Rock am Ring Statistics: Attendance, Tickets and 2027 Dates

At a glance

• 90,000 visitors attended the 41st Rock am Ring at the Nürburgring in June 2026.¹
• The 2027 presale was the fastest in the festival's history, with more than 48,000 weekend tickets sold in the first hour.²
• Rock am Ring 2027 runs from 4 to 6 June 2027, and more than 80,000 weekend tickets had been sold by 21 October 2026.³
• A 2027 weekend ticket costs €269 in the current price tier, and the last 5,000 tickets will cost €289.³
• Camping and parking need their own tickets, and the 2027 campsites open on Wednesday 2 June, two days before the first concert day.⁴
• The 2026 livestream on MagentaTV and MagentaMusik drew 50 million live-content views.⁵

Rock am Ring regularly sells out at around 90,000 people a weekend, and 2026 was no exception.¹

• 2026: the 41st edition sold out, with 90,000 visitors at the Nürburgring.¹
• 2025: the 40th-anniversary festival drew around 90,000 visitors.⁶
• 2024: 80,000 fans across three stages.⁷
• 2023: more than 70,000 fans were on site as the festival opened.⁸
• 2023: the weekend recap counted more than 150,000 visitors across Rock am Ring and its twin festival, Rock im Park.⁹
• 2022: sold out with 90,000 weekend tickets.¹⁰
• The 2026 festival had sold out by February 2026, earlier than ever before.¹¹
• For 2027, more than 80,000 weekend tickets had gone by 21 October 2026.³
• There is no official daily count: the 90,000 figure covers the whole three-day weekend, which ran from 5 to 7 June in 2026.¹²

A weekend ticket for Rock am Ring 2027 costs €269 in the current price tier,³ up from €249 when the presale opened in June 2026.²

• The final 5,000 tickets will cost €289, and the organisers say no extra tickets will be released.³
• One festival ticket covers all three days.⁴
• Camping and parking require separate tickets.⁴

Rock am Ring takes place at the Nürburgring in the Eifel region¹³, so a campervan can be both your transport and your bed if you book a vehicle camping ticket.

• The 2027 camping and parking areas open at 12:00 on Wednesday 2 June and close at 12:00 on Monday 7 June.⁴
• Vehicles in the Car / Caravan area can be up to 8 metres long and 4.2 tonnes, so check your rental's size before you book.⁴
• Once parked in the Car / Caravan or Car & Tent areas, vehicles cannot be moved during the festival and re-entry is not allowed, so stock up before you arrive.⁴
• Without a vehicle, bus shuttles run from North Rhine-Westphalia and Frankfurt, with night connections to Cologne and Koblenz after the concerts.¹⁴

Rock am Ring takes over the Nürburgring for a long weekend in early June, and the 2027 festival runs from 4 to 6 June.⁴

• 2024: 7–9 June¹⁵
• 2025: 6–8 June, the 40th anniversary¹³
• 2026: 5–7 June¹²
• 2027: 4–6 June, with the campsites opening on 2 June⁴
• Rock am Ring began at the Nürburgring in 1985.¹⁶ It took a break in 1989 and 1990,¹⁷ moved to Mendig Air Base in 2015 and 2016,¹⁸ and was not held in 2020¹⁹ or 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.²⁰

Rock am Ring 2027 is headlined by blink-182, Die Toten Hosen and Bring Me The Horizon,²³ and 50 bands had been confirmed for the 4–6 June weekend by 21 October 2026.³

• The first line-up announcement also named Faith No More, Parkway Drive, Billy Talent, Evanescence, Turnstile, Falling In Reverse and The Prodigy.²³
• The second announcement added 24 more acts, led by Killswitch Engage, Pendulum, Jinjer and Sleeping With Sirens.³
• For 2027, the Orbit Stage moves to a new location, and the infield gets around 25% more toilets.³
• For comparison, the 2025 anniversary edition was billed with more than 100 acts across four stages and 90,000 fans.¹³
• In 2026, Linkin Park, Iron Maiden and Volbeat led a bill that also included Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, Bad Omens, Electric Callboy, Sabaton and The Offspring.⁵