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Peter Petrel at Essen.Original. 2014

Food.Original. is a three-day music festival that has taken place annually since 1996 in downtown Essen .

The organizer, Essen Marketing GmbH , presents nationally and internationally known musicians as well as local bands from Essen and the Ruhr area on various stages in downtown Essner under the motto " free & outside " . The central stage is on Kennedyplatz . The location and number of the other stages is redefined every year.

history

Essen.Original took place for the first time in 1996 as part of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the city and has since been an integral part of the Essen event calendar with around 100,000 visitors annually, with 2006 being the most successful with around 1,000,000 visitors.

A wide variety of music styles found their place on the various stages, alongside rock 'n' roll , rock , metal , dark music , pop , hip-hop , reggae , ska , jazz , hits and classical music as well as many other styles of music were represented. In addition, various musical and comedy programs were presented.

From September 10 to 12, 2010, around 200,000 music fans celebrated the 15th edition of the city festival in front of six stages. This year, as Local Hero, it was part of the official program of the Capital of Culture year.

During its existence, the festival has already been changed several times in terms of size (number and prominence of the artists) and orientation with regard to the music styles represented. The number of visitors has since fallen to well below 100,000 (2017: almost 85,000 visitors).

In 2009 there was a fundamental reorientation of the festival. Alternative genres of music such as B. Metal , Gothic or Hip-Hop should no longer be presented. Instead, the offer should be geared more towards a 30 plus audience. This made the program less attractive, especially for young people and young adults. As a result, the culture protest alliance Essen Original was formed . The alliance consists of numerous artists, private individuals, organizations and companies. Since the alliance did not agree to the reorientation of the festival, it organized an alternative music festival called Essen Original in downtown Essen during Essen.Original 2009 . In the public discussion triggered by this action, the majority of the EMG's position was viewed very critically. The great public pressure eventually led the EMG to abandon its original position. Immediately after the Essen.Original 2009, the EMG announced in an interview with the Neue Ruhr Zeitung that Essen's campaigns were original and that they could have their own stage again in 2010.

Essence at Essen.Original. 2016

Essen Marketing GmbH kept this promise in the 2010 Capital of Culture year. After successful negotiations between EMG and the alliance, an agreement was reached in May 2010. Essen Originell, for example, presents progressive music content as an independent festival in the northern city center. As agreed, the alliance organized a festival market under the motto Subculture Unlimited as well as the Leo store stage on which 23 national and international bands and numerous show acts performed over the three days. Musicians from various fields performed on the Leo store stage named after the main sponsor, but the focus was on dark music . At the neighboring Turock stage, the focus was more on the metal genre. In contrast to the stages in Essen.Original, both stages were financed entirely privately. As a homage to the two cultural capitals of Essen and Istanbul, the Istanbul girl metal band The Pigskins performed on the Leo store stage .

In 2017, the Essen marketing company split up its Essen.Original festival. from the privately organized, but integrated into the overall concept, Turock Open Air of the discotheque of the same name on Viehofer Platz. The decisive factor for this was the need for a new security concept and further permits, as the metal festival, contrary to the overall event, is recording increasing numbers of visitors. Since the marketing company did not want to pay for the associated costs, they removed the metal stage from the program. The festival now takes place completely independently two weeks before Essen.Original. instead of.

Web links

Commons : Essen.Original  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Essen Original and the Blackmob . In: The West (web archive) . Retrieved on June 11, 2019  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.derwesten.de
  2. Article in The West on Essen Original
  3. Article in The West on the Pigskins
  4. https://www.waz.de/staedte/essen/stadtfest-essen-original-trennt-sich-vom-turock-open-air-id209910515.html