Nord Open Air 2026

08/21/2026 – 08/22/2026Cafe Nord, Essen

MetalThrash MetalPunkRockBlack Metal

The Nord Open Air summer festival returns on Friday with its warm-up evening at Viehofer Platz in Essen. Entry is free.

Festival days

Full lineup

Playlist on Spotify· 30 songs10 artists

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

Bonded

Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/21

German thrash metal band from Essen, formed in 2018 by ex-Sodom members Bernd "Bernemann" Kost and Markus "Makka"...

The Night Eternal

Metal

Playing on 08/22

The Night Eternal are a heavy metal band from Essen, formed in 2018. After their debut EP (2019), they released the...

El Fisch

Punk

Playing on 08/21

El Fisch is the solo project of Christof Schneiderbanger, singer of the Essen Deutschpunk band Die Lokalmatadore. Solo...

Attic

Metal

Playing on 08/22

Attic are a heavy metal band from Gelsenkirchen/Lünen in NRW, founded in 2010. Heavily influenced by Mercyful Fate and...

FORMOSA

Rock

Playing on 08/21

FORMOSA are an all-female hard rock band from Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2014. The band blends...

Imha Tarikat

Black Metal

Playing on 08/22

Imha Tarikat is a German black metal solo project with Turkish roots, founded in 2015 by Kerem Yilmaz. The project has...

Daily Thompson

Rock

Playing on 08/21

Daily Thompson is a powerhouse trio hailing from Dortmund, Germany, formed in late 2012, delivering a raw fusion of...

Blizzen

Metal

Playing on 08/22

Blizzen are a heavy and speed metal band from Gießen, founded in 2014. With albums such as "Genesis Reversed" (2016),...

Tyranthrope

Thrash Metal, Punk

Playing on 08/21

Tyranthrope is a thrash metal/crossover band from Germany, formed in 2020. Blending thrash metal roots with hardcore...

Witching Hour

Metal, Thrash Metal

Playing on 08/22

Witching Hour are a blackened thrash metal band from southwest Germany, founded in 2006. The band released their fourth...