Wacken Open Air 2024: Sunny, peaceful and loud: A great metal spectacle comes to an end

The 33rd Wacken Open Air is drawing to a close. Impressive performances by Korn, Amon Amarth, Scorpions, Architects, In Extremo, Suzi Quatro and Blind Guardian will resonate for a long time to come. A total of over 200 artists performed on nine stages. 85,000 metalheads from all over the world celebrated the most spectacular metal party of the year in almost constantly sunny weather.

For the first time, a new arrival concept made it possible for fans to enter the camping areas from the Sunday before the official start, allowing them to breathe in the Wacken air for almost a full week.

“Our new access pass system was extremely well received by the fans,” says promoter Holger Hübner happily. “Not least because of this, there were no traffic jams on arrival! We will build on this next year.“

The police agreed with this conclusion, praised the smooth arrival without traffic jams and were also very satisfied with the security situation on site. The emergency services, fire department and the responsible public order office also drew a positive conclusion. The former recorded only around 3,500, mainly minor, cases of treatment over the entire duration of the festival until Saturday afternoon, pointing in particular to the assistance of security in the stage pits, where no injuries occurred, and praising the cooperation between the various trades and authorities.

Organizer Thomas Jensen comments: “We can’t stress it enough: We have the best fans in the world! All the better that we were able to experience a sun-kissed W:O:A with them this year with countless great concerts. For us, it was an all-round successful celebration of the global metal family, which we naturally want to surpass next year.“

First bands for 2025

On the last evening of the festival, a visually stunning multimedia show on both main stages announced the first acts for Wacken Open Air 2025, which will take place from July 30 to August 2, 2025.

It will be exciting to see what Gojira will bring to the stage after the French metal innovators recently caused a worldwide sensation with their stunning performance at the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris. US rockers Papa Roach will also make the Holy Ground shake for the very first time. 34 acts have already been confirmed for the 34th Wacken Open Air, including Machine Head, Saltatio Mortis, Apocalyptica, Saxon, Within Temptation, Dimmu Borgir, Michael Schenker, Dool, Ministry and Beyond The Black.

The pre-sale starts on Sunday, August 4 at 20:00 at metaltix.com and wacken.com.

Ticket prices remain unchanged: For 333 euros, fans will once again get plenty of music and Wacken spirit in 2025. As this summer, metalheads can arrive as early as Sunday, so that three additional days on the campgrounds with a corresponding supporting program await the guests. Access passes for a stress-free journey by car will be available from spring 2025 at the latest and will cost 33 euros per vehicle (up to 3.5 tons) or 66 euros for larger vehicles (3.5 tons or more), regardless of the number of people.

Fans can already register for a mailing list at wacken.com to be informed about all pre-sale modalities. The ticket price remains stable at 333€ for both the Faster Ticket, which is limited to 10,000 pieces and comes with a limited free Faster Ticket bundle shirt, and the normal Harder Ticket!