Folklore Festival (Wiesbaden)
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| General information | |
| place | Kulturzentrum Schlachthof Wiesbaden |
| genre | Indie rock , pop , hip hop |
| Website | www.folklore-wiesbaden.de |
| Visitor numbers | |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 30,000 |
| 2010 | 20,000 |
| Previous venues | |
| 1978 to 2006 | Freudenberg Castle Park, Wiesbaden |
| 1977 | Reisinger plants Wiesbaden |
Folklore - The Festival in the Kulturpark (short: Folklore , also Folklore in the Garden ) was an annual music festival in Wiesbaden between 1977 and 2015 . After 2009 the festival had around 20,000 visitors a year on all three days. Musically, the festival was assigned to many genres, in addition to rock , pop and hip-hop , reggae artists are also among the performing acts. In addition to music, the festival was also characterized by culinary delights and stands from political and social initiatives and also offered street theater and family programs.
history
The first festival took place in 1977 as a music festival for families in the Reisinger facilities (at the main train station ). It was organized by the city youth welfare office almost from the start.
As early as 1978, the festival was moved to the Schloss Freudenberg park, where it took place until 2006. Due to up to 60,000 visitors in 1995 and the fact that the venue was too small for this number of visitors, the program was geared towards a younger target group in order to reduce the number of visitors. However, this also led to a decline in income and the deficit rose to up to 80,000 euros in 2001. In 2004, it was decided to move to the grounds of the Schlachthof cultural center and the organization was entrusted to the operators of the cultural center. The city continued to subsidize the festival with over 100,000 euros per year, but no longer covers the loss, which saves 80,000 euros in two years. Up until 2006 the festival took place in the Freudenberg Castle Park and until then was called “Folklore in the Garden”.
The move did not take place until 2007, and the festival opened on the slaughterhouse site in August. The addition “in the garden” was deleted from the name and the new location met with a lot of criticism, not least because the site had little green space at the time and renovation was still to come. Since the move, the discussion about noise pollution has been ongoing, as the new site is close to an established residential area. In order to find a consensus between residents and visitors, technical possibilities of volume reduction are also being considered.
In 2014 a change in the concept for the festival was presented by the organizer. After the festival in 2015, the organizer announced that the new concept was not working as expected and the city grant was canceled, so the festival was discontinued. Further efforts to revive the festival also failed. In 2019 the city of Wiesbaden announced the final end for folklore.
Line-ups (selection)
1995
Fat bread , Lily of the Valley
1996
The Busters , MC Rene , Leo Bassi , Guts Pie Earshot , Les Tambours du Bronx , Chumbawamba , Fettes Brot
1997
2003
Fat bread , Egoexpress , Frau Doktor ,
2004
Fehlfarben , Tomte , Mediengruppe Telekommander , Boxhamsters , Curse , Sam Ragga Band
2005
Kettcar , Die Sterne , Deichkind , Apparatschik , Egoexpress , 17 Hippies
2006
Culcha Candela , The BossHoss , Klee , Virginia Now! , The crackers
2007
2008
Sportfreunde Stiller , Get Well Soon , Kilians , Blackmail
2009
Fettes Brot , Egotronic , Bonaparte , Jeans Team , Mediengruppe Telekommander , Kissogram
2010
Tocotronic , flower pot , chip shop , WhoMadeWho , Turbostaat , Miss Li , Bodi Bill
2011
We are Heroes , Donots , Friska Viljor , Thees Uhlmann , Marteria , Pohlmann
2012
Casper , Jupiter Jones , Bonaparte , Walk off the Earth , Kraftklub , Egotronic
2013
Jennifer Rostock , Tocotronic , chip shop , flower pot , Dendemann , Turbo State
2014
Judith Holofernes , Egotronic , Afro Cuban Tiges of India , One Love Crew , Deine Freunde , Moop Mama , Pascow , In Hope
2015
Element of Crime , AnnenMayKantereit , Five Star Deluxe , Prinz Pi
Web links
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- ↑ Values slightly exceeded: Wiesbaden Folk Festival is not as loud as feared ( Memento from August 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Article by the Wiesbadener Kurier from August 28, 2012
- ↑ Folklore 009 in Wiesbaden ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 9, 2011
- ↑ Der Schlachthof rocks ( Memento from August 2, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Article by Frankfurter Rundschau from June 18, 2011
- ↑ a b article in Sensor Wiesbaden from June 2, 2014
- ↑ a b "Folklore in the Garden" is moving , article in the FAZ from July 19, 2007
- ^ Controversy without end over "Folklore in the garden" , article in the FAZ of October 27, 2003
- ↑ Folklore with Sportfreunde , article in the Frankfurter Rundschau from 23 August 2008
- ↑ Schlachthof chairman presents the concept for the Folklore Festival 2014 and changes in prospect ( memento of the original from August 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Article of the Wiesbadener Kurier from May 9, 2014
- ^ Open letter on the Folklore Festival , contribution from November 20, 2015
- ↑ Merkurist Wiesbaden: Final end for Folklore Festival. April 16, 2019, accessed April 16, 2019 .
