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Want to design your own festival merch? Join our Impericon Festival 2026 Community Design Contest! Whether you’re a pro or just love designing, everyone’s welcome. Create and submit your merch design for the festival via Instagram DM to @impericonde by May 14. The best entries will be shortlisted by our jury and then go to a community vote.
The winning design will be sold as a limited T-shirt at the festival.
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Are you a photographer, videographer, editor, creator, part of a TV team or from the radio and want to report on the Impericon Festival? Then use our official accreditation page here to become part of the Impericon Festival 2026.
The Impericon Festival, which first debuted in 2011, has become an unmissable highlight for fans of hard music. As one of the largest indoor festivals in Europe, it now takes place in several cities. In the festival's home city, over 10,000 people now flock to the Leipzig halls every year to celebrate their favourite acts together.
Over 150 different bands have already found their slot on the Impericon Festival line-up as part of this impressive history. The most famous bands in this history include Bullet For My Valentine, Parkway Drive, Architects, A Day To Remember, Thy Art Is Murder, Heaven Shall Burn and August Burns Red.