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Events

Electronic Music



Loveparade (Berlin, July)
Berlin
1989: first Love Parade, 4 month before the fall of the wall, Motto: Friede Freude Eierkuchen, 1 truck & 150 friends
1990: 2000 friends, 5 trucks, "the future is ours"
1991: 6000 friends, 10 trucks, "my house is your house, and your house is mine"
1992: 15.000 friends, 15 trucks, "the worldwide partypeople weekend"
1993: 30.000 firends, 42 trucks, "the 5th anniversary"
1994: 120.000 friends, 36 trucks, "the spirit makes you move", peace-tank used as turntables by DJ Tanith
1995: 500.000 friends, 45 trucks, "peace on earth"
1996: 750.000 friends, 39 trucks, "we are one family"
1997: 1.000.000 friends, 39 trucks, "let the sunshine in your heart"
1998: 1.100.000 friends, 47 trucks, "one world one future"
1999: 1.500.000 friends, 52 trucks, "music is the key"
2000: 1.300.000 friends, 53 trucks, "one world one Love Parade" - worldwide Love Parades with the same motto in Leeds (England), Vienna (Austria), Tel Aviv (Israel) and Cape Town (South Africa)
2001: 1.000.000 friends, 46 trucks, "join the love republic"
2002: 750.000 friends, 42 trucks, "acces peace"
2003: 750.000 friends, 30 trucks, "love rules"
2004: cancelled
2005: cancelled
2006: 500.000 - 1.200.000 friends, 230 DJ's, xx trucks, xx stationary, new concept

rave around the world
Austria since 2000
England since 2000
Israel (Tel Aviv) (6th in 2003: 250.000 = 4% of d inhabitants of Israel, biggest event in the history of this country)
Mexiko (Acapulco) (2005: 200.000)
USA (San Francisco) (2005: ?25.000)
Chile (Santiago de Chile) (2005: 150.000)

    


Mayday (30th April, Dortmund, Westfalenhallen)
-since Dec. 1991 (help for a radio channel, organized by WestBam & Brother and Frontpage)
-largest indoor rave, 20.000-30.000 visitors
-last years also in Poland, Russia and Hungary

• 14.12.1991 - Best of House & Techno ´91 - Berlin
• 30.04.1992 - A New Chapter Of House And Techno - Köln
• 12.12.1992 - Forward Ever, Backward Never - Berlin
• 30.04.1993 - Judgement Day - Dortmund
• 11.12.1993 - The Religion - Berlin
• 30.04.1994 - Rave Olympia - Dortmund
• 25-26.11.1994 - The Raving Society (sog. Twin-Mayday) - Berlin
• 30.04.1995 - Reformation - Dortmund
• 16.12.1995 - The Great Coalition - Frankfurt am Main
• 30.04.1996 - The Day X - Dortmund
• 14.12.1996 - Life On Mars - Berlin
• 30.04.1997 - Sonic Empire - Dortmund
• 30.04.1998 - Save The Robots - Dortmund
• 30.04.1999 - Soundtropolis - Dortmund
• 30.04.2000 - Datapop - Dortmund
• 30.04.2001 - 10 In 01 - Dortmund
• 30.04.2002 - Culture Flash - Dortmund
• 30.04.2003 - Troopa of Tomorrow - Dortmund
• 30.04.2004 - Team X-Treme - Dortmund
• 30.04.2005 - Prototypes - Dortmund
• 30.04.2006 - Worldclub - Dortmund

  

Rave on Snow (December, Saalbach)

SOUNDTROPOLIS Open Air (End of June, Military Airfield Niedergörsdorf near Jüterbog)

Electric City (November, Koblenz)

WinterWorld (February, Bingen)

Liberty One (Radarstation Türkheim/Geislingen, 2004 Airfield Zerbst)

Waterworld (Jan/Dez, Bath Tauris, Mülheim-Kärlich)

Timewarp

Hateparade

Technozid

HAL-ucination (Halle, November)

Sternstunden (Halle)

Schranzkraft (Halle)

TAS - Ton-aus-Strom (Halle)

Turntable Days (Halle, 3 Days, End of April)

Sonne, Mond & Sterne (Blei-Loch-Talsperre Saalbach, Thuringia, 3 Days)
-2005: 25.000 visitors, Sven Väth – Tiesto – Richie Hawtin – Ricardo Villalobos – The Prodigy – Tiefschwarz – Westbam – Dave Clarke – Die Fantastischen Vier – Deichkind – Röyksopp – Ellen Allien – Northern Lite – Rush – Alter Ego – Timo Maas etc.
-2006: Kraftwerk as live act, Basement Jaxx – Audio Bullys – Westbam & Band – Annie – Deichkind – Infadels – Rex The Dog – Black Strobe – Technasia – Johannes Heil – Lindstrom & Prins Thomas – Dakar & Grinser - Tobi Neumann - Scissors Sisters – Der Dritte Raum – Henrik Schwarz – Paula – Luna City Express – Dapayk – Jake Fairley – Hanson & Schrempf – Sven Väth – Paul Van Dyk – Sasha – Turntablerocker – Chris Liebing – Hell – DJ Koze – Moguai etc.

Nature One (August, Rocketbase Pydna, Kastellaun)
-ca. 45.000 visitors
-google-map-satellite-picture

B-Parade / Berlin Dance Parade (July, Berlin)

Ruhr-in-Love (June, Oberhausen)

other events
WOA - Wacken Open Air (Hamburg, July/August) - worlds largest Metal Festival (>60.000 visitors)
Hurricane (50.000 visitors) - 2005: 3 Doors Down, Audioslave, Boysetfire, Die Ärzte, Madsen, New Order, Oasis, Queens of the Stone Age, Rammstein, System of a down, etc.
Rock im Park (Pfingsten, Volkspark Dutzenteich Nuremberg) (50.000 visitors)
Rock am Ring (parallel to Rock im Park, Nürburgring, Adenau/ Eifel) (75.000 visitors, largest german rock festival)
MELT! (since 1999 Gräfenhainichen/ Ferropolis) (15.000 visitors) - mixture between electronic music and guitar sound
Oktoberfest (München, 2weeks end of September until 3rd of October) (6.000.000 visitors each year)
- 30% of the year's production of beer by Munich breweries will be consumed in the two weeks of Oktoberfest
- 12,000 People are employed at the Oktoberfest. Of these, 1600 are waitresses
- There is available seating for 100,000 people
- The six Oktoberfest breweries, (Spaten, Augustiner, Paulaner, Hacker-Pschorr, Hofbräu, Löwenbräu) sold 6.1 million mugs of beer in 2006^[3] (2005: 6.0 - 2004: 5.5 million).
- Roasted oxen: 102
- Sausages: 219,443 pairs
- Roast chickens: 459,279
- 60% Of visitors arrive by public transport
- souvenier mugs: In 2006 220,000 mugs could be retrieved by security forces

Clubs
Cocoon Club Frankfurt
Tunnel Club Hamburg
Technoclub Frankfurt