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You can now stream additional sets from this year’s Summer Breeze Open Air

Author Benedetta Baldin - 29.8.2026

Pro-shot videos of many acts from this year’s annual “Summer Breeze” festival in Dinkelsbühl, Germany, have recently been shared by ARTE CONCERT, as per theprp. Set videos of Polish death metal/groove metal hybrid Decapitated, Australian progressive metal band Northlane, British goth metallers Paradise Lost, ragga metal band Skindred, and more performing at the festival earlier this month have recently been released. The set at this year’s festival by groove metal giants Lamb of God has also recently been revealed.

An annual heavy metal music festival in Germany is called Summer Breeze Open Air. The first one took place in 1997. Prior to its relocation to Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria, in 2006, the event was hosted in Abtsgmühl. Every year, about 40,000 people attend the festival.

Upcoming shows by Decapitated:

  • Saturday, September 05, 2026 – Metal!!! Festival, Ostrava, Czechia
  • Saturday, September 26, 2026 – Euroblast, Cologne, Germany

Upcoming shows by Northlane:

  • Thursday, October 22, 2026 – Hellbound, Sydney, Australia
  • Thursday, November 05, 2026 – Perth, Australia
  • Saturday, November 07, 2026 – West Melbourne, Australia
  • Sunday, November 08, 2026 – Adelaide, Australia
  • Wednesday, November 11, 2026 – Sydney, Australia
  • Friday, November 13, 2026 – Newcastle, Australia
  • Saturday, November 14, 2026 – Brisbane, Australia
  • Saturday, November 28, 2026 – KKs Steel Mill, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
  • Sunday, November 29, 2026 – KKs Steel Mill, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
  • Tuesday, December 01, 2026 – Project House, Leeds, United Kingdom
  • Wednesday, December 02, 2026 – Academy 1, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Thursday, December 03, 2026 – The Prospect Building, Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Saturday, December 05, 2026 – O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • Sunday, December 06, 2026 – O2 Academy Brixton, London, United Kingdom
  • Tuesday, December 08, 2026 – Élysée Montmartre, Paris, France
  • Wednesday, December 09, 2026 – Turbinenhalle Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
  • Wednesday, December 09, 2026 – Turbinenhalle 1, Oberhausen, Germany
  • Thursday, December 10, 2026 – Capitol Hannover, Hanover, Germany
  • Saturday, December 12, 2026 – Klub Proxima, Bukowno Warszawa, Poland
  • Saturday, December 12, 2026 – Proxima, Warsaw, Poland
  • Sunday, December 13, 2026 – Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany
  • Tuesday, December 15, 2026 – Lucerna Music Bar, Hlavní Město Praha, Czechia
  • Wednesday, December 16, 2026 – Tonhalle München, München, Germany
  • Friday, December 18, 2026 – Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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