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Wacken Open Air 2027

28–31 July 2027 Wacken, Germany · Festival grounds «Holy Ground» (Schleswig-Holstein) 4 days
Camping festival 50 acts so far Presale on Heavy Metal, Thrash, Death/Black Metal approx. 85,000

The largest and best-known metal festival in the world – the scene's place of pilgrimage with all varieties from heavy to thrash to black metal.

Listen to the line-up Official website ↗

Updated 20 October 2026

Photo: Anton Perc · CC BY-SA 3.0

Full line-up 2027

50 acts

Metalcore & Deathcore 11

Electric Callboy / Heaven Shall Burn / Knocked Loose / Imminence / Jinjer / The Browning / Carnifex / Make Them Suffer / Malevolence / Shadow of Intent (10-year set «Reclaimer») / Sylosis

Heavy & Power Metal 10

Helloween (40-year set) / Hammerfall / Edguy / DragonForce / Beast in Black / U.D.O. / Metal Church / Victorious / Heavens Gate / Tailgunner

Hard Rock & Modern Metal 7

Five Finger Death Punch / Halestorm / Avatar / Creeper / John 5 / The New Roses / Tyketto

Death & Black Metal 12

Children of Bodom (with Samy Elbanna) / Kanonenfieber (Kanonenfest set) / Dark Tranquillity / Belphegor / Between Two Worlds / Dethklok / Gaerea / Napalm Death / Crypta / Norther / Hiraes / Witch Club Satan

Thrash & Groove 3

Cavalera Conspiracy / Overkill / John Bush (Celebrating the Songs of Anthrax)

Folk & Pagan 2

Feuerschwanz / Primordial (20 years of «To the Nameless Dead»)

Others 5

Blue Medusa / Mittel Alta / The Narrator / Seven Blood / Towards the Sinister

First wave (approx. 50 acts, as of 08/2026). Headliner slots not officially specified; more bands to follow.

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

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    Plan the trip

    Typical weather

    22°daytime high
    15°night low

    days with rain: 5.6/10. Pack: rain jacket, boots

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

    Getting there

    The official W:O:A shuttle bus runs between Itzehoe train station and the festival grounds, and back again. It is free for all W:O:A ticket holders.

    • HAM59 km
    • HAJ175 km
    • BLL192 km

    Station close by: Burg (Dithmarschen) (8.4 km), Wilster (10 km)

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

    Travel & stay

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    On site

    • ✓Camping
    • ✓Accessible

    Stages: approx. 8–10 stages (incl. Faster, Harder, Louder, W:E:T, Headbangers Stage, Wackinger, Wasteland; as of previous editions)

    Tickets

    Advance sales open since 2 August 2026; Loyalty, Faster and Harder tickets (€349 each) sold out according to the official website, Louder ticket €364 and Younger ticket €279 (up to age 25) plus €2 fee – check availability before buying.

    Tickets are only available personalised via the official shop; book early, as the 2026 edition sold out with 85,000 tickets. When it rains the site quickly turns muddy – pack rubber boots.

    Official website

    Map

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    At a glance

    Why
    The whole village becomes a festival town, with the Wackinger medieval market, the Wasteland post-apocalyptic area and the legendary «Holy Ground».
    Line-up announcement
    Line-up usually announced in early August
    first acts announced: 5 August 2023, 3 August 2024, 2 August 2025

    Artists also playing other festivals in 2027

    • Children of Bodomalso at Mystic Festival, Provinssi, Tuska …
    • Kanonenfieberalso at Copenhell, Jera On Air, Tuska …
    • Jinjeralso at Rock im Park, Rock am Ring, Nova Rock …
    • Shadow of Intentalso at Brutal Assault, Alcatraz Festival, Leyendas del Rock …
    • Make Them Sufferalso at Brutal Assault, Alcatraz Festival, Leyendas del Rock …
    • Blue Medusaalso at Rock for People, Tons of Rock, Leyendas del Rock …

    Sources: GIGA – Wacken 2027 Bands und Tickets (02.08.2026) · Louder/Metal Hammer – Wacken 2027 Line-up · regioactive – Vorverkaufsstart 2027 · Offizielle Seite · The Metallist – 2026 ausverkauft (85'000)

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

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