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Black Rabbit Fest

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Gigant, Netherlands
5 artists

Key facts

Dates
5 April 2026
Where
Gigant, Netherlands
Tickets
edition over
Headliners
Grindpad, Martyr, Mouflon

Data updated on 18 February 2026 — source: official site

🎤Lineup

Headliners
Grindpad – Rock
Grindpad
Rock
Martyr – Rock
Martyr
Rock
Mouflon – Metal
Mouflon
Metal
Hesken – Heavy Metal
Hesken
Heavy Metal
The Heritance – Pop
The Heritance
Pop

✈️How to get to Black Rabbit Fest

Planning your trip to Black Rabbit Fest? Here's how to get there by plane, train or car, and plan your route to the festival site.

  • Nearest airport: Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport (NRN), about 69 km from the venue.
  • Allow about 97 min by car from the airport to the site.
  • By train, head for Weeze or the nearest major station, then finish by bus, shuttle or taxi to the site.
  • By car, plan for on-site parking and expect heavy traffic around the venue on festival days.
Gigant, Netherlands
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🌤️Black Rabbit Fest 2026 weather

Weather in Gigant in April 2026?

Actual weather at the 2026 edition

On April 5, 2026: up to 14°, low of 6°, 2.1 mm of rain in total.

1 rainy day
  1. Sun, Apr 5Light rain14° / 6° 2.1 mm

Day-by-day observed readings at the festival site (Open-Meteo archive).

Typical weather

Light drizzle
Typical high13°
Typical low6°

Chance of rain: about 0% of days

2025Clear sky11° / 3°no rainy days
2024Light drizzle19° / 14°no rainy days
2023Overcast9° / 1°no rainy days

Based on the last 3 years over the same period.

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Same week in 2025: Sun April 6 → Sun April 6 (days aligned on the edition's weekdays).

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📋About

Black Rabbit Fest 2026: the metal festival in Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Black Rabbit Fest takes over the Gigant venue in Apeldoorn for an evening dedicated to extreme music. This Dutch concert hall hosts six bands specializing in metal and old school death metal, with a lineup focused on the most intense sounds from the underground scene.

The 2026 edition features three headliners: Grindpad, Martyr, and Mouflon. The evening also gathers Black Rabbit (NL) and The Heritance.

The lineup explores the territories of death metal and doom metal, with particular attention to bands that carry forward the legacy of the old school scene. The format concentrated on a single evening allows festival-goers to discover different facets of European extreme music.

Join us on April 5, 2026 at Gigant for this celebration of Dutch underground metal.

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📋Practical info

Dates
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City
Gigant
Artists
5 artists
Main genre
Leading style
60%

Lineup focus score

Focused on Metal (60%) with touches of Rock, Pop. Explore Metal festivals

60%

Heavy Metal is the leading genre (3 artists). Explore Heavy Metal festivals

5 of 5 artists tagged.

Musical footprint

As a % of the 5 identified artists in the lineup (known genre), by genre — not to be confused with the focus score, computed on the whole lineup.

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