Heavy Week-End announces the three headliners for its next edition!

   A family atmosphere and an accessible, comfortable festival: that's what Heavy Week-End has been offering since 2024. After two ambitious editions with impressive results, the Grand Est festival is growing and making a big splash once again with the announcement of its three headliners for its third edition.

While the 2024 edition got off to a flying start despite a slight deficit considered “normal for the first year of a festival” according to Matthieu Drouot, the event's organizer, the 2025 edition silenced any doubts and took Heavy Week-End to new heights. Powerwolf, Dream Theater, and Slipknot graced the outdoor stage in Greater Nancy on June 6, 7, and 8, 2025, accompanied by nine other bands for an eclectic and thoughtful edition, mixing old rock with modern neo-metal. We were lucky enough to cover this edition, which you can find here!

And while the first two editions already featured impressive names, the third has nothing to be ashamed of! The first names have been announced: Sabaton, Gojira, and Electric Callboy will set the Zénith de Nancy alight on June 5, 6, and 7, 2026, promising a lineup as varied as last year's, ranging from pioneering power metal to electro metalcore.

Heavy Week-End is committed to always listening to the complaints and requests of its festival-goers in order to offer them the best possible experience (as Matthieu Drouot himself told us during his conference ahead of Heavy Week-End 2025), and that's to their credit! A family-friendly festival that knows how to bring chaos to the heart of a peaceful city.

Three-day passes are already available and are sure to sell out very quickly after this long-awaited announcement of the three headliners for the 2026 edition!