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✈️How to get to Summer Breeze
Planning your trip to Summer Breeze? Here's how to get there by plane, train or car, and plan your route to the festival site.
- Nearest airport: Nuremberg Airport (NUE), about 69 km from the venue.
- Allow about 97 min by car from the airport to the site.
- By train, head for Nuremberg 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.
🛏️Where to stay near Summer Breeze Open Air (Summer Breeze)
Accommodation near the Summer Breeze site fills up fast. Compare hotels, apartments and rentals nearby and book early to stay as close to the stage as possible.
Also consider staying around Nuremberg, the nearest large city, if the closest options to the site are sold out.
Estimated travel time to the site
| Distance | 🚗 Car / taxi | 🚴 Bike | 🚶 On foot |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~1 km | ~3 min | ~4 min | ~12 min |
| ~3 km | ~7 min | ~12 min | ~36 min |
| ~5 km | ~11 min | ~20 min | ~1 h |
| ~10 km | ~22 min | ~40 min | ~2 h |
Public transport: depends on the network around Nuremberg.
Each accommodation's distance to the site is shown on the map above. Rough estimates; allow extra time during festival peak hours.
🌤️Summer Breeze 2026 weather
Weather in Summer Breeze Open Air in August 2026?
Typical weather
Chance of rain: about 17% of days
| 2025 | Overcast | 30° / 18° | no rainy days |
| 2024 | Light drizzle | 28° / 18° | no rainy days |
| 2023 | Overcast | 24° / 12° | 2 rainy days |
Based on the last 3 years over the same period.
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🗺️Things to do near Summer Breeze
Many shows happen in the evening, so use your days to explore the area around Summer Breeze. Guided tours, museums, outdoor experiences and local activities can be booked in a few clicks before you go.
Nearby, Nuremberg and its surroundings offer museums, walks and local gems to discover between sets.
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📋About
Summer Breeze 2026: extreme metal festival in Germany
Founded in 1997, Summer Breeze has become one of Europe's largest gatherings for extreme metal. Held near Dinkelsbühl in Bavaria, the festival occupies the Summer Breeze Open Air site and draws tens of thousands of fans each year for four days of performances.
The 2026 edition brings together 50 artists featuring death metal legends Lamb of God, thrash metal with Testament, and Swedish melodic death metal with In Flames. Arch Enemy and Amorphis round out the headliners.
The programme also ventures into black metal, deathcore, grindcore, groove metal, folk metal and hardcore punk. Atmospheric black metal, brutal death metal, crossover thrash and djent share four days of extreme music.
From August 12 to 15, 2026, the site becomes the European temple of radical metal. Explore the full lineup and book your tickets.
❓FAQ
What are the dates of Summer Breeze 2026?
Wednesday 12 to Saturday 15 August 2026, in Sinbronn, part of the town of Dinkelsbühl in Middle Franconia, with more than 125 bands announced. The festival ticket costs €249.99 and includes camping; full festival passes are listed as sold out, leaving only day tickets.
When do the doors to the concert area open?
The concert area opens at 11:00 from Thursday to Saturday, and at 13:30 on Wednesday. The box office runs from 10:00 to 22:00 daily, after which tickets are sold until midnight at the vehicle control point on Black Earth. The campsite supermarket, right next to the Campsite Circus Stage, is open from 07:00 to 22:00.
Is camping included in the ticket?
Yes — regular camping is part of the ticket price and needs no booking: with no further steps you are directed to the White Area. The other zones are add-ons: the Red Area with reserved 10 x 10 m plots, comfort camping, accessible camping and carless camping; the Blue and Green Areas with strict quiet hours from 01:00 to 07:00; the Orange Area for vehicles over 3.5 tonnes. Green Camping itself is free but requires registration in advance. Only parking is charged, per vehicle and depending on the day of arrival, the old €15 early-arrival fee having been scrapped.
What about food, especially vegetarian and vegan?
Stands are spread across the whole site. There is a wide vegetarian and vegan choice, with several recommended stalls near the main stages and at the T Square, plus meat-free versions available at other stands — Asian, pizza, Dutch fries, local specialities. The campsite supermarket stocks soy milk, vegan cold cuts and fresh fruit. Gluten-free options are thinner: the festival points to O.S. Nutrition on the Battlefield, the dolle Knolle near the Green Camp and the Dutch fries at T-Square, and suggests packing your own gluten-free bread.
Up to what age is entry free?
Children up to and including 12 years old, born on or after 11 August 2013, get in free when accompanied by a parent, on presentation of both IDs. German youth protection law then applies: no access to the concert area below the age of 7, a legal guardian required up to 15, and 16 to 17-year-olds without a guardian must leave the site before midnight. The New Blood scheme also gives a free Thursday ticket to young metalheads who register beforehand.
How accessible is the festival?
A viewing platform with an accessible toilet stands in front of the stages, with wheelchair users given priority; there are 30 accessible toilets across the grounds. Visitors whose ID carries a B, H or BL mark, as well as wheelchair users, receive a free companion ticket at Check In SV Sinbronn. A limited Accessible Camping add-on, bookable in advance, offers 50 m² plots with electricity for medical equipment and an accessible shower and toilets nearby; the Feix wheelchair repair service operates from 09:00 to 13:00.
How do payments work on site?
Everything is cashless: the chip in your festival wristband covers beer, burgers, merch and showers. Top up online through the Eventportal before the festival, or on site at the TopUp stations with cash or card. At the Shit’n’Shower Stations you pay per use — €1.30 per flush toilet visit, €4.50 per shower — capped at €17.50 for the entire festival, after which further visits are free. Any remaining credit can be reclaimed online.
Which train station should I use, and are there shuttles?
The festival recommends Ellwangen station, where services have been expanded and the fast RE1 trains save 25 minutes; depending on where you travel from, Ansbach, Dombühl, Nördlingen or Crailsheim are the other suggested routes. Special buses drop you at the main entrance: €8 one way and €15 return from Ellwangen, €10 and €19 from Ansbach — the Deutschlandticket is not valid on them. Free daytime shuttles link the site with Dinkelsbühl, 5 km away, and a circular Night-Shuttle costs €5.80 after dark. Nuremberg is the nearest major airport. Details on the official website.
