Wacken Open Air has had 35 concerts.

The next concert at Wacken Open Air is on July 29, 2024. The bands performing are: Korn / Opeth / Behemoth / Cradle of Filth / Baroness / Blind Guardian / Pain / The 69 Eyes / Oomph! / Rage / Blind Channel / In Extremo / EVILE / Knorkator / Uada / Hellripper / John Coffey / Bokassa / Ankor / Liv Kristine / Nachtblut / April Art / Tri state corner / Deimos' Dawn / ROBSE.

The last concert at Wacken Open Air was on August 02, 2023. The bands that performed were: Iron Maiden / Megadeth / Dropkick Murphys / Killswitch Engage / Trivium / Pennywise / Beartooth / Uriah Heep / While She Sleeps / Alestorm / Kreator / Amaranthe / Wardruna / Amorphis / Dying Fetus / Ensiferum / Deicide / Sleep Token / Jinjer / Heaven Shall Burn / Pentagram / Delain / Caliban / Kataklysm / Bloodbath / Two Steps from Hell / Takida / Faun / Sólstafir / Doro / Evergrey / Immolation / Carpathian Forest / Imminence / Masterplan / Dog Eat Dog / Lord of the Lost / Abbath / Beyond The Black / J.B.O. / Skálmöld / Employed To Serve / Drain / Ye Banished Privateers / Legion Of The Damned / Nervosa / Ferocious Dog / Get the Shot / Jag Panzer / Ghøstkid / Burning Witches / Kärbholz / Dust Bolt / Warkings / BAEST / Holy Moses / Konvent / Enemy Inside / Nestor / Heriot / Defleshed / Whoredom Rife / Koldbrann / Neverland in Ashes / Ville Valo / Angus Mcsix / Rauhbein / Frog Bog Dosenband / Depressive Age (DE) / Helloween / UNIVERSUM25 / Hammerfall / Saltatio Mortis / Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen / Skindred / Twilight Force / Santiano / Versengold / Electric Callboy / Blümchen / Jasmin Wagner / The Real McKenzies / Ad Infinitum / Battle Beast / Vixen / Blaas of Glory / Cellar Darling / Eivør / Finch / All For Metal / Broilers / Skyline / Harpyie / Peyton Parrish / Frozen Soul / Crematory / Be’Lakor / Mambo Kurt / dArtagnan / Ankor / Igorrr / EvilDead / Skew Siskin / Udo Dirkschneider / Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) / Joey Belladonna (Anthrax) / Michael Rhein (In Extremo) / Chris Caffery (TSO) / Uli John Roth (Scorpions) / Mikkey Dee (Scorpions).