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Wacken Constructs its Own Beer Pipeline in Preparation for the Festival!

May 26, 2017

A festival that cares! The Wacken Open Air festival, hallowed ground to the devoted metal head and the site of many a memorable headbanging display. The festival in Northern Germany has been an enduring icon i...

10 Incredible Festivals That Are A Must-Visit In August

Sshiva Tejas M

July 21, 2016

FS Features

Come August and it brings with it a new and diverse barrage of festivals to attend! The Sherp has picked out some of the best festivals where the experience might be parallel to none. Take a look. 1. Wacke...

9 Of The Most Hard-Hitting Rock And Metal Festivals Coming Up

Brij Dalvi

July 5, 2016

FS Features

Forget your 'lits' and 'fams' and 'PLURs' and your EDM culture; this one's for all the metalheads. Festival season has finally set in across all genres, and there is no dearth of metal and rock festivals aroun...

This Is Why Wacken Open Air Is The Metalhead Mecca Of Music Festivals

Anupama Khedkar

July 23, 2015

FS Features

A weekend full of metal, beer and debauchery. There's not much to be said about metal that hasn't been said before. It's a genre that surfaced in the 80's with headbanging, black-wearing and air-guitar play...

Wacken Open Air Festival

Nikhil Kapoor

June 1, 2015

Tickets

DETAILS Where: Wacken, Germany 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...

Trailer: Wacken Open Air 2014

The Sherp

August 26, 2014

FS TV, Trailers

The biggest Metal Festival worldwide! Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) takes place annually in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. With 75,000 festival visitors, it attracts all kinds of...

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