Where is the Wacken Open Air festival?

Wacken
Wacken Open Air 2022/Location

How big is Wacken Open Air?

240 hectares
The area of Wacken Open Air. Sometimes it can be hard to find your way around at Wacken Open Air – the festival spreads over more than 240 hectares!

How many stages are there in Wacken?

There are 8 stages at Wacken. They have 3 main stages in the In-Field arena and they usually have 2 bands on the main stages at any one time.

Where was Wacken 2013?

Wacken 2013 will take place in Wacken, Germany on August 01-03, 2013. Nightwish, Anthrax and Rammstein are among the bands that will perform at the Wacken 2013 festival.

Where does Wacken Open Air Music Festival take place?

Wacken Open Air (/ˈvɑːkən/, stylised W:O:A) is an open-air heavy metal music festival. It takes place annually in summer in the village of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Hamburg. W:O:A is usually held at the beginning of August and lasts four days.

When did hyprisy record the Wacken Open Air?

Hypocrisy recorded their show, to publish it as a live album in 1999. Many legendary bands such as Judas Priest, Slayer, Twisted Sister, Status Quo, Heaven & Hell, Motorhead, Immortal or Emperor have since used the Wacken Open Air for a live album – and the list is growing year by year.

What kind of bands play at Wacken Open Air?

Since 2009, there has been a “Medieval Stage”, where mainly Medieval and Folk Metal bands play. The fact that many well-known bands, including the Scorpions, Saxon, Twisted Sister, Dimmu Borgir, Slayer, and Helloween, have recorded live DVDs at Wacken, shows how esteemed the Open Air has since become.

When did live at Wacken Open Air album Come Out?

To enumerate all the legendary concerts and moments at the W:O:A would take a lot of time – luckily we recorded most of them! Our own release series starts in 2002, the first release of a band even goes back to the year 1998. Hypocrisy recorded their show, to publish it as a live album in 1999.