Sauna Open Air Metal Festival

Sauna Open Air Metal Festival, shortly Sauna Open Air or just Sauna, was one of the largest music festivals dedicated only to heavy metal and related styles of rock music in the Nordic countries. It was first arranged in 2004 and takes place in the Ratinanniemi park in Tampere, Finland. From 8 June to 10 June 2006, over 20,000 people arrived to watch such bands as Cradle of Filth, Finntroll, Iggy & The Stooges, Lordi, Twisted Sister and W.A.S.P.

Sauna Open Air Metal Festival
Sauna Open Air 2010
Genre	Heavy metal
Dates	June
Location(s)	Tampere, Finland
Years active	2004–2013 2019[1]–2022
Website	www.saunaopenair.fi

In 2007, the festival gathered an audience of over 22,000 people, at the time a record audience for the Sauna festival.^[2] This record was beaten in 2011, with a new record audience of 26,000.^[3]

Sauna Open Air 2005

The audience during a Queensrÿche concert at the 2011 Sauna Open Air

Judas Priest on stage in 2011

In 2019, the festival made a comeback after a six-year hiatus and was held in Ratinanniemi Park.^[1]

Artists by year

Headliners are bolded.

2004

Children of Bodom, Diablo, Dreamtale, Finntroll, Helloween, Lordi, My Fate, Nightwish, Swallow the Sun, Tarot, Thunderstone, Twilightning, Underwear.

2005

Amoral, Deathchain, Dio, Dreamtale, Kiuas, Kotipelto, Machine Men, Megadeth, Mokoma, Moonsorrow, Norther, Pain, Roctum, Sentenced, Slayer, Sonata Arctica, Teräsbetoni.

2006

April, The Black League, Blake, Charon, Cradle of Filth, Diablo, Ensiferum, Finntroll, The Flaming Sideburns, Iggy & The Stooges, Kiuas, Lordi, Stam1na, Turmion Kätilöt, Twisted Sister, Verjnuarmu, W.A.S.P.

2007

Ari Koivunen, Dark Tranquillity, Dimmu Borgir, Entwine, Heaven and Hell, Korpiklaani, Kotipelto, Kotiteollisuus, Leverage, Los Bastardos Finlandeses, Megadeth, Pain Confessor, Poisonblack, Sabaton, Sonata Arctica, Stam1na, Swallow the Sun, Thunderstone, Timo Rautiainen, Type O Negative,^[4] Violent Storm (cancelled).

2008

Airbourne, Amorphis, Sebastian Bach, Graham Bonnet & Joe Lynn Turner, Children of Bodom, Diablo, Eläkeläiset, Iiwanajulma, Kiuas, KYPCK, Masterstroke, Mokoma, MoonMadness, Rytmihäiriö, Scorpions, Sonata Arctica, Stam1na, Stone, Testament, Tracedawn, When the Empire Falls, Whitesnake, Widescreen Mode.

2009

45 Degree Woman, Amorphis, Apocalyptica, Bullet, Deuteronomium, Duff McKagan's Loaded, Finntroll, Hardcore Superstar (cancelled), HammerFall, Kamelot, Kotiteollisuus, Medeia, Meshuggah (cancelled), Mötley Crüe, Nightwish, Omnium Gatherum, Poisonblack, Prestige, Profane Omen, Soilwork, Sparzanza, Stratovarius, Sturm und Drang, Thor, Viikate.

2010

Amorphis, Anvil, Audrey Horne, August Burns Red, Danzig, Death Angel, Doom Unit, Glamour of the Kill, Grave Digger, Hail!, Insomnium, Kiss, Peer Günt, Poisonblack, Ratt (cancelled), Tarot, The 69 Eyes, Sonata Arctica, Stam1na, Steel Panther, Suburban Tribe, Whitechapel.

2011

Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, Helloween, Omnium Gatherum, Saxon, Doro, Cavalera Conspiracy, Rytmihäiriö, Mokoma, Tarot, Blake, Anthriel, Moonsorrow, Turisas, Viikate, Joey Belladonna, Dio Disciples, Queensrÿche, Accept, Battle Beast, Sparzanza

2013

Nightwish, Opeth, Children of Bodom, Bloodred Hourglass, Finntroll, Lost Society, Volbeat, Hardcore Superstar, Sabaton, Hatebreed, Crashdïet, Stam1na, Omnium Gatherum, Egokills, Ghost Voyage

2019

W.A.S.P., Amorphis, D-A-D, Santa Cruz, Marko Hietala, Mokoma, Flat Earth, Whitesnake, Europe, Sonata Arctica, Battle Beast, Skindred, Brother Firetribe, One Desire

2022

Bullet for My Valentine, Stam1na, Beast in Black, Alestorm, Turmion Kätilöt, Nestor, Korpiklaani, Michael Monroe, Eläkeläiset, Fear Of Domination, Negatiiviset Nuoret, Five Finger Death Punch, Battle Beast, Avantasia, Doro, Stiff Little Fingers, Dead by April, Marko Hietala, Sister Sin, Dampf, Nyrkkitappelu, In Flames , Skid Row, Danko Jones, Hardcore Superstar, Graveyard, Mokoma, Massive Wagons, Cyan Kicks, Klamydia, Reckless Love, Melrose

See also

• Tuska Open Air Metal Festival