BAJA RACING HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY JOINS WACKEN OPEN AIR 2026: CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD AND DEF LEPPARD MORE!
BAJA RACING HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY JOINS WACKEN OPEN AIR 2026: CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF LYNYRD SKYNYRD AND DEF LEPPARD MORE!
IN FLAMES, POWERWOLF, SAVATAGE And NEVERMORE Among First Announced Artists for the July to August 2026 show schedules.
The organizers of the annual Wacken Open Air festival have announced the first confirmed bands for the 2026 edition of the event, set to take place from July 2 to August 1 in Wacken, Germany.
A total of 35 artists have been announced for the 35th edition of Wacken Open Air, including DEF LEPPARD, IN FLAMES, POWERWOLF, SAVATAGE and NEVERMORE. Confirmed bands so far for Wacken Open Air 2026: DEF LEPPARD, IN FLAMES, POWERWOLF, SAVATAGE, ALLT, AIRBOURNE, ANY GIVEN DAY, BLOOD COMMAND, BLOOD FIRE DEATH - A TRIBUTE TO BATHORY BROKEN BY THE SCREAM EINHERJER. EMPEROR EUROPE, FAUN FUTURE, PALACE, GUTALAX, GRAND MAGUS, INSANITY, ALERT H-BLOCKX KUPFERGOLD LAMB OF GOD, LUNA KILLS, MANTAR, NEVERMORE, ORBIT, CULTURE, PALEFACE, SWISS PIG, DESTROYER, RUNNING WILD, SEPULTURA and TEN56. THE GATHERING, THE HARDKISS, THUNDERMOTHER and THROWN TRYPTIKON are also performing.
Presale starts today at 8:00 p.m. on Metaltix.com. Wacken Open Air, which takes place annually in Wacken, a village with a population of just about 2,000. The first Wacken Open Air event in 1990 and has since grown to become the biggest open-air festival on the planet!
