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Das jeweilige Line-up des jährlichen [[Wacken Open Air]] Festivals in Wacken im Kreis Steinburg in [[Schleswig-Holstein]] in [[Deutschland]].

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== 1990–1999 ==
=== 1990 ===
Das 1. Festival wurde 1990 vom 24. bis 25. August 1990 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen ausschliesslich Bands aus Deutschland: 5th Avenue, Axe´n Sex, Motoslug, Sacret Season, Skyline, Wizzard<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-1990/billingbands-1990/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 1990]</ref>

=== 1991 ===
Das 2. Festival wurde 1991 vom 23. bis 24. August 1991 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen:
Bon Scott (Germany), Gypsy Kyss (USA), Kilgore (Germany), Life Artist (Germany), Ruby Red (USA), Shanghai´d Guts (Germany), Skyline (Germany)<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-1991/billingbands-1991/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 1991]</ref>

=== 1992 ===
Das 3. Festival wurde 1992 vom 21. bis 22. August 1992 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: 5th Avenue (Germany), Asmodis (Germany), Axe´n Sex (Germany), Bad Sister (Germany), Bai Bang (Sweden), Blind Guardian (Germany), De La Cruz, Doc Eisenhauer (Germany), Dr. Hörp (Germany), Eddie E., Highlander (Germany/Scottland), Ides Of March (USA), Incubator (Germany), Jolly Hangman, Mama´s Boys (Ireland), Morbid Mind (Germany), Motoslug, Pagan Spell, Paradise (USA), Play´n´Bleed (Germany), Saitensprünge (Germany), Saxon (England), Störspatzen Of Des (Germany), STS 8 Mission (Germany), The Waltons (Belgium), Vivian (Germany)<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-1992/1/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 1992]</ref>

=== 1993 ===
Das 4. Festival wurde 1993 vom 20. bis 22. August 1993 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: 5th Avenue (Germany), Abi Wallenstein (Germany), Ax´n Sex (Germany), Blue Velvet (Germany), Bon Scott (Germany), Buddy Lackey (USA), Chalice (Germany), Doro (Germany), Fast Lover (Germany), Fates Warning (USA), Gary Hughes (USA), Gorefest (Netherlands), Häwi Mädels (Germany), Heavenward (Germany), Highlander (Germany/Scottland), Holocaust (England), Jacks Hammer (Germany), Jingo de Lunch (Germany), Michael Dickes (USA), Noisy Act Of Protest (Netherlands), Plan B (Germany), Railway (Germany), RAX (Germany), Riverdogs (USA), Samael (Switzerland), Sahara (USA), Skew Siskin (Germany), Torment (Germany), Toy (Germany), Trespass (England), Vivian (Germany), Warpath (Germany)<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-1993/billingbands-1993/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 1993]</ref>

=== 1994 ===
Das 5. Festival wurde 1994 vom 19. bis 20. August 1994 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: Ace Öf Spades (Germany), Atrocity (Germany), Chemical Breath (Netherlands), Finally Deceased (vormals Deceased) (Germany), Decision D (Netherlands), Dixi Gunworks (Germany), Easy Livin´ (Germany), [[Gamma Ray]] (Germany), Hannes Bauer & Orchester (Germany), Gnadenlos (Germany), Ken Templin (USA), Many Acts Of Maniacs (Germany), Moray (USA), Pagandom (Sweden), Paul Di´Anno´s Killers (England), Prollhead (Germany), Rausch (Germany), Riff Raff (Germany), Riverdogs (USA), Roan (Poland), Saintcatee (Germany), Skyclad (England), Stoney Rudolph & The Happy Mc Cardies (Germany), Suiciety (Germany), Tears For Beers (Germany), The Tea Party (USA), The Waltons (Belgium), Torment (Germany), U.K. Subs (England)<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-1994/billingbands-1994/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 1994]</ref>

=== 1995 ===
Das 6. Festival wurde 1995 vom 19. bis 20. August 1995 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: 5th Avenue, Amentia (Germany), Angra (Brazil), Bad Sister (Germany), Chalice (Australia), Creep (Germany), D:A:D (Denmark), Dark At Dawn (Germany), Das Auge Gottes (Germany), Depressive Age (Germany), Dixie Gunworks (Germany), Ghosts Of Dawn (Germany), Graue Zellen (Germany), Hate Squad (Germany), Laberinto (Venezuela), More About Dogs, Morgoth (Germany), Paragon (Germany), Phantoms Of Future (Germany), Pothead (Germany), Power of Expression (Germany), Pretty Maids (Denmark), Prime, Rape, Revelation, Schweisser (Germany), Solitude Aeturnus (USA), Temple Of The Absurd (Germany), Tiamat (Sweden), The Trauma (Germany), Trieb (Germany), Vanden Plas (Germany), Vocation (Germany)<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-1995/1/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 1995]</ref>

=== 1996 ===
Das 7. Festival wurde 1996 vom 9. bis 10. August 1996 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: Asylum (Germany), Atrocity (Germany), Bad Sister (Germany), Big Nothing, Böhse Onkelz (Germany), Crematory (Germany), Desert Storm (Austria), Dice , Dimple Minds (Germany), Dritte Wahl (Germany), Gorefest (Holland), Gorn, Grave Digger (Germany), Grind Machine, Kingdom Come (Germany), Kreator (Germany), Manos (Germany), OOMPH! (Germany), Pyogensis (Germany), Ramones Mania (Israel), Randalica (Germany), Ricochet (Germany), Schweisser (Germany), Secret Discovery (Germany), Sieges Even (Germany), Temple Of The Absurd (Germany), Theatre Of Tragedy (Norway), The Exploited (England), The Gathering (Netherland), Tom Angelripper (Germany), Vicki Vomit (Germany), Whils (Germany)<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-1996/billingbands-1996/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 1996]</ref>

=== 1997 ===
Das 8. Festival wurde 1997 vom 8. bis 9. August 1997 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: Aion (Poland), Alastis (Switzerland), Amorphis (Finland), Birth Control (Germany), Dimmu Borgir (Norway), Dismember (Sweden), Dissection (Sweden), Don Bosco, Entrust, Fox Force Five (Germany), Gainsay (Germany), Grave Digger (Germany), Grinning Sinner (Germany), Hammerfall (Sweden), Hassmütz (Germany), In Flames (Sweden), Iron Savior (Germany), Late September Dogs (Germany), Lake Of Tears (Sweden), Love Gun (USA), Motörhead (England), Mummlox (Germany), Overkill (USA), Paunch, Rage & Lingua Mortis Orchester (Germany), Raven (England), Rock Bitch (England), Samael (Switzerland), Saviour Machine (USA), Scanner (Germany), Sceptic Acceptance Sinner (Germany), Sodom (Germany), Steiger (Germany), Subway To Sally (Germany), Tank, Theatre Of Tragedy (Norway), The Automanic (Germany), Therion (Sweden), Tom Angelripper (Germany), Torment (Germany), Totenmond (Germany), U.D.O. (Germany), Umbra Et Imago (Germany), Undish (Poland), Virgin Steele (USA), Waltari (Finland), Zed Yago (Germany)<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-1997/billingbands-1997/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 1997]</ref>

=== 1998 ===
Das 9. Festival wurde 1998 vom 7. bis 8. August 1998 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: Am I Blood (Finland), Angel Dust (Germany), Anvil (Canada), Arch Enemy (Sweden), Atrocity (Germany), Benediction (England), Blind Guardian (Germany), Blind Passenger (Germany), Blitzkrieg (England), Bonfire (Germany), Borknagar (Norway), Children Of Bodom (Finland), Covenant (Norway), Crack Up (Germany), Cradle Of Filth (England), Crematory (Germany), Darkseed (Germany), Dew-Scented (Germany), Disbelief (Germany), Doro (Germany/USA), Dritte Wahl (Germany), Edguy (Germany), [[Gamma Ray]] (Germany), Goddes Of Desire (Netherlands), Gorgoroth (Norway), Hades Almighty (Norway), Haggard (Germany), Heavenwood (Portugal), Hollow (Sweden), Holy Mother (USA), Hypocrisy (Sweden), Iced Earth (USA), Iron Savior (Germany), In Extremo (Germany), J.B.O. (Germany), Krabathor (Czech Republic), (Kreator) (Germany), Lacuna Coil (Italy), Manos (Germany), Nevermore (USA), Night In Gales (Germany), Nocturnal Rites (Sweden), Old Man's Child (Norway), Pegazus (Australia), Postmortem (USA), Primal Fear (Germany), Raise Hell (Sweden), Rough Silk (Germany), Ryker's (Germany), Sacred Steel (Germany), Sadist (Italy), Savatage (USA), Sentenced (Finland), Skyclad (England), Soulburn (Netherlands), Sons Of Damnation (USA), Stahlhammer (Germany), (Stigmata IV) (Austria), Stratovarius (Finland), Sundown (Sweden), Sweet Noise (Poland), Sweet Savage (Ireland), Tom Angelripper (Germany), Tankard (Germany), Temple Of The Absurd (Germany), Devin Townsend (Canada), Unrest (Germany), Vader (Poland), Virgin Steele (USA), Voivod (Canada), Warrior (USA)
<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-1998/billingbands-1998/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 1998]</ref>

=== 1999 ===
Das 10. Festival wurde 1999 vom 6. bis 7. August 1999 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: Agent Steel (USA), Amon Amarth (Sweden), Angra (Brazil), Atrocity (Germany), Axel Rudi Pell (Germany), Axxis (Germany), Bewitched (Chile), Blind Passengers (Germany), Brainstorm (Germany), Cannibal Corpse (USA), Crematory (Germany), Cult (USA), Death SS (Italy), Destiny´s End (USA), Destruction (Germany), Dimmu Borgir (Norway), Edguy (Germany), Eisregen (Germany), Eläkeläiset (Finland), Enslaved (Norway), Europe (Sweden), Fates Warning (USA), God Dethroned (Netherlands), Graveworm (Italy), Hammerfall (Sweden), Immortal (Norway), In Aeternum (Switzerland), In Extremo (Germany), Jaguar (England), Jag Panzer (USA), Killer (Belgium), Leatherwolf (USA), Labyrinth (Italy), Lefay (Sweden), Marduk (Sweden), Marshall Law (England), Mayhem (Norway), Memory Garden (Sweden), Metal Church (USA), Metalium (Germany), Mercyful Fate (Denmark), Mindfeed (England), Mystic Circle (Germany), Napalm Death (England), Nevermore (USA), Paradox (Germany), Paragon (Germany), Pariah (England), Powergod (Germany), Pretty Maids (Denmark), Primal Fear (Germany), Rage (Germany), Razor (Canada), Reverend Jürgen & Igor (Germany), Richthofen (Germany), Roland Grapow & Band (Germany), Saxon (England), Sinner (USA), Six Feet Under (USA), Solitude Aeternus (USA), Spock´s Beard (USA), Steel Prophet (USA), Subway to Sally (Germany), The Crown (Sweden), Temple Of The Absurd (Germany), Therion (Sweden), Threshold (England), Torment (Germany), Totenmond (Germany), Tristania (Norway), Tygers Of Pan Tang (England), The Gathering (Netherlands), The Sygnet (Germany), Tom Angelripper (Germany), U.D.O. (Germany), Uli John Roth (Germany), Umbra et Imago (Germany), Warrant (Germany), Wardog (USA), Warhammer (Germany), Witchery (Sweden), Whiplash (USA)<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-1999/billingbands-1999/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 1999]</ref>

== 2000–2009 ==
=== 2000 ===
Das 11. Festival wurde 2000 vom 4. bis 5. August 2000 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: Agathodaimon (Germany), Ancient (Norway), Angel Witch (England), Annihilator (USA), Artillery (Denmark), Black Sweden (Sweden), Black Label Society (USA), Blaze Bayley (England), Breaker (USA), Chantal Chevalier (Germany), Dark At Dawn (Germany), Dark Age (Germany), Dark Funeral (Sweden), Dee Snider (USA), Demon (England), Doro (Germany), Deranged (Sweden), Desperados (Germany), Engine (USA), Entombed (Sweden), Freedom Call (Germany), [[Gamma Ray]] (Germany), Gaskin (England), Grim Reaper (England), Hades (USA), Heir Apparent (USA), Hypocrisy (Sweden), Iced Earth (USA), Immolation (USA), Jacob`S Dream (USA), Knorkator (Germany), Labyrinth (Italy), Late Nite Romeo (Germany), Liege Lord (USA), Lizzy Borden (USA), Lock Up (Sweden), Marduk (Sweden), Molly Hatchet (USA), Morbid Angel (USA), Mob Rules (Germany), Nightmare (France), Nightwish (Finland), October 31 (USA), Overkill (USA), Pain (Sweden), Pink Cream 69 (Germany), Praying Mantis (England), Raise Hell (Sweden), Rhapsody (Italy), Rose Tattoo (Australia), Royal Hunt (Denmark), Samson (England), Savage (USA), Sentenced (Finland), Six Feet Under (USA), Skew Siskin (Germany), Solstice (England), Spiritual Beggars (Sweden), Squealer (Germany), Steel Attack (Sweden), Stratovarius (Finland), Testament (USA), Tom Angelripper (Germany), Twisted Tower Dire (USA), Umbra Et Imago (Germany), Vader (Poland), Vanishing Point (Australia), Venom (England), Zakk Wylde (USA)<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-2000/billingbands-2000/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 2000]</ref>

=== 2001 ===
Das 12. Festival wurde 2001 vom 2. bis 4. August 2001 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: 16 Hell Ventiler (Germany), Annihilator (USA), Die Apokalyptischen Reiter (Germany), Arch Enemy (Sweden), Artch (Norway), Behemoth (Poland), Bionix (Germany), Blackshine (Sweden), Brainstorm (Germany), Cage (USA), Carnal Forge (Sweden), Chinchilla (Germany), Circle Of Grief (Germany), Crematory (Germany), Cryptopsy (Canada), Crystal Shark (Germany), Culprit (USA), Dark Tranquillity (Sweden), Death SS (Italy), Deceased (USA), Desaster (Germany), Dimmu Borgir (Norway), Exciter (Canada), Exhumed (USA), Exumer (Germany), Finntroll (Finland), Grave Digger (Germany), Hammerfall (Sweden), Helloween (Germany), Holy Moses (Germany), In Flames (Sweden), Jag Panzer (USA), Kamelot (USA/Norway), Kju (Germany), Knight Errant (Tyrkey), Krisiun (Brazil), Lacuna Coil (Italy), Lost Horizon (Sweden), Metalium (Germany), Mortician (USA), Motörhead (England), Mägo de Oz (Spain), Naglfar (Sweden), Napalm Death (England), Nasum (Sweden), Nevermore (USA), Night in Gales (Germany), Nightfall (Greece), Nightwish (Finland), Nostradameus (Sweden), Opeth (Sweden), Overkill (USA), Paragon (Germany), Paul Dianno & Killers (England), Primal Fear (Germany), Rage (Germany), Rawhead Rexx (Germany), Sacraphyx (South Africa), Saxon (England), Silent Force (Germany/USA), Sins Of Thy Beloved (Norway), Smoke Blow (Germany), Sodom (Germany), Soilwork (Sweden), Sonata Arctica (Finland), Soul Doctor (Germany), Stigma IV (Austria), Subway to Sally (Germany), Tad Morose (Sweden), Tankard (Germany), Deströyer 666 (Australia), The Haunted (Sweden), Impotent Sea Snakes (USA), The Traceelords (Germany), Therion (Sweden), Trail Of Tears (Norway), Vintersorg (Sweden), Warhammer (Germany), W.A.S.P. (USA)<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-2001/billingbands-2001/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 2001]</ref>

=== 2002 ===
Das 13. Festival wurde 2002 vom 1. bis 3. August 2002 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: Alabama Thunderpussy (USA), Amon Amath (Sweden), Angel Dust (Germany), Angra (Brazil), Avalanch (Spain), Blaze (England), Blind Guardian (Germany), Blitzkrieg (England), Borknagar (Norway), Bruce Dickinson (England), Candlemass (Sweden), Cannibal Corpse (USA), Children Of Bodom (Finland), Criminal (Chile), Debris Inc. (Members Of Trouble) (USA), Destruction (Germany), Dimple Minds (Germany), Domine (Italy), Dornenreich (Austria), Doro (Germany), Dream Evil (Germany), Dying Fetus (USA), Edguy (Germany), Eisregen (Germany), Evergrey (Sweden), Exodus (USA), Falconer (Sweden), Fleshcrawl (Germany), Green Carnation (Norway), Haggard (Germany), Heathen (USA), Heavenly (France), Hollenthon (Austria), Hypocrisy (Sweden), Immortal (Norway), In Extremo (Germany), Iron Savior (Germany), J.B.O. (Germany), Justice (Germany), Kalmah (Finland), Kotipelto (Finland), Kreator (Germany), Lock Up (England), Macabre (USA), Metalucifer (Japan), Mezarkabul (Turkey), Mob Rules (Germany), Mörk Gryning (Sweden), My Dying Bride (England), Necrophobic (Sweden), Nightmare (France), Nocturnal Rites (Sweden), Nuclear Assault (USA), Onkel Tom (Germany), Pretty Maids (Denmark), Primordial (Ireland), Pungent Stench (Austria), Raven (England), Rebellion (Germany), [[Red Aim]] (Germany), Rose Tattoo (Australia), Rottweiler (USA), Sabbat (England), Savatage (USA), Shakra (Switzerland), Sinergy (Finland), Stormwarrior (Germany), Stormwitch (Germany), Suidakra (Germany), Thunderstone (Finland), Torfrock (Germany), U.D.O. (Germany), Unleashed (Sweden), Vanden Plas (Germany), Vicious Rumors (USA), Vision Divine (Italy), Vomitory (Sweden), Warlord (USA), Wizard (Germany), Wolf (Sweden)<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-2002/billingbands-2002/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 2002]</ref>

=== 2003 ===
Das 14. Festival wurde 2003 vom 31. Juli bis 2. August 2003 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: Ancient Rites (Belgium), Annihilator (USA), Assassin (Germany), Bai Bang (Sweden), Callenish Circle (Netherlands), Carpathian Forest (Norway), Circle II Circle (USA), Dark Age (Germany), Dark Angel (USA), Dark Funeral (Sweden), Darkane (Sweden), Dew-Scented (Germany), Diamond Head (England), Die Apokalyptischen Reiter (Germany), Dismember (Sweden), Eidolon (Canada), Evidence One (Germany), Extreme Noise Terror (England), Freedom Call (Germany), [[Gamma Ray]] (Germany), Graveworm (Italy), Heaven Shall Burn (Germany), Human Fortress (Germany), In Flames (Sweden), Kataklysm (Canada), Lordi (Finland), Lotto King Karl (Germany), Malevolent Creation (USA), Masterplan (Norway/Germany), Metalium (Germany), Nile (USA), Obscenity (Germany), Onkel Tom (Germany), Oratory (Portugal), Primal Fear (Germany), Psychopunch (Sweden), Rage (Germany), Raise Hell (Sweden), Raunchy (Denmark), Rotting Christ (Greece), Running Wild (Germany), Sentenced (Finland), Seventh One (Sweden), Sinister (Netherlands), Sinner (USA/Germany), [[Slayer]] (USA), Soilwork (Sweden), Sonata Arctica (Finland), Stratovarius (Finland), Subway To Sally (Germany), Symphorce (Germany), Testament (USA), The Almighty Punchdrunk (Canada), The Crown (Sweden), Thyrfing (Sweden), Twisted Sister (USA), Twisted Tower Dire (USA), V8 Wankers (Germany), Vader (Poland), Victims Of Madness (Germany), Victory (Germany)<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-2003/billingbands-2003/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 2003]</ref>

=== 2004 ===
Das 15. Festival wurde 2004 vom 5. bis 7. August 2004 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: After Forever (Netherlands), Amon Amarth (Sweden), Anthrax (USA), Arch Enemy (Sweden), Artefact (France), Astral Doors (Sweden), Bal-Sagoth (England), Brainstorm (Germany), Böhse Onkelz (Germany), Cannibal Corpse (USA), Cathedral (England), Children Of Bodom (Finland), Death Angel (USA), Destruction (Germany), Dio (England), Dionysus (Sweden), Disbelief (Germany), Doro & Warlock 86 (Germany/USA), Dr. Rock (Argentinia), Ektomorf (Hungary), Eläkeläiset (Finland), Engine Of Pain (Netherlands), Everfest (Germany), Feinstein (USA), Grave Digger (Germany), Griffin (USA), [[Gun Barrel]] (Germany), Gutbucket (Germany), Helloween (Germany), Hobbs Angel Of Death (Australia), Hypocrisy (Sweden), J.B.O. (Germany), Knorkator (Germany), Kotipelto (Finland), Mambo Kurt (Germany), Mayhem (Norway), Methedras (Italy), Misery Index (USA), Mnemic (Denmark), Motörhead (England), Mystic Prophecy (Germany), Nevermore (USA), Nocturno Culto (Norway), Orphanage (Netherlands), Paragon (Germany), Quireboys (Japan), Raunchy (Denmark), Reckless Tide (Germany), Satan (England), Satyricon (Norway), Saxon (England), Schandmaul (Germany), Sufferage (USA), Supersoma (Germany), The Rods (USA), Thora (Germany), Thunderstone (Finland), Unleashed (Sweden), Vanguard (Finland), Voodoma (Germany), Weinhold (Germany), Zodiac Mindwarp (England)<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-2004/bands/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 2004]</ref>

=== 2005 ===
Das 16. Festival wurde 2005 vom 4. bis 6. August 2005 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: Accept, Apocalyptica, Axel Rudi Pell, Bloodbath, Candlemass, Cataract, Contradiction, Corvus Corax, Count Raven, Dissection, Doomfoxx, Dragonforce, Edguy, Eisregen, Endhammer, Endstille, Ensiferum, Equilibrium, Finntroll, Goddess Of Desire, Gorefest, Hammerfall, Hanoi Rocks, Hard Time, Hatesphere, Holy Moses, Illdisposed, Kreator, losLos, Machine Head, Machine Men, Mambo Kurt, Marduk, Marky Ramone, Mercenary, Metal Church, Metalium, Mob Rules, Morgana Lefay, Mucc, Naglfar, Nightwish, Noise Forest, Obituary, Oomph!, Overkill, Panic Cell, Potentia Animi, Primordial, Reckless Tide, Regicide, Saeko, Samael, Sentenced, Sonata Arctica, Suffocation, Suidakra, Teräsbetoni, Torfrock, Tristania, Turisas, Vanguard, W:O:A Firefighters, Within Temptation, Zyklon<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-2005/billing/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 2005]</ref>

=== 2006 ===
Das 17. Festival wurde 2006 vom 3. bis 5. August 2006 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: Aborted, Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, Atheist, Battlelore, Bloodthorn, Born From Pain, Caliban, Carnivore, Celtic Frost, Children Of Bodom, Danko Jones, D'espairs Ray, Dezperadoz, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Ektomorf, Emperor, End of Green, Fear Factory, Finntroll, Fleshgore, [[Gamma Ray]], Hellfueled, In Extremo, Korpiklaani, Krieger, Krypteria, Lake Of Tears, Legion Of The Damned, Mambo Kurt, Metal Inquisitor, Michael Schenker Group, Ministry, Morbid Angel, Motörhead, Mystic Circle, Nevermore, Nocturnal Rites, Opeth, Orphaned Land, Primal Fear, Rose Tattoo, Scorpions, Six Feet Under, Soilwork, Soulfly, Subway To Sally, The Dogma, Transilvanian Beat Club, Tribe After Tribe, Uli Jon Roth, Victory, Vreid, WE, Whitesnake, Wintersun<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-2006/billing-2006/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 2006]</ref>

=== 2007 ===
Das 18. Festival wurde 2007 vom 2. bis 4. August 2007 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: 1349, All That Remains, Amorphis, Animal Alpha, Belphegor, Benedictum, Black Majesty, Blind Guardian, Blitzkrieg, Cannibal Corpse, ChthoniC, Communic, Destruction, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Dimension Zero, Dimmu Borgir, Dir En Grey, Disillusion, Drone, Electric Eel Shock, Enslaved, Fair To Midland, Falconer, Fastway, Grave Digger, Gutbucket, Haggard, Hatesphere, Heaven Shall Burn, Iced Earth, Immortal, In Flames, J.B.O., Kampfar, Lacuna Coil, Letzte Instanz, Mambo Kurt, Maroon, Mennen, Moonsorrow, Moonspell, Municipal Waste, Napalm Death, Narziss, Neaera, Norther, Pharao, Possessed, Rage, Rose Tattoo, Sabbat, Sacred Reich, Sahg, Samael, Saxon, Schandmaul, Secrets Of The Moon, Sodom, Sonic Syndicate, Stormwarrior, Stratovarius, Subway To Sally, Suidakra, Swallow The Sun, The Answer, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Sorrow, The Vision Bleak, Therion, Turbonegro, Turisas, Type O Negative, TYR, Unheilig, Volbeat<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-2007/billing-20070/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 2007]</ref>

=== 2008 ===
Das 19. Festival wurde 2008 vom 31. Juli bis 2. August 2008 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: 3 Inches of Blood, Airbourne, Alestorm, As I Lay Dying, At the Gates, Autumn, Avantasia, Avenged Sevenfold, Axxis, Before the Dawn, Carcass, Children Of Bodom, Concept Insomnia, Corvus Corax, Crematory, Cynic, Destructor, Dream of an Opium Eater, Enemy of the Sun, Ensiferum, Evocation, Excrementory Grindfuckers, Exodus, Girlschool, girugamesh, Gorgoroth, Grave, Hatebreed, Headhunter, Holy Moses, [[Iron Maiden]], Job for a Cowboy, Kamelot, Killswitch Engage, Kreator, Krypteria, Lauren Harris, Leaves Eyes, Lord Belial, Lordi, Machine Men, Massacre, Mercenary, Metakilla, Mortal Sin, Mustasch, Nashville Pussy, Negura Bunget, Nifelheim, Nightwish, Obituary, Opeth, [[Powerwolf]], Primordial, Psycho Punch, Sabaton, Saltatio Mortis, Soilwork, Sonata Arctica, Stam1na, Stone Gods, Sturm und Drang, Sweet Savage, The Bones, The Haunted, The Rotted, Torture Squad, Unearth, Van Canto, Warbringer, Watain<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-2008/billing-2008/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 2008]</ref>

=== 2009 ===
Das 20. Festival wurde 2009 vom 30. Juli bis 1. August 2009 durchgeführt. Zum 20. Geburtstag des Festivals hatten 68 Bands für die 4 Bühnen des Hauptfestivals zugesagt.<ref>[http://www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/rockpalast/events/wacken-neun-uebersicht-100.html Wacken Open Air 2009 - Events - Rockpalast - Fernsehen - WDR]</ref> Ingesamt standen116 Bands im Line-up: 5th Avenue, A Fine Day To Exit, Ade, Adorned Blood, Adorned Brood, Airbourne, Amon Amarth, Anthrax, ASP, Axel Rudi Pell, Bai Bang, Beneath, Bloodwork, Bon Scott, Borknagar, Bring Me The Horizon, Bullet For My Valentine, Cadaver Race, Callejon, Cathedral, Coheed And Cambria, Crysys, Cumulo Nimbus, D-A-D, Der W, Doro, Dragonforce, Drone, Einherjer, Endstille, Engel, Enslaved, Epica, Eths, Fejd, Ferum, Feuerschwanz, [[Flotsam and Jetsam]], Furion, [[Gamma Ray]], Grand Magus, GWAR, Hammerfall, Heaven & Hell, Heaven Shall Burn, In Extremo, In Flames, Indidead, Ingrimm, Insidious Disease, Irr, Kampfar, Kielwater, Korpiklaani, Lacuna Coil, Leave Scars, Machine Head, Mambo Kurt, Motörhead, Napalm Death, Nervecell, Nevermore, Nine, Onkel Tom, Pain, Pentagram, Pentagramm, Rabenschrey, Rage, Ragnaröeck, Ragnaröek, Reason To Kill, Reincarnatus, Retrospect, Running Wild, Sarke, Saxon, Scarred, Schandmaul, Silence Means Death, Skyline, Subway To, Suidakra, Swashbuckle, T.a.n.k., Testament, The Bosshoss, The Fading, The Smackballz, The Waltons, Torment, Tracedawn, Trinitys Blood, Tristania, Trouble, Turisas, UFO, UK Subs, Victims Of Madness, Volbeat, Vreid, Wacken Firefighters, Walls Of Jericho, Whiplash, X-Plod

Der geplante Auftritt der US-amerikanischen Sludge-Metal-Band Kingdom of Sorrow wurde abgesagt.<ref>[http://www.festivalhopper.de/festival/tickets/wacken-open-air-2009.php Wacken Open Air 2009 - LineUp und Bands im Archiv]</ref>

== 2010–2019 ==
=== 2010 ===
Das 21. Festival wurde 2010 vom 5. bis 7. August 2010 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: 1349, 9mm, Abrogation, Alice Cooper, Altar, Amorphis, Anvil, Arch Enemy, Astral Doors, Atrocity, Battle Beast, Blaas of Glory, Black Out Beauty, Broilers <!-- Broilers< -->, Brutus, By The Patient, Caliban, Candlemass, Cangaco, Cannibal Corpse, Cardiac Casper, Corvus Corax, Crucified Barbara, Dead Means Nothing, Debauchery, Degradead, Delain, Demolished, Despised Icon, Dew-Scented, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Die Kassierer, Dymytry, Edguy, Ektomorf, End of Green, Endstille, Equilibrium, Eternal Legacy, Evile, Fanfara Kalashnikov, Fear Factory, Fiddler´s Green, Forever Storm, Frei.Wild, Frontal, Ghost Brigade, Gojira, Grave Digger, Hackneyed, Hanggai, Hathors, Hells Belles, Holy Grail, Ihsahn, Ill Nino, Immortal, Imperium Dekadenz, [[Iron Maiden]], Job for a Cowboy, Kamelot, Kampfar, Katana, Killing Machine, Lake of Tears, Letzte Instanz, Lizzy Borden, Lock Up, Lord of the Lost, Lower Than Zero, Macbeth, Mad Max, Mambo Kurt, Metsatöll, Missing in Action, Mötley Crüe, Nightmare, No Dawn, Orcus O Dis, Orden Ogan, Orphaned Land, Overkill, Penthagon, Prayers of Sanity, Raging Mob, Raven, Red Hot Chili Pipers, Rezet, Rotting Christ, Schelmish, Secrets of the Moon, Seven Ends, Skanners, [[Slayer]], Smoke Blow, Snakebite, Solstafir, Soul Stealer, Soulfly, Spit Like This, Stratovarius, Suicidal Angels, Svartsot, Tarja, The Boss Hoss, The Devils Blood, The Keltics, The New Black, The Other, The Six Pounder, Tiamat, Torfrock, Total Riot, Týr, U.D.O., Unleashed, Varg, Vice, Victims of Madness, Vita Imana, Void Creation, Voivod, W.A.S.P., Wistaria<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-2010/billing-20100/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 2010]</ref>

=== 2011 ===
Das 22. Festival wurde 2011 vom 4. Juli bis 6. August 2011 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: Accuser, Achren, Aeon Throne, Airbourne, Aphyxion, Apocalyptica, As I Lay Dying, Atrum, Avantasia, Battle Beast, Betontod, Blaas of Glory, Blechblosn, Blind Guardian, Blowsight, Bucovina, Bülent Ceylan, Bullet, Children of Bodom, Coldwar, Crashdïet <!-- CrashDiet -->, Danko Jones, Deadlock, Deathclocks, Dir En Grey, Dust Bolt, Edelweiss, Eläkeläiset, Ensiferum, Excrementory Grindfuckers, Exquisite Pus, Frei.Wild, Ghost, Girlschool, Golem, Hail of Bullets, Hämatom, Hammercult, Hayseed Dixie, Heaven Shall Burn, Helloween, Hellsaw, Horch, Iced Earth, Ignis Fatuu, In Solitude, Jim Breuer, Judas Priest, Kataklysm, Khold, Knorkator, Kreator, Kvelertak, Kyuss Lives!, Lacrimas Profundere, Leash Eye, Maiden United, Mayhem, Moonsorrow, Morbid Angel, Morgoth, Mortal Strike, Mother of God, Motörhead, Negator, Nekrost, Noein, Omnicide, Onkel Tom, Onslaught, Ozzy Osbourne, Paralytic, Pharao, Pneuma, Powerstroke, Primal Fear, Pussy Sisster, Rabenschrey, Reliquiae, Rhapsody of Fire, Rude Revelations, Russkaja, Sacramental, Saltatio Mortis, [[Sepultura]], Seven Stitches, Severenth, Shining, Shraphead, Sirenia, Skálmöld, Skeletonwitch, Ski King, Ski´s Country Trash, Skindred, Slime, Sodom, Stier, Stormzone, Subway to Sally, Suicidal Tendencies, Suidakra, Tanker, Tauthr, The Aberlours, The Haunted, The Murder Of My Sweet, The Prophecy 23, The Smackballz, Tokyo Blade, Torture Squad, Triosphere, Triptykon, Trivium, Tsjuder, Van Canto, Venomin James, Victims of Madness, Virginia Clemm, Visions of Atlantis, Volcano, Voltax, Vreid, Warrant, X-Tinxion<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-2011/billing-2011/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 2011]</ref>

=== 2012 ===
Das 23. Festival wurde 2012 vom 2. bis 4. August 2012 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: Agro, Amaranthe, Amon Amarth, Athonite, Aura Noir, Axel Rudi Pell, Betontod, Blaas of Glory, Blechblosn, Broilers, BugGirl, Channel Zero, Chthonic, Circle II Circle <!-- CircleIICircle -->, Cold Snap, Coroner, Corpse Garden, Cradle of Filth, Crimes of Passion, D-A-D, Danko Jones SW, Dark Funeral, Darkest Hour, Dead by April, Decapitated, Delain, Devil´s Note, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Dimmu Borgir, Dio Disciples, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Disquiet, Djerv, Dødheimsgard, Ease Of Disgust, Edguy, Eisenherz, Electric Hellride, Electric Wizard, Endstille, Epsilon, Eschenbach, Exuviated, Faanefjell, Fateful Finality, FDJ, Forbidden, Frantic Amber, [[Gamma Ray]] <!-- GammaRay -->, Gehenna, Ghost Brigade, Gone Postal, Gothic, Graveyard, Hamferd, Hammercult, HammerFall, Helmut, Henry Rollins - Spoken Word, Hone Your Sense, In Extremo, In Flames, Ingrimm, Inquisitor, Insomnium, Jim Breuer, Kamelot, Kellermensch, Keule, Kobra And The Lotus, Kylesa, Leaves´Eyes, Leningrad Cowboys, Liquid Meat, Lord Shades, Machine Head, Mambo Kurt, Manimals, Manticora, Massacre, Megaherz, Midnight Priest, MindthreaT, Ministry, Mono Inc., Moonspell, Napalm Death, Nasum, Oomph!, Opeth, Opifex, OverKill, Panteón Rococó, [[Paradise Lost (Band)|Paradise Lost]], Rain Shatter, RavenBlood, Red Fang, RiotGod, Russkaja, Rust2Dust, Sacred Reich, Sanctuary, Santiano, Saxon, Schandmaul, Scorpions, [[Sepultura]], Shredhead, Sick Of It All, Six Feet Under, Soar Patrol, Suffocated, Suicide Silence, Sylosis, Testament, The Black Dahlia Murder, The BossHoss, The Falling, Torfrock, U.D.O., Unearth, Victims of Madness, Vogelfrey, Volbeat, Volksmetal, Volxrock, Warbringer, Warpath, Warrior Soul, Watain, WBTBWB, Weto, Winterfylleth, Winterstorm, Wölli & Die Band des Jahres, Yaksa, Zygnema<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-2012/billing-20120/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 2012]</ref>

=== 2013 ===
Das 24. Festival wurde 2013 vom 1. bis 3. August 2013 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: 9mm, Agnostic Front, Alestorm, Alice Cooper, Alpha Tiger, Amorphis, An Apple A Day, Annihilator, Anthrax, Anvil, ASP, Asthma, BackJumper, Behold The Grave, Benighted, Blaas Of Glory, Black Messiah, Blechblosn, [[Bob Wayne]], Bullet, Bull-Riff Stampede, Callejon, Candlemass, Chrome Molly, Chronosphere, Comes Vagantes, Coppelius, Corvus Corax Meets Wadokyo, Count To Six, Crimson Shadows, Danzig, Deep Purple, Devil Driver, Devoid, Dew-Scented, Dezperadoz, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Die Kassierer, Doro, Dr. Living Dead, Dunderbeist, Eat The Gun, Eisbrecher, Emergency Gate, Eskimo Callboy, Faun, Fear Factory, Fejd, Feuerschwanz, Finsterforst, Fozzy, Gnida, GOD The Barbarian Horde, Gojira, Grave Digger, Haggard, Hardcore Superstar, Harpyie, Hate Squad, Heavens Basement, Hellride, Henry Rollins - Spoken Word, Ignis Fatuu, Ihsahn, Impius Mundi, Industrial City, Infanteria, J.T. Ripper, Kärbholz, Kamikaze Kings, Karma Zero, Kill With Hate, Kryptos, La Chudra, Lamb of God, Legion Of The Damned, Leprous, Lingua Mortis feat. Rage, Live Karaoke Rockstarz, Mambo Kurt, Mandowar, Masters Of Comedy, Meshuggah, Midnight Scream, Motörhead, Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen, Mustasch, Mysterious Priestess, Nachtblut, Naglfar, Neaera, Nightwish, Nine Treasures, NullDB, Ophidian I, Overoth, Pampatut, [[Powerwolf]], Pretty Maids, Rabenschrey, Ragnarok, Rammstein, Rebattered, Rotten Souls, Rotten State, Run Liberty Run, Russkaja, Sabaton, Santiano, Scott Ian - Spoken Word, Secret Sphere, Serum 114, SIC, Skyline, Soilwork, Sonata Arctica, Soulless, Spitfire, Spring and Autumn, Stahlmann, Subway To Sally, Suidakra, Thunder, Trallery, Tristania, Trivium, Ugly Kid Joe, Uli Jon Roth, Utopium, Vengha, Versengold, Victims Of Madness, W:O:A Firefighters, Whitechapel, Wirrwahr<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-2013/billing-2013/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 2013]</ref>

=== 2014 ===
Das 25. Festival wurde 2014 vom 31. Juli bis 2. August 2014 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: 5th Avenue, [[A Pale Horse Named Death]], Accept, Agni Kai, Amon Amarth, Anstratus, Apocalyptica & Orchestra, Arch Enemy, [[Arthemis (Band)|Arthemis]], asrock, August Burns Red, Avantasia, Ax ’n Sex, Bülent Ceylan, Backdawn, Battalion, Behemoth, Bembers, Beyond the Black, Black Star Riders, Blechblosn, Blind Channel, Bring Me The Horizon, C.O.P. UK, Carcass, Children Of Bodom, Chthonic, Collibus, Comes Vagantes, Convivium, Cosmogon, Crematory, Crescent, Crying Steel, Decapitated, Degradead, Demonic Resurrection, Der W, Devin Townsend Project, Dirty Shirt, Dismorial, Dordeduh, Dunkelschön, Earth Divide, Elmsfeuer, Emperor, Endstille, Eric Fish and Friends, Evocation, Excrementory Grindfuckers, Faun, Fiddler’s Green, [[Firkin (Band)|Firkin]], Five Finger Death Punch, Fleshgod Apocalypse, For The Imperium, Fork, Hämatom, Hammerfall, Hatebreed, Heaven Shall Burn, Hell, Hellhound, Hellyeah, Huldre, ICS Vortex, Impius Mundi, In Mute, J.B.O., John Diva and the Rockets of Love, Juodvarnis, Killface, Kin Beneath Chorus, King Diamond, Knorkator, Koldbrann, Kreator, Lacrimas Profundere, Letz-Zep, LIVEkaraoke ROCKSTARZ, Los Vagabundos, Magor, Mambo Kurt, Masterplan, Megabosch (Wasteland Stage), Megadeth, Motörhead, Mr. Hurley und die Pulveraffen, Mutank, Nachtgeschrei, Nailed To Obscurity, Neopera, Nightmare, Omnia, Onkel Tom, Pampatut, Plague Throat, [[Prong]], Purest of Pain, Rabbit at War (Wasteland Stage), Red Helen, Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Revolution Within, Roadwolf, Room Of The Mad Robots, Russkaja, Sacred Season, Saltatio Mortis, Santiano, Saor Patrol, Saxon, Schandmaul, Skid Row, Skyline, [[Slayer]], Sodom, Starchild, Steel Panther, Tenside, The Badpiper, The Ocean, The Vintage Caravan, Timewaves, Torment, Trouble Agency, Van Canto & Special Guests, Victims of Madness, Vogelfrey, Vreid + Guests Sognametal 20 Years, W.A.S.P., W:O:A Firefighters, Ye Banished Privateers<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-2014/billing-20140/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 2014]</ref>

Ein Auftritt von [[Godsized]] war geplant, wurde aber abgesagt. Dafür traten sie dann 2015 auf.

=== 2015 ===
Das 26. Festival wurde 2015 vom 30. Juli bis 1. August 2015 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: Alkbottle, Amorphis, Anaal Nathrakh, Ancient Bards, Angra, Annihilator, Arana, [[Architects of Chaoz]], Armored Saint, Asrock, At The Gates, Avatar, Baltic Sea Child, Bembers, Beyond the Black, Biohazard, Blaakyum, Blaas of Glory, Black Label Society, Blechblosn, Blood Red Throne, Bloodbath, Breakdown of Sanity, Burgerkill, Cannibal Corpse, Celtica, Combichrist, Comes Vagantes, Cradle of Filth, Crossplane, Cryptopsy, Cultus Ferox, Da Rocka & da Waitler <!-- Da Rocka und Da Waitler-->, Danko Jones, Dark Fusion, Dark Tranquillity, Dash The Effort, Deadiron, Death Angel, Deathless Legacy, Don Gatto, Dream Spirit, Dream Theater, Drescher, Ensiferum, Epica, Eric Fish & Friends, Ethereal Sin, Europe, Exumer, Falconer, Fat King Konrad, Feuerschwanz, For I Am King, [[Godsized]], Grailknights, Harpyie, Haudegen, Ill Nino, Impius Mundi, Impureza, In Extremo, In Flames, ITCOM, John Diva, Judas Priest, Kaerbholz, Kataklysm, Khold, Knasterbart, Kommando, Kvelertak, Legacy ID, Libertad O Muerte, LIVEKaraoke Rockstarz, Lord of the Lost, Mambo Kurt, Mantar, Materia, Megabosch, Metaprism, Monstagon, Morgoth, Mr. Hurley und die Pulveraffen, My Dying Bride, New Model Army, Nik Kai - Motörhead Label Launch, No Words (Nik Kai), Noctiferia, Nuclear Assault, Nuclear Chaos, Obituary, Oomph!, Opeth, Pampatut, [[Powerwolf]], Queensryche, Renaissense, Rob Zombie, Rock Meets Classic, Running Wild, Sabaton, Samael, Santiano, Savage Machine, Savatage, Scratch The Floor, [[Sepultura]], Shining, Shiraz Lane, Silius, Skiltron, Skindred, Skyline, Steve ´n´ Seagulls, Stoneman, Stortregn, Stratovarius, Subway To Sally, Suicide Silence, Summoned Tide, Sycorax, Tears for Beers, The Answer, The Black Spiders, The BossHoss, The Gentle Storm, The Loudest Silence, The Poodles, The Quireboys, Thyrfing, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Troldskugge, Truckfighters, U.D.O. mit Bundeswehr Musikkorps, Uli Jon Roth, Vesperia, Victims of Madness, Vroudenspil, W:O:A Firefighters, Walking Dead on Broadway, Walkways, Waltari, Within Temptation, Ye Banished Privateers, Zodiac <ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-2015/billing-2015/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 2015]</ref>

=== 2016 ===
Das 27. Festival wurde 2016 vom 4. bis 6. August 2016 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: 1349, 9mm, Alcest, Arch Enemy, asrock, Auðn, Axel Rudi Pell, Barb Wire Dolls, Bembers, BERLIN ALLSTARZ LIVE KARAOKE, Beyond the Black, Blaas of Glory, Blechblosn, Bliksem, Blind Guardian, Blue Oyster Cult, Bodhaktan, Bon Scott, Borknagar, Broken Witt Rebels, Budderside, Buffalo Summer, Bullet For My Valentine, Bury Tomorrow, Caliban, Callejon, Calm Hatchery, Carrion, Clutch, Cripper, Crows Crown, Dagoba, Deez Nuts, Der Weg einer Freiheit, Devil Driver, Die Krupps, Dio Disciples ft. a very special guest, Dragonforce, Dritte Wahl, Drone, Dystopia, Eat The Turnbuckle, Einherjer, Ektomorf, Elemental, Eluveitie, Elvenking, Entombed A.D., Equilibrium, Eric Fish and Friends, Eskimo Callboy, Fateful Finality, Feuerschwanz, Foreigner, Forgotten North, Freiwächter, Girlschool, GloryHammer, Hämatom, Hansen & Friends, Henry Rollins - Spoken Word, Honky, Horror Dance Squad, Hteththemeth, Ihsahn, Immolation, Insidious Disease, [[Iron Maiden]], Jesus Chrüsler Supercar, John Coffey, Kampfar, King Dude, Knasterbart, [[Krayenzeit]], Legacy Of Brutality, Legion Of The Damned, "Lemmy - born to lose, live to win", Lepergod, Lieveil, Loudness, Lynchpin, Mambo Kurt, Marduk, Metal Church, Michael Monroe, Miles To Perdition, Mindtaker, Ministry, Monstagon, Monuments, Mr. Hurley und die Pulveraffen, Myrkur, Nasty, Negative Approach, Orden Ogan, Orphaned Land, Overthrust, Pain is, Pampatut, Panzerballett, Parkway Drive, Phil Campbell's All Starr Band, Preternatural, Profaner, Pyogenesis, Pyraweed, Red Fang, Red Hot Chili Pipers, Reliquiae, Ritual Day, Saxon, Sebastien, Sector, Serious Black, Serum 114, Sinphobia, Skyline, Snowy Shaw, Steak Number Eight, Steel Panther, Sub Dub Micromachine, Sunless Dawn, Svartmalm, Symphony X, Syndemic, Tarja, Testament, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Dead Daisies, The Goddamn Gallows, The Haunted, The O'Reillys and the Paddyhats, The Other, The Raven Age, The Vintage Caravan, Therapy?, Therion, Tidal Dreams, Torfrock, Triptykon, Tsjuder, Tulkas, tuXedoo, Twisted Sister, Unisonic, Vader, Versengold, Victims of Madness, Vimoksha, Vogelfrey, W:O:A Firefighters, Watch Out Stampede, While She Sleeps, Whitesnake, Wirrwahr, Year of The Goat, Zhora, Zombies ate my Girlfriend<ref>[http://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-2016/billing-2016/ Wacken Open Air - Billing/Bands 2016]</ref>

=== 2017 ===
Das 28. Festival wurde 2017 vom 3. bis 5. August 2017 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: Aborted, Ahab, Alice Cooper, Amon Amarth, Annihilator, Apocalyptica, Architects, ASP, Aura Noir, Avantasia, Batushka, Beyond the Black, British Lion, Brujeria, Candlemass, Clawfinger, [[Crowbar (US-amerikanische Band)|Crowbar]], Cypecore, Dawn Of Disease, Dog Eat Dog, Emil Bulls, Emperor, Europe, Evil Scarecrow, Fates Warning, Fit For An Autopsy, [[Flotsam and Jetsam]], Gand Magus, Grave Digger, Hämatom, Heaven Shall Burn, Heldmaschine, Hell-O-Matic, High Fighter, Imperium Dekadenz, Insomnium, J.B.O., Johnny Deathshadow, Kadavar, Kärbholz, Katatonia, Kissin’ Dynamite <!-- Kissin Dynamite -->, Kreator, Kryptos, Lacuna Coil, Lords Of Black, Marilyn Manson, Max & Iggor Cavalera Return To Roots, Mayhem, Megadeth, Memoriam, Mortiis, Napalm Death, Nile, Orange Goblin, [[Paradise Lost (Band)|Paradise Lost]], Possessed, [[Powerwolf]], Primal Fear, [[Prong]], Psychotic Waltz, Rage, Russkaja, Sacred Reich, Saltatio Mortis, Sanctuary, Serenity, Skull Fist, Snoozebutton, Soilwork, Sonata Arctica, Stahlmann, Status Quo, Steak Number Eight, Subway To Sally, Tankard, The Amity Affliction, The Boomtown Rats, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Hirsch Effekt, Thundermother, Trivium, Turbonegro, Twilight Force, Ugly Kid Joe, UK Subs, Uli Jon Roth, Volbeat, Warpath, Warrant, Witchery, Wolfbrigade
<ref name="mh2017vorschau">[https://www.metal-hammer.de/wacken-open-air-2017-vorschau-auf-bands-matsch-und-metal-party-748699/ Wacken Open Air 2017: Vorschau auf Bands, Matsch und Metal-Party, 24. Mai 2017]</ref>

Line-up der Wackinger Stage, Wasteland Stage und des Biergarten: Aeverium, Asrock, Bai Bang, Blaas of Glory, Blechblosn, Corvus Corax, The Dolmen, Ereb Altor, Fuchsteufelswild, [[Ganaim]], Charlie Harper, Harpyie, The HeadCat, Heimataerde, Henry Rollins, Livekaraoke Rockstarz, Mr. Irish Bastard, Mambo Kurt, Micromachine, NullDB, Null Positiv, Omnium Gatherum, The O’Reillys, Paddyhats, Pampatut, Rampart, SAOR Patrol, Shawn James & The Shapeshifters, Skálmöld, Skorbut, Skyline, Stinger, Sub Dub, Taina, Tears for Beers, Tengger Cavalry, Turbobier, Tuxedoo, T.V. Smith & Vom Ritchie, Versengold, Victims of Madness, W:O:A Firefighters, [[Waldkauz (Band)|Waldkauz]] <!-- Waldkauz0 -->, Whiskey Dick, Wild Lies0, Wolfchant, Wolfheart<ref name="mh2017vorschau"/>

Die US-amerikanische Metalcore-Band Walls of Jericho waren ebenfalls geplant, mussten den Auftritt jedoch kurzfristig absagen. Katatonia wechselte daher von der W:E:T-Stage auf die Louder-Stage.<ref>[https://www.wackenradio.com/2017/07/walls-of-jericho-muessen-woa-auftritt-absagen/ Wacken Radio by RauteMusik.FM - Walls Of Jericho müssen W:O:A-Auftritt absagen, 27. Juli 2017]</ref>

=== 2018 ===
Das 29. Festival wurde 2018 vom 2. bis 4. August 2018 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: 2Cellos, Acoustic Steel, Act of Defiance, Aephanemer, Alestorm, Alfahanne, Alien Weaponry, Amaranthe, Amorphis, An Theos, Arch Enemy, Arkona, Asrock, Asylum, Atomic Rocket Seeder, Attic, Awake Again, AWS, Backyard Babies, Bannkreis, Behemoth, Behind Bars, Belphegor, Betontod, Blaas of Glory, Black Inhale, Blechblos'n, Blessed Hellride, Bloodsucking Zombies f. Outer Space, Blues Pills, Bömbers, Bonfire, Budderside, Cannibal Corpse, Canterra, Cemican, Centuries of Decay, Children of Bodom, Chuan-Tzu, Chugger, Clawfinger, Clowns, Converge, Cordura, Da Rocka & da Waitler, Dalriada, Danzig, Dark Tranquillity, dArtagnan, Das Pack, Der Wahnsinn, Deserted Fear, Destruction, Dezperadoz, Diablo Blvd, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Die From Sorrow, Dimmu Borgir, Dirkschneider, Dirt-A-Gogo, Dokken, Dool, Doro, Down For Life, Dust Bolt, Dying Fetus, End All, Ensiferum, Enslaved, Epica, Erik Cohen, Eskimo Callboy, Eufobia, Every Dog Has Its Day, Evil Invaders, Exit Eden, Extrabreit, Feuerschwanz, Firewind, Fischer-Z, Fish, Fozzy, Fro-Tee Slips, Gaahl's Wyrd, [[Ganaim]], Ghost, Godless, Gojira, Gruesome, Haggefugg, [[Hardbone]], Hate Squad, Hatebreed, Heathen Apostles, Heidevolk, Heilung, Helloween - Pumpkins United, Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow Revue, Helmet, Herrschaft, Ignis Fatuu, In Extremo, In Flames, Ingrimm, Ivan Ivanovich & The Kreml Krauts, Jack Broadbent, Jasad, Jesper Binzer, John Diva and the Rockets of Love, Judas Priest, Karaoke Till Death, Kellermensch, Knorkator, Korpiklaani, Leaves’ Eyes, Lee Aaron, Long Distance Calling, Lotrify, Lovebites, Madball, Malicious Culebra, Mambo Kurt, Manntra, Mantar, Markus Krebs, Metusa, Monstagon, Motanka, Mr. Big, Nazareth, Nemoreus, Night Demon, Nightwish, Nocturnal Rites, Ondt Blod, Onkel Tom, Oomph!, Otto & Die Friesenjungs, Pampatut, Persefone, Phenomy, Phrenetix, Pikes Edge, Plainride, Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Rezet, Riot V, Rogers, Rose Bogey's, Running Wild, Salamanda, Samael, Sarke, Savage Messiah, Schandmaul, Schidl 'n' Schedl, [[Sepultura]], Shiran, Skiltron, Skindred, Skyline, Soen, Solstafir, Spoil Engine, Steel Night, Steel Panther, Stiff Little Fingers, Tarchon Fist, The Bloodstrings, The Charm The Fury, The Flying Scarecrow, The Fright, The Privateer, The Waltons, Thundermother, Todesking, Toxic Holocaust, Traitor, Tremonti, Trollfest, Unzucht, [[Vallenfyre]], Victims of Madness, Vince Neil, Visions of Atlantis, Vogelfrey, Voices of Ruin, W.A.R., W:O:A Firefighters, Walking Dead on Broadway, Watain, Wintersun, WirrWahr, Wirtz, Witch Taint, Xenoblight, Zeal & Ardor<ref>[https://www.wacken.com/de/festivalinfo/history/woa-2018/bands-billing-2018/ Wacken Open Air - Bands / Billing 2018] (abgerufen am 30. Oktober 2018)</ref>

=== 2019 ===
Das 30. Festival wurde vom 1. bis 3. August 2019 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen: 1000 Löwen unter Feinden, Aborym, Acranius, The Adicts, Airbourne, All Hail The Yeti, Angelus Apatrida, Anthrax, Asrock, Avatar, Baby Face Nelson, Battle Beast, Beschissene 6, Beyond the Black, Black Stone Cherry, Blechblosn, Bleed From Within, Body Count feat. Ice T, The BossHoss, Bullet For My Valentine, Burning Witches, Cradle Of Filth, Crazy Lixx, Crematory, Crisix, Critical Mess, Crobot, D-A-D, Dark Funeral, Deathstars, Deine Cousine, Delain, Demons & Wizards, Die Happy, Die Kassierer, Dirty Shirt, Downfall Of Gaia, Eclipse, Eisbrecher, Eluveitie, Emil Bulls, Equilibrium, Evergrey, Fairytale, Fight The Fight, For I Am King, Frog Leap, Gama Bomb, Gernotshagen, Girlschool, Gloryful, Gloryhammer, Grave, Hämatom, Hamferð, Hammerfall, Harpyie, Hellhammer performed by Tom Warrior’s Triumph Of Death, Helsott, Jinjer, Kärbholz, Kaizaa, Krokus, Lagerstein, Legion Of The Damned, Life Of Agony, Lionheart, Lucifer Star Machine, Mambo Kurt, Manticora, Meshuggah, Michale Graves, Monster Magnet, Myrath, Nachtblut, Naked Six, Nashville Pussy, Nasty, Necrophobic, Night In Gales, Nordjevel, Of Mice & Men, Opeth, Parkway Drive, [[Powerwolf]], Primordial, [[Prong]], Prophets Of Rage, Queensrÿche, The Quireboys, Rage (XIII feat. Lingua Mortis Orchestra), Rose Tattoo, Sabaton, Santiano, Savage Messiah, Septicflesh, Skew Siskin, Skyclad, Slave To Sirens, [[Slayer]], Soil, Subway To Sally, Suidakra, Sweet, Tesseract, Testament, The Crown, The Damned, The Lazys, The New Roses, The Night Flight Orchestra, The Offering, The Sisters Of Mercy, The Vintage Caravan, The Wild!, Thy Art Is Murder, Torment, Tribulation, Ufo, Uli Jon Roth, Uriah Heep, Vampire, Velvet Viper, Venom Inc., Versengold, Vltimas, Vogelfrey, Wacken Firefighters, Warkings, Wiegedood, [[Windhand]], Within Temptation, Witt, Zuriaake<ref>[https://www.metal-hammer.de/wacken-open-air-2019-vorschau-auf-bands-matsch-und-metal-party-748699/ Wacken Open Air 2019: Vorschau aufs 30. Jubiläum - Bands, Tickets, Infos, Datum] (abgerufen am 9. August 2019)</ref>

== ab 2020 ==
=== 2020 ===
Das 31. Festival war vom 30. Juli bis 1. August 2020 geplant. Die 75.000 Karten waren im Vorverkauf bereits nach 21 Stunden ausverkauft.<ref>[https://www.wacken.com/de/news-details/das-woa-2020-ist-ausverkauft/ Das W:O:A 2020 ist ausverkauft! | W:O:A - Wacken Open Air, 05.08.2019]</ref> Aufgrund der [[COVID-19]]-Pandemie wurde jedoch das Festival Mitte April 2020 abgesagt.<ref>[https://www.wacken.com/de/news-details/das-woa-kann-in-diesem-jahr-nicht-stattfinden/ Das W:O:A kann in diesem Jahr nicht stattfinden | W:O:A - Wacken Open Air, 16.04.2020]</ref> Im Line-up geplant waren: Amon Amarth, Annihilator, As I Lay Dying, ASP, At The Gates (Slaughter Of The Soul Show), Attic, Avantasia, Avatarium, Beast In Black, Belzebubs, Blechblos’n, Bokassa, Borknagar, Brothers of Metal, Burgerkill, Butcher Babies, Bülent & die Metal-Angels, Cemican, Cinderella's Tom Keifer, Danko Jones, Dawn of Disease, [[Death Angel]], Devin Townsend, Diary of Dreams, Die beschissenen Sechs, Dirkschneider (Exclusive Metal Heart 35th Anniversary Show), Dope, Dropkick Murphys, Einherjer, Evergrey, Fateful Finality, Fever 333, Fields Of The Nephilim, Freedom Call, Gluecifer, Grailknights, Grave Digger (40th Anniversary Show), Grimner, Haggard, Hate, Helrunar, Hypocrisy (Destroys Wacken Again), Imperium Dekadenz, Implore, In Extremo (Exclusive German Festival Show), Indian Nightmare, [[Infected Rain]], J.B.O. (Special Frühschoppen Show), Judas Priest (50 Heavy Metal Years), Kadavar, Kampfar, Kissin' Dynamite, L.A. Guns, Lacuna Coil, Loudness, Lucifer, Mad Max, Mambo Kurt, Marduk (Special 30th Anniversary Show), Me And That Man, Mercyful Fate, Michael Monroe, Mister Misery, Mork, Nasty, Neaera, Nervosa, New Model Army, Nothgard, Nytt Land, Onslaught, Oomph!, Orden Ogan, Overkill, Perturbator, Pestilence, Rectal Smegma, ROME, Rotting Christ, Russkaja, Sacred Reich, Saltatio Mortis, Sick Of It All, Slipknot, Sodom (Agent Orange Show), Static-X, Stratovarius, Suicidal Angels, Surgical Strike, Svartidauði, Tarja, The Other, The Rise Of Mictlan, The Spirit, The Wildhearts, Therapy?, Thundermother, Tri State Corner, Tribulation, Turilli / Lione Rhapsody, U.D.O. feat. Musikkorps der Bundeswehr, Unleash The Archers, Valhalore, Van Canto, Venom, Verheerer, Visions of Atlantis, Vomitory, Vulture, Wacken Firefighters, Wednesday 13, While She Sleeps, Wind Rose, Wolves in the Throne Room, Wormrot<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200415081546if_/https://www.wacken.com/de/programm/bands/#!/artists/all Bands | Wacken Open Air] (abgerufen am 15. April 2020) @ [[Wayback Machine]]</ref>

Am 29. Juli 2020 wurde stattdessen erstmals Wacken World Wide mit Konzerthighlights u. a. von Doro, Body Count feat. Ice-T, Anthrax und Rage sowie Specials wie die Guitar-Clinic mit Diamond Head`s Brian Tatler und Soen’s Cody Ford. veranstaltet.<ref>[https://www.wacken.com/de/news-details/wacken-world-wide-heute-geht-es-los/ Wacken World Wide- Heute geht es los! | W:O:A - Wacken Open Air, 29.07.2020]</ref>

=== 2021 ===
Das 31. Festival war vom 29. bis 31. Juli 2021 geplant. Aufgrund der COVID-19-Pandemie ist das Festival 2020 ausgefallen. 2021 sollte zum ersten Mal in der Geschichte des Festivals das Infield bereits am Mittwoch öffnen. Geplant waren am Mittwoch Auftritte u. a. von Lindemann, Clawfinger und Varang Nord.<ref>[https://www.wacken.com/de/news-details/zusatztag-fuer-das-wacken-open-air-2021-mit-till-lindemann-und-weiteren-acts/ Zusatztag für das Wacken Open Air 2021 mit Till Lindemann und weiteren Acts | W:O:A - Wacken Open Air, 11.11.2020]</ref> Am 27. Juli 2020 waren die Karten für Wacken Open Air 2021 bereits ausverkauft.<ref>[https://www.wacken.com/de/news-details/das-wacken-open-air-2021-ist-ausverkauft/ Das Wacken Open Air 2021 ist ausverkauft! | W:O:A - Wacken Open Air, 27.07.2020]</ref> Doch auch das Festival 2021 wurde pandemiebedingt auf das nächste Jahr verschoben, wie der Veranstalter am 1. Juni 2021 mitgeteilt hat.<ref>[https://www.wacken.com/de/news-details/verschiebung-des-wacken-open-air-2021/ Verschiebung des Wacken Open Air 2021 | W:O:A - Wacken Open Air, 01.06.2021]</ref> Zwischendurch sollte vom 16. bis 18. September 2021 erstmals das Bullhead City 2021 Festival stattfinden,<ref>[https://www.wacken.com/de/news-details/metal-is-coming-home-macht-euch-bereit-fuer-bullhead-city/ Metal is coming home - macht euch bereit für Bullhead City! | W:O:A - Wacken Open Air, 15.06.2021]</ref> doch auch dieses wurde pandemiebedingt abgesagt.<ref>[https://www.wacken.com/de/news-details/bullhead-city-muss-abgesagt-werden/ Bullhead City muss abgesagt werden | W:O:A - Wacken Open Air, 23.08.2021]</ref>

=== 2022 ===
Das 31. Festival wurde vom 4. bis 6. August 2022 durchgeführt. Im Line-up standen<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220804144127/https://www.wacken.com/de/programm/bands/#/bandfilter Bands | Wacken Open Air] 2022 @ [[Wayback Machine]]</ref>: 5th Avenue, Acoustic Steel, Alligatoah, Almøst Human, Ann Wilson, Arch Enemy, As I Lay Dying, ASP, Asrock, At The Gates, Attic, Auðn, Avantasia, Badcast, Bai Bang, Behemoth, Belphegor, Black Inhale, Bleed From Within, Blind Channel, Blind Man's Gun, Blood Incantation, Bokassa, Brian Downey's Alive And Dangerous, Brothers of Metal, Burgerkill, Butcher Babies, Cadaver, Cattle Decapitation, Cirith Ungol, Clutch, Corvus Corax, Criminal, Crossplane, Crypta, Da Rocka & da Waitler, Danko Jones, Dead Label, [[Death Angel]], Deine Cousine, Dirkschneider, Disconnected, Divide, Doyle, Einherjer, Endseeker, Epica, Eric Fish & Friends, Eye Tea, Fateful Finality, Feuerschwanz, Freedom Call, Fusion Bomb, Gaerea, Gloryhammer, Gluecifer, Grailknights, Grave Digger, Gwar, Gwendydd, Haggard, Haggefugg, Hämatom, [[Hardbone]], Hate, Höhner, Hypocrisy, Ill Nino, Impartial, Imperium Dekadenz, Implore, In Extremo, Indian Nightmare, [[Infected Rain]], Ingrimm, Insanity Alert, Ivory Tower, Judas Priest, Kadavar, Kampfar, Katara, Kissin' Dynamite, Knasterbart, Komodo, Kryn, Lacuna Coil, Lamentari, Last Addiction, Letzte Instanz, Life of Agony, Lordi, Lost Society, Loudness, Lucifer, Ludicia, Lycanthrope, Majak, Mambo Kurt, Manntra, Mantar, Me And That Man, Mercyful Fate, Metaklapa, Michael Monroe, Midnight, Mister Misery, Mit Ohne Strom, Monomann, Moonspell, Moral Putrefaction, Mork, Motörizer, Mr. Irish Bastard, Múr, Mutz, Mythraeum, Nasty, Neaera, Neck Cemetery, Nephylim, New Model Army, Nothgard, Onslaught, Orca, Orden Ogan, Overkill, Ozzyfied, Pay Pandora, Perturbator, Pestilence, Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons, Plant My Bones, [[Powerwolf]], Rauhbein, Rectal Smegma, Red Swamp, Reliquiae, Rose Tattoo, Rotting Christ, Sable Hills, Sascha Paeth's Masters Of Ceremony, Satan, Scardust, Sick N' Beautiful, Sir Henry Hot, Skyforger, Skyline, Slime, Slipknot, Slope, Snow White In The Dark, Soen, Space Chaser, Speedemon, Spidergawd, Storm Seeker, Stratovarius, Striker, Suicidal Angels, Surgical Strike, Tarja, The Drift, The Halo Effect, The Iron Maidens, The Night Flight Orchestra, The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats, The Other, The Overthrone, The Pinpricks, The Rise Of Mictlan, The Risen Dread, The Spirit, Therapy?, Thundermother, Tiamat, Torfrock, Tragedian, Tranatopsy, Tribulation, Typhus, V.I.D.A., Varang Nord, Vended, Venom, Verheerer, Victims of Madness, Visions of Atlantis, Voice of Baceprot, Vomitory, Vulture, Wacken Firefighters, Walkways, Watch Out Stampede, Welcome Dystopia, Wind Rose

=== 2023 ===
Das 32. Festival wurde vom 2. bis 5. August 2023 durchgeführt. Das Programm begann schon am 31. Juli. Zum ersten Mal in der Geschichte des Festivals wurde aufgrund des Wetters die Anreise gestoppt und abgebrochen.<ref>[https://www.wacken.com/de/news-details/vollstaendiger-einlassstopp-kapazitaetsgrenze-fuer-das-woa-erreicht/ Vollständiger Einlassstopp - Kapazitätsgrenze für das W:O:A erreicht | Wacken Open Air, 02.08.2023]</ref> Am Mittwoch musste der Festivalstart etwas verschoben werden. Dies hatte zur Folge, dass am Mittwoch sechs Bands nicht auftreten konnten.<ref>[https://www.wacken.com/de/news-details/programmaenderung-mittwoch/ Programmänderung Mittwoch | Wacken Open Air, 02.08.2023]</ref> Im Line-up standen<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230802083016/https://www.wacken.com/de/programm/running-order-musik/#/ Running Order Musik | Wacken Open Air] @ [[Wayback Machine]]</ref>:
*Montag: Welcome To The Jungle: Rock Stories, Alien Rockin Explosion, Maschine's Late Night Show / LGH Clubstage: Slowly Rotten, Extinct, Sons of Tomorrow, Erik Cohen
*Dienstag: Welcome To The Jungle: Metal Yoga, Kumpels in Kutten, Mit Ohne Strom, Uwe Bahn, Alien Rockin Explosion, Maschine's Late Night Show / LGH Clubstage: Hostage, Todsünde, Damnation Defaced, Messticator, Plainride, Rezet
*Mittwoch:
:Faster: Holy Moses, Skindred, Broilers, Doro 
:Louder: Skew Siskin, Nervosa, Deine Cousine, Ankor, Battle Beast, Beyond the Black
:Headbangers Stage: Swartzheim, Black Tooth, Xaon, Left Ovr, Sable Hills, Omnivortex, Strigampire, 0% Mercury, Maltworm, Universum 25, Pentagram
:W:E:T Stage: Misery Oath, Objector, NVLO, Sever, Aneuma, Metternich, Krownest, Erasing Mankind, Fadrait, Death In Taiga, Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
:Wackinger Stage: Wacken Firefighters, All For Metal, Ferocious Dog, Rauhbein, Ye Banished Privateers, Finntroll, dArtagnan
:Wasteland Stage: CobraKill, Detraktor, Schizophrenia, Hidden Intent, Knife, Bütcher, EvilDead, Elements Of Fire
:Metal Church: Metaklapa
:Welcome To The Jungle: Metal Yoga, Mambo Kurt, Wacken - Das perfekte Paralleluniversum (Buch), Uwe Bahn, The Ukeboys, Alien Rockin Explosion, Maschine's Late Night Show
:LGH Clubstage: Blind Man's Gun, Ivory Tower, Skepsis, Motörizer, Wolf Barsch
:Santa Promilla: Folk Dandies, Varius Coloribus Experience, Sintram
:Wackinger Beergarden: Spectaculatius, Lutz Drenkwitz, Sintram
*Donnerstag:
:Faster: Vixen, Hammerfall, Helloween
:Harder: Skyline, Uriah Heep, Kreator
:Louder: Terror, Cemican, Dark Tranquility, Imminence, Pennywise, Amorphis
:Headbangers Stage: Phantom Excaliver, Forastero Western Metal, Ghetto Ghouls, Middle Grounds, Redeemed by the Blood, Horrid Sight, Whoredom Rife, Immolation, Carpathian Forest
:W:E:T Stage: BlackSheep, Tiansen, Mesmera, Diesanera, AndrelamusiA, DepriVation, Koldbrann, Baest, Defleshed, Abbath
:Wackinger Stage: Mutz and the Blackeyed Banditz, Ad Infinitum, The Real McKenzies, Unzucht, Cellar Darling, Eivor, Faun
:Wasteland Stage: Brunhilde, Drain, Marco Mendoza, Riot City, Screamer; Raging Speedhorn, Cypecore
:Welcome To The Jungle: Metal Yoga, Heavy Metal Barpiano, Nico Rose , Matt Stocks with Jim Lindberg (Pennywise), Cam Cole, Alien Rockin Explosion, Maschine's Late Night Show
:LGH Clubstage: Supernova Plasmajets, My Own Ghost,Velvet Viper, Rage
:Krombacher Stammtisch: Electric Callboy
:Santa Promilla + Wackinger Beergarden: Folk Dandies, John Kanaka & The Jack Tars, Varius Coloribus Experience
*Freitag:
:Faster: Amaranthe, Trivium, Megadeth, Wardruna
:Harder: Kärbholz, While She Sleeps, Santiano, [[Iron Maiden]], Lord of the Lost
:Louder: J.B.O., Caliban, Leaves' Eyes Special Viking Show, Takida, Donots, Deicide, VV<!-- VV = VILLE VALO, www.facebook.com/theheartagram/ -->, Bloodbath
:Headbangers Stage: Focus, The Good the Bad and the Zugly, Depressive Age, Ghostkid, Dog Eat Dog, Legion Of The Damned, Sólstafir
:W:E:T Stage: The Raven Age, Employed To Serve, Dust Bolt, Get The Shot, The Vintage Caravan, Dying Fetus, Crematory
:Wackinger Stage: Dezperadoz, Harpyie, Peyton Parrish, Twilight Force, Skalmöld, Havukruunu, Tanzwut
:Wasteland Stage: Autumn Bride, Morast, Frozen Soul, Neverland In Ashes, Our Promise, Eyes, Konvent
:Welcome To The Jungle: Metal Yoga, Krachmucker TV, Kay Ray (Kabarettist), Torsten Sträter (Kabarettist), Alien Rockin Explosion, Maschine's Late Night Show
:LGH Clubstage: Victims of Madness, Taste of Greed, Hafensaengers, Chaosbay, [[Hardbone]], Die Andersons
:Krombacher Stammtisch: Mambo Kurt
:Santa Promilla: Folk Dandies, John Kanaka & The Jack Tars, Varius Coloribus Experience
:Wackinger Beergarden: Spectaculatius, Lutz Drenkwitz, Folk Dandies
*Samstag:
:Faster: Delain, Jinjer, Killswitch Engage, Heaven Shall Burn, Dropkick Murphys
:Harder: Masterplan, Ensiferum, Alestorm, Saltatio Mortis, <!--Promoters Farewell & Thanks,--> Two Steps from Hell
:Louder: Brand of Sacrifice, Angus McSix, Biohazard, Kataklysm, Possessed, Versengold, Beartooth
:Headbangers Stage: Black Mirrors, Jag Panzer, The Answer, Be'lakor, Evergrey, Der W, [[Igorrr]]
:W:E:T Stage: Enemy Inside, Marty Friedman, Burning Witches, Empire State Bastard, Nestor, Voivod, Sleep Token
:Wackinger Stage: Frog Bog Dosenband, Wacken Firefighters, Die beschissenen Sechs, Ereb Altor, Monsters of Liedermaching, Warkings, Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen
:Wasteland Stage: Asrock, All Hail The Yeti, Heriot, Venues, The Night Eternal, Peter Pan Speedrock, Blitzkid
:Welcome To The Jungle: Metal Yoga, Matt Stocks with Jesse Leach, Pensen Paletti, Torsten Sträter (Kabarettist), Mambo Kurt, Alien Rockin Explosion, Maschine's Late Night Show
:LGH Clubstage: Chuan-Tzu, Holy Mother, Sascha Paeth's Masters Of Ceremony, Ozzyfied, Adrian Kühn und Franzi Kusche
:Krombacher Stammtisch: Blaas of Glory
:Santa Promilla: Folk Dandies, John Kanaka & The Jack Tars, Varius Coloribus Experience
:Wackinger Beergarden: Spectaculatius, Lutz Drenkwitz, Folk Dandies

=== 2024 ===
Das 33. Festival wurde vom 31. Juli bis zum 3. August 2024 durchgeführt. Das Programm begann schon am 28. Juli. Im Line-up standen<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240724175112/https://www.wacken.com/de/programm/running-order-musik/#/ Running Order Musik | Wacken Open Air] @ [[Wayback Machine]]</ref>:
*Sonntag: Wacken Firefighters, The Waltons, Ax ‘N Sex, Bai Bang, 5th Avenue, Skyline
*Montag: Welcome To The Jungle: Mambo Kurt, The Ukeboys, Alien Rockin Explosion / LGH Clubstage: Xenos AD, The Mercury Riots, Ivory Tower, Victory
*Dienstag: Welcome To The Jungle: Acoustic Steel, Alien Rockin Explosion / LGH Clubstage: Source of Rage, Archaic, Jet Jaguar, Varang Nord, Metal Karaoke Massacre
*Mittwoch:
:Faster: Bülent Ceylan & Band, The Darkness, Flogging Molly, In Extremo
:Louder: Crystal Viper, Butcher Babies, Girlschool, The Warning, Tina Guo, Suzi Quatro
:Headbangers Stage: Etterna, Graufar, Black Tooth, Wasted Land, Phantom Excaliver, Sunken State, Info<!-- maquina.info/ , www.facebook.com/maquina.info/-->, Junkwolvz, Tessia, Fleshless Entity, Drone, Blind Channel
:W:E:T Stage: Inherited, Voidwomb, Turbowitch, Karabiner, Cascade Effect, Shvriken, ÆoniK, Doomsday Astronaut, Carbonic Fields, Thus, Walkways, Crisix
:Wackinger Stage: Wacken Firefighters, Metaklapa, Vogelfrey, Jaya The cat, Extrabreit, Van Canto, Equilibrium
:Wasteland Stage: Infected Union, S.D.I., Deimos Dawn, Hitten, Hellripper, [[Portrait (schwedische Band)|Portrait]], Evile
:Welcome To The Jungle: Mambo Kurt, Alien Rockin Explosion
:LGH Clubstage: Nutellica, Iron Priest, Motörizer, Ozzyfied, Metal Karaoke Massacre
*Donnerstag:
:Faster: Skyline, Axel Rudi Pell, Accept, Growling Creatures
:Harder: Rage, KK's Priest, Scorpions
:Louder: Dio Disciples, Sweet, Armored Saint, Mr. Big, Alligatoah, Opeth
:Headbangers Stage: Aquilla, Rain, Paramena, Poseydon, Killa the Phia, Messiah, Incantation, Jungle Rot, Mambo Kurt
:W:E:T Stage: Corbian, Five Penalties, Beguiler, Kasck, Uragh, Griefgod, Skeletal Remains, Uada, Endstille, Trelldom
:Wackinger Stage: Amalgam, Tri State Corner, Asenblut, Die Habenichtse, Blackbriar, Kupfergold, Corvus Corax
:Wasteland Stage: Swartzheim, Misery Oath, Objector, Half Me, Jesus Piece, Gaupa, Planet of Zeus
:Welcome To The Jungle: Acoustic Guerillas, Alien Rockin Explosion, Maschine's Late Night Show
:LGH Clubstage: Black Tish, Bloodfang, Blind Man's Gun, KrashKarma, Metal Karaoke Massacre
*Freitag:
:Faster: Sonata Arctica, Beast In Black, Feuerschwanz, Blind Guardian, Avantasia
:Harder: The Amity Affliction, Spiritbox, Gene Simmons, KoЯn <!-- Korn -->
:Louder: Betontod, Blues Pills, Ankor, Zebrahead, Whitechapel, Pain, Knorkator, Watain
:Headbangers Stage: [[Massive Wagons]], Alcatrazz, Xandria, SOiL, Primal Fear, Unleash The Archers, Unto Others
:W:E:T Stage: Cherie Currie, Future Palace, Textures, John Coffey, Baroness, Mikkey Dee With Friends, The 69 Eyes
:Wackinger Stage: Blaas of Glory, Skiltron, Koenix, Liv Kristine, Nachtblut, Einherjer, Vreid
:Wasteland Stage: Chuan-Tzu, Embryonic Autopsy, Shredhead, [[April Art]], Dear Mother, Ignea, Robse
:Welcome To The Jungle: Mit Ohne Strom, Mambo Kurt, Alien Rockin Explosion
:LGH Clubstage: Mikkey Dee With Friends, [[Hardbone]]
*Samstg:
:Faster: Tankard, Oomph!, Sebastian Bach, Behemoth, Architects
:Harder: Raven, DragonForce, Testament, Amon Amarth, Hämatom <!-- oder Hämatom VS. Finch -->
:Louder: Fiddler's Green, Emil Bulls, Red Fang, Bury Tomorrow, Motionless in White, Cradle of Filth, Mayhem
:Headbangers Stage: As Everything Unfolds, Exumer, The Black Dahlia Murder, Brutus, Uli Jon Roth, The Baboon Show, Tragedy
:W:E:T Stage: Black Sabbitch, Wolf, Hirax, Bokassa, Vio-Lence, [[Flotsam and Jetsam]], Insomnium
:Wackinger Stage: Wacken Firefighters, Vanaheim, [[Paddy and the Rats]], Heidevolk, Svartsot, Thyrfing, Primordial
:Wasteland Stage: Asrock, Prey for Nothing, Necrotted, Beasto Blanco, Asagraum, Mister Misery, Persefone
:Welcome To The Jungle: Mambo Kurt, Alien Rockin Explosion
:LGH Clubstage: Beyond the Black, Joey Belladonna, Victims of Madness

=== 2025 ===
Das 34. Festival ist vom 30. Juli bis zum 2. August 2025 geplant. Im Line-up geplant sind u. a. Machine Head, Saltatio Mortis, Papa Roach, Gojira, Apokalyptica, Saxon, Within Temptation, Dimmu Borgir, Ministry, Michael Schenker, Peyton Parrish, Beyond the Black, Clawfinger, Grave Digger, August Burns Red, Obituary, Wind Rose, Brothers of Metal, Tarja & Marko Hietala, Hanabie, Decapitated, Destruction, Celeste <!-- die französische Band -->, Orange Goblin, Angel Witch, Dominum, Exhorder, Night Demon, Mimi Barks, Seven Spires, Clowns, Dool, Crownshift und Midnight.<ref>[https://www.wacken.com/de/news-details/wacken-open-air-2025-alle-infos-zum-vorverkauf/ Wacken Open Air 2025 - Alle Infos zum Vorverkauf! | Wacken Open Air, 04.08.2024]</ref></onlyinclude>

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