Für das WACKEN Open Air 2006 wurden folgende Bands bestätigt:
CARNIVORE, KRYPTERIA und TRIBE AFTER TRIBE.
Billingstand:
SUBWAY TO SALLY, DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER, IN EXTREMO, SOILWORK, CHILDREN OF BODOM, EMPEROR, CELTIC FROST, NEVERMORE, FINNTROLL, BORN FROM PAIN, KORPIKLAANI, END OF GREEN, GAMMA RAY, ORPHANED LAND, ABORTED, PRIMAL FEAR, WINTERSUN, EKTOMORF, ATHEIST, BLOODTHORN, AMON AMARTH, METAL INQUISITOR, SIX FEET UNDER, MINISTRY, BATTLELORE, SCORPIONS, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, D´ESPAIRS RAY, THE DOGMA, WE, MOTÖRHEAD, OPETH, MAMBO KURT, KRIEGER, LAKE OF TEARS, MYSTIC CIRCLE, WHITESNAKE, FEAR FACTORY, VREID, CALIBAN, SOULFLY, NOCTURNAL RITES, FLESHGORE, DANKO JONES, CARNIVORE, KRYPTERIA und TRIBE AFTER TRIBE.