The festival season in Saxony-Anhalt is in full swing. Here’s a look at the major and minor festivals still to come this summer – and one that’s already sold out.
Summer is synonymous with festivals, and in Saxony-Anhalt, the season kicked off with a bang at the Sputnik Spring Break in May 2024.
On Whit Monday, the 15th edition of the festival concluded with a grand fireworks display. Around 25,000 music fans gathered on the Pouch Peninsula to enjoy performances by Nina Chuba, Scooter, and Sido.
In addition to major festivals like Spring Break, Splash, and Melt – which is happening for the last time this year – music fans in Saxony-Anhalt can also look forward to numerous smaller festivals. For example, the “Rock im Garten” festival is held in a small private garden in Rohrsheim.
Here are the festivals happening in Saxony-Anhalt in the summer of 2024:
- 7th to 9th June: Hive Festival (Electro, EDM, Trance), Gräfenhainichen
- 12th to 15th June: Metal Frenzy Open Air (Metal, Hardcore, Rock), Gardelegen
- 14th to 16th June: Merseburger Schlossfestspiele (Medieval Rock), Merseburg
- 15th June: Brachwitz rockt, Wettin-Löbejün
- 20th to 22nd June: This is Ska Festival (Ska), Dessau-Roßlau
- 21st to 23rd June: Full Force Festival (Deutschrock, Hardcore, Metal, Punk, Rock), Gräfenhainichen
- 21st to 23rd June: Love Music Festival (Electro, EDM, Hip-Hop, Trance), Magdeburg
- 27th to 29th June: Rock & Metal Day’z (Rock, Metal), Oschersleben
- 3rd to 6th July: Rockharz Festival (Rock, Metal, Punk, Folk, Gothic), Ballenstedt
- 4th to 6th July: Splash! Festival (Hip-Hop, Pop), Gräfenhainichen
- 5th to 6th July: Eastside Festival (Pop, Wave), Halle
- 11th to 13th July: Melt! Festival (Electro, Hip-Hop, Pop, Rock), Gräfenhainichen
- 11th to 13th July: Damned Days (Metal), Barleben
- 19th to 20th July: Rock unter den Eichen (Deutschrock, Hardcore, Metal, Medieval Rock), Bertingen
- 20th July: Rock im Garten (Hardcore, Metal, Punk, Rock), Rohrsheim
- 26th to 27th July: Heimburger Metalnacht Festival (Metal), Heimburg
- 1st to 3rd August: Rocken am Brocken (Rock, Indie, Metal, Punk, Techno, Hip-Hop), Elend
- 9th to 11th August: Funkloch Festival (Electro, EDM, Goa, Hip-Hop, House, Punk, Trance), Osterwiek
- 15th to 17th August: Spirit Festival (Punk Rock, Ska), Loburg
- 17th August: Mega-Malle-Festival (Schlager), Magdeburg
- 22nd to 25th August: Hell Festival (Hardtekk, Hardcore), Stausee Kelbra / Kyffhäuser
- 23rd to 24th August: Forest Jump Festival (Electro, Indie), Pretzier
- 26th to 27th August: Helheim Open-Air (Gothic, Metal, Rock), Battin
- 29th August to 1st September: Tarmac Festival (Electro, Disco, Goa, House), Allstedt
- 30th to 31st August: SommerNachtsTräume (Electro), Geiseltalsee near Mücheln (Geiseltal)
- 31st August: In Extremo – Weckt die Toten Festival (Metal, Rock, Gothic), Halle
- 6th to 7th September: Metal Embrace Festival (Metal), Barleben
As of July 2nd, the Tarmac Festival in Allstedt is the only one sold out. The festival, which debuted in 2020, has warned on its website about counterfeit tickets, emphasizing that their tickets are only available through “TixforGigs”. “Any offers from other ticketing sites are forgeries,” they state.
The artists performing at the Tarmac Festival remain a secret as of July 2nd. The festival’s name refers to the airfield in Allstedt where it takes place: “Tarmac” is the English word for “runway”.