Ozzfest will return in 2027 with three shows, including a U.S. date on Saturday, September 11, at Glen Helen Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California, where the festival launched in 1996. It will be the first Ozzfest since Ozzy Osbourne’s death in July 2025, with a lineup curated by Sharon Osbourne.
Key Takeaways
- Ozzfest 2027 opens Saturday, July 10, at The National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England, before heading to San Bernardino on September 11 and Mexico City on September 18.
- The Mexico City show at Estadio GNP Seguros is the festival’s first edition in Mexico.
- “Early Bat” tickets for all three shows go on sale Friday, November 6, at 10 a.m. local time.
- The last Ozzfest took place on New Year’s Eve 2018 at The Forum in Los Angeles, with Ozzy Osbourne headlining.
- Full lineups have not been announced and will be revealed in the coming months.
Ozzfest Returns To The Glen Helen Stage Where It Launched In 1996
Ozzfest’s U.S. return brings the festival back to where it started. Glen Helen Amphitheater in San Bernardino hosted the first Ozzfest in 1996, when Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne launched a traveling hard rock festival built around heavy music. The inaugural run was a two-day tour with stops in San Bernardino and Phoenix.
From there, Ozzfest became a summer fixture across North America and a launching pad for a generation of metal and hard rock acts. Bringing the 2027 U.S. show back to Glen Helen makes the return a homecoming, and it lands just after the festival’s 30th anniversary.
The Saturday, September 11, date makes San Bernardino the middle stop of the three-show run, between the UK opener in July and the Mexico City debut a week later.
The First Ozzfest Since Ozzy Osbourne’s Death
Ozzfest 2027 will be the first edition without its founder. Ozzy Osbourne died on July 22, 2025, at age 76, weeks after his farewell concert, “Back to the Beginning,” earlier that month.
Sharon Osbourne, the festival’s co-founder, is curating the 2027 lineups. “Ozzy was the first to launch his own traveling metal festival,” she said in the announcement. “And Ozzfest will always remain an important part of Ozzy’s legacy.”
That framing makes the 2027 shows part festival and part tribute. Music has seen a wave of these moments over the past year, including the Dolly Parton and George Michael tributes added to the 2026 MTV VMAs, as artists and audiences mark the loss of performers who shaped entire genres.
Three Shows In Three Countries Replace The Old Touring Model
Ozzfest’s 2027 format is much smaller than the multi-city summer tours fans remember. Instead of a long North American run, the festival will play three single-day events in three countries.
The UK show opens the run on Saturday, July 10, at The National Bowl in Milton Keynes, which the announcement calls Ozzfest’s spiritual home in the UK. The venue hosted the festival’s UK debut in 1998. Sharon Osbourne had earlier pointed to Villa Park in Birmingham, where Ozzy played his final show, but the confirmed UK site is Milton Keynes.
A three-show schedule makes each date an event in its own right. For U.S. fans, that means one Ozzfest show in 2027, in the same California location where the festival began.
Mexico City Hosts Ozzfest For The First Time
Ozzfest will close its 2027 run with its first-ever show in Mexico, on Saturday, September 18, at Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City. The date comes one week after San Bernardino, giving the North American leg two shows on back-to-back weekends.
Expanding to Mexico City gives the festival a new international market as it moves into its post-founder era, and it reaches a large hard rock and metal audience that the original U.S. touring model never covered.
Lineups And Tickets For Ozzfest 2027
Ozzfest has not announced any performers for 2027. Sharon Osbourne is curating the lineup for each show, and the full bills are expected in the coming months.
“Early Bat” tickets for all three shows go on sale Friday, November 6, at 10 a.m. local time, before any acts are named. For many fans, the draw is the festival’s return itself, along with the chance to mark Ozzy Osbourne’s legacy at the place where Ozzfest began.
FAQs
When is Ozzfest 2027 in the United States?
The U.S. show is Saturday, September 11, 2027, at Glen Helen Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California. It is the only U.S. date announced.
Where is Ozzfest 2027 being held?
Ozzfest 2027 has three shows: The National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England, on July 10; Glen Helen Amphitheater in San Bernardino on September 11; and Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City on September 18.
Who is playing Ozzfest 2027?
No performers have been announced. Sharon Osbourne is curating the lineups, which will be revealed in the coming months.
When do Ozzfest 2027 tickets go on sale?
“Early Bat” tickets for all three shows go on sale Friday, November 6, 2026, at 10 a.m. local time.
