In Memory of Ronnie Popkema - former Blaas of Glory member has passed away
We received the sad message that Ronnie Pokema who was one of the founding members of Blaas of Glory suddenly passed away after a short battle against cancer.
Ronnie also marched the fields of
07-05-14
Mixed band package for the side-stages and enlarged Running Order
Today’s band package fills some gaps at our side-stages at the Bullhead City Circus, the Wackinger Village and the beer garden. And also the church of Wacken will open again for a very special
06-05-14
Your anthem for the festival!
There are already plenty of songs, official and unofficial ones, about the Wacken Open Air and all of them were presented as a fait accompli.
But not this time! We’re looking for an anthem for the
05-05-14
Reminder: W:O:A Stories!
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Wacken Open Air and we will be creating a film in honour of this occasion. But for this mission we need your help!
We are looking for old pictures and
05-05-14
Metal4Nature 2014
This year we want to minimize the pollution of the environment at the Wacken Open Air together with you. Out of respect for the nature different measures are being implemented under the slogan
30-04-14
The return of a legend – Slayer will rock our Anniversary!
The thrash metal Titans Slayer returns to W:O:A after repeated fan requests. For the third time, the American elemental force will force the amps to smoulder and the throats to get hoarse at
28-04-14
Wacken TV - New clips from 24 years of History on every Monday and Thursday!
Clips about the Wacken Open Air, it´s fans, bands and exclusive behind the scenes footage will be posted every week on WackenTV!
From now on WackenTV will provide you with new liveclips, backstage
22-04-14
Exclusive Van Canto show with special guests!
The a cappella metal band Van Canto comes to Wacken – with some special guests! The exclusive party will happen at the last festival day on and in front of the party stage.
The guests are: Tarja
21-04-14
Provisional running order 2014
The provisional running order is online! This first version of our running order comes without playtimes and contains just our main stages at the W:O:A infield (True Metal Stage, Black Stage and
The winners of the guitar raffle and new bands!
As announced before, we have a full load of information for you.
Sadly, the Running Order must be postponed. We will catch up with it asap!
We start with the Easter guitar raffle! The signed
