There are only 60 days to the beginning of the French festival for heavy metal and hardcore music, Motocultor Festival 2025. It will be held from the 14th to the 17th of August in Carhaix, France. Acclaimed as the small brother of Hellfest Open Air, it started in 2007 in Brittany as a local indoor happening with 200 visitors, located in Saint-Nolff.  In 2023 its location was changed to Carhaix, and it had 55,000 visitors.

The Running Order of the bands for Motocultor Festival 16th eddition is published. This is the list by days:

Thursday, the 14th of August: AOBOYS, DIIV, DOGMA, DOOL, GUTALAX, HELLDEBERT (Aldebert), I PREVAIL, KATAKLYSM, LAZULI, MAGMA, ME AND THAT MAN, MOGWAI, NAILBOMB, NE OBLIVISCARIS, SAQQARAH, SAMAEL, TESSERACT, VERSATILE, WITCHCRAFT, YEAR OF NO LIGHT.

Friday, the 15th of August: BELENOS, BENEDICTION, BENIGHTED, BLACKBRIAR, CARPENTER BRUT, DIMMU BORGIR, EIVØR, ENTHRONED, FINNTROLL, FIVE THE HIEROPHANT, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, FORBIDDEN, HERIOT, HOULE, IHSAHN, IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT, KERRY KING, KLONE, LACUNA COI, RECTAL SMEGMA, SIR REG, SKÁLMÖLD, SÓLSTAFIR, TANORK, TO THE GRAVE, TRIBULATION, VESTIGE, WAYFARER, WEGFEREND + 1 band.

Saturday, the 16th of August: AGGRESSIVE AGRICULTOR, ALL FOR METAL, BATUSHKA, CULT OF LUNA, DARK ANGEL, ENFORCER, ENVY, EXTREME, HIRAES, HEXECUTOR, HÜRLEMENT, ILL NINO, JOHNNIE CARWASH, KAP BAMBINO, LES WAMPAS, LOUDBLAST, MØL, NÌ, PALEFACE SWISS, PELICAN, POESIE ZERO, RENDEZ VOUS, SKELETAL REMAINS, SLOPE, SNOT, TRAQUENARD, TRISKILL, TRIVIUM + 2 bands.

Sunday, the 17th of August: ANGELMAKER. BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, BLIND GUARDIAN, CANDLEMASS, COBRA THE IMPALER, DOODSESKADER, DROPOUT KINGS, ENSIFERUM, EXHORDER, FEAR FACTORY, GAUPA, GOST, GREEN LUNG, HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY, KANONENFIEBER, KING BUFFALO, LANDMVRKS, LUNAR TOMBFIELDS, MACHINE HEAD, MARGARITA WITCH CULT, MONOLORD, MØSI, PARTY CANNON, PRIMORDIAL, SOLITARIS, SUFFOCATION, THE BLOODY BEETROOTS, THROWN, VONSHARON, WYATT E.

The festival offers 1-day passes and 4-day passes, and packages with bus travel and festival tickets. The festival camping site will be open from Wednesday, August 13th, at 2 pm until Monday, August 18th, at 12 pm. The parking will be open on Wednesday, August 13th, at 2 p.m. to Monday, August 18th, at 12 p.m. On the festival site, there are food places and bars, that use the cashless system. If you want to work as a volunteer for the festival organization, you can apply here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UCXQBYyfS3vN7y2i3T-dv2mlfhjUyMgR/view

The festival organizers offer arrival and return to the cities of Paris, Rennes, Le Mans, Laval, Nantes, Vannes et Lanester. You can find the full information for Motocultor Festival 2025 here: https://www.motocultor-festival.com/

You can see here the Aftermovie for 2024: