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Fans at the Wacken Festival (2014): The event recently had to be cancelled
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After a break due to the pandemic, the organizers are preparing again for a big heavy metal festival from August 4th to 6th in Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein.
"We've been planning the next edition of the Wacken Open Air for months - based on the premise that we can implement the festival the way the fans know and love it," said festival co-founder Thomas Jensen of the German Press Agency.
The latest statements by the heads of government of the federal and state governments on how to deal with the corona pandemic confirmed their project.
“Of course, as in the years before the pandemic, we work closely with the authorities responsible for us, because we consider the safety and health of everyone present at the festival to be our top priority,” said Jensen.
Schleswig-Holstein's Prime Minister Daniel Günther (CDU) announced the state government's opening course on Tuesday.
By March 20th, almost all corona restrictions should be lifted.
Günther was confident that major events such as the Kiel Week or the Heavy Metal Festival in Wacken can take place again as usual before the pandemic.
In 2021, the traditional heavy metal festival with around 75,000 fans was canceled as in 2020 due to the corona pandemic.
An initially planned smaller edition with up to 20,000 visitors was ultimately canceled last year.
The next big festival is scheduled to take place from August 4th to 6th, 2022 - with Judas Priest, Slipknot and Limp Bizkit, among others.
According to the website, the Open Air is already sold out.
dpa/nga
