Wacken Open Air 2025 is sold out

WOA's Jan Quiel discussed the slower sellout, as well as the festival's booking strategy, at last week's International Festival Forum

The 2025 edition of German heavy metal festival Wacken Open Air (WOA) has sold out, organisers have announced. The majority of the 85,000 tickets were snapped up days after the 4 August pre-sale, with the remainder shifted by 30 September.

The 2024 event holds the title for the fastest sell-out, with tickets flying off the shelf in four and a half hours and smashing the previous record of six hours set for 2023’s event.

“It’s actually not a big surprise [it didn’t sell out in…

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