Guest Appearances
- Ron Jeremy - introduced Coal Chamber before their set in 1996. Can be seen on the Ozzfest Live VHS (discontinued).
- Henry Rollins - preceded the main stage with a spoken-word performance in 1997.
- Benji Webbe (ex-Dub War/Skindred) - appeared with Soulfly at their UK dates in 1998.
- Kerry King (Slayer) Performed Thunderkiss with Rob Zombie on June 16, 1999 at the Meadows Music Theater in Hartford Connecticut.
- Buckethead - played a few songs with Primus during their set on the Main Stage in 1999, and did various stunts such as doing the "robot" and swinging around nunchaku.
- Evan Seinfeld - sang with Pantera on "Walk" in 2000 at the PNC Bank Arts Center.
- Verne Troyer - actor who played Mini Me, appeared onstage with Pantera at Pine Knob (now DTE Energy Music Theater) in Clarkston, Mi on July 12, 2000.
- Dino Cazares - joined Soulfly to perform "Eye For An Eye" at Ozzfest 2000.
- Corey Taylor - joined Soulfly to perform "Jumpdafuckup" at Ozzfest UK 2001.
- Tom Araya - joined Soulfly to perform "Terrorist" at Ozzfest UK 2001.
- John Dolmayan - appeared with Tool in 2002 at the Antwerp and Dublin dates, performing "Triad."
- George Oosthoek (ex-Orphanage) - appeared with Within Temptation during "The Other Half (Of Me)" at Nijmegen in 2002.
- Dave Lombardo - appeared with Slayer at Nijmegen in 2002 (filling in for Paul Bostaph who had an elbow injury) and also with Tool.
- Mike Bordin - performed with Tool at Donington and Nijmegen in 2002.
- Zakk Wylde - performed with Soil on "Halo" in 2002.
- Kelly Osbourne - performed with Andrew W.K. on "She Is Beautiful" in 2002.
- John Tardy and Frank Watkins performed a mini-set of Obituary songs at Ozzfest 2002 in West Palm Beach, Florida with Andrew W.K. and his band. Obituary drummer Donald Tardy was Andrew's touring drummer at the time.
- Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul joined Disturbed onstage at Ozzfest 2003 in Alpine Valley, Wisconsin and played guitar and drums respectively for a version of "Walk"
- Rob Halford - appeared with Black Sabbath on August 26, 2004 in Camden, replacing an ill Ozzy.
- Howard Jones - appeared with Throwdown in 2004.
- Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith - appeared with Bury Your Dead in 2005.
- Harry Perry during the 2006 Ozzfests, would play sets with System of a Down. He was also seen playing his guitar with a portable amp around the venues during the second stage performances.
- Candace Kucsulain of Walls of Jericho appeared with In This Moment is 2007.
- John 5 appeared with Static-X in 2007.
- Randy Blythe from Lamb of God joined Hatebreed to perform Perseverance and Doomsayer at Ozzfest 2007.
- Kevin Talley filled in on drums for Devildriver
- King Diamond joined Metallica at Ozzfest 2008 and performed a medley of "Evil", "Curse of the Pharaohs", "Satan's Fall", "A Corpse Without a Soul", and "Into the Coven." This medley also appeared on Metallica's Garage Inc. cover album, as the track "Mercyful Fate."
- Chester Bennington joined Disturbed in 2001 to perform a cover of Pantera's "Walk".
- Buzz Osborn from The Melvins played guitar on a few songs with Tool during their performance in 1998.
- Yuto Miyazawa joined Ozzy Osbourne at Ozzfest 2010 for the first 6 shows to play "Crazy Train"
- Drowning Pool joined Nonpoint to play "Miracale" and "Bodies" at Ozzfest 2010 on August 24.
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