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Bang Your Head

Balingen, GermanyNext edition not announced · last held 2025

This festival came to an end in 2019.

DatesTBA
LocationBalingen, Germany
PriceTBA
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About

Bang Your Head!!! was a heavy metal and hard rock festival held each summer in Balingen, in Germany's Baden-Württemberg region. Launched in 1996 as a one-day event in Tübingen, it later settled in Balingen and grew to draw tens of thousands of fans, hosting acts over the years such as W.A.S.P., Motörhead, Dio and Deep Purple. The festival ceased operations after its 2023 edition was cancelled for economic reasons.

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Past editions

2025Jul 10–12, 202520 artists
DragonForceDestructionGrave DiggerShakraBurning WitchesWarkingsVicious RumorsTraitorThe New RosesSerenityRezetFFighter VBBlack DiamondsFFirebornIInvasionPPinghostHHerman FrankMMädhouseBBlack & DamnedDD'OR
2024Jul 13, 20248 artists
AxxisVVictoryHHuman ZooRRavenfieldFFront Row WarriorsHHear Me LoudNNopliesSSkull & Crossbones
2019Jul 11–13, 201925 artists
Skid RowSoulflyAvantasiaDark TranquillitySteel PantherBeast in BlackCandlemassMetal ChurchBrainstormKrokusDream EvilEktomorfFlotsam and JetsamEnforcerArmored SaintThe Night Flight OrchestraMichael SchenkerAudrey HorneCirith UngolStormWarriorTraitorScreamerRAMPictureSSorcerer
2018Jul 12–14, 201826 artists
EuropeAcceptExodusPowerwolfAlestormOverkillAmorphisDoroPretty MaidsPrimordialReckless LoveAbbathEclipseGirlschoolTygers of Pan TangLOUDNESSBurning WitchesStrikerCloven HoofAlpha TigerNight DemonJag PanzerMMonumentBBlack DiamondsCCoreLeoniEEvertale
2017Jul 13–15, 201727 artists
HammerFallSaxonVenomSatyriconKataklysmGloryhammerOrden OganDiamond HeadKrokusSlaughterMagnumRiot VVince NeilMichael SchenkerGrim ReaperRavenCrystal ViperVicious RumorsLee AaronDead LordDokkenAssassinBulletRRose TattooToxikKKillcodeVVain
2016Jul 14–16, 201627 artists
SlayerTwisted SisterDragonForceTestamentDelainUriah HeepCarcassIced EarthAnnihilatorBattle BeastTankardGreat WhiteCandlemassMetal ChurchGrave DiggerFreedom CallThe Dead DaisiesSacred ReichGirlschoolManilla RoadDirkschneiderLeatherwolfNight DemonSStallionBBlack TripBBabylon A.D.IImpellitteri
2015Jul 16–18, 201526 artists
Dream TheaterArch EnemySabatonAcceptSonata ArcticaKreatorW.A.S.P.QueensrÿcheDeath AngelPrimal FearHardcore SuperstarH.E.A.TPretty MaidsGrand MagusOnslaughtTygers of Pan TangExciterExumerLOUDNESSHiraxRefugeOOmenJag PanzerMorgana LefayTTankYY&T
2014Jul 11–12, 201421 artists
EuropeAnthraxTwisted SisterExodusObituaryStryperAxel Rudi PellEktomorfKissin’ DynamiteRiot VUnisonicMichael SchenkerHiraxWarlordTraitorSebastian BachAccu§erMoreVVainRRob RockMMad Max
2013Jul 12–13, 201322 artists
AcceptStratovariusSaxonLordiIced EarthEntombedAt the GatesMasterplanH.E.A.TThunderPretty MaidsDream EvilAngel WitchCrazy LixxArtillerySanctuaryAlpha TigerHellRageMorgana LefayWWanted Inc.RRebellious Spirit
2012Jul 13–14, 201221 artists
Arch EnemySabatonPowerwolfKamelotThin LizzyVenomEdguyTankardGotthardPrimal FearWarbringerDiamond HeadFirewindPrimordialCRASHDÏETArmored SaintAxxisVVanderbuystBBreakerLLanfearSSister
2011Jul 15–16, 201122 artists
SlayerHelloweenAcceptSonata ArcticaQuiet RiotImmortalOverkillDeath AngelHardcore SuperstarD‐A‐DLegion of the DamnedTygers of Pan TangCrimson GloryCrystal ViperStormWarriorPsychotic WaltzMetal InquisitorPPortraitAAstral DoorsJJeff Scott SotoHHuman ZooIIvanhoe
2010Jul 16–17, 201022 artists
SabatonTwisted SisterHammerFallQueensrÿcheDoroNevermoreAnvilKrokusFates WarningGrand MagusForbiddenEnforcerLOUDNESSThe QuireboysJon Oliva’s PainSacred SteelBulletHadesSSavage GraceTTreatTThe New BlackTToxin
1998Jul 11, 19983 artists
Joe CockerThe CorrsTito & Tarantula
1997Jul 19, 19974 artists
Alice CooperThe CorrsMeat LoafFury in the Slaughterhouse
1996Jul 19–20, 199611 artists
David BowieDie Toten HosenPurK’s ChoiceFools GardenBringsLeningrad CowboysMMr. Ed Jumps the GunPPaddy Goes to HolyheadTThe Mustard Seeds55 im grünen Bett
1994Jul 9, 19948 artists
Bob DylanPurGotthardBig CountryAgent OrangeClimax Blues BandTTerry HoaxSSharon

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