Ultimate List of Over 100 Best Metal Festivals in Europe 2020 & 2021

Here’s the Ultimate Metal Festival Calendar. A monthly list of the best European Metal Festivals.

Due to Covid-19 Virus, festival dates are frequently being cancelled and rescheduled so this page may well have inaccuracies until everything settles down again.

European Metal Festivals: SEPTEMBER 2020

From September onward things quieten down as most of the outdoor metal festivals in Europe have now taken place. You do tend to get a fair few indoor one day festivals though.

European Metal Festivals: OCTOBER 2020

European Metal Festivals: NOVEMBER 2020

The winter months are a very quiet time for Metal Festivals in Europe as they all need to be indoors and people don’t tend to have the money to spend at this time of year following Christmas.

It is a time though when many of the headliners and under-card start getting announced for the summer festivals so it’s time to start planning where to go in the summer, purchasing tickets and booking hotel accommodation.

European Metal Festivals: DECEMBER 2020

European Metal Festivals: JANUARY 2021

European Metal Festivals: FEBRUARY 2021

European Metal Festivals: MARCH 2021

European Metal Festivals: APRIL 2021

April and May is the time when the European Metal Festival season starts to get going again. There’s a mixture of outdoor and indoor festivals across a wide range of countries.

It’s also the time of year to finalise any ticket purchases and thinking about travel arrangements.

European Metal Festivals: MAY 2021

European Metal Festivals: JUNE 2021

June is massive for Metal Festivals in Europe. It’s summer time and we go headlong into the huge outdoor festivals such as Hellfest, Graspop, Copenhell and Download where all the big bands will be out in force.

There’s plenty of opportunities across the summer to book festivals and combine them with a beach holiday or city break.

European Metal Festivals: JULY 2021

July follows on where June leaves off regarding being a huge month for Metal Festivals in Europe. We have Rockfest Barcelona where you can go to the beach before heading off to the festival and even combine the festival with a city break. As always, we have the big festival in Germany Wacken Open Air

European Metal Festivals: AUGUST 2021

There are Metal Festivals every weekend across Europe in August. UK Metal Festivals include Bloodstock where the line-up improves year on year.

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