Dino Metal at Summer Breeze Open Air

Seeing little kids perched on their parents‘ shoulders, proudly throwing the horns while rocking out to HEAVYSAURUS, has to be one of the cutest sights at any metal festival! The German dinosaur metal band introduces children to heavy music with catchy songs, colourful costumes and energetic live shows – and clearly knows how to win over young metalheads and their parents alike. And this traveller from Japan!

Barely recovered from my first Wacken Open Air in the north of Germany, I found myself camping again just a couple of weeks later, this time in the south, but again surrounded by dust, heavy music and thousands of fellow metalheads at Summer Breeze in Dinkelsbühl, Germany, from 12 to 15 August 2026.

And I absolutely loved it! The relaxed, friendly atmosphere and fantastic line-up, packed with musical highlights, made my first Summer Breeze an unforgettable experience. Definitely a festival I’d love to return to!

A huge thank you to HEAVYSAURUS for making this possible – once again, thanks to a chance encounter in Japan that had already opened the doors to Wacken! So grateful, thank you!🤘