band formed in 2017 in Kuopio. The group blends melodic hard rock with modern alternative...

17:30LGH Clubstage

The Hebridean Sheep

Doom Metal, Rock, Punk

The Hebridean Sheep are a German bass-and-drums duo who build massive, heavy walls of sound out of full-on...

18:00Headbangers Stage

Pig Destroyer

Grindcore

18:15Harder Stage

Saxon

Metal

New Wave of British Heavy Metal legends formed in 1977. With classics like "Wheels of Steel" and "Denim and Leather,"...

18:30Wasteland

Insanity Alert

Thrash Metal

Insanity Alert is a crossover thrash band formed in Innsbruck, Austria in 2011. Their music is characterized by fast...

18:45Wackinger Stage

Eläkeläiset

Eläkeläiset are a Finnish humppa band formed in 1993. Known for their humorous, genre-blending sound that combines...

19:00Louder Stage

Hatebreed

Hardcore, Metal, Metalcore

Hatebreed is an American hardcore/metalcore band from Bridgeport, Connecticut, formed in 1994. Frontman Jamey Jasta is...

19:00W.E.T. Stage

Animals As Leaders

Progressive Metal, Metal

Animals as Leaders is an American instrumental progressive metal band from Washington, D.C., formed in 2007 by...

19:45Faster Stage

In Flames

Metal, Melodic Death Metal

In Flames is a melodic death metal band formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1990. They are considered one of the pioneers...

19:45Wasteland

Arroganz

Black Metal, Death Metal

20:00Headbangers Stage

Bear McCreary

Progressive Metal

20:30Wackinger Stage

Dubioza Kolektiv

Punk, Rock

Dubioza Kolektiv is a Bosnian punk rock band formed in 2003. They are known for blending ska, reggae, dub, rock, and...

20:45Louder Stage

Blood Fire Death

Black Metal

21:15W.E.T. Stage

Crematory

Metal, Gothic, Death Metal

Crematory is a German band that formed in Mannheim in 1991. Their sound blends elements of melodic death metal, gothic...

21:15Wasteland

Divlje Jagode

Rock

21:30Harder Stage

Judas Priest

Metal

Judas Priest is a heavy metal band formed in Birmingham, England. They are one of the most influential and important...

22:15Wackinger Stage

Faun

Folk Metal

22:30Headbangers Stage

The Haunted

Metal, Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal

The Haunted is a metal band formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1996. The band's sound is rooted in thrash metal, but...

22:45Louder Stage

Emperor

Black Metal, Metal

Emperor are a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991 in Telemark by Ihsahn and Samoth. Their debut "In the Nightside...

23:00Wasteland

Alfahanne

Black Metal

23:15Faster Stage

Running Wild

Power Metal

23:45W.E.T. Stage

SKYND

Industrial, Gothic, Metal

SKYND is an industrial rock duo formed in Sydney in 2017, consisting of the enigmatic vocalist SKYND and...

00:45Louder Stage

Subway To Sally

Metal, Rock, Folk Metal

Subway to Sally is a folk metal band formed in Potsdam, Germany. Initially playing Irish-influenced folk rock, the band...

01:00Harder Stage

Sepultura

Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal

Sepultura is a metal band formed in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. They emerged from the Brazilian metal scene, initially...

01:00Headbangers Stage

Alcest

Black Metal

Alcest is a French band founded in 2000 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze. They are widely credited as pioneers of blackgaze,...

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Venue

Wacken Open Air Festival Grounds

Wacken

Festivalgelände, 25596 Wacken

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