Event Information
“`Dates:
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Friday, August 28, 2026
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Venue: Camping «Strinava»
Country: Bulgaria
Tickets:
Running Free Festival – Tickets
Bilet.bg – Running Free Festival IX
Running Free Festival returns for its 9th edition at Camping «Strinava» in Bulgaria, with a big line-up of extreme metal bands.
The event is listed for August 28 and 29, 2026, while the schedule also includes shows on Thursday, August 27, with Aggressively Evil and Damnific.
Friday, August 28
The festival’s first big day brings bands from different countries and sides of extreme sound to the stage.
The schedule includes:
Massacre (USA) – Death Metal
Aura Noir (Norway) – Black/Thrash Metal
Pyracanda (Germany) – Thrash Metal
Infest (Serbia) – Death/Thrash Metal
Diavol (Romania) – Black/Thrash Metal
Saturday, August 29
On Saturday the line-up continues with even more names from the global underground metal scene.
Nasty Savage (USA) – Thrash Metal
The Troops of Doom (Brazil) – Death/Thrash Metal
Cruel Force (Germany) – Speed Metal
Poltergeist (Switzerland) – Technical Thrash
Flames (Greece) – Thrash Metal
Concrete (Bulgaria) – Death Metal
Apofenia (Argentina) – Death Metal
So Running Free Festival IX brings together bands from Europe, America and South America, with the schedule moving across different sides of extreme metal.
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Tickets
The ticket presale is available until August 26, 2026 or until the available quantities run out.
Tickets are available online through the official Running Free Festival site and Bilet.bg, while they can also be bought from the Nosferatu craft beer shop in Sofia, from members of Metal Force HMC and from the other points the organisers have announced.
The festival schedule may change.
Running Free Festival IX is preparing three days of death, thrash, black, speed and technical metal, with Camping «Strinava» once again becoming a meeting point for fans of extreme sound.
See also: Bulgaria: 48 concerts and two festivals through July 2027
