Festival dijadwalkan dari 03 Agu hingga 06 Agu 2016 (3 hari).
Wacken berlangsung di Wacken, Germany. Berikut adalah alamat lengkap festival: Schenefelder Str. 17, 25596 Wacken, Germany
Iron Maiden, Foreigner, Arch Enemy, Parkway Drive, Bullet for My Valentine, Steel Panther, DragonForce, The Black Dahlia Murder, Eluveitie, Testament, Ministry, Whitesnake, Clutch, Saxon, Michael Monroe.
Genre dan sub-genre yang paling populer dari edisi sebelumnya adalah:
rock
heavy metal
folk
metal
death metal
black metal
hard rock
thrash metal
melodic death metal
metalcore
power metal
hardcore
folk metal
progressive metal
punk rock
speed metal
symphonic metal
thrash
classic rock