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Bluelighter
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Since tickets are already being sold and plans are already being made, I thought I'd start a Festivals 2011 Thread.
Anyone got any plans already?
On my radar
Sonne Mond Sterne:
http://www.sonnemondsterne.de/index.php?id=189
Two day dance music festival in East Germany.
This year saw Underworld, Faithless, Sven Vaeth, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Hawtin as Plastikman on the main stage
And the cream of german techno, minimal and underground music dotted around in various tents.
The event runs through the night, and most stages close between 9am and midday. Its on a lake (which you can swim in) and has a boat that does round trips from a little beach area. With DJs banging it out on the boat. There are some smaller stages in the camping and in the main arena that stay open later but people head back to camping in the day some also bring their own mini sound systems and set up little stages themselves. You have to be really tired to get to sleep tbh.
Didnt seem particularly very druggy but has a reputation for being so, didnt see drugs being sold anywhere. Youd have to bring your own, you wont be offered, I didnt need to look for them.
It rained really heavily this year for the weeks leading up to it, and on the first day but noone let it dampen their spirits, Its almost exclusively German, never met anyone else from britain, the germans go a bit bonkers at this one, very funny people, the atmosphere is fantastic and it's very friendly though it feels more like a two day rave than a glastonbury type festival - only electronic music played here.
Ticket: 85 Euros
Nature One
http://www.nature-one.de/2810.0.html
Another two day event.
At the site an old NATO missile base, in really beautiful countryside.
The main stages were dedicated to trance and hard techno, there were minimal and house stages here. The sound quality from every one was amazing. They have smaller tents and stages coming from everywhere, top techno institutions like Tunnel, Tresor and Abstract host their own stages throughout the weekend there are at least 15 stages pumping out music in the main arenas.
The druggiest festival I was at this year, most people were off their trolley.
No chance of sleep at the this one, there are official stages banging out really loud techno in the camping areas as well as quite of lot of crews who never leave the camping and pump out tunes all day and night.
Its run by ID&T so attracts a lot of Dutchies so lots of opportunity to get stuff here. 70 Euros.
Melt!
http://www.meltfestival.de/de/acts
Three day festival at Ferropolis not too far from Berlin in East Germany.
This year was hot and sunny, another festival based around a lake so you can go swimming during the day.
Quite a chilled affair on the campsites, very friendly people and no aggro at all.
Its quite an international crowd with thousands coming over from Holland, Britain and Ireland.
Drugs were not particularly easy to come by, but it was possible to get them.
Its on the site of a museum of gigantic mining machines, superstructures, and they are used to great effect as the darkness takes hold, they are used for lighting and laser effects, its all pretty impressive, the arenas are concrete so even if it did rain you wouldnt be dancing on mud. The stages are quite close together so its not hard work going from stage to stage.
The music is mainly electronic with a few dedicated techno stages, the main stage is more eclectic, playing some indie bands along with the DJs and live electronic music artists.
They had a panarama bar/berghain stage outside the main arena with the cream of minimal djs playing.
The prices inside werent particularly cheap, but there is a little shop in the local town which isnt too far.
It quite slick and well organised but not too commercial.
Tickets: 85 Euros
Fusion
Will be new for me next year, but comes highly recommended from everyone who has been. Definitely on the cards. Quite a diverse range of music played and very druggy.
Circle of Love!
A one day thing in the NordRhein Westfalen region of Germany, moves from place to place each year. Very small affair, superb line-up of top quality mainly German DJs (Kalkbrenner, Klock and Dettman, Robag Wrume, Oliver Koletski Lexy and K Paul) and a really friendly up for it mixed crowd. Its a quality affair.
Anyone got any plans already?
On my radar
Sonne Mond Sterne:
http://www.sonnemondsterne.de/index.php?id=189
Two day dance music festival in East Germany.
This year saw Underworld, Faithless, Sven Vaeth, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Hawtin as Plastikman on the main stage
And the cream of german techno, minimal and underground music dotted around in various tents.
The event runs through the night, and most stages close between 9am and midday. Its on a lake (which you can swim in) and has a boat that does round trips from a little beach area. With DJs banging it out on the boat. There are some smaller stages in the camping and in the main arena that stay open later but people head back to camping in the day some also bring their own mini sound systems and set up little stages themselves. You have to be really tired to get to sleep tbh.
Didnt seem particularly very druggy but has a reputation for being so, didnt see drugs being sold anywhere. Youd have to bring your own, you wont be offered, I didnt need to look for them.
It rained really heavily this year for the weeks leading up to it, and on the first day but noone let it dampen their spirits, Its almost exclusively German, never met anyone else from britain, the germans go a bit bonkers at this one, very funny people, the atmosphere is fantastic and it's very friendly though it feels more like a two day rave than a glastonbury type festival - only electronic music played here.
Ticket: 85 Euros
Nature One
http://www.nature-one.de/2810.0.html
Another two day event.
At the site an old NATO missile base, in really beautiful countryside.
The main stages were dedicated to trance and hard techno, there were minimal and house stages here. The sound quality from every one was amazing. They have smaller tents and stages coming from everywhere, top techno institutions like Tunnel, Tresor and Abstract host their own stages throughout the weekend there are at least 15 stages pumping out music in the main arenas.
The druggiest festival I was at this year, most people were off their trolley.
No chance of sleep at the this one, there are official stages banging out really loud techno in the camping areas as well as quite of lot of crews who never leave the camping and pump out tunes all day and night.
Its run by ID&T so attracts a lot of Dutchies so lots of opportunity to get stuff here. 70 Euros.
Melt!
http://www.meltfestival.de/de/acts
Three day festival at Ferropolis not too far from Berlin in East Germany.
This year was hot and sunny, another festival based around a lake so you can go swimming during the day.
Quite a chilled affair on the campsites, very friendly people and no aggro at all.
Its quite an international crowd with thousands coming over from Holland, Britain and Ireland.
Drugs were not particularly easy to come by, but it was possible to get them.
Its on the site of a museum of gigantic mining machines, superstructures, and they are used to great effect as the darkness takes hold, they are used for lighting and laser effects, its all pretty impressive, the arenas are concrete so even if it did rain you wouldnt be dancing on mud. The stages are quite close together so its not hard work going from stage to stage.
The music is mainly electronic with a few dedicated techno stages, the main stage is more eclectic, playing some indie bands along with the DJs and live electronic music artists.
They had a panarama bar/berghain stage outside the main arena with the cream of minimal djs playing.
The prices inside werent particularly cheap, but there is a little shop in the local town which isnt too far.
It quite slick and well organised but not too commercial.
Tickets: 85 Euros
Fusion
Will be new for me next year, but comes highly recommended from everyone who has been. Definitely on the cards. Quite a diverse range of music played and very druggy.
Circle of Love!
A one day thing in the NordRhein Westfalen region of Germany, moves from place to place each year. Very small affair, superb line-up of top quality mainly German DJs (Kalkbrenner, Klock and Dettman, Robag Wrume, Oliver Koletski Lexy and K Paul) and a really friendly up for it mixed crowd. Its a quality affair.
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