Bongert Open Air 2026

09/03/2026 – 09/05/2026Bongert Open Air, Brüggen

MetalRockFolk MetalPower MetalMetalcore

Bongert Open Air in Brüggen on the Lower Rhine is an all-volunteer metal festival for connoisseurs — started as a hobby project in 2014, now run by the non-profit Bongert Musikkultur. Three days from hard rock to death metal for a crowd of around 1,500; the 2026 bill includes Burning Witches, Dymytry and Mister Misery, with a free-entry pre-party on Thursday.

Festival days

Day 1

Thursday, September 3

Saturday, September 5

7 acts

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Full lineup

Playlist on Spotify· 50 songs16 artists

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

Metal Attack Tribute

Metal

Playing on 09/03

Metal Attack Tribute from Aschaffenburg presents a two-hour show called "Journey of Metal" – a chronological journey...

Burning Witches

Metal, Power Metal

Playing on 09/04

Burning Witches is a heavy metal band formed in Brugg, Switzerland in 2015. The band was the brainchild of guitarist...

One Last Legacy

Rock, Metal

Playing on 09/05

One Last Legacy is a heavy rock band from Gimbsheim, founded in 2011 by vocalist Alex and lead guitarist Szecho. They...

Snakebite

Metal, Rock

Playing on 09/03

Heavy metal band from the Ruhr area that describes its own style as classic epic stadium metal: anthemic choruses, twin...

Five Finger Skull Crushers

Metal

Playing on 09/04

Five Finger Skull Crushers is a tribute band dedicated to Five Finger Death Punch, recreating the heavy metal act's...

Dymytry Paradox

Metal, Metalcore

Playing on 09/05

Dymytry Paradox is the international entity of Czech metal powerhouse Dymytry – a standalone band with its own sound,...

Soundclutch

Metal, Rock

Playing on 09/03

Soundclutch is a hard rock, grunge and metal band from Hünxe, Germany. The band cites influences such as Audioslave,...

Vanaheim

Folk Metal, Metal

Playing on 09/04

Dutch pagan and folk metal band from Tilburg, forging Viking-era tales with heavy riffs and folk instrumentation since...

Mister Misery

Metal

Playing on 09/05

Mister Misery are a Swedish dark metal band from Stockholm, blending theatrical horror metal with modern heavy...

Rezet

Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 09/04

Rezet are a thrash metal band formed in Schleswig, Germany in 2004. Their uncompromising sound of speed and thrash...

Velvet Rush

Rock

Playing on 09/05

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

Wolfchant

Folk Metal, Metal

Playing on 09/04

Wolfchant is a German pagan metal band formed in 2003 in St. Oswald. They play epic pagan metal with influences of...

Obscurity

Folk Metal, Black Metal, Death Metal

Playing on 09/05

Obscurity is a German melodic death/black metal band with strong Viking metal influences, hailing from Velbert in North...

Blind Age

Rock

Playing on 09/04

Blind Age is a three-piece alternative rock band from Viersen, formed in 2017. Their sound blends stoner and...

Sagenbringer

Folk Metal, Metal

Playing on 09/05

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

Elvenpath

Playing on 09/05