If anything, metal music is niche. Don´t agree? Then you should definitely go to this festival. This is for the acolytes of the dark genre. Originating in Kraków in 1999, Mystic Festival had a number of other hosts before finding itself in Gdańsk on the stormy Baltic coast in 2021. Finding itself once again in the historic shipyards in 2025, the ever-reliable heavy-weight lineup features headliners Sepultura, In Flames, and King Diamond, in addition to a score of other Polish and international artists:

Opeth, Bullet For My Valentine, Cradle of Filth, W.A.S.P., Suicidal Tendencies, Jerry Cantrell, Pentagram, Apocalyptica, Jinjer, Polaris, Landmvrks, Defects, Dark Tranquillity, Tiamat, Eagles of Death Metal, Whitechapel, Combichrist, Exodus, Nile, Alcest, Beherit, Oranssi Pazuzu, The Kovenant, Cattle Decapitation, Skeletal Remains, Perturbator, I Am Morbid, Arthur Brown, Signs of the Swarm, Death Angel, Eyehategod, Halocene, Municipal Waste, Midnight, Absu, Turbonegro, Blood Fire Death – A tribute to Quorthon and the Music of Bathory, John Cxnnor, Møl, Cabal, Katla, Plaguemace, Embla, Hideous Divinity, Celestial Sanctuary, Vader, Totenmesse, Martwa Aura, Witch Club Satan, Thantifaxath, Thaw, Soulburn, Zemial, Faetooth, Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol, Bokassa, Slomosa, Heave Blood & Die, Bewitcher, Hellripper, Inhuman Nature, Bad Touch, Graphic Nature, Split Chain, Unprocessed, Port Noir, SiM, Imminence, Blindead 23, HÉR, Luna Kills, Last Penance, Castle Rat, Grove Street, Hatebreed, Elder, Dopethrone, The Bug, Ufomammut, Drab Majesty, Stray From The Path, Employed To Serve, Sphere.