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Alcatraz Festival 2027

5–8 August 2027 Kortrijk, Belgium · Lange Munte 4 days
City festival with camping 84 acts so far Presale on Metal, Thrash, Hardcore approx. 19,000 per day (75,000 total 2026)

Alcatraz has grown into Belgium's second-largest metal festival and offers a programme focused on classic heavy and thrash, death, black and hardcore.

Listen to the line-up

Updated 18 October 2026

Full line-up 2027

84 acts

Heavy & Power Metal 6

Mercyful Fate / HammerFall / Beast In Black / Wind Rose / Feuerschwanz / Destructor

Hard Rock & Classic Rock 10

Europe / Halestorm / Skillet / Gogol Bordello / Turbonegro / Danko Jones / Pretty Maids / John 5 / Arthur Brown / Asomvel

Thrash & Groove 9

Venom (Mantas & Abaddon) / Cavalera (Chaos A.D.) / DevilDriver / Flotsam And Jetsam / John Bush (Anthrax setlist) / The Haunted / Havok / Hirax / Lawnmower Deth

Death & Black Metal 27

Hypocrisy / Kanonenfieber / Nile / Dark Funeral / Six Feet Under / Possessed / Atheist / Mgła / Dethklok / Blood Fire Death (Bathory tribute) / Benediction / Gaerea / Krisiun / Misery Index / Malevolent Creation / Panzerfaust / 1914 / Gruesome / Necrotted / I Am Morbid / Master's Hammer / Imha Tarikat / The Zenith Passage / PeelingFlesh / Stormkeep / Bizarrekult / Fulci

Metalcore, Deathcore & Hardcore 15

Heaven Shall Burn / Madball / Atreyu / Malevolence / Walls Of Jericho / Shadow Of Intent / Make Them Suffer / Sylosis / Brand Of Sacrifice / The Acacia Strain / Carnifex / Textures / Integrity / Get The Shot / Mucky Pup

Doom, Sludge & Stoner 12

Katatonia / Corrosion Of Conformity / Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats / Russian Circles / YOB / The Ocean / Green Lung / Dool / Valley Of The Sun / Greenleaf / Bombus / Sasquatch

Others 5

Burn / Struck A Nerve / The Night Eternal / NHE / Myta

124 bands in total, over 40 more names to follow. NHE and Myta also listed, but cannot be clearly assigned.

Highlighted = in «My artists». Every name links to the artist page with their festival tour.

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Fit for your compass. Weights in small print.

    Plan the trip

    Typical weather

    23°daytime high
    15°night low

    days with rain: 4.3/10. Pack: rain jacket, boots

    Average 2001–2025 for the festival days · ERA5-Land (Copernicus)

    Getting there

    Day visitors can use the official car park at Kortrijk Xpo / Kinepolis, and a free shuttle runs from there to the festival. Parking in the immediate vicinity of the festival is not allowed. Trains serve Kortrijk station, and shuttle buses run from the station to the festival grounds during the weekend.

    • LIL32 km
    • BRU86 km
    • CRL93 km

    Station close by: Kortrijk (0.4 km), Bissegem (2.9 km)

    Distance as the crow flies from the festival site · airports: Wikidata, stations: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Source: alcatraz.be, alcatraz.be, grimmgent.com

    Travel & stay

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    On site

    • ✓Camping
    • ✗no_family
    • ✓Accessible

    Stages: 4 (Prison, Helldorado, Swamp, La Morgue)

    Tickets

    Advance sales open since 12 August 2026 (Early Bird); 4-day ticket EUR 265, VIP EUR 475, camping EUR 23.50, camper pitch EUR 109.

    Same weekend as Bloodstock. Site on the outskirts of Kortrijk, easily reached by train and shuttle; 2026 was sold out.

    Map

    OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles · © OpenStreetMap

    At a glance

    Why
    Prison-themed stages (Prison, Helldorado, Swamp, La Morgue) and in 2026 a record attendance of 75,000 over four days.
    Line-up announcement
    first acts announced: 9 August 2025

    Artists also playing other festivals in 2027

    • Kanonenfieberalso at Copenhell, Jera On Air, Tuska …
    • Shadow of Intentalso at Wacken Open Air, Brutal Assault, Leyendas del Rock …
    • Peelingfleshalso at Brutal Assault, Party.San Metal Open Air, Leyendas del Rock …
    • Make Them Sufferalso at Wacken Open Air, Brutal Assault, Leyendas del Rock …
    • Feuerschwanzalso at Nova Rock, Greenfield Festival, Wacken Open Air …
    • Green Lungalso at Mystic Festival, Tons of Rock, Tuska …

    Festivals nearby

    Sources: VIP-Booking – Rekord 75'000

    Researched automatically from these sources; facts are checked against the official website wherever possible.

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