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Jun 11, 2026

Upcoming

Z! Live Rock Fest

Opeth / Emperor / Brothers of Metal / Delalma / Serious Black / Dragony / Latzen / Noah Histeria / HeadOn

Institución Ferial de la Provincia de Zamora

Zamora, Spain

Jun 11, 2026 –
Jun 13, 2026

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Z! Live Rock Fest 2026

Opeth / Epica / TesseracT / Saxon / Emperor / Brothers of Metal / Krisiun / H.E.A.T / Soziedad Alkoholika / Coroner / Burning Witches / Lèpoka / Serious Black / Su ta gar / Dragony / Latzen / Ekyrian / Delalma / Romanthica / Noah Histeria / Xeria / Headon (Spain) / Evil Invaders / Bury Tomorrow / Kardinal X / Blaze Bayley / Dominum Show all bands

Recinto Ferial IFEZA

Zamora, Castille and León, Spain

Show Duplicates for Jun 11, 2026

Jul 01, 2026 –
Jul 04, 2026

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Rockharz 2026

Kreator / Alice Cooper / Helloween / Feuerschwanz / Airbourne / Black Label Society / Avatar / Emperor / Paradise Lost / Agnostic Front / Doro / Hämatom / P.O.D. / Biohazard / Ensiferum / Finntroll / Annisokay / Knorkator / Gothminister / Betontod / Svbway to Sally / Stahlmann / Motorjesus / Dominum / Soulbound / Haggefugg / Die Habenichtse / Final Cry / Crypta / Danko Jones / Die Apokalyptischen Reiter / Dogma / Drone / Fiddler's Green / Harakiri for the sky / Heavysaurus / Hiraes / Majestica / Mittel Alta / Necrotted / Rauhbein / Rodeo 5000 / Sagenbringer / Soen / Steve n Seagulls / Tailgunner / The Haunted / Tungsten / Walls of Jericho / Warmen / Artillery / Hagane / Saint City Orchestra / Cypecore / Decapitated / Pinheads Show all bands

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Flugplatz Ballenstedt

Ballenstedt, Germany

Jul 04, 2026

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Rockharz

Feuerschwanz / Emperor / Doro / Knorkator / Danko Jones / Annisokay / Finntroll / Soen / Majestica / Crypta / Tungsten / Necrotted / Tailgunner / Drone / Watch me Rise

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Flugplatz

Ballenstedt, Germany

Jul 29, 2026

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Emperor

Wacken Open Air

Hauptstrasse

Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Jul 29, 2026 –
Aug 01, 2026

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Wacken Open Air 2026

Powerwolf / In Flames / Running Wild / Emperor / Def Leppard / Sepultura / Lamb Of God / Airbourne / Any Given Day / Blood Command / Blood Fire Death / ALLT / Broken by the Scream / Einherjer / Europe / Faun / Future Palace / Gutalax / Grand Magus / Insanity Alert / H-Blockx / Kupfergold / Luna Kills / Mantar / Nevermore / Orbit Culture / Paleface Swiss / Pig Destroyer / The Gathering / The Hardkiss / Ad Infinitum / Alestorm / Alfahanne / Anaal Nathrakh / Angelus Apatrida / Arch Enemy / Black Label Society / Castle Rat / Bleed From Within / Blood Red Throne / Brunhilde / Chaosbay / Corrosion Of Conformity / Craft / Crimson Glory / Danko Jones / Divlje Jagode / Dritte Wahl / Dubioza kolektiv / Electric Bassboy / Eläkeäiset / Employed To Serve / Firespawn / Focus / Guilt Trip / Hackneyed / Hardline / Hatebreed / Heavysaurus / Hämatom / Judas Priest / Katerfahrt / Kim Dracula / Kittie / Lagwagon / Life Of Agony / Misery Index / Mr. Hurley Und Die Pulveraffen / Municipal Waste / OUR PROMISE / P.O.D. / Paradise Lost / Ricky Warwick / Rose Tattoo / Savatage / Saxon / Skynd / Spectral Wound / Storm Seeker / The Butcher Sisters / The Haunted / Therapy? / Thrown / Thundermother / Thy Art Is Murder / Triptykon / Turbonegro / Vanir / Vended / Vogelfrey / 5th Avenue / 9mm Headshot / Alcest / Alien Ant Farm / Alien Rockin’ Explosion / Animals as Leaders / Arroganz / Ashed Winter / Asrock / Battlecreek / Bear McCreary / Blaas of Glory / Black Tish / Blanket Hill / Born Broken / Cowgirls From Hell / Crematory / Cruachan / Crypt Sermon / Cursed abyss / Dead By April / Deafheaven / DEFLAG / Diabolisches Werk / Dieter "maschine" Birr / Dirty Shirt / E.N.D. / ELCHIVO / Evil Jared & Krogi / Expellow / Finsterforst / Fit For An Autopsy / Force / Gagor / Gidora / Given by the Flames / Haine / Heartless Human Harvest / I see red / Kadavar / Kärbholz / Lacuna Coil / Lovebites / Mambo Kurt / Manntra / Maschine's Late Night Show / Metaklapa / Midhaven / Minotaurus / Misþyrming & Nergal / Morphide / Novelization / Phantom / Poison The Preacher / Sabaton / Sacred Steel / Sagenbringer / Saviourself / Sinamort / Skyline / Sót / Speak in Whispers / Stonem / Temple Of The Absurd / Svbway to Sally / The Crescent's Call / The Limit / Unzucht / The Other / The Troops Of Doom / Thomas Nicholas Band / Trold / tuXedoo / Velvet Rush / Visions of Atlantis / Vreid / Wacken Firefighters / Wüstenberg / Wytch Hazel / Year of the Goat / Yngwie Malmsteen / Zeltinger Band Show all bands

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Wacken Open Air

Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Jul 29, 2026 – Aug 02, 2026 Upcoming Buy Tickets	Wacken Festival 2026 5th Avenue / 9mm Headshot / Ad Infinitum / Airbourne / Alcest / Alfahanne / Alestorm / Alien Ant Farm / Alien Rockin' Explosion / ALLT / Anaal Nathrakh / Angelus Apatrida / Animals as Leaders / Anneke van Giersbergen / Any Given Day / Arch Enemy / Arroganz / Asrock / Battlecreek / Bear McCreary / Black Label Society / Black Tish / Bleed From Within / Blood Command / Blood Fire Death / Blood Red Throne / Blaas of Glory / Broken by the Scream / Brunhilde / The Butcher Sisters / Castle Rat / Chaosbay / Corrosion Of Conformity / Craft / Crematory / Crimson Glory / Cruachan / Crypt Sermon / Cursed abyss / Danko Jones / Deafheaven / Def Leppard / Diabolisches Werk / Dieter Maschine Birr / Divlje Jagode / Dritte Wahl / Dubioza kolektiv / Einherjer / Electric Bassboy / Elakelaiset / Emperor / Employed To Serve / Europe / Evil Jared x Krogi / Expellow / Faun / Finsterforst / Firespawn / Fit For An Autopsy / Focus. (DE) / Future Palace / The Gathering / Grand Magus / Guilt Trip / Gutalax / Hackneyed / Hämatom / The Hardkiss / Hardline / Hatebreed / The Haunted / H-Blockx / Heavysaurus / High Desert Queen / In Flames / Insanity Alert / Judas Priest / Kadavar / Katerfahrt / Kim Dracula / Kittie / Kupfergold / Kärbholz / Lagwagon / Lamb Of God / Life Of Agony / The Limit / Lovebites / Luna Kills / Mambo Kurt / Manntra / Mantar / Metaklapa / Minotaurus / Misery Index / Misþyrming / Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen / Municipal Waste / Nevermore / Nita Strauss / Nothing More / Of Mice & Men / Orbit Culture / The Other / OUR PROMISE / Paleface Swiss / Paradise Lost / Phantom G.D.L. / Pig Destroyer / P.O.D. / Poison The Preacher / Powerwolf / PRESIDENT / Ricky Warwick / Rose Tattoo / Running Wild / Sabaton / Savatage / Saviourself / Saxon / Sepultura / Skyline / Skynd / Spectral Wound / Stonem / Storm Seeker / Svbway to Sally / Temple Of The Absurd / ten56. / Therapy? / Thrown / Thundermother / Thy Art Is Murder / Triptykon / Trold / The Troops Of Doom / Turbonegro / tuXedoo / Uli Jon Roth / Unzucht / Vanir / Velvet Rush / Vended / Visions of Atlantis / Vogelfrey / Wacken Firefighters / Würstenberg / Wytch Hazel / Year of the Goat / Yngwie Malmsteen / Zeltingerband Show all bands	Wacken Open Air	Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Jul 29, 2026 – Aug 01, 2026 Upcoming Buy Tickets	Wacken Festival 2026 Def Leppard / Judas Priest / Of Mice & Men / Lamb Of God / P.O.D. / Europe / In Flames / Sepultura / Alien Ant Farm / Black Label Society / Arch Enemy / Hatebreed / Lacuna Coil / Airbourne / Kittie / Animals as Leaders / Bear McCreary / Alestorm / Deafheaven / Thy Art Is Murder / Powerwolf / Saxon / Thrown / Municipal Waste / Lagwagon / Corrosion Of Conformity / Alcest / Paradise Lost / Yngwie Malmsteen / Danko Jones / Turbonegro / Paleface Swiss / Emperor / Kim Dracula / Therapy? / Fit For An Autopsy / Bleed From Within / Kadavar / Faun / Savatage / The Haunted / Pig Destroyer / Orbit Culture / Vended / Dubioza kolektiv / Life Of Agony / PRESIDENT / The Gathering / Nevermore / Future Palace / Anaal Nathrakh / Guilt Trip / Any Given Day / Rose Tattoo / ten56. / H-Blockx / Running Wild / Visions of Atlantis / Blood Command / OUR PROMISE / Misery Index / Anneke van Giersbergen / Thundermother / Gutalax / Hardline / The Hardkiss / Castle Rat / Grand Magus / Skynd / Employed To Serve / ALLT / Hämatom / Triptykon / Ad Infinitum / Crimson Glory / Crematory / Spectral Wound / Craft / The Other / Uli Jon Roth / Elakelaiset / Angelus Apatrida / Mantar / Svbway to Sally / Cruachan / Blood Red Throne / Dritte Wahl / The Butcher Sisters / maschine / Misþyrming / Einherjer / Kärbholz / Skyline / Divlje Jagode / Lovebites / Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen / Chaosbay / Insanity Alert / Finsterforst / Year of the Goat / Storm Seeker / Ricky Warwick / Dirty Shirt / Heavysaurus / Manntra / Broken by the Scream / Unzucht / Wytch Hazel / Vanir / Vogelfrey / Firespawn / Mambo Kurt / Hackneyed / Kupfergold / Alfahanne / Zeltinger Band / Luna Kills / Blaas of Glory / Expellow / 5th Avenue / Brunhilde / Velvet Rush / Trold / Sagenbringer / Saviourself / tuXedoo / Metaklapa / Arroganz / Stonem / Heartless Human Harvest / Wüstenberg / Minotaurus / Alien Rockin' Explosion / Blood Fire Death / Evil Jared / Temple Of The Absurd / Focus. (DE) Show all bands	Wacken Open Air	Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Jul 29, 2026 – Aug 02, 2026 Upcoming Buy Tickets	Wacken Festival 2026 Def Leppard / Judas Priest / Of Mice & Men / Lamb Of God / P.O.D. / Europe / In Flames / Sepultura / Alien Ant Farm / Black Label Society / Arch Enemy / Hatebreed / Lacuna Coil / Airbourne / Kittie / Animals as Leaders / Bear McCreary / Alestorm / Thy Art Is Murder / Deafheaven / Powerwolf / Saxon / Thrown / Municipal Waste / Lagwagon / Corrosion Of Conformity / Alcest / Paradise Lost / Yngwie Malmsteen / Danko Jones / Turbonegro / Emperor / Paleface Swiss / Kim Dracula / Therapy? / Fit For An Autopsy / Bleed From Within / Kadavar / Faun / Savatage / The Haunted / Pig Destroyer / Orbit Culture / Vended / Life Of Agony / Dubioza kolektiv / The Gathering / Nevermore / Future Palace / Anaal Nathrakh / President / Any Given Day / Guilt Trip / Rose Tattoo / ten56. / H-Blockx / Running Wild / Visions of Atlantis / Blood Command / OUR PROMISE / Misery Index / Anneke van Giersbergen / Thundermother / Hardline / Gutalax / The Hardkiss / Grand Magus / Skynd / Employed To Serve / ALLT / Castle Rat / Hämatom / Triptykon / Ad Infinitum / Crimson Glory / Crematory / Spectral Wound / The Other / Craft / Uli Jon Roth / Elakelaiset / Angelus Apatrida / Svbway to Sally / Mantar / Cruachan / Blood Red Throne / Dritte Wahl / maschine / The Butcher Sisters / Misþyrming / Einherjer / Kärbholz / Skyline / Divlje Jagode / Lovebites / Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen / Chaosbay / Finsterforst / Insanity Alert / Year of the Goat / Storm Seeker / Ricky Warwick / Dirty Shirt / Manntra / Unzucht / Heavysaurus / Broken by the Scream / Vanir / Wytch Hazel / Vogelfrey / Firespawn / Mambo Kurt / Hackneyed / Kupfergold / Alfahanne / Zeltinger Band / Luna Kills / Blaas of Glory / Expellow / 5th Avenue / Brunhilde / Trold / Velvet Rush / Sagenbringer / Saviourself / tuXedoo / Metaklapa / Arroganz / Stonem / Minotaurus / Heartless Human Harvest / Evil Jared / Alien Rockin' Explosion / Temple Of The Absurd / Wüstenberg / Blood Fire Death / Focus. (DE) Show all bands	Wacken Open Air	Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Jul 29, 2026 – Aug 01, 2026 Upcoming Buy Tickets	Wacken Festival 2026 Def Leppard / Judas Priest / Lamb Of God / P.O.D. / Europe / In Flames / Sepultura / Black Label Society / Arch Enemy / Hatebreed / Nothing More / Airbourne / Kittie / Alestorm / Thy Art Is Murder / Powerwolf / Saxon / Thrown / Municipal Waste / Lagwagon / Corrosion Of Conformity / Paradise Lost / Yngwie Malmsteen / Danko Jones / Turbonegro / Emperor / Paleface Swiss / Therapy? / Kim Dracula / Bleed From Within / Faun / Savatage / The Haunted / Pig Destroyer / Orbit Culture / Vended / Life Of Agony / Dubioza kolektiv / The Gathering / Nevermore / Future Palace / Anaal Nathrakh / Any Given Day / Guilt Trip / Rose Tattoo / ten56. / President / H-Blockx / Running Wild / Nita Strauss / Blood Command / OUR PROMISE / Misery Index / Anneke van Giersbergen / Thundermother / Hardline / Gutalax / The Hardkiss / Grand Magus / Skynd / ALLT / Employed To Serve / Hämatom / Triptykon / Castle Rat / Ad Infinitum / Crimson Glory / Craft / Spectral Wound / Uli Jon Roth / Elakelaiset / Angelus Apatrida / Mantar / Dritte Wahl / Blood Red Throne / Misþyrming / Einherjer / The Butcher Sisters / Divlje Jagode / Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen / Chaosbay / Insanity Alert / Storm Seeker / Ricky Warwick / Heavysaurus / Vanir / Broken by the Scream / Vogelfrey / Firespawn / Hackneyed / Kupfergold / Alfahanne / Luna Kills / Brunhilde / Blood Fire Death / Focus. (DE) / Anastasia Kobesh & Ruslan Saberov Show all bands	Wacken Open Air	Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Jul 29, 2026 – Aug 01, 2026 Upcoming	Beyond The Gates 2026 Testament / Electric Wizard / Alcest / Emperor / Rotting Christ / Marduk / Blood Incantation / 1349 / Castle Rat / Spectral Wound / The Ruins of Beverast / Beherit / Bölzer / Gaahls Wyrd / Whoredom Rife / Forteresse / Imha Tarikat / Misotheist	Grieghallen	Bergen, Vestland, Norway

Show Duplicates for Jul 29, 2026

Aug 01, 2026

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Emperor

Beyond the Gates

Grieghallen

Bergen, Vestland, Norway

Aug 13, 2026 –
Aug 16, 2026

Upcoming

Motocultor Festival 2026

Godsmack / Judas Priest / Primus / Within Temptation / Arch Enemy / Airbourne / Kittie / Chelsea Grin / Deafheaven / Slaughter To Prevail / Municipal Waste / Alcest / Ill Niño / Emperor / Kim Dracula / Soen / Fit For An Autopsy / Death Angel / The Casualties / Miracle of Sound / Unearth / Vader / Bloodbath / Oomph! / Cryptopsy / Amenra / Lord of the Lost / Nevermore / Signs Of The Swarm / Voivod / Sanguisugabogg / Textures / Sacred Reich / 200 Stab Wounds / Steve 'n' Seagulls / Visions of Atlantis / Grave / Mass Hysteria / MASTER BOOT RECORD / Coroner / Nanowar of Steel / Heavy//Hitter / Ashen / Witch Club Satan / Battlesnake / URNE / Rectal Smegma / Jools / Frog Leap / BRUIT ≤ / Cage Fight / Pilori / Coltaine / John Cxnnor / Shady Fat Kats / Frogleap / Monde de merde / Basaalt Show all bands

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Site De Kerampuilh

Carhaix-Plouguer, Brittany, France

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Wacken Open Air 2026
Jul 29 - Aug 1, 2026
Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Wacken Open Air 2026
Jul 29 - Aug 1, 2026
Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Rockharz 2026
Jul 1 - 4, 2026
Ballenstedt, Germany
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Z! Live Festival 2026
Jun 11 - 13, 2026
Zamora, Castille and León, Spain
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Wacken Open Air 2026
Jul 29 - Aug 1, 2026
Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Concerts Per Year:

2026	18 concerts
2025	21 concerts
2024	22 concerts
2023	20 concerts
2022	20 concerts
2021	5 concerts
2020	5 concerts
2019	17 concerts
2018	12 concerts
2017	18 concerts
2016	2 concerts
2015	2 concerts
2014	18 concerts
2013	3 concerts
2011	1 concert
2009	2 concerts
2007	6 concerts
2006	10 concerts
2005	3 concerts
2004	1 concert
1999	33 concerts
1998	5 concerts
1997	18 concerts
1993	5 concerts
1992	1 concert

Attendees (775)


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