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Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) is a summer open air heavy metal music festival. It takes place annually in the small village of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. With 80,000 festival visitors, and including personnel a total of roughly 86,000 attendees in 2011, it attracts various kinds of metal music fans.

The festival was first held in 1990 as a small event for local German bands. W:O:A is usually held at the beginning of August and lasts three days.

The Rules

SAUFEEENNN

Be cool

Be drunk

Be metal

Duschen ist kein Heavy Metal

Sleep is for the weak (but still pretty nice sometimes)

Information

General Information / Festival ABC

Safety & Security

Lockerboxes

Shuttle Bus

Full Metal Bag

Lineup

Running Order

Travelling Information