Name: Zabbath Festival 2026
Start: 2026-08-29T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-08-29T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Z-Bau — Haus für Gegenwartskultur, Nürnberg

Zabbath Open Air

About Zabbath Open Air

The Zabbath Festival is Nuremberg's underground metal day festival at the Z-Bau, the "House for Contemporary Culture" on Frankenstraße. On a Saturday at the end of August, around ten bands play on four stages — one open-air main stage plus two indoor performance spaces — from 3:00 PM until 1:30 AM the following morning. Headliner 2026: Ultha. Clear stance: "No racism. No sexism. No homophobia. Fuck NSBM". Advance ticket sales start March 23, 2026, tickets from €35 (Social Ticket) to €65 (Supporter), regular €50.

Dates 29 Aug — 29 Aug 2026

Venue Nürnberg (09564)

Prices 35.00€ — 65.00€

Status Confirmed

Edition 2026

Zabbath Open Air — edition 2026

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The 2026 Zabbath Festival will take place on Saturday, August 29, 2026, from 3:00 PM to 1:30 AM at the Z-Bau Nürnberg. Four stages (one open-air main stage + two indoor rooms), around ten underground metal bands, headliner Ultha. Tickets: Regular €50 (plus fees), Supporter €65, Social €35. Advance sales start March 23, 2026, 11:00 AM via tixforgigs.

The 2026 edition is confirmed on the Zabbath Open Air event page (rausgegangen.de and Z-Bau program): Saturday, August 29, 2026, starting at 3:00 PM, program ends at 1:30 AM the following morning.

The headliner is the Cologne-based black metal band Ultha. The full lineup (all approx. ten bands) will be announced in the weeks leading up to the advance ticket sales start on the festival website and on metal1.info. Visual accompaniment: the artist collective Misanthropic Art.

Highlights Zabbath Open Air 2026

Headliner Ultha (Cologne, atmospheric black metal); 10 bands on 4 stages (1 open-air + 2 indoor); clear anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-NSBM stance of the organizer; Social Ticket system with solidarity surcharge; Z-Bau as the venue for Nuremberg's subculture.

Programme Zabbath Open Air 2026

Program Saturday, August 29, 2026 — 3:00 PM – 1:30 AM

3:00 PM — Doors open / Day start
Headliner: Ultha (Black Metal from Cologne, atmospheric, long pieces)
Bands: 10 bands on four stages — full lineup to be announced in advance
Stages: one open-air main stage in the courtyard + two indoor rooms for the more intimate late-night bands
Visuals: Misanthropic Art
1:30 AM — Program end

Advance ticket sales start Sat, March 23, 2026, at 11:00 AM. Tickets via tixforgigs, link on rausgegangen.de

Prices Zabbath Open Air 2026

Advance sales start Sat, March 23, 2026, 11:00 AM via tixforgigs: Regular €50 (plus fees), Supporter €65 (plus fees, solidarity surcharge), Social Ticket €35 (plus fees, limited for low-income individuals).

Practical information

Practical information — Zabbath Open Air

Getting There

Z-Bau, Frankenstraße 200, 90461 Nürnberg. U-Bahn U1 station Frankenstraße, then approx. 8 min. walk. By car via the A 73 (Nürnberg-Hafen exit), then Frankenstraße. Parking spaces in the vicinity are limited — public transport recommended.

Times and Stages

Saturday, August 29, 2026, 3:00 PM doors open, bands until approx. 1:30 AM the following morning. One open-air stage plus two indoor rooms.

Tickets

Advance sales start March 23, 2026, at 11:00 AM. Regular €50 (+ fees), Supporter €65 (+ fees), Social Ticket €35 (+ fees, limited). Advance sales via tixforgigs (link on the festival page rausgegangen.de/en/events/zabbath-open-air-0/).

Stance

The festival clearly positions itself against racism, sexism, homophobia, and NSBM. Awareness team on site. Discriminatory symbols and clothing are not permitted.

Z-Bau as the Home of Nuremberg's Subculture

The Z-Bau on Frankenstraße is Nuremberg's most important center for alternative contemporary culture — a former industrial site that today hosts concerts, club nights, readings, exhibitions, and political events. This very Z-Bau is the venue for the Zabbath Festival: an open-air stage in the courtyard plus two indoor rooms offer the necessary spatial differentiation for underground metal — from the loud, hard main stage outdoors to the more intimate indoor stage for the late-night bands.

Underground Instead of Mainstream

The Zabbath Festival consciously positions itself in the underground metal segment: not the big festival headliners of the mainstream metal scene (Wacken Open Air, Summer Breeze), but bands from the second and third tier — Black, Doom, Death, Sludge, and Crust. This precise programming has made Zabbath the premier address for authentic underground acts in the North Bavarian underground scene for years.

Ultha as Headliner 2026

Headliner in 2026 is the German black metal band Ultha from Cologne — one of Germany's best-known underground metal acts. Atmospheric, long pieces, melancholic-aggressive profile — Ultha is a perfect choice for the Zabbath Open Air. Nine other bands complete the lineup; the full program will be announced in advance on the festival website and on rausgegangen.de. Visual accompaniment: Misanthropic Art (Visual Art).

Clear Political Stance

A special feature of the Zabbath Festival — and at the same time its trademark — is its clear stance, visible in the festival layout: "No racism. No sexism. No homophobia. Fuck NSBM". (NSBM = National Socialist Black Metal — a right-wing extremist sub-genre existing in the underground, which is explicitly not featured at Zabbath.) This political self-positioning distinguishes the festival from many other underground events and creates a consciously inclusive setting within the often homogeneous metal scene.

Advance Sales, Social Ticket, Supporter

Advance ticket sales for 2026 start on Saturday, March 23, 2026, at 11:00 AM. Prices: Regular €50 (plus fees), Supporter Ticket €65 (plus fees) as a conscious solidarity surcharge, Social Ticket €35 (limited, for low-income individuals). This price structure — solidarity surcharge for solidarity ticket — is also part of the festival's political self-positioning.