Wacken Open Air 2026

29.07.–01.08.2026 · Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein · Deutschland

Tage
4
Bands
154
Stages
8
Timetable
Live
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Stages

8 Bühnen, alle parallel im Multi-Stage-Timetable.

  • Faster Stage
  • Harder Stage
  • Louder Stage
  • Wasteland Stage
  • Wackinger Stage
  • Headbangers Stage
  • W:E:T Stage
  • Welcome to the Jungle
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Headliner

Die Top-Acts der Saison 2026.

  • Hämatom Metal · Neue Deutsche Härte
  • Savatage Power Metal · Progressive Metal
  • Def Leppard Glam Metal · Hard Rock
  • Running Wild Heavy Metal · Power Metal
  • Sepultura Groove Metal · Thrash Metal
  • Alestorm Folk Metal · Pirate Metal
  • Sabaton Heavy Metal · Power Metal
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Spielplan

Setzeiten für alle 155 Slots, sortiert nach Tag und Bühne. In der App auch als Multi-Stage-Grid mit Live-Indikator.

Mi Tag 1

Faster Stage

  1. Lovebites
  2. The Butcher Sisters
  3. Electric Bassboy
  4. Hämatom Headliner

Louder Stage

  1. Broken by the Scream
  2. Visions of Atlantis
  3. Thundermother
  4. The Hardkiss
  5. The Gathering
  6. Lacuna Coil

Wasteland Stage

  1. Diabolisches Werk
  2. Battlecreek
  3. Poison the Preacher
  4. Phantom
  5. Crypt Sermon
  6. The Troops of Doom
  7. Sacred Steel

Wackinger Stage

  1. Wacken Firefighters
  2. Alien Rockin’ Explosion
  3. 5th Avenue Hamburg
  4. Ricky Warwick
  5. Vanir
  6. Dirty Shirt
  7. Unzucht

Headbangers Stage

  1. Expellow
  2. Kadavar
  3. Mambo Kurt

W:E:T Stage

  1. Speak in Whispers
  2. Velvet Rush
  3. Rose Tattoo

Do Tag 2

Faster Stage

  1. Skyline
  2. Yngwie Malmsteen
  3. Savatage Headliner

Harder Stage

  1. Uli Jon Roth
  2. Europe
  3. Def Leppard Headliner

Louder Stage

  1. Alien Ant Farm
  2. H Blockx
  3. Therapy?
  4. Life of Agony
  5. P.O.D.
  6. Turbonegro

Wasteland Stage

  1. Saviourself
  2. Black Tish
  3. Brunhilde
  4. 9mm Headshot
  5. Wytch Hazel
  6. Temple of the Absurd
  7. Evil Jared & Krogi
  8. Year of the Goat

Wackinger Stage

  1. Wüstenberg
  2. Katerfahrt
  3. Vogelfrey
  4. Sagenbringer
  5. Storm Seeker
  6. Kupfergold
  7. Manntra

Headbangers Stage

  1. Firespawn
  2. Blood Red Throne
  3. Anaal Nathrakh
  4. Cowgirls from Hell DJ Team

W:E:T Stage

  1. Craft
  2. Spectral Wound
  3. Misery Index
  4. Sventevith

Fr Tag 3

Faster Stage

  1. Gutalax
  2. Paradise Lost
  3. Black Label Society
  4. In Flames Headliner
  5. Running Wild Headliner

Harder Stage

  1. Vreid
  2. Danko Jones
  3. Saxon
  4. Judas Priest Headliner
  5. Sepultura Headliner

Louder Stage

  1. Mr. Hurley und die Pulveraffen
  2. Future Palace
  3. Mantar
  4. Paleface Swiss
  5. Hatebreed
  6. Blood Fire Death
  7. Emperor
  8. Subway to Sally

Wasteland Stage

  1. Heartless Human Harvest
  2. Cursed Abyss
  3. Chaosbay
  4. Luna Kills
  5. Insanity Alert
  6. Arroganz
  7. Divlje Jagode
  8. Alfahanne

Wackinger Stage

  1. Tuxedoo
  2. Blaas of Glory
  3. Metaklapa
  4. Trold
  5. Cruachan
  6. Eläkeläiset
  7. Dubioza Kolektiv
  8. Faun

Headbangers Stage

  1. Ten56.
  2. Grand Magus
  3. Any Given Day
  4. Pig Destroyer
  5. Bear McCreary
  6. Bleed from Within
  7. Alcest

W:E:T Stage

  1. Employed to Serve
  2. Deafheaven
  3. The Haunted
  4. Animals as Leaders
  5. Crematory
  6. Skynd

Sa Tag 4

Faster Stage

  1. Kim Dracula
  2. Nevermore
  3. Airbourne
  4. Powerwolf Headliner
  5. Alestorm Headliner

Harder Stage

  1. Heavysaurus
  2. Orbit Culture
  3. Lamb of God Headliner
  4. Arch Enemy Headliner
  5. Sabaton Headliner

Louder Stage

  1. Kittie
  2. Thrown
  3. Of Mice and Men
  4. Kärbholz
  5. Thy Art Is Murder
  6. Triptykon

Wasteland Stage

  1. Stonem
  2. Asrock
  3. Allt
  4. The Other
  5. Castle Rat
  6. Guilt Trip
  7. Hackneyed

Wackinger Stage

  1. Wacken Firefighters
  2. Minotaurus
  3. Dieter Maschine Birr
  4. Zeltinger Band
  5. Ad Infinitum
  6. Finsterforst
  7. Einherjer

Headbangers Stage

  1. Focus.
  2. Crimson Glory
  3. Angelus Apatrida
  4. Municipal Waste
  5. Dritte Wahl
  6. Vended
  7. The Limit

W:E:T Stage

  1. Blood Command
  2. Our Promise
  3. Hardline
  4. Lagwagon
  5. Corrosion of Conformity
  6. Fit for an Autopsy
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Vollständiges Lineup (154)

A–Z, gruppiert nach Tier. Status: Setzeiten live.

Tier 1 Headliner (12)

  • Alestorm Folk Metal · Pirate Metal
  • Arch Enemy Melodic Death Metal
  • Def Leppard Glam Metal · Hard Rock
  • Hämatom Metal · Neue Deutsche Härte
  • In Flames Alternative Metal · Melodic Death Metal
  • Judas Priest Heavy Metal
  • Lamb of God Groove Metal · Metalcore
  • Powerwolf Power Metal
  • Running Wild Heavy Metal · Power Metal
  • Sabaton Heavy Metal · Power Metal
  • Savatage Power Metal · Progressive Metal
  • Sepultura Groove Metal · Thrash Metal

Tier 2 Sub-Headliner (7)

  • Airbourne Hard Rock
  • Black Label Society Heavy Metal · Southern Metal
  • Emperor Black Metal
  • Europe Hard Rock
  • Nevermore Progressive Metal · Thrash Metal
  • Saxon Heavy Metal · NWOBHM
  • Vreid Black Metal · Heavy Metal

Tier 3 Mid-Tier (131)

  • 5th Avenue Hamburg Hard Rock
  • 9mm Headshot Hard Rock
  • Ad Infinitum Symphonic Metal
  • Alcest Post-Black Metal · Shoegaze
  • Alfahanne Black Metal · Rock
  • Alien Ant Farm Metal
  • Alien Rockin’ Explosion Rock · Rockabilly
  • Allt Progressive Metalcore
  • Anaal Nathrakh Black Metal · Grindcore
  • Angelus Apatrida Thrash Metal
  • Animals as Leaders Djent · Progressive Metal
  • Any Given Day Metalcore
  • Arroganz Black Metal · Death Metal
  • Asrock Hard Rock
  • Battlecreek Thrash Metal
  • Bear McCreary Film Score · Soundtrack
  • Blaas of Glory Brass · Metal
  • Black Tish Rock
  • Bleed from Within Metalcore
  • Blood Command Hardcore · Punk Rock
  • Blood Fire Death Black Metal · Tribute
  • Blood Red Throne Death Metal
  • Broken by the Scream Metal
  • Brunhilde Metal · Rock
  • Castle Rat Doom Metal
  • Chaosbay Progressive Metal
  • Corrosion of Conformity Sludge Metal · Southern Metal
  • Cowgirls from Hell DJ Team DJ
  • Craft Black Metal
  • Crematory Death Metal · Gothic Metal
  • Crimson Glory Heavy Metal · Progressive Metal
  • Cruachan Celtic Metal · Folk Metal
  • Crypt Sermon Doom Metal
  • Cursed Abyss Metal
  • Deafheaven Blackgaze · Post-Metal
  • Diabolisches Werk Thrash Metal
  • Dieter Maschine Birr Rock
  • Dirty Shirt Folk Metal · Nu Metal
  • Divlje Jagode Hard Rock
  • Dritte Wahl Punk Rock
  • Dubioza Kolektiv Reggae · Ska Punk
  • Einherjer Viking Metal
  • Eläkeläiset Folk Rock · Humppa
  • Electric Bassboy Electronic · Metal
  • Employed to Serve Metalcore
  • Evil Jared & Krogi Metal
  • Expellow Metal
  • Faun Folk · Medieval
  • Finsterforst Black Metal · Folk Metal
  • Firespawn Death Metal
  • Fit for an Autopsy Deathcore
  • Focus. Progressive Rock
  • Future Palace Alternative Rock · Post-Hardcore
  • Grand Magus Doom Metal · Heavy Metal
  • Guilt Trip Hardcore
  • Gutalax Grindcore
  • H Blockx Alternative · Alternative Rock · Rap Rock · Rock
  • Hackneyed Death Metal
  • Hardline Hard Rock
  • Hatebreed Hardcore · Metalcore
  • Heartless Human Harvest Death Metal
  • Heavysaurus Children's Music · Heavy Metal
  • Insanity Alert Crossover · Thrash Metal
  • Kadavar Hard Rock · Stoner Rock
  • Kärbholz Deutschrock
  • Katerfahrt Metal
  • Kim Dracula Alternative Metal
  • Kittie Alternative Metal · Nu Metal
  • Kupfergold Folk Rock
  • Lacuna Coil Alternative Metal · Gothic Metal
  • Lagwagon Punk Rock · Skate Punk
  • Life of Agony Alternative Metal · Hardcore
  • Lovebites Heavy Metal · Power Metal
  • Luna Kills Alternative Metal
  • Mambo Kurt Comedy Rock
  • Manntra Folk Metal · Industrial Metal
  • Mantar Black Metal · Sludge Metal
  • Metaklapa A Cappella · Metal
  • Minotaurus Folk Metal
  • Misery Index Death Metal · Grindcore
  • Mr. Hurley und die Pulveraffen Folk Rock · Pirate Folk
  • Municipal Waste Crossover · Thrash Metal
  • Of Mice and Men Metalcore
  • Orbit Culture Groove Metal · Melodic Death Metal
  • Our Promise Metalcore
  • P.O.D. Alternative Metal · Nu Metal
  • Paradise Lost Doom Metal · Gothic Metal
  • Phantom Heavy Metal
  • Pig Destroyer Grindcore
  • Poison the Preacher Thrash Metal
  • Ricky Warwick Hard Rock
  • Rose Tattoo Hard Rock
  • Sacred Steel Heavy Metal
  • Sagenbringer Folk Metal
  • Saviourself Metalcore
  • Skyline Heavy Metal
  • Skynd Industrial Metal
  • Spectral Wound Black Metal
  • Stonem Metal
  • Storm Seeker Folk Metal
  • Subway to Sally Folk Metal · Medieval Rock
  • Sventevith Black Metal
  • Temple of the Absurd Thrash Metal
  • Ten56. Deathcore
  • The Gathering Alternative Rock · Gothic Metal
  • The Hardkiss Alternative Rock
  • The Haunted Melodic Death Metal · Thrash Metal
  • The Limit Hard Rock
  • The Other Horror Punk
  • The Troops of Doom Death Metal · Thrash Metal
  • Therapy? Alternative Metal · Alternative Rock
  • Thrown Metalcore
  • Thundermother Hard Rock
  • Thy Art Is Murder Deathcore
  • Triptykon Doom Metal · Extreme Metal
  • Trold Folk Metal
  • Turbonegro Hard Rock · Punk Rock
  • Tuxedoo Metalcore
  • Uli Jon Roth Hard Rock · Heavy Metal
  • Unzucht Gothic Metal · Neue Deutsche Härte
  • Vanir Viking Metal
  • Velvet Rush Hard Rock
  • Vended Alternative Metal · Nu Metal
  • Visions of Atlantis Symphonic Metal
  • Vogelfrey Folk Metal
  • Wacken Firefighters Brass · Metal
  • Wüstenberg Metal
  • Wytch Hazel Hard Rock · Heavy Metal
  • Year of the Goat Occult Rock
  • Yngwie Malmsteen Heavy Metal · Neoclassical Metal
  • Zeltinger Band Rock

Tier 4 Weitere Acts (3)

  • Danko Jones Hard Rock · Rock
  • Paleface Swiss Deathcore · Metal
  • Speak in Whispers Metalcore · Post-Hardcore

Tier 5 Weitere Acts (1)

  • The Butcher Sisters Comedy Metal · Metalcore · Rap Metal · Rap-Metal
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Häufige Fragen — Wacken Open Air 2026

Wann findet Wacken Open Air 2026 2026 statt?
Wacken Open Air 2026 2026 findet vom 29.07.–01.08.2026 in Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein statt.
Wer spielt beim Wacken Open Air 2026 2026?
Headliner beim Wacken Open Air 2026 2026 sind Hämatom, Savatage, Def Leppard, Running Wild, Sepultura, Alestorm. Insgesamt sind 154 Bands auf 8 Stages bestätigt.
Wann erscheinen die Setzeiten / der Timetable für Wacken Open Air 2026 2026?
Der offizielle Timetable für Wacken Open Air 2026 2026 mit allen Setzeiten ist live und in der festivalpilot-App eingepflegt. Alles funktioniert offline — kein Datenvolumen nötig.
Welche App brauche ich für Wacken Open Air 2026 2026?
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