Ozzfest’s first venue for 2027 has been officially revealed

Although Sharon Osbourne had previously stated that the 2027 revival of the “Ozzfest” would take place at Villa Park in Birmingham, UK, the festival’s social media accounts have now officially announced it, as per theprp. The event will take place at the same location where its namesake, the late heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne, gave his final live performance in July 2025, albeit a date and lineup are still pending. Naturally, same location played host to last year’s “Back To The Beginning” concert, an all-star farewell to heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath and its frontman Ozzy Osbourne, who died a little more than two weeks later. Ozzy and Sabbath were both originally from Birmingham.

Sharon has previously stated that talks with artists have already begun for the festival’s comeback, which is anticipated to include a few dates in the US.

Sharon and her late husband, heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne, started “Ozzfest” in 1996. After Ozzy was rejected by “Lollapalooza,” the festival was conceived. Numerous heavy acts, such as System of A Down, Slipknot, and others, were introduced by the traveling metal and rock festival in the years that followed.

The Ozzfest tour included bands from various styles within heavy metal and hard rock, such as alternative metal, thrash metal, industrial metal, metalcore, hardcore punk, deathcore, nu metal, death metal, post-hardcore, gothic metal, and black metal. Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath were featured in the tour multiple times throughout the years.

The inaugural Ozzfest was not framed as a nationwide tour; instead, it took the form of a two-day festival occurring in Phoenix, Arizona, and Devore, California, on October 25 and 26, 1996, respectively. A collection titled Ozzfest Live, consisting of ten live recordings made during this festival, was made available on April 29, 1997. In the year 1997, significant demonstrations took place outside the festival advocating for the cancellation of Marilyn Manson’s set. Despite this, all scheduled performances went ahead as planned. Similar protests happened in 2001 after the Columbine High School shooting, with some groups attributing blame to Marilyn Manson.