Wacken Stories
Almost 30 years of W:O:A lead to many, many great stories – crazy, heart-warming, revealing, or just plain funny. To collect those stories, we have talked to the people that live, work or party around the „Wacken Holy Ground“. Their experience illustrate the festival’s extraordinary spirit, so have fun with special anecdotes which you won’t find everywhere else: Here are the „Wacken Stories“!
Wacken Stories: Jörg Stammer
For nine years, Jörg Stammer has enjoyed working at the police station on the W:O:A grounds as a senior officer. He witnesses funny things on a…
Wacken Stories: Uli Kruse
In 2009, Uli Kruse and his colleagues had put up their counseling tent at the W:O:A for the first time, when a customer walked in. He was only looking…
Wacken Stories: Franziska Dönnecke
There is no question that hasn’t been asked in Wacken’s Durhorn Pharmacy during the festival, and everyday there is something to laugh about.…
Wacken Stories: Stefan Matuschek
Wacken boss Holger Hübner has a lot to take care of every day, so communication needs to be quick at the headquarters. And he is known as fast talker…
Wacken Stories: Oliver "Otti" Otto
Many years ago the band Rockbitch threw a „golden condom“ into the crowd and promised a special treatment to whoever caught it. Not an empty promise,…
Wacken Stories: Gerd Nottelmann
Gerd Nottelmann ending up at the W:O:A was like festival mud on our shoes: inevitable. Being the squad leader of the local fire brigade in…
Wacken Stories: Günter Jacobs
Günter Jacobs has seen every single W:O:A and partied with Doro as early as 1993. Today he is considered a part of Wacken and attends the festival no…
Wacken Stories: Mambo Kurt
At first, the Wacken organizers didn’t want Mambo Kurt to play at their festival. But they changed their minds, and things got slightly out of hand…
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Wacken Stories: Conny Kraus
Conny Kraus has been living in Wacken since 1982. She’s looking forward to the festival every year and doesn’t leave little headbangers out in the…
Wacken Stories: Harry Metal
His name is really Harry, he has been to the first three Wacken Open Airs and he knows what true Wacken love means.
