Cooperation between W:O:A and DKMS continues in 2021!

We have been supporting the German Bone Marrow Donor Centre DKMS in its work since 2014 - together with you. Well over 10,000 of you have already registered as potential stem cell donors, and in 2020 alone 17 metalheads from the Wacken family were able to give patients all over the world a second chance at life. And we are damn proud of that. 

"The DKMS rocks because it gives seriously ill people a second chance! Cancer can hit anyone and then it can save your life if someone somewhere in the world is willing to help," says Thomas Jensen, founder and organiser of the Wacken Open Air. "Now Warze needs our help."  

Warze is actually called Marc. "Together with my friends and my brother, I have been at Wacken Open Air since 1991. First as an enthusiastic and party-loving guest, since a few years with our funny booth, the Metalhand," he tells. Now he is suffering from blood cancer. 

His story is only representative of many others. That is exactly why we are asking for your support again this year. "Guys, I'm counting on you, register and maybe save a life soon! The metal family leaves no one alone," says Thomas Jensen. 

The registration campaign will be conducted online. Anyone who is healthy and between 17 and 55 years old can help Warze and other patients and order the registration documents to their home with just a few clicks via www.dkms.de/wacken. 

Registration is quick and easy: with the help of three medical cotton swabs and detailed instructions as well as a consent form, anyone can take a cheek swab themselves after receiving the kit and send it back by post.

Monetary donations also help to save lives, as the DKMS incurs costs of 35 euros for each new donor. 
DKMS DONATION ACCOUNT

IBAN DE64 641 500 200 000 255 556

Purpose: Wacken