thumb|Wackenin yleisömerta vuonna 2005.
Wacken Open Air on metallimusiikkiin painottunut neljäpäiväinen musiikkifestivaali, joka järjestetään vuosittain elokuussa Itzehoen kaupungin lähellä pienessä Wackenin kylässä ja sitä ympäröivillä pelloilla Schleswig-Holsteinin osavaltiossa Saksassa. Vuonna 2008 festivaaleilla oli parhaimmillaan päivän aikana yli 75 000 kävijää. Festivaali on maailman suurin metallimusiikkifestivaali.
Esiintyjät
24.–25. elokuuta 1990
5th Avenue Ax'n Sex Motoslug Sacret Season Skyline Wizzard
21.–22. elokuuta 1991
Bon Scott Gypsy Kyss Kilgore Life Artist Ruby Red Shanghai'd Guts Skyline
22.–23. elokuuta 1992
5th Avenue Asmodis Ax'n Sex Bad Sister Bai Bang Blind Guardian De La Cruz Doc Eisenhauer Dr. Hörp Eddie E Highlander Ides of March Incubator Jolly Hangman Mama's Boys Morbid Mind Motoslug Pagan Spell Paradise Play 'n' Bleed Saitensprünge Saxon Störspatzen of Des STS 8 Mission The Waltons Vivan
20.–22. elokuuta 1993
5th Avenue Abi Wallenstein Ax'n Sex Blue Velvet Bon Scott Buddy Lackey Châlice Doro Fast Lover Fates Warning Gary Hughes Gorefest Häwi Mädels Heavenward Highlander Holocaust Jacks Hammer Jingo de Lunch Michael Dickes Noisy Act of Protest Plan B Railway RAX Riverdogs Samael Sahara Skew Siskin Torment Troy Trespass Vivian Warpath
19.–20. elokuuta 1994
Ace Öf Spades Atrocity Chemical Breath Deceased Decision D Dixi Gunworks Easy Livin' Gamma Ray Hannes Bauer & Orchester Gnadenlos Ken Templin Many Acts Of Maniacs Moray Pagandom Paul Di'Anno & Killers Prollhead Rausch Riff Raff Riverdogs Roan Saintcatee Skyclad Stoney Rudolph & The Happy Mc Cardies Suiciety Tears for Beers The Tea Party The Waltons Torment U.K. Subs
19.–20. elokuuta 1995
5th Avenue Amentia Angra Bad Sister Châlice Creep D-A-D Dark At Down Das Auge Gottes Depressive Age Dixie Gunworks Ghosts of Dawn Graue Zellen Hate Squad Laberinto More About Dogs Morgoth Paragon Phantoms of Future Pothead Power of Expression Pretty Maids Prime Rape Revelation Schweisser Solitude Aeturnus Temple of the Absurd Tiamat The Trauma Trieb Vanden Plas Vocation
9.–10. elokuuta 1996
Asylum Atrocity Bad Sister Big Nothing Böhse Onkelz Crematory Desert Storm Dice Dimple Minds Dritte Wahl Gorefest Gorn Grave Digger Grind Machine Kingdom Come Kreator Manos Oomph! Pyogenesis Ramones Mania Randalica Ricochet Schweisser Secret Discovery Sieges Even Temple of the Absurd Theatre of Tragedy The Exploited The Gathering Tom Angelripper Vicki Vomit Whils
8.–9. elokuuta 1997
Aion Alastis Amorphis Birth Control Dimmu Borgir Dismember Dissection Don Bosco Entrust Fox Force Five Gainsay Grave Digger Grinning Sinner HammerFall Hassmütz In Flames Iron Savior Late September Dogs Lake Of Tears Love Gun Motörhead Mummlox Overkill Paunch Rage & Lingua Mortis Orchester Raven Rock Bitch Samael Saviour Machine Scanner Sceptic Acceptance Sodom Steigner Subway to Sally Tank Theatre of Tragedy The Automaniac Therion Tom Angelripper Torment Totenmond U.D.O. Umbra Et Imago Undish Virgin Steele Waltari Zed Yago
7.–8. elokuuta 1998
Am I Blood Angel Dust Anvil Arch Enemy Atrocity Benediction Blind Guardian Blind Passenger Blitzkrieg Bonfire Borknagar Children of Bodom Covenant Crack Up Cradle of Filth Crematory Darkseed Dew-Scented Disbelief Doro Dritte Wahl Edguy Gamma Ray Goddess Of Desire Gorgoroth Hades Almighty Haggard Heavenwood Hollow Holy Mother Hypocrisy Iced Earth Iron Savior In Extremo J.B.O. Krabathor Kreator Lacuna Coil Manos Nevermore Night In Gales Nocturnal Rites Old Man’s Child Pegazus Postmortem Primal Fear Raise Hell Riot Rough Silk Ryker's Sacred Steel Sadist Savatage Sentenced Skyclad Soulburn Sons of Damnation Stahlhammer Stigmata IV Stratovarius Sundown Sweet Noise Sweet Savage Tom Angelripper Tankard Temple of the Absurd Devin Townsend Unrest Vader Virgin Steele Voivod Warrior
6.–7. elokuuta 1999
Agent Steel Amon Amarth Angra Atrocity Axel Rudi Pell Axxis Bewitched Blind Passenger Brainstorm Cannibal Corpse Crematory The Cult Death SS Destiny's End Destruction Dimmu Borgir Edguy Eisregen Eläkeläiset Enslaved Europe Fates Warning God Dethroned Graveworm HammerFall Immortal In Aeternum In Extremo Jaguar Jag Panzer Killer Leatherwolf Labyrinth Lefay Marduk Marshall Law Mayhem Memory Garden Metal Church Metalium Mercyful Fate Mindfeed Mystic Circle Napalm Death Nevermore Paradox Paragon Pariah Powergod Pretty Maids Primal Fear Rage Razor Reverend Jürgen & Igor Richthofen Roland Grapow Saxon Sinner Six Feet Under Solitude Aeternus Spock's Beard Steel Prophet Subway to Sally The Crown Temple of the Absurd Therion Threshold Torment Totenmond Tristania Tygers of Pan Tang The Gathering The Sygnet Tom Angelripper U.D.O. Uli Jon Roth Umbra et Imago Warrant Wardog Warhammer Witcherry Whiplash
4.–5. elokuuta 2000
Agathodaimon Ancient Angel Witch Annihilator Artillery Black Sweden Black Label Society Blaze Bayley Breaker Chantal Chevalier Dark At Dawn Dark Age Dark Funeral Dee Snider Demon Doro Deranged Desperados Engine Entombed Freedom Call Gamma Ray Gaskin Grim Reaper Hades Heir Apparent Hypocrisy Iced Earth Immolation Jacob's Dream Knorkator Labyrinth Late Nite Romeo Liege Lord Lizzy Borden Lock Up Marduk Molly Hatchet Morbid Angel Mob Rules Nightmare Nightwish October 31 Overkill Pain Pink Cream 69 Praying Mantis Raise Hell Rhapsody Rose Tattoo Royal Hunt Samson Savage Sentenced Six Feet Under Skew Siskin Solstice Spiritual Beggars Squealer Steel Attack Stratovarius Testament Tom Angelripper Twisted Tower Dire Umbra Et Imago Vader Vanishing Point Venom Zakk Wylde
3.–4. elokuuta 2001
16 Hell Ventiler Annihilator Die Apokalyptischen Reiter Arch Enemy Artch Behemoth Bionix Blackshine Brainstorm Cage Carnal Forge Chinchilla Circle of Grief Crematory Cryptopsy Crystal Shark Culprit Dark Tranquillity Death SS Deceased Disaster Dimmu Borgir Exciter Echumed Exumer Finntroll Grave Digger HammerFall Helloween Holy Moses In Flames Jag Panzer Kamelot Kju Knight Errant Krisiun Lacuna Coil Lost Horizon Metalium Mortician Motörhead Mägo de Oz Naglfar Napalm Death Nasum Nevermore Night in Gales Nightfall Nightwish Nostradameus Opeth Overkill Paragon Paul Dianno & Killers Primal Fear Rage Rawhead Rexx Sacraphyx Saxon Silent Force Sins of Thy Beloved Smoke Blow Sodom Soilwork Sonata Arctica Soul Doctor Stigma IV Subway to Sally Tad Morose Tankard Deströyer 666 The Haunted Impotent Sea Snakes The Traceelords Therion Trail of Tears Vintersorg Warhammer W.A.S.P.
1.–3. elokuuta 2002
Alabama Thunderpussy Amon Amarth Angel Dust Angra Avalanch Blaze Bayley Blind Guardian Blitzkrieg Borknagar Bruce Dickinson Candlemass Cannibal Corpse Children of Bodom Criminal Debris Inc. Destruction Dimple Minds Domine Dornenreich Doro Dream Evil Dying Fetus Edguy Eisregen Evergrey Exodus Falconer Fleshcrawl Green Carnation Haggard Heathen Heavenly Hollenthon Hypocrisy Immortal In Extremo Iron Savior J.B.O. Justice Kalmah Kotipelto Kreator Lock Up Macabre Metalucifer Mezarkabul Mob Rules Mörk Gryning My Dying Bride Necrophobic Nightmare Nocturnal Rites Nuclear Attack Onkel Tom Pretty Maids Primordial Pungent Stench Raven Rebellion Red Aim Rose Tattoo Rottweiler Sabbat Savatage Shakra Sinergy Stormwarrior Stormwitch Suidakra Thunderstone Torfrock U.D.O. Unleashed Vanden Plas Vicious Rumors Vision Divine Vomitory Warlord Wizard Wolf
31. heinäkuuta – 2. elokuuta 2003
Ancient Rites Annihilator Assassin Bai Bang Callenish Circle Carpathian Forest Circle II Circle Dark Age Dark Angel Dark Funeral Darkane Dew-Scented Diamond Head Die Apokalyptischen Reiter Dismember Eidolon Evidence One Extreme Noise Terror Freedom Call Gamma Ray Graveworm Heaven Shall Burn Human Fortress In Flames Kataklysm Lordi Lotto King Karl Malevolent Creation Masterplan Metalium Nile Obscenity Onkel Tom Oratory Primal Fear Psychopunch Rage Raise Hell Raunchy Rotting Christ Running Wild Sentenced Seventh One Sinister Sinner Slayer Soilwork Sonata Arctica Stratovarius Subway to Sally Symphorce Testament The Almighty Punchdrunk The Crown Thyrfing Twisted Sister Twisted Tower Dire V8 Wankers Vader Victims of Madness Victory
5.–7. elokuuta 2004
After Forever Amon Amarth Anthrax Arch Enemy Artefact Astral Doors Bal-Sagoth Brainstorm Böhse Onkelz Cannibal Corpse Cathedral Children of Bodom Death Angel Destruction Dio Dionysus Desbelief Doro & Warlock Dr. Rock Ektomorf Eläkeläiset Engine of Pain Everfest Feinstein Grave Digger Griffin Gun Barrel Gutbucket Helloween Hobbs Angel of Death Hypocrisy J.B.O. Knorkator Kotipelto Mambo Kurt Mayhem Methedras Misery Index Mnemic Motörhead Mystic Prophecy Nevermore Nocturno Culto Orphanage Paragon Quireboys Raunchy Reckless Tide Satan Satyricon Saxon Schandmaul Sufferage Supersoma The Rods Thora Thunderstone Unleashed Vanguard Voodoma Weinhold Zodiac Mindwarp
4.–6. elokuuta 2005
Accept Agonizer 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 Gorilla Monsoon HammerFall Hard Time Hatesphere Holy Moses Illdisposed Kreator Machine Head Machine Men Manifest Marduk Marky Ramone Martin Kesici 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 Sinners Bleed Snake Eye Sonata Arctica Stratovarius Suffocation Suidakra Teräsbetoni Torfrock Tristania Turisas Vanguard Within Temptation Zyklon
3.–5. elokuuta 2006
Aborted Amon Amarth Arch Enemy Atheist Battlelore Bloodthorn Born From Pain Cadaveric Crematorium Caliban Carnivore Celtic Frost Children of Bodom D’espairsRay Danko Jones Delirious Dezperadoz Die Apokalyptichen Reiter Drone Ektomorf Emperor End of Green Faster Inferno Fear Factory Finntroll Fleshgore Forever Slave Gamma Ray Gorilla Monsoon Hellfueled In Extremo Infinight Korpiklaani Krypteria Lake of Tears Legion of the Damned Malefactor Mambo Kurt Metal Church Metal Inquisitor Michael Schenker Group Ministry Mortal Sin Morbid Angel Motörhead Mystic Circle Nevermore Nikki Puppet Opeth Orphaned Land Primal Fear Rose Tattoo Scorpions Six Feet Under Soilwork Soulfly Subway to Sally Suidakra The Dogma Transilvanian Beat Club Tourettes Victory Vreid WE Whitesnake Wintersun Würm
2.–4. elokuuta 2007
1349 Amorphis All That Remains Animal Alpha Belphegor Benedictum Black Majesty Blind Guardian Blitzkrieg Cannibal Corpse Chthonic Communic Corruption Destruction Die Apokalyptischen Reiter Dimension Zero Dimmu Borgir Dir En Grey Disillusion Drone Ecliptica Electronic Eel Shock Enslaved Fair to Midland Falconer Fastaway Grave Digger Gutbucket Haggard HateSphere Heaven Shall Burn Iced Earth Immortal In Flames J.B.O. Kampfar Lacuna Coil Letzte Instanz Maroon Mennen Moonsorrow Moonspell Municipal Waste Napalm Death Narziss Neaera Norther Overkill Pharao Possessed Rage Red Ink Rose Tattoo Sabbat Sacred Reich Sahg Samael Schandmaul Saxon Secrets of the Moon Sodom Sonic Syndicate StormWarrior Stratovarius Subway to Sally