Hellfest

Hellfest 2025: 5 bands not to be missed this Friday, June 20

Hellfest returns to Clisson from Thursday June 19 to Sunday June 22, 2025 for a new, 18th edition. As always, the extreme-music festival has pulled out all the stops, with a line-up of talented artists that will have festival-goers banging and slamming their gums. So, who are the must-see performers on stage this Friday? Pentagram, The Hu, Heilung... Here are 5 bands you won't want to miss this Friday, June 20, 2025 in Clisson for the latest edition of Hellfest.

Hellfest 2025: 5 bands not to be missed this Thursday, June 19

A new edition of Hellfest to be experienced in Clisson over four days from June 19 to 22, 2025. The festivities kick off this Thursday, June 19, with a host of talented artists on the program. So, who are the must-see acts on stage this Thursday? Korn, Jinjer, Seven Hours After Violet... Here are 5 bands not to be missed this June 19, 2025 in Clisson for the 18th edition of Hellfest.

Hellfest 2025: 10 not-to-be-missed bands programmed for the first time at the festival

Hellfest is set to rock Clisson once again this summer, from June 19 to 22, 2025, welcoming a host of bands and artists, including Linkin Park, Scorpions, Korn, Judas Priest, Dream Theater, Refused, Jinjer and Jerry Cantrell. This year, the metal festival also hits hard, inviting 106 bands never before programmed on Clissonnais soil. From Bastardane to Seven Hours After Violet, from France's Vestige to Australia's Kim Dracula... discover 10 bands programmed for the very first time at Hellfest and not to be missed this summer!

Hellfest 2025: tickets for 1-day passes open on February 13

Now that all 4-day passes have been sold out in just a few hours, Hellfest has announced the opening of ticket sales for 1-day passes. Get ready to heat up the card on Thursday, February 13, 2025.

Arthur Awards 2025: French music festival ranked among the 8 best in the world

There are 8 of them. 8 festivals nominated for the Arthur Awards 2025, in the "Best Festival" category. And the good news is that one of them is from France. So, which festival is it? We answer!

Hellfest Warm-up Tour 2025: Skindred, Novelists and Nervosa in concert in Paris

The Hellfest Warm-up Tour is back, with 16 dates scheduled across France in spring 2025. In Paris, head for the Élysée Montmartre on Friday, March 28, to bang to the sounds of Skindred, Novelists and Nervosa!

Hellfest 2024: images from Sunday June 30

We couldn't miss France's biggest metal festival, with over 180 bands to discover over 4 days, less than 3 hours by train from Paris! So Sortir à Paris got away from the capital for a few days to bring you the 17th edition of Hellfest as if you were there. Here's a look back at 10 selected moments from Sunday June 30, 2024, the final day of the festival.

Hellfest 2024: images from Saturday June 29

We couldn't miss France's biggest metal festival, with over 180 bands to discover over 4 days, less than 3 hours by train from Paris! So Sortir à Paris leaves the capital for a few days, and brings you the 17th edition of Hellfest as if you were there. Here are 10 highlights from Saturday June 29, 2024.

Hellfest 2024: images from Friday June 28

We couldn't miss France's biggest metal festival, with over 180 bands to discover over 4 days, less than 3 hours by train from Paris! So Sortir à Paris is leaving the capital for a while to bring you the 17th edition of Hellfest as if you were there! Here's a look back at 10 selected moments from Friday June 28, 2024.

Hellfest 2024: images from Thursday, June 27

This year, France's biggest metal festival was once again unmissable, with a line-up of over 180 bands to discover over 4 days, less than 3 hours by train from Paris! So, Sortir à Paris leaves the capital for a few days, and brings you the 17th edition of Hellfest as if you were there! Thursday marked the first day of this 2024 edition of the extreme music festival. Here are 10 highlights from June 27, 2024.

Hellfest 2024: Metallica in Clisson for the second time

It's official! Metallica, the legendary Californian thrash metal band, will be at Hellfest in summer 2024. Just two years after setting the world-famous extreme-music festival alight, James, Lars, Kirk and Rob are back in Clisson for another supercharged show, scheduled for Saturday June 29.

Charon's Wheel: Burning Man's incredible installation comes to Paris this summer

It's called "Charon's Wheel" and was created by American artist Peter Hudson for the Burning Man festival. This summer, this monumental installation is touring Europe, with a stopover in Paris from July 11 to 30, 2023.

Hellfest 2023: festival bands and artists soon to perform in Paris

For its 16th edition, which took place from June 15 to 18, 2023, Hellfest programmed over 180 bands to be discovered over 4 days. For those who couldn't make it, or to catch up with the bands you loved in Clisson, here's a list of the festival's artists who will be performing in Paris very soon.

Hellfest 2023: The Sanctuary, moving the Valley stage... here are this year's novelties

This summer, the Hellfest awaits metalheads in Clisson for four days of extreme music! And the mythical metal festival has some new things in store for the regulars. New space dedicated to merchandising, moving the Valley stage... We tell you everything.

Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains live in June 2022 at Paris Alhambra

Iconic founder of Alice in Chains, Jerry Cantrell will perform on Wednesday June 22, 2022, on the stage of Paris Alhambra to present his latest solo album called “Brighten”.

2021 Summer Festivals: festivals to be limited to 5,000 seated festivalgoers and in the open air

As better days are coming, many people are wondering if this summer’s major festivals will take place as scheduled or not. Following a new meeting with festival promotors, minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot said open air festivals will only be allowed with maximum 5,000 festivalgoers. Furthermore, festivalgoers will have to be seated. Here is more on the matter.

Hellfest: Ben Barbaud confirms the edition 2021 of the metal festival in France is cancelled

In an interview with Ouest-France, Hellfest director Ben Barbaud confirms the 15th edition of the festival is cancelled, following the latest announcements made by minister of Culture. The metal event was to take place on June 18, 19, and 20, 2021 in Clisson and therefore will not happen.

Concert and show venues reopening: Paris in green area on June 15

As all concert venues were shut since March 14, and main summer festivals in France cancelled, music fans are only waiting for one thing: singing, dancing, and rocking to the artists’ live shows. But when will concert venues reopen to the public and on what conditions? On May 28, when presenting phase 2 of the containment exit plan, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said show and concert venues will reopen from June 2 in green areas. For Paris and Île-de-France, it will be from June 15.