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At the Wacken Open Air 2025, a special inclusion highlight is offered on Friday afternoon (August 1st): People with disabilities are allowed at the Louder Stage of the Festival Crowdsurf.
An extraordinary experience
The campaign takes place as part of “Friday is Flyday”. It is an initiative of the METALITY EV, which also enables wheelchair users: inside the typical festival experience. Including over the heads of the crowd on August 1st from 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. when the Swedish band Lakeview plays her set.
Participants are asked to here to register.
Crowdsurf sometimes different
For the first time, crowdsurfing on Wacken is possible this year without your own wheelchair. The campaign is supported by the DRK Rescue Service Vorderpfalz, which provides carriers. This means that people can also take part in the action safely and comfortably without their own aids. Worn by the festival visitors: Inside, the participants experience: the special moment with a direct view of the Louder Stage.
Positive response from 2024
The band Blues Pills said after their show in 2024 to the Rohlstuhl Crowdsurfing project: “The absolute highlight was the flying friday, in which metality ensured that rock and metal fans in a wheelchair could crowdsurfen during our show. How cool and great we will never forget and hope that more festivals inspire themselves let!”
Wacken stands for inclusion
The campaign stands exemplary for the inclusive self -image of the Wacken Open Air. The principle of the festival “Everyone has the right to Wacken” forms the basis for an experience that includes everyone, regardless of physical conditions. People with disabilities are not only welcome on the premises, but in any case always in the middle of it, according to the Wacken website.
In addition to the crowdsurfing campaign, the festival offers, among other things, a low-barrier camping area under the name “Wheels of Steel”. In front of the stages there are also platforms for wheelchair users: built on the inside, which enable good view of the shows.