Wacken Open Air 2026 live in Wacken

Saturday, August 1, 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 7

Sat, Aug 1

Lineup

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

11:30Harder Stage

Heavysaurus

Metal

Heavysaurus is a Finnish heavy metal band formed in 2009. The band plays heavy metal music geared towards children. The...

11:30LGH Clubstage

Jazz Sabbath

Jazz Sabbath is a British jazz trio led by keyboardist Adam Wakeman, a longtime touring musician for Black Sabbath and...

12:00Headbangers Stage

Focus

Punk

Focus. is a punk rock band from Riesa in Saxony, Germany. With dirty Deutschpunk and lyrics oscillating between boozing...

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

Adrian Pauls Rockin' Roncalli Show

Show

12:30Faster Stage

Kim Dracula

Metal, Rock

Kim Dracula is an Australian metal artist known for their experimental blend of metalcore, electronic music, and...

12:30Wasteland

Mudfinger

Metal, Doom Metal

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

12:45Wackinger Beergarden

Tales of Nebelheym

12:45St. Port Church

Sintram

13:00W.E.T. Stage

Blood Command

Punk, Hardcore

Blood Command is a Norwegian noise punk band from Bergen, formed in 2007. Their chaotic blend of punk, noise rock, and...

13:30Wackinger Stage

Minotaurus

Power Metal, Folk Metal

13:45Harder Stage

Orbit Culture

Metal, Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal

Orbit Culture is a melodic death metal band formed in Eksjö, Sweden. Their sound incorporates elements of groove metal.

13:45Louder Stage

Kittie

Metal

Kittie is a Canadian band formed in London, Ontario in 1996. They are known for being one of the first all-female bands...

14:00Headbangers Stage

Crimson Glory

Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal

Crimson Glory was formed in Sarasota, Florida, USA. They are known for their blend of progressive and power metal...

14:00Wasteland Stage

Doc Burner

14:15Wackinger Beergarden

Lutz Drenkwitz

15:00Faster Stage

Nevermore

Thrash Metal, Metal

Nevermore is an American progressive and thrash metal band formed in 1991 in Seattle by vocalist Warrel Dane and...

15:00W.E.T. Stage

Our Promise

Metalcore, Hardcore

Our Promise is a German metalcore sextet formed in late 2020 by musicians seeking to embrace new musical frontiers. The...

15:00Wackinger Stage

Dieter 'Maschine' Birr

Rock

15:00Wasteland

Stonem

Rock

15:30Louder Stage

Thrown

Metalcore, Hardcore

Thrown is a metalcore band from Stockholm, formed in 2019. Members: drummer/producer Buster Odeholm (Humanity's Last...

16:00Headbangers Stage

Angelus Apatrida

Thrash Metal

Angelus Apatrida are a thrash metal band from Albacete, Spain, formed in 2000. They originally played a heavier, power...

16:00Wasteland

Asrock

Rock

16:00W.E.T. Stage

Torsten Sträter

Comedy

Torsten Sträter is a German stand-up comedian and author who regularly performs at rock and metal festivals.

16:00Wackinger Beergarden

The Trouble Notes

16:00St. Port Church

Whizbow

16:15Harder Stage

Lamb of God

Metal, Metalcore

Lamb of God is an American heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 1994. Known for their groove-laden and...

16:45Wackinger Stage

ZELTINGER BAND

Rock

Zeltinger Band is a rock band formed in Cologne, Germany. They are known for their songs in the Kölsch dialect.

17:00W.E.T. Stage

Hardline

Rock

Hardline is a hard rock band formed in 1991 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The band was formed by brothers...

17:15Wasteland

Allt

Metal, Metalcore, Progressive Metal

Allt is a progressive metalcore band from Sweden, blending technical riffs and complex time signatures with heavy,...

17:15Louder Stage

Bleed From Within

Metalcore, Metal

Bleed From Within is a Scottish metalcore band from Glasgow, founded in 2005. Notable albums include 'Era', 'Fracture'...

17:30Faster Stage

Airbourne

Rock

Airbourne is a hard rock/heavy metal band formed in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia in 2003. The band's sound is...

18:00Headbangers Stage

Municipal Waste

Thrash Metal

Municipal Waste is an American crossover thrash band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 2000. They've released seven...

18:00Welcome To The Jungle

Mambo Kurt

Rock

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

18:30Wackinger Stage

Ad Infinitum

Metal

Ad Infinitum is a symphonic metal band founded in 2018 by vocalist Melissa Bonny in Montreux, Switzerland. With...

18:30Wasteland

The Other

Punk, Metal

The Other is a German horror punk band formed in Cologne in 2002. Blending punk rock and heavy metal, their dark and...

19:00Harder Stage

Arch Enemy

Metal, Melodic Death Metal

Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, formed in 1995. Their sound combines aggressive riffs with soaring...

19:00Louder Stage

Kärbholz

Punk, Rock

Kärbholz is a German rock band formed in 2003 in Ruppichteroth in the Rhein-Sieg district. The four-piece combines...

19:00W.E.T. Stage

Lagwagon

Punk, Skate Punk

Lagwagon is an American punk rock band formed in 1990. Known for their melodic skate punk sound, they were a prominent...

19:15Wasteland

Megabosch

19:45Wasteland

Castle Rat

Doom Metal

Castle Rat is an American doom metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2019. Known for their 'medieval fantasy doom...

20:00Headbangers Stage

Dritte Wahl

Punk

Dritte Wahl is a punk rock band from Rostock, Germany, and a fixture of the German punk scene since 1988. With over...

20:15Wackinger Stage

Finsterforst

Folk Metal

20:45Faster Stage

Powerwolf

Power Metal, Metal

Powerwolf is a German power metal band formed in 2003. Known for their dark, gothic themes and theatrical stage...

20:45Louder Stage

Thy Art Is Murder

Metalcore

Thy Art Is Murder is an Australian deathcore band from Blacktown, New South Wales, formed in 2005. Albums such as...

20:45Wasteland

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...

21:00Welcome To The Jungle

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...

21:15W.E.T. Stage

Corrosion Of Conformity

Thrash Metal, Doom Metal, Hardcore

Corrosion of Conformity (COC) is a US heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina, founded in 1982. Their music...

21:15Wasteland

Guilt Trip

Hardcore, Metalcore

Guilt Trip is a British hardcore band formed in Manchester in 2015. They combine modern metallic hardcore with beatdown...

22:15Wackinger Stage

Einherjer

Folk Metal, Black Metal, Metal

Einherjer are a Norwegian Viking/folk metal band from Haugesund, formed in 1993. As pioneers of Viking metal, they fuse...

22:30Headbangers Stage

Vended

Metal, Metalcore, Nu-Metal

Vended is an American nu metal/metalcore band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 2018. The line-up includes sons of...

22:30Harder

Promoters Farewell & Thanks

Show

22:45Louder Stage

Triptykon

Black Metal, Doom Metal

Triptykon is a Swiss extreme metal band from Zürich, formed in 2008 by Thomas Gabriel Fischer following his departure...

23:00Harder Stage

Sabaton

Metal, Power Metal

Sabaton is a power metal band formed in Falun, Sweden. The band's lyrical themes primarily revolve around historical...

23:00Wasteland

Hackneyed

Death Metal

Hackneyed is a death metal band from Abtsgmünd, Germany, formed in 2006. The band split up in 2016 and reunited in 2025.

23:45W.E.T. Stage

Fit for an Autopsy

Fit for an Autopsy is a deathcore band from Jersey City, New Jersey, formed in 2008. The band has released seven studio...

00:45St. Port Church

Van Tastik

01:00Faster Stage

Alestorm

Folk Metal, Power Metal, Metal

Scottish pirate metal band formed in Perth in 2004. Combining power metal with folk elements and pirate themes, they've...

01:00Headbangers Stage

The Limit

Rock

01:00Wackinger Beergarden

Mac Cabe & Kanaka

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Festivalgelände, 25596 Wacken

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