Heavy metal festivals worldwide

36 active · 41 total

There are 41 heavy metal music festivals worldwide. 36 are currently active and 5 are defunct or on hiatus.

The oldest is Metalmania, founded in 1986. The largest by capacity is Download Festival at 111,000.

The most popular month for heavy metal festivals worldwide is june, with 4 festivals typically held during that period.

Festival	Location	Month	Genres	Capacity	Status
Bang Your Head!!! Balingen, Germany	Balingen, Germany	—	heavy metal	—	defunct
Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig, Germany	Leipzig, Germany	may	alternative rockebm	—	active
Tuska Open Air Metal Festival Helsinki, Finland	Helsinki, Finland	june	heavy metal	—	active
M'era Luna Festival Hildesheim, Germany	Hildesheim, Germany	august	heavy metal	—	active
Metalcamp Slovenia	Slovenia	—	heavy metal	—	active
Summer Breeze Open Air Germany	Germany	—	heavy metal	—	active
Hellfest Trenton, United States	Trenton, United States	june	hard rockheavy metal	—	defunct
Rock on the Range Columbus, United States	Columbus, United States	—	heavy metalpunk rock	—	active
Rock Imperium Festival Cartagena, Spain	Cartagena, Spain	—	heavy metalrock	—	active
Sauna Open Air Metal Festival Finland	Finland	—	heavy metal	—	active
Sziget Festival Budapest, Hungary	Budapest, Hungary	august	alternative rockelectronic	100k	active
Boulevard des Jeunes Musiciens Morocco	Morocco	—	heavy metalhip hop	—	active
Midgardsblot Norway	Norway	—	heavy metalworld	—	active
Rock Festiwal Pogranicza Prudnik, Poland	Prudnik, Poland	—	heavy metalrock	—	active
Metaltown Festival Sweden	Sweden	—	heavy metal	—	active
Wacken Open Air Wacken, Germany	Wacken, Germany	august	hard rockheavy metal	—	active
Hellfest Clisson, France	Clisson, France	june	hard rockheavy metal	60k	active
Download Festival Donington Park, United Kingdom	Donington Park, United Kingdom	june	alternative rockhard rock	111k	active
Metalfest Poland	Poland	—	heavy metal	—	active
Masters of Rock Czech Republic	Czech Republic	—	heavy metal	—	active
Full Force Germany	Germany	—	heavy metal	—	active
Bloodstock Open Air United Kingdom	United Kingdom	august	heavy metal	—	active
Rock Hard Festival Germany	Germany	—	heavy metal	—	active
Metal for the Brain Australia	Australia	—	heavy metal	—	defunct
Rock al Parque Colombia	Colombia	—	heavy metal	—	active
Mėnuo Juodaragis Lithuania	Lithuania	—	folkheavy metal	—	active
Ozzfest United States	United States	—	extreme metalhard rock	—	active
Metalmania Poland	Poland	—	heavy metal	—	active
Q137861241 Larvik, Norway	Larvik, Norway	—	hard rockheavy metal	—	active
Q11980315 Karmøy Municipality, Norway	Karmøy Municipality, Norway	—	black metalheavy metal	—	active
Plage Noire Germany	Germany	—	alternative rockebm	—	active
Q20182676 Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Gelsenkirchen, Germany	—	heavy metalpunk rock	—	active
Q116969722 Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheim, Germany	—	heavy metalrock	—	active
Metal Mania Spain	Spain	—	heavy metal	—	defunct
Q15735612 Czech Republic	Czech Republic	—	black metalheavy metal	—	active
Ruhrpott Metal Meeting Germany	Germany	—	heavy metal	—	active
Aria Fest Russia	Russia	—	heavy metal	—	active
Metal Magic Festival Fredericia Municipality, Denmark	Fredericia Municipality, Denmark	—	heavy metal	—	active
Q138762982 Paraguay	Paraguay	—	heavy metalpop rock	—	active
Q3307275 Spain	Spain	—	heavy metal	—	defunct
Metal Invasion Straubing, Germany	Straubing, Germany	—	heavy metal	—	active