Delain, Battle Beast and Jinjer behind the 6th door
On today's St. Nicholas Day we dare a tiny statement: We don't care about your gender, we don't care about your origin. If you like metal, then you are welcome in Wacken. In front of the stage and
05-12-18
Epic Folk, Death and Gothic on December 5th
The next winners in our big raffle have been announced and since midnight the next three bands for the upcoming W:O:A are available on xmas.wacken.com! Today we add these names into the
04-12-18
Modern meets classic - the bands from the 04th of December 2018
Again we prepared three new bands for the upcoming Wacken Open Air and the next ones are already waiting – check them out at xmas.wacken.com after Midnight (German time)! And don’t forget to join the
03-12-18
The bands behind the third door
The first Monday of this year's calendar has it all - okay, there is nothing for Metal purists, but we serve three closely related genres with top-class acts!
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The first Monday of
02-12-18
Relaunch of Wacken.com and new design for 2019
As proud as we are of our past - a look into the future is at least as important! Not only do we want to celebrate the 30th W:O:A with you, but we are also looking forward to the next 30 festivals
02-12-18
More band and the first winners of our raffle!
Today is the First Sunday of Advent and we are going to celebrate it with three new names – one band has already played Wacken Open Air, the other two will make their debuts. And we can also announce
01-12-18
Our X-Mas Calendar starts - with Gloryhammer and Myrath!
Our X-Mas calendar on xmas.wacken.com has started and since midnight the first two new bands for the W: O: A 2019 are ready to be unveiled! Also the first daily raffle has started - 5x2 guest list
30-11-18
Wacken Stories: Thomas Jensen
Not many bands are as close to the hearts of the two Wacken bosses like Motörhead. In 1997, Lemmy and his gang played their first show at the festival, overall they appeared eight times. Lemmy’s
29-11-18
Wacken Stories: Holger Hübner
After 30 years as one of the two organizers behind the Wacken Open Air, Holger Hübner is still looking forward to the festival every time. Of course three decades of putting on W:O:A didn’t always go
Wacken Stories: Scott Ian
As the guitarist for Anthrax, Scott Ian has seen many festivals. There are two things he likes at Wacken, and they have to do with the Ritz-Carlton and a summer camp. And then there was this thing
