Music festival in Tampere, Finland
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.
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
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