List of heavy metal festivals

This is a list of heavy metal festivals ordered by country.

Contents 1 Festivals 1.1 Armenia 1.2 Argentina 1.3 Australia 1.4 Austria 1.5 Belgium 1.6 Brazil 1.7 Bulgaria 1.8 Canada 1.9 Colombia 1.10 Chile 1.11 Czech Republic 1.12 Denmark 1.13 Ecuador 1.14 Egypt 1.15 Estonia 1.16 Finland 1.17 France 1.18 Germany 1.19 Greece 1.20 Hungary 1.21 India 1.22 Indonesia 1.23 Ireland 1.24 Israel 1.25 Italy 1.26 Japan 1.27 Latvia 1.28 Lithuania 1.29 Lebanon 1.30 Malta 1.31 Mexico 1.32 Morocco 1.33 Namibia 1.34 Nepal 1.35 Netherlands 1.36 New Zealand 1.37 Norway 1.38 Philippines 1.39 Poland 1.40 Portugal 1.41 Puerto Rico 1.42 Romania 1.43 Russia 1.44 Slovenia 1.45 Spain 1.46 Sweden 1.47 Switzerland 1.48 Turkey 1.49 Ukraine 1.50 United Arab Emirates 1.51 United Kingdom 1.52 United States 2 Tours

Festivals

Armenia

• MetalFront Fest

Argentina

• Monsters of Rock

Australia

• Soundwave festival
• No Sleep Til Festival
• Ye Gods of Metal (Metal Festival Logan Entertainment Centre

Austria

• Kaltenbach Open Air
• Nova Rock Festival

Belgium

• Graspop Metal Meeting
• Metal Female Voices Fest
• Pestpop
• Alcatraz Metal Fest
• Metal Méan
• Huginns Awakening Fest
• Power Prog & Metal Fest (PPM)

Brazil

• Monsters of Rock
• Rock In Rio
• Live and Louder
• Hollywood Rock
• Metal Open Air

Bulgaria

Kavarna Rock Fest - Kaliakra Rock Fest, Sofia Rock Fest - Sonisphere Festival

Canada

• Heavy MTL
• Noctis Valkyries Metal Festival
• AOA - Armstrong Open Air

Colombia

• Rock al parque
• Altavoz

Chile

• Monsters of Rock

Czech Republic

• Obscene Extreme
• Brutal Assault
• Masters of Rock
• Metalfest

Denmark

• Copenhell
• Kill-Town Death Fest (Copenhagen)
• Aalborg Metal Festival
• Day of decay
• Metalstone
• Roskilde Festival
• Royal Metal Fest

Ecuador

• Quito Fest

Egypt

• HeavyTune Open Air
• Metal Blast
• Rock Nation
• Metal Accord
• Metal Gigs & Metal Gates
• Alex Headbangers

Estonia

• Hard Rock Laager
• Rabarock

Finland

• Finnish Metal Expo
• Jalometalli Metal Music Festival
• Jalometalli Winterfest
• Sauna Open Air Metal Festival
• Tuska Open Air Metal Festival
• Hammer Open Air Metal Festival
• Deathroit

France

• Fury Fest
• Hellfest Summer Open Air
• Monsters of Rock
• Motocultor Festival
• Paris Metal France Festival
• Raismes Fest
• VS Fest

Germany

• Bang Your Head!!!
• Battle of Metal
• Chronical Moshers Open Air
• Dong Open Air
• Doom Shall Rise
• Earthshaker Fest
• Force Attack
• Fuck the Commerce
• Headbangers Open Air
• Hellflame Festival
• Hellflame Festival - The South Side of Hell
• Hellraiser Open Air
• Heidenfest
• Keep It True
• Magic Circle Festival
• Metal Forces Festival
• Monsters of Rock
• Heavy Metal Marder Festival
• Party.San Open Air
• Queens of Metal
• Ragnarök Festival
• Rock am Ring and Rock im Park
• Rock Hard Festival
• RockHarz
• Summer Breeze Open Air
• Tomahawk Festival
• Under the Black Sun
• United Metal Maniacs
• Up from the Ground
• Wacken Open Air
• Walpurgis Metal Days
• Winternoise Festival
• With Full Force

Greece

• March Metal Day
• Rockwave Festival

Hungary

• Metalmania
• Sziget

India

• I Rock
• Rock in India
• March Metal Mania
• Metaclysm

Great Indian Rock

Trendslaughter Festival

Indonesia

• Rock In Solo

Ireland

• Day of Darkness
• Download Festival Ireland (2006)

Israel

• Haleluja festival
• Death fest
• Heavy Metal Tel Aviv
• Summer carnage
• Metallist (2003-2005)
• OzzFest Tel Aviv (2010)

Italy

• Agglutination Metal Festival
• Evolution Festival
• Gods of Metal
• Heineken Jammin' Festival
• Maximum Rock Fest
• Metal Valley Open Air
• Monsters of Rock
• Play It Loud! Festival

Japan

• Independence-D
• Loudpark Festival

Latvia

• Metalshow.lv Open Air

Lithuania

• Kilkim Žaibu
• Mėnuo Juodaragis
• Velnio Akmuo

Lebanon

• Beirut Rock Festival
• Rockin' The Woods

Malta

• Shellshock Metal Fest
• Xtreme Metal Assault
• The Malta Doom Metal Festival

Mexico

• Monterrey Metal Fest

Morocco

• Boulevard des Jeunes Musiciens

Namibia

• Windhoek Metal Fest

Nepal

• Silence Festival
• Ides Of March

Netherlands

• Arnhem Metal Meeting
• Dokk'em Open Air
• Dutch Metal Fest
• Dykbreuk RockMetal Event
• Dynamo Open Air
• Elsrock
• Fields of Rock
• Headway Festival
• Metal Meltdown
• Monsters of Rock
• ProgPower Europe
• Queenscore

New Zealand

• Rock2Wgtn

Norway

• Hole in the Sky
• Hove Festival
• Inferno Metal Festival
• Norway Rock Festival
• Metalmania
• Monsters of Rock

Philippines

• Kaguluhan Music Festival
• Pulp Summer Slam
• Red Horse Muziklaban
• Kapatiran ng Bakal at Apoy(iloilo city)
• Lakefest

Poland

• Metalmania

Portugal

• Vagos Open Air
• Caos Emergente
• Festival Paredes de Coura
• Ilha do Ermal
• Barreiro Metal Fest
• Moita Metal Fest
• Metal GDL Festival
• SWR Barroselas
• Velha Guarda Metalfest
• Blindagem Metal Fest

Puerto Rico

• Festival de Metal Boricua

Romania

• B'estfest
• Artmania Festival

Russia

• Monsters of Rock
• Moscow Music Peace Festival

Slovenia

• Metal Mania
• Metalcamp

Spain

• Monsters of Rock
• Via de la Plata Festival

Sweden

• Forlorn Fest
• Getaway Rock Festival
• House of Metal
• Metaltown Festival
• Monsters of Rock
• Muskelrock
• Sweden Rock Festival

Switzerland

• Greenfield Festival
• Meh Suff!
• Metal Assault Festival
• Metalfest
• Mountains of Death
• Sonisphere

Turkey

• Barışarock
• H2000 Music Festival
• Rock'n Coke
• RockIstanbul
• Unirock Open Air Festival
• Sonisphere

Ukraine

• Global East Rock Festival
• Metal Heads Mission

United Arab Emirates

• Shamal
• Dubai Desert Rock Festival

United Kingdom

• Bloodstock
• Bloodstock Open Air
• Butserfest
• Damnation Festival
• Download Festival
• Full Moon Dog Festival
• Hammerfest
• Hard Rock Hell
• Hellfire Festival
• In-Fest
• Monsters of Rock
• ProgPower UK
• Sonisphere
• Butserfest

United States

• 70000 Tons of Metal ( Cruise ship )
• Alehorn of Power
• Bay Area Rock Fest
• Crue Fest
• Chicago Powerfest
• Dame-Nation
• Emissions from the Monolith
• Flight of the Valkyries
• Gigantour
• Goth Stock
• Hostile City Death Fest
• Jägermeister Music Tour
• Mayhem Festival
• Maryland Deathfest
• Monsters of Rock
• New England Metal and Hardcore Festival
• Ozzfest
• ProgPower USA
• Ragnarökkr Metal Apocalypse
• Robot Mosh Fest
• Rock on the Range
• Saints & Sinners Festival
• Seattle Metal Fest
• Slaughter By The Water
• Sounds Of The Underground
• Summer Slaughter
• Taste Of Chaos
• Tidal Wave

Tours

• Clash of the Titans
• Earthshaker Roadshock Tour
• Family Values Tour
• G3
• Gigantour
• Mayhem festival
• Metal Masters Tour
• No Mercy Festival
• Ozzfest
• Sounds of the Underground
• The Summer Slaughter Tour
• The Unholy Alliance
• Uproar Festival
• X-Mass Festival
• Milwaukee Metal Fest

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