Name: Langeln Open Air 2026
Start: 2026-07-03T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-07-04T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Festivalgelände Op de Höcht, Langeln

LOA

About LOA

The Langeln Open Air is a two-day, volunteer-organized festival for punk, ska, rock, alternative, progressive, and metal — an underground event with strong loyalty in the North German scene. On July 3rd and 4th, 2026, 15 bands will play on two stages at the Op de Höcht festival grounds in the village of Langeln (Pinneberg district). For the first time in 2026, camping is included directly on the grounds. The organizer is Langeln Open Air e.V., an association with 20 members and a growing number of helpers.

Dates 03 Jul — 04 Jul 2026

Venue Langeln (01056)

Prices —

Status Confirmed

Edition 2026

LOA — edition 2026

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The 2026 edition runs on Friday, July 3rd, and Saturday, July 4th. 15 bands from punk, ska, rock, alternative, progressive, and metal will share two stages. Friday entry 6:00 PM, program from 7:00 PM. Saturday entry 12:00 PM, program from 1:00 PM. For the first time, camping is available directly on the festival grounds in Langeln (Pinneberg district).

With 15 bands on two stages, the 2026 lineup is one of the most packed in the festival's history. The order of performances and stage assignments will be published by the organizer in good time before the festival — short changeover times between sets are guaranteed by the two-stage setup.

Highlights LOA 2026

15 bands on 2 stages, NITROGODS as headliner, broad mix of punk, hardcore, metal, modern melodic metal, and trancecore, first time on-site camping.

Programme LOA 2026

Friday, July 3, 2026

6:00 PM — Entry to the Op de Höcht festival grounds
7:00 PM — First stage opens
Evening until night — Performances by, among others, NITROGODS, MARCH, ARRESTED DENIAL, PAY PANDORA, PROTOVIBE, CHAPTER X

Saturday, July 4, 2026

12:00 PM — Entry
1:00 PM — First stage opens
Daytime until night — Performances by, among others, CALIBRE INFINITE, NEVER BACK DOWN, COMMANDER NILPFRED, NO SUGAR, MORBUS GREED, ABOUT MONSTERS, THREE WISHES, MORE THAN RAISINS, RHODO

Performance times of individual acts and stage assignments on langelnopenair.de. Camping quotas also bookable via the website.

Prices LOA 2026

Tickets via the festival website. Camping with its own tariff.

Practical information

Practical information — LOA

Getting There

By car via the B431 or A23 (exit Elmshorn-Nord), then towards Langeln. By train to Elmshorn, from there by bus or taxi to Langeln (approx. 15 km).

Schedule

Friday, July 3, 2026: Doors open 6:00 PM, first stage 7:00 PM. Saturday, July 4, 2026: Doors open 12:00 PM, first stage 1:00 PM.

Camping

For the first time in 2026, camping on the festival grounds — book via the ticket portal.

Tickets

Tickets via the festival website langelnopenair.de and via deinetickets.de.

Festival from the Village for the Scene

The Langeln Open Air — LOA for short — is one of those small North German festivals that originated not from a corporation, but from a village. Founded in 2010 as an association, the festival has firmly established itself in the scene between Hamburg, Pinneberg, and Schleswig-Holstein over the years. The municipality of Langeln is located in the Pinneberg district, north of Elmshorn — and thus a good 30 minutes north of Hamburg.

15 Bands, 2 Stages, 6 Genres

The 2026 lineup is deliberately broad — from heavy modern metal music to street punk and power pop punk to hardcore and trance-core. The 15 confirmed acts:

NITROGODS (Hard Rock'n'Roll) — Headliner with scene status
MARCH (Hardcore Punkrock)
ARRESTED DENIAL (Streetpunk)
PAY PANDORA (Heavy Rock)
NO SUGAR (Punk Rock)
CALIBRE INFINITE (Modern Melodic Metal)
COMMANDER NILPFRED (Powerpoppunkrock)
NEVER BACK DOWN (Metalcore)
CHAPTER X (Punk Rock)
PROTOVIBE (Trancecore/Electrocore)
MORBUS GREED (Hard Rock)
ABOUT MONSTERS (Modern Metal)
THREE WISHES (Elbcoast Rock)
MORE THAN RAISINS (Alternative Rock)
RHODO (Dirt Rock)

Camping — New in 2026

An important innovation: for the first time, camping will be offered directly on the festival grounds. Previously, guests had to stay in the region or sleep in their cars — from 2026, there will be an official campsite next to the stages, including sanitary infrastructure. Registration is done through the ticket system.

An Association Behind the Festival

The organizer is Langeln Open Air e.V., a non-profit association with 20 full members and a broad base of helpers from the region. The festival is declared non-profit: surpluses flow into local cultural, youth, and music promotion. Thus, LOA consciously positions itself against the commercial festival chains — and attracts a loyal audience from the North German hardcore, punk, and metal scene.

Langeln — Small Village, Big Weekend

Langeln has around 750 inhabitants and is part of the Hörnerkirchen office in the Pinneberg district, Schleswig-Holstein. For one weekend in July, the population doubles — festival guests travel from Hamburg, Bremen, Lübeck, and sometimes from all over North Germany.