2012 The First Edition of the festival took place on 16 June 2012. It was headlined by German thrash metal band
Kreator.
2013 The Second Edition of the festival took place at Jayamahal Palace on 6 July 2013 and involved bands and artistes from eclectic genres of
Heavy Metal. It was headlined by American metal band
Iced Earth and Swedish melodic death metal band
Dark Tranquillity. The event took place at Jayamahal Palace on 6 July 2013. , headlining the 2013 edition of Bangalore Open Air.
2014 The Third Edition of the festival took place on 13 September 2014 and was headlined by
Destruction and
Rotting Christ. For the first time in the history of Heavy Metal Music the concept of crowd funding was adopted to fund a percentage of the festival. The 4th Edition of the Wacken Open Air Metal Battle, India presented by Bangalore Open Air was held from 19 April to 27 April. The prelims of the competition were held in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Guwahati & Kolkata. at the 2014 edition of Bangalore Open Air.
2015 The 4th Edition of the festival now renamed
G-Shock Bangalore Open Air was held on 6 June 2015. from
Austria at the 2015 edition of G Shock Bangalore Open Air.
2016 The 5th Edition of the festival was held on 9 July 2016 at Royal Orchid Resorts,
Yelahanka, Bangalore.
2017 The 6th and most successful edition of G-Shock Bangalore Open Air was held on 1 July 2017 at Royal Orchid Resorts,
Yelahanka, Bangalore( the third consecutive time at the same location.) The lineup consisted of bands from the sub genres of:
death metal,
thrash metal, and
speed metal.
2018 The 7th anniversary edition of G-Shock Bangalore Open Air was held on 7 July 2018 at Aadya Farms and Leisure Resorts,
Yelahanka, Bangalore. This edition marked the maiden show of American
thrash metal titans
Overkill in India along with American
death metal band
Immolation and French
post metal band
Alcest, who brought their unique
blackgaze sound to India after attempting do so since 2013. at the 2018 edition of G-Shock Bangalore Open Air.
2019 The 8th edition of G-Shock Bangalore Open Air held on 9 February 2019 at Aadya Farms and Leisure Resorts,
Yelahanka, Bangalore. Headlining acts include:
Black metal giants
Abbath and New York
Technical death metal outfit
Suffocation. On the day of the event the 4 winners of the regional editions of Wacken Metal Battle 2019 from the
Indian subcontinent countries: Krur (
Nepal), Mass Damnation (
Sri Lanka), Trainwreck (
Bangladesh), Nephele (
India) compete to play for a coveted slot at the
Wacken Open Air metal battle in
Germany.
2020 The 9th edition of Bangalore Open Air was scheduled for 21 March 2020. The organizers announced a new venue: Ramada by Wyndham in Yelahanka, a four star resort in Bangalore.
2023 The 10th edition of Bangalore Open Air was scheduled for 1 April 2023. It was held at Royal Orchid Resort and Convention Centre in Yelahanka, Bangalore. ==References==