Wacken Open Air

Wacken Open Air
The burning skull is the official symbol for
Wacken Open Air.
Genre
Location(s)Wacken, Germany
Years active1990–present
Websitewacken.com

Wacken Open Air (/ˈvɑːkən/, abbreviated as W:O:A) is a heavy metal music festival, held annually since 1990 on the first weekend of August in the village of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Almost all styles and subgenres of hard rock and metal are represented and hosted.[1] It is now one of the largest heavy metal festivals in the world and one of the largest open-air festivals in Germany. Between 2011 and 2018, the number of attendees was around 85,000, 75,000 of whom were paying visitors. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no 2020 and 2021 editions of Wacken Open Air.

  1. ^ "Metal Festival Landkarte 2015 für Deutschland & Österreich | Disctopia Metal Webzine" (in German). Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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