Jack Osbourne, son of Ozzy Osbourne, has shared new details about the long-awaited return of Ozzfest, set to make its comeback in 2027. Jack discussed the planning process behind the festival’s revival, including headliner announcements and the challenges of curating the lineup in today’s music landscape.
Jack explained that preparations for Ozzfest are moving forward after a long hiatus, with an announcement about the main headliner and location expected soon.
“It’s been interesting, ’cause it’s kind of like finding the old car in the shop and being, like, ‘All right, let’s get this engine going,'” Jack Osbourne said. “But it’s cool. There’s a lot of excitement around it. And we’re gonna announce pretty soon — I think in the next couple of weeks we’re gonna announce kind of who the main headliner is and where we’re doing it. So it’s been nice.”
He also confirmed that the festival will maintain its traditional single-day format, departing from the two-day editions held in past years.
“Ozzfest is not gonna be a multi-day thing,” he continued. “We’re gonna kind of stick to our roots of… We did a couple of two-day Ozzfests years ago, but it’s just gonna be one day.”
Jack went on to describe the difficulties of booking artists for the festival, citing rising costs and competition from other major festivals in the genre.
“I do have fun curating it. It’s just really difficult now,” he said. “It’s really difficult to kind of, like, ‘All right, who’s doing what?’ ‘Cause a lot of huge bands now are doing their own festivals, they’re doing their own thing, so it’s, like, ‘All right, who’s not got their own festival? Who’s available? Who’s reasonably priced?’ Because with all these huge festivals, artists are, like, ‘Yeah, I’ll do it for, like, 10 million dollars.’ You’re, like, ‘Eh.'”
Jack reflected on Ozzfest’s legacy, pointing to the many prominent artists who got their start or gained early exposure through the festival.
“And there’s a lot of the huge artists now in the genre, they all kind of were on Ozzfest at a certain point,” he added. “We had everyone from Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, Disturbed, Slipknot. I mean, they all kind of came up… Well, not Rob Zombie and Manson, but Disturbed and Slipknot and System Of A Down.”
The scale of this comeback becomes even clearer when looking at where and when Ozzfest is set to return.
Ozzfest will officially return in 2027 at Villa Park in Birmingham. The event marks the festival’s first edition since 2018, putting an end to an eight-year absence. The choice of venue carries deep significance. Villa Park is the same stadium where Ozzy Osbourne took the stage for his final live performance during the “Back To The Beginning” concert in 2025. Birmingham itself holds a special place in the festival’s history, being both Ozzy’s hometown and the birthplace of Black Sabbath, the band that helped define heavy metal.
The revival’s format has been the subject of ongoing discussion within the Osbourne family. Sharon Osbourne has indicated that whether Ozzfest returns as a one-day or two-day event will ultimately depend on fan interest. This leaves the door open for the festival to expand if demand proves strong enough. That uncertainty appears to have since been settled, at least for now. Jack confirmed the single-day format Ozzfest was originally built around.
Sharon Osbourne, who co-founded the festival alongside Ozzy in 1996, has been steadily rolling out details about the revival throughout the year. Her confirmation of Villa Park as the host venue came weeks before the festival’s own social media accounts made the news official. This built anticipation among fans who have waited nearly a decade for Ozzfest’s return.
The location is locked in and the single-day structure confirmed. All eyes now turn to the headliner announcement Jack Osbourne teased. Ozzfest has a history of launching and showcasing some of metal’s biggest names. Fans are eager to see how the 2027 lineup will honor that legacy while navigating a festival landscape where top artists increasingly command multimillion-dollar fees.
