The first acts for the 2027 festival were announced alongside the close of the 35th Wacken Open Air. The next event, running from 28 to 31 July, will feature Five Finger Death Punch, Halestorm, Knocked Loose, Dark Tranquillity, Cavalera Conspiracy, a special Children of Bodom production and John Bush's Anthrax show, among others.
Also among the announced names are Avatar, Electric Callboy, Helloween, Jinjer, Napalm Death, U.D.O., HammerFall, DragonForce and Heaven Shall Burn. Organisers began selling the next edition on the very closing day of the 2026 festival.
The first-available Loyalty Ticket stock sold out quickly, with general presale starting at 8pm on 2 August. All 85,000 tickets for the 2026 anniversary festival sold out, creating a strong basis for immediately launching next year's sales.
Wacken's method shows clearly how to launch sales for the next festival at the peak emotional moment. Visitors are still on-site, the experience is fresh, and the first names of the next programme already offer enough reason for a quick purchase.
Summary
Wacken Open Air, which hosted 85,000 visitors, has already revealed the first wave of its 2027 programme. The special loyalty tickets sold out quickly.
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