Category: News Public
Kreator / Suidakra / Weckörhead
Dear all, things are already moving forward! We continue our work in preparation for next summer and would like to share the fruits of our labor with you. Here comes the next bunch of bands for the Dong Open Air on July 17-19, 2025: With Kreator (and Destruction), we make it to 50% of the…
The Halo Effect / Doomcrusher / Rezet
Dearest reader- and listenership, May we approach you with a few select recommendations of the metal factory in regard to quaint summer days in your favorite recreation area upon the Lower Rhine? The Halo Effect, are a Swedish melodic death metal supergroup with members who were or are active in well-known bands such as In…
Kissin’ Dynamite / Destruction / Neurotic Machinery / Subterranean Masquerade
Dearest Dong congregation, it’s cold outside – so we’re here to light a bit of a fire under your ass! We have the first four bands for you, so let’s get to it: Ten years after their first rendezvous at on the Lower Rhine, Kissin’ Dynamite return in 2025 to prove that glam rock will…
APPLICATION PHASE FOR 2025 CLOSED!
It is always impressive what a news post can do. We have received over 500 applications. And we will now listen to them. All of them. The application portal for 2025 is now closed. Otherwise we won’t be able to make a selection in time. A thousand thanks for your unwavering enthusiasm and for making…
Band applications!
Supporting Underground since 2001! But how do we find the underground? Clear answer: It finds us. As every year, we opened the gates to our application portal shortly after the festival! And there’s a lot going on there. You can find the application portal here. Hurry up with your registration, because the portal is only open…
Thanks from D.O.A 2024
Dear Dong fans, The 22nd Dong Open Air is over! And what a weekend it was! After a textbook example of a festival summer Thursday, we experienced weather on Friday that we had not seen in the past 12 years. The heavy rainfall and wind presented us with major challenges – which we were able…
Final information before the festival!
Are you ready? Here is some important information in a nutshell: Tickets in the Dong online shop are available until the day before their validity starts! In addition, you can still order via Metaltix – or buy tickets on site at the box office container! Can’t find your ticket anymore? Log in to the Dong Shop and…
D.O.A tickets for 2024 almost sold out
Hello everyone, Get your tickets for the Dong Open Air 2024 as soon as possible. U-18 and parking tickets are already sold out and only a few countdown (weekend) and day tickets are still available in our store. Today, Wednesday, July 3, we are closing our sale via the website https://shop.dongopenair.de to ensure that wire transfers are…
Day passes available now
Day passes for all three individual days of the Dong Open Air are now available alongside the weekend tickets in our shop and on metaltix.com. Please keep in mind that the parking tickets for our parking lots on the mountain (P1 and P3) are almost sold out, so plan accordingly. Kindly note that parking tickets…
Running Order and Day Tickets
All bands but the Wacken Metal battle finalists have been confirmed, which is why we can already present you the running order for the twenty-second Dong! Our evaluation: Each day shreds! And since we’re already doing anouncements, we can also move on to the day tickets! From 10.03.2024, our online shop and metaltix.com will be…