As in the previous year, the heavy metal festival in Wacken has also been canceled in 2021. The background is the coronavirus pandemic.
Wacken – The heavy metal festival in Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein has been canceled again. The event planned for the end of July could not go as planned due to the ongoing corona pandemic
the organizers announced on Tuesday. The 31st edition of the open-air festival is scheduled to take place a year later from August 4th to 6th, 2022.
Schleswig-Holstein: Heavy Metal Festival in Wacken canceled – “Our hearts bleed”
“Our hearts are bleeding,” said festival director and co-founder Thomas Jensen. Visitors, musicians and the entire crew would have hoped to celebrate together again in Wacken in July
can. But there is no choice. “We have to wait a little longer. Health and safety come first, there are no two opinions, “it said in relation to the coronavirus pandemic.
“We are an international festival, people from over 80 nations travel to Wacken,” said co-founder Holger Hübner, referring to ongoing travel restrictions. Open borders without quarantine and security for everyone involved are necessary for the festival – “especially for the people who live in the Wacken region”. The opening steps for events planned by the state government would come too late for the festival in Wacken.
The open-air festival, which has around 75,000 fans, was canceled as early as 2020 due to the corona pandemic. At that time it was replaced by an online event. Several other festivals in Germany will not take place due to the corona – including “Rock am Ring” at the Nürburgring and the “Hurricane Festival” in Lower Saxony.
Festival in Wacken canceled: Organizers are working on a new event for September 2021
The exchange of tickets for the festival in Wacken is expected to start in mid-June. Visitors can exchange their tickets for 2022 or ask for money back. Last year, according to the organizers, more than 90 percent of fans decided to swap.
According to their own information, the organizers are working on ideas for a live music format in autumn. “We are currently examining what is feasible and hope that the situation will continue to develop positively,” said Jensen. “If everything goes well, we will be able to hold a new event in Wacken in September 2021 to help restart the live music.” After the number of corona cases continued to fall, the seven-day incidence was on Tuesday for the first time in three weeks slightly increased.
