Festivals in and around Essen 2026 & 2027
All 2026 & 2027 festivals in Essen and within 60 km – with dates, line-ups and ticket info. From indoor club festivals to open airs across the region.
In Essen
- 25SeptZinnober Festival 2026Playlist
25/09/2026 · Essen
Pisse, The Night Eternal, Vulture +7 more
- 26SeptFormosa Bierfest 2026Playlist
26/09/2026 · Essen
FORMOSA, Confess, Bloodsucking Zombies From Outer Space +3 more
- 10OctKONTAKTFELD Festival 2026Playlist
10/10/2026 · Essen
Camille Jansen, L.A. Sagne, Vals Alarm +4 more
Rocken Hilft Festival 2026Playlist24/10/2026 · Essen
From Fall To Spring, The Narrator, AVRALIZE +3 more
- 05NovMetal & Hell Festival 3 2026Playlist
05/11/2026 · Essen
DET, Atom Smasher, Critical Defiance +1 more
- 06NovMetal & Hell Festival 2026Playlist
06/11.–07/11/2026 · Essen
At War, Metal Inquisitor, Fifth Angel +15 more
- 28NovObsidian Echoes 2026Playlist
28/11/2026 · Essen
Pink Turns Blue, Night in Athens, Skemer +3 more
- 28NovOmas Zwerge Festival mit Mambo Kurt + Omas Zwerge + Überflüssig 2026Playlist
28/11/2026 · Essen
Omas Zwerge, Mambo Kurt, Überflüssig
- 20FebEndzeit Festival 2027Playlist
20/02/2027 · Essen
Legion of the Damned, Exumer, Decaptacon +2 more
Within 60 km of Essen
- 06MarGelsen Metal Attack 2027
06/03/2027 · Gelsenkirchen
- 03OctNachtbrand 2026Playlist
03/10/2026 · Oberhausen
Ost+front, Stahlmann, Hemesath +2 more
Odyssey To Blasphemy 2026Playlist16/10.–17/10/2026 · Oberhausen
Mortuary Drape, Caronte, Tsatthoggua +10 more
- 19SeptTinnitus-Fastival 2026Playlist
19/09/2026 · Mülheim an der Ruhr
Bleachdrinker, Captain Caveman, CxTxD +4 more
- 08MayGladbeck Metal Bash Open Air 2027Playlist
08/05/2027 · Gladbeck
Cirith Ungol, Protector, Lacrimas Profundere +4 more
- 19DecPunk im Pott 2026Playlist
19/12/2026 · Oberhausen
Dubioza Kolektiv, The Exploited, Mal Élevé +6 more
Saludos al tioz 2027Playlist02/01/2027 · Oberhausen
Memento, Koma, Hellet +1 more
- 20MarE-Tropolis Festival 2027Playlist
20/03/2027 · Oberhausen
Solitary Experiments, [:SITD:], Diorama +6 more
- 19SeptCold Temple Festival 2026Playlist
19/09/2026 · Oberhausen
IAMX, Auger, Blackbook +1 more
- 16AprThrash Speed Burn Fest 2027Playlist
16/04.–17/04/2027 · Oberhausen
Malevolent, Cyclone, Traitor +5 more
- 10OctCiamversary Festival 2026Playlist
10/10/2026 · Oberhausen
Maelføy, Alleviate, Artemis Rising +6 more
- 21NovPressure Air Festival 2026Playlist
21/11/2026 · Oberhausen
KMPFSPRT, Schrottgrenze, Not Scientists +2 more
- 22MayCharity Unleashed Festival 2027Playlist
22/05/2027 · Oberhausen
Grindpad, Justify
- 01JulBochum Total 2027
01/07.–04/07/2027 · Bochum
Shredfest 2026Playlist17/10/2026 · Oberhausen
Menerra, Layment, Silent Revenants
DuisRock 2026Playlist19/09/2026 · Duisburg
Moduls, False Color Image
- 25SeptVoid-Fest 2026Playlist
25/09/2026 · Duisburg
Call Of Charon, Invoke, In Shards +1 more
Evil Horde Fest 2026Playlist14/11/2026 · Duisburg
Night In Gales, Hellgrav, Enemy Within +1 more
- 05MarDark Skies Over Witten 2027Playlist
05/03.–06/03/2027 · Witten
Traitrs, The Other, The Rose of Avalanche +7 more
Rockin' around the Christmas Tree 2026Playlist19/12.–20/12/2026 · Dortmund
Dylan Kirk & The Killers, Jackson Sloan, Boogie Banausen +4 more
- 14NovDackelton Festival 2026Playlist
14/11/2026 · Moers
Dorfterror, Grundhass, Minoh +2 more
- 14NovEisenfest 2026Playlist
14/11/2026 · Schwelm
Call Of Charon, AXE VICTIMS, Ignition +2 more
- 19SeptDeath over Düsseldorf 2026Playlist
19/09/2026 · Düsseldorf
Warrant, Anomic, Kill Reflex +2 more
- 26SeptWaldmeister Geburtstagsfestival 2026Playlist
26/09/2026 · Solingen
The Toshers
- 24OctOxFest 2026Playlist
24/10/2026 · Solingen
LETO, KMPFSPRT
- 15JulDong Open Air 2027Playlist
15/07.–17/07/2027 · Neukirchen-Vluyn
Mantar, Battle Beast, Kreator +4 more
- 09OctBierschinken eats FZW 2026Playlist
09/10/2026 · Dortmund
The Guilt, The Snouters, Lilac Attitude +5 more
- 21NovBlack Witch 2026Playlist
21/11/2026 · Dortmund
Scorched Oak, Grin, ASTRAL KOMPAKT
- 18SeptCobra Crush Festival 2026
18/09.–19/09/2026 · Solingen
No Bad Days, Venomous Ocean, Stress +3 more
- 17OctLaut & Hart Metal Festival 2026Playlist
17/10/2026 · Solingen
Induction, Kilmara, Tungsten +4 more
Shred Fest 2027Playlist23/01/2027 · Dortmund
Obscura, Pestilence, Cryptic Shift +2 more
- 18SeptRock am Bach (Düsseldorf) 2026
18/09.–20/09/2026 · Düsseldorf
Stainless Blue, DNJVN, Mother's Cake +11 more
- 16OctRocktober 2026
16/10.–17/10/2026 · Dortmund
- 13NovNeuss Now 2026Playlist
13/11.–14/11/2026 · Neuss
Wirsindbaend, Ufochaserz, Kopfnuss +18 more
Hymns of Eternal Decay Fest 202619/09/2026 · Wermelskirchen
Casket, My Darkest Hate, Putridarium +3 more
Eyllusion Open Air 2026Playlist26/09/2026 · Kerken
Aegror, CrashPilots, Hereditary +3 more
- 26SeptLast Chance to Dance 2026Playlist
26/09/2026 · Dülmen
Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen, Randale, MandelKokainSchnaps +9 more
- 04DecGlacialis Umbra 2026Playlist
04/12.–05/12/2026 · Leverkusen
[x]-Rx, Phosgore, Noisuf-X +5 more
- 05DecTonfest 2026Playlist
05/12/2026 · Unna
Enemy Inside, VINTA, Hold Your Ground +3 more
- 19DecPulsefest 2026Playlist
19/12/2026 · Viersen
Invoke, HVSTE, Terradown +1 more
- 06NovScoured Shire Soirée 2026Playlist
06/11.–07/11/2026 · Geldern
Vogelfrey, Mittel Alta, Miami Rockers
- 19JunWaldschänken Festival 2027Playlist
19/06/2027 · Köln
Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen, KUPFERGOLD, Haggefugg +3 more
Hellpeak 2027Playlist28/05.–29/05/2027 · Kierspe
Fabio Lione's Dawn of Victory, Mob Rules, Hammer King +7 more
- 23JanTemple of Rock 2027Playlist
23/01/2027 · Heelweg
UP THE IRONS, Bon Scotch, Slayer Cover Band +5 more
Temple of Rock 2027Playlist13/03/2027 · Mönchengladbach
- 15JanHarte Töne 2027Playlist
15/01.–16/01/2027 · Köln
JEANLUC, Blitz Union, Hasswut +7 more
Müllem mon Amour 2026Playlist26/09/2026 · Köln
Team Scheisse, Maria Iskariot, Dorfterror +20 more
Mett(4)all Festival 2026Playlist19/09/2026 · Geldern
Equilibrium, Never Back Down, Interia +7 more
Tapedeck Music Fest 2027Playlist03/04/2027 · Köln
Alcest, Agriculture, Daevar +3 more
- 13NovDas Frühlingsfest der Punkmusik IM HERBST 2026
13/11/2026 · Köln
Trashgeflüster, Bildungsgang Tankstelle, Krachmangel
Ragers Elite Festival 2026Playlist19/09/2026 · Hamm
Delirious, Traitor, Sacred +3 more
- 03OctHardcore Fest Hamm 2026Playlist
03/10/2026 · Hamm
To The Wire, Moon Scorched, CLEARxCUT
- 14NovHammenser Smashed Face Festival 2026Playlist
14/11/2026 · Hamm
Grindpad, Keitzer, Täufer +2 more
Euroblast Festival 2026Playlist25/09.–27/09/2026 · Köln
Haken, Decapitated, Textures +24 more