Korn Boardwalk Rock 2027
Friday May 14, 2027, opening day, Ocean City Inlet, 809 South Atlantic Ave, Ocean City, MD 21842. Korn headline a 15-act Friday bill, with Breaking Benjamin, The Prodigy and Cypress Hill near the top.
Friday facts, checked Oct 21, 2026: Korn play Friday May 14, 2027. Gates run from 12 PM to 11 PM. A one-day Friday pass and a 3-Day Pass both cover the set. Song notes on this page come from recent sets. They are not a set list for this show.
The Korn Boardwalk Rock set opens Boardwalk Rock Festival 2027 on Friday, May 14, 2027 at Ocean City Inlet in Ocean City, Maryland. Korn headline the first day, and Breaking Benjamin, The Prodigy and Cypress Hill lead the bill below them. A fan who wants this set can buy for Friday alone or for all three days.
Korn come into 2027 with a new song out this year and a next album said to be in the works. The album news below is marked as reported, not confirmed.
This page gives you the Friday choice in one place. You get the full Friday bill, the acts around Korn, the songs Korn may play, and the pass choice. It then sets Friday against the full weekend, so you can pick the right buy.
Korn Boardwalk Rock headline set: Friday, May 14
C3 Presents runs the festival, which has three stages: two on the beach and one by the boardwalk.
Only Korn headlines Friday. Some news posts lift extra acts into the headline line. The bill does not. Breaking Benjamin, The Prodigy and Cypress Hill are top support on the day, and Korn top the bill as the day's one headliner.
Set times are not out yet. The festival has not shared stage times for any day, so this page does not guess a start time for Korn. Recent Korn headline sets have run about 90 minutes. Treat that as a guide to the scale of the set, not as a time for this show.
The full Friday bill
The Korn Boardwalk Rock bill for Friday has 15 acts. The list below follows the order the festival shared at the launch. The festival site shows the bill as poster art only, with no text list. The day list below matches the list shared by eight news outlets, and a Korn event listing on Ticketmaster confirms the Friday date.
- Korn
- Breaking Benjamin
- The Prodigy
- Cypress Hill
- Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators
- Clutch
- Sevendust
- Theory of a Deadman
- Filter
- All Them Witches
- Corrosion of Conformity
- Eve 6
- Local H
- Nonpoint
- SOiL
Friday is one part of a 43-act weekend, with 14 acts each on Saturday and Sunday. The full bill for all three days is on the Boardwalk Rock lineup page.
The acts around Korn on Friday
Breaking Benjamin
Breaking Benjamin sit just below Korn on the bill, and their fans moved fast on this date. Posts on the band's own pages drew fans tagging friends to plan a Friday trip. For many fans, this pair at the top is the draw: two big live acts on one day.
The Prodigy
The Prodigy bring the dance and electronic edge to Friday. No other day on this bill has an act like them at the top. Their set gives Friday a sharp change of pace on the day Korn headline.
Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill bring the hip hop edge. Fans on Korn's own launch post called out this pair by name, with one post asking, in full caps, if Korn and Cypress Hill were on the same bill. They are, and that mix is part of what makes Friday stand out.
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators sit fifth on the bill, between Cypress Hill and Clutch.
Clutch and the Maryland link
Clutch add weight from lower on the bill, with All Them Witches and Corrosion of Conformity. Clutch formed in Germantown, Maryland, in 1991. A Friday in Maryland with a home-state Clutch set and a Korn headline set is a local hook no other day can match.
What Korn may play
Treat this part as a guide, not a promise. No set list for this show exists, and the festival has not shared set times. The songs below come from Korn sets in 2025 and 2026, where a clear core kept coming back.
That core is Blind, Twist, Here to Stay, Got the Life and Freak on a Leash. These songs sat at the heart of set after set in that run. A fan who knows these five songs knows the spine of a recent Korn show.
One new song now sits in that core. Reward the Scars has been in Korn sets through 2026. The band first played it live at Sick New World in Las Vegas on April 25, 2026. Friday fans may hear it in Ocean City too, but that is a hope, not a fact about this show.
Korn in 2027: new song, reported album
Korn formed in Bakersfield, California, in 1993 and helped start nu metal. The band has won two Grammy Awards: one for Freak on a Leash in 2000 and one for Here to Stay in 2003.
The most recent Korn album is Requiem, from 2022. Reward the Scars, out on April 23, 2026, is the first new Korn music since that album. The band wrote the song for Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred.
Reports say a 15th album is in the works and that recording has finished. Guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer has said in press reports that the band wrote a large batch of songs. No title or release date has been confirmed. Read that news as reported only. The firm new-music fact here is the new song, not the album.
The pass choice for a Friday fan
For a Korn Boardwalk Rock fan, the choice is Friday only or all three days. If you want Korn and Friday only, buy the pass that covers Friday alone. If you want Korn plus acts on Saturday or Sunday, buy the 3-Day Pass.
At face value, on the official tickets page checked Oct 21, 2026, a one-day GA pass starts at $179 and a 3-Day GA pass starts at $339. On Ticket Squeeze, checked Oct 21, 2026, the Friday 1-Day Pass starts at $346 resale. Resale is higher: a 3-Day Pass on Ticket Squeeze, this guide's resale partner, started at $730 as resale, checked 2026-10-21. The full tier table and the dated price check sit on the Boardwalk Rock Festival tickets page.
Presale works by sign-up, not by a shared code. Fans on Korn's launch post asked for a code. There is no public code to find. You sign up at the official festival site to get a passcode. The presale opens Thu Oct 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET, with the festival holding the lowest-price GA passes for one hour. The general sale starts at 11:00 AM ET if passes remain. The festival help center names Front Gate Tickets and Ticketmaster Verified Exchange as its valid sellers.
Friday only, or the full weekend?
Korn play Friday only. There is no second Korn set on this bill. If Korn is your main reason to go, Friday is your day, and a Friday pass does the job.
The honest trade is this. Sunday is a strong day too. Iron Maiden headline Sunday, with Alice in Chains and Judas Priest on the same day. Saturday is headlined by Bad Omens. A fan who wants one of those days as well as Korn needs the full weekend, not a Friday pass.
Friday still has its own case. It is the only Korn day. It is also the only day with nu metal, dance and hip hop acts near the top. If that mix is your taste, Friday is not the weak day. It is your day.
Next steps for a Korn fan
- Compare passes and buy: tiers, presale steps, and face value beside dated resale, on the tickets page.
- Check the full bill: all 43 acts by day, on the lineup page.
- Weigh Saturday first: if you may switch days, read the Bad Omens Saturday guide before you buy a single day.
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