Ozzfest 2027 will bring the festival to Britain, the United States and Mexico for its first edition since Ozzy Osbourne's death. Dates have been announced for July 10 in Milton Keynes, September 11 in San Bernardino and September 18 in Mexico City. Sharon Osbourne will curate the lineups, which remain unannounced, while Early Bat ticket sales begin on November 6 for the returning event.
Ozzfest 2027 now has three confirmed dates and venues, bringing the heavy metal festival back after a nine-year absence. The November 5 announcement establishes a route through Britain, California and Mexico, although the bands taking part have yet to be revealed. It will be the first edition without Ozzy Osbourne, who founded the event with Sharon Osbourne.
The British show is scheduled for Saturday, July 10, at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes. On September 11, the festival will return to Glen Helen Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California. A week later, on September 18, it will reach Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City, marking the first time the festival has been staged in Mexico.
For the British date, the announcement includes a change from the location presented during the summer. Organizers had identified Birmingham's Villa Park as the intended venue in August. Construction work at Aston Villa's stadium has prevented that plan from going ahead, and the event has moved to Milton Keynes. The replacement location has its own established connection to the festival.
The National Bowl hosted the first British Ozzfest in 1998, with a bill including Black Sabbath, Pantera, Slayer, Foo Fighters and Soulfly. It welcomed the event again in 2001, when Black Sabbath, Slipknot, Tool, Papa Roach and Disturbed were among the performers. Returning there links the new edition to two earlier chapters of its British history.
The California stop carries a similarly strong historical association. Glen Helen Amphitheater, a venue that has operated under different names over the years, hosted one of the original Ozzfest events in 1996. The September 11 show reconnects the festival with that starting point, in a region that became central to its development as a major platform for metal and hard rock.
Mexico City is the new destination on the Ozzfest 2027 schedule. Its September 18 event expands the return beyond the festival's most familiar British and American settings. The announced program therefore consists of three separate international dates, rather than a single commemorative show in the United States. Estadio GNP Seguros will host the festival's first Mexican edition.
Sharon Osbourne will choose the participating artists in collaboration with the organizers. Full lineups are due to be announced over the coming months. No act has yet been confirmed for any of the three events. The bands associated with previous editions provide historical context, but their past appearances should not be read as evidence that they will return next year.
In discussing Ozzfest 2027, Sharon connected its future to her late husband's legacy. She described the festival as an important part of what he leaves behind. Her own role stretches back to its creation in 1996, after an attempt to secure an appearance for Ozzy at Lollapalooza did not work out and a different festival opportunity took shape.
From its early years, Ozzfest combined established heavy acts with younger bands reaching large audiences. Sharon has described that opportunity for developing artists as something Ozzy particularly valued. The direction she has outlined for the returning festival includes supporting new performers, although that ambition does not amount to an announcement of specific artists or the order in which they will appear.
The previous Ozzfest took place on New Year's Eve in 2018 at the Forum in Los Angeles. Its performers included Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie, Body Count and Marilyn Manson. That celebration became the last edition before the extended break, despite periodic discussions over the following years about bringing the festival back to live audiences.
Ozzy died in July 2025, only weeks after the Back to the Beginning farewell concert at Villa Park in Birmingham. He sang with Black Sabbath there for the final time. Ozzfest 2027 will continue the festival that carried his name without its best-known performer, with Sharon taking responsibility for shaping the musical program of the three new events.
The festival began in 1996, but its history does not represent an uninterrupted annual run. Large touring editions gave way to less frequent events before the pause that followed 2018. References to its anniversary celebrate that founding period and its place in heavy music, rather than suggesting that a full touring festival has taken place every year since its creation.
Live Nation is promoting the concerts. Early Bat ticket sales for Ozzfest 2027 begin on Friday, November 6. The British sale opens at 10 a.m. GMT, equivalent to noon in Greece. Fans can find the official ticket links through the festival website and check the information for the particular city they plan to attend, including the applicable local sale time.
The next major announcement will concern who is playing. Dates and venues are now established, but the artist lineups and individual performance schedules remain outstanding. Ozzfest 2027 is due to open in Britain on July 10, return to its California roots on September 11 and complete the announced sequence with its Mexico City debut on September 18.
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