Sauna Open Air Metal Festival

Sauna Open Air Metal Festival
Sauna Open Air Metal Festival
Genre	Heavy metal
Dates	June
Location(s)	Tampere, Finland
Years active	2004–2013; 2019–2022
Website	www.saunaopenair.fi

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Sauna Open Air Metal Festival, shortly Sauna Open Air or just Sauna, was one of the largest music festivals dedicated only to heavy metal and related styles of rock music in the Nordic countries. It was first arranged in 2004 and takes place in the Ratinanniemi park in Tampere, Finland. From 8 June to 10 June 2006, over 20,000 people arrived to watch such bands as Cradle of Filth, Finntroll, Iggy & The Stooges, Lordi, Twisted Sister and W.A.S.P.

In 2007, the festival gathered an audience of over 22,000 people, at the time a record audience for the Sauna festival.^[2] This record was beaten in 2011, with a new record audience of 26,000.^[3]

In 2019, the festival made a comeback after a six-year hiatus and was held in Ratinanniemi Park.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Legendaarinen raskaan musiikin festivaali Sauna Open Air tekee paluun". Kaaoszine (in Finnish). February 21, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
^ "Sauna Open Air - Partysan".
^ Romppainen, Heikki (12 June 2011). "Judas Priest auttoi rikkomaan Sauna Open Airin yleisöennätyksen". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 15 June 2011.

[comeback-1] "Legendaarinen raskaan musiikin festivaali Sauna Open Air tekee paluun". Kaaoszine (in Finnish). February 21, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2020.

[2] "Sauna Open Air - Partysan".

[3] Romppainen, Heikki (12 June 2011). "Judas Priest auttoi rikkomaan Sauna Open Airin yleisöennätyksen". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 15 June 2011.

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