Icarus (festival)

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Icarus Festival
Ikarus "Olymp Stage" (2018)
Ikarus "Olymp Stage" (2018)
General information
place Memmingerberg , Germany
genre Techno
organizer Permanent Entertainment GmbH
Website ikarus-festival.de
Visitor numbers
2019 50,000
2018 35,000
2017 30,000
2016 25,000
2015 14,000
The Ikarus Festival 2018 "Forest Stage"

The Ikarus Festival is a music festival of electronic dance music that has been held annually in Memmingerberg (near Memmingen ) since 2015 . In 2018 it was visited by more than 35,000 guests and 96 artists from all over the world performed.

history

The Ikarus Festival took place for the first time on June 5th and 6th, 2015 at a former military airport, which is adjacent to the premises of Memmingen Airport . The name comes from Icarus , a figure from Greek mythology. According to their own statements, the organizers wanted a name "that everyone has heard of, but cannot necessarily imagine anything more precise."

The 2020 festival had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany .

structure

The visitors can choose between 6 stages, which are differentiated by location, design and genre. Different electronic styles are covered, from house to techno, to Goa and electro. 4 of these 6 stages are in halls, 3 are old flying hangars ("Hade", "Onos" and "Medusa") and another in the circus tent "Minos Tent". The area is surrounded by the international airport Memmingen and forest pieces.

Line ups

date Headliners Visitors
5th-6th June 2015 Robin Schulz , Felix Jaehn , Monika Kruse 14,000
2-4 June 2016 Sven Väth , All colors , but disturbed GeiL 25,000
8-10 June 2017 Fritz Kalkbrenner , Tale Of Us , Dixon , Boris Brejcha 30,000
7th-9th June 2018 Richie Hawtin , Solomun , Nina Kraviz , Tale Of Us , Chris Liebing , Pan-Pot , Sam Paganini 35,000
7-10 June 2019 Paul Kalkbrenner , Lost Frequencies , Stephan Bodzin , Charlotte De Witte , Martin Solveig , Ben Klock 50,000
May 29th - June 1st 2020 Adam Beyer , Dubfire , Fritz Kalkbrenner , Steve Aoki , Robin Schulz , and many more. called off

Individual evidence

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  2. Music festival: Ikarus festival in Memmingerberg ended - 35,000 visitors celebrated late into the night. In: all-in.de. Retrieved August 23, 2018 .
  3. Anika Zidar: Attention electronics and house fans: Ikarus starts at Allgäu-Airport. In: augsburger-allgemeine.de. Retrieved April 28, 2017 .
  4. IKARUS FESTIVAL 2020 | IKARUS 2020 CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19. April 15, 2020, accessed on April 15, 2020 (German).
  5. Line up! - 3 questions to Alexander Eidel, booker from the Ikarus Festival. In: festivals-zip.de. Retrieved August 23, 2018 .
  6. Backstage @ Ikarus Festival: A look behind the scenes - an interview. In: fazemag.de. April 22, 2018. Retrieved August 23, 2018 .
  7. "Ikarus" festival at Allgäu Airport Memmingen gets off to a good start. In: all-in.de. Retrieved April 28, 2017 .
  8. David Specht: Ikarus: "Excavator driver" causes great damage. In: augsburger-allgemeine.de. Retrieved August 23, 2018 .
  9. Ikarus Festival 2020 / 29.05 to 01.06. / Allgäu Airport Memmingen. Retrieved June 26, 2019 .
  10. David Specht: "Ikarus" Festival sets a new visitor record. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
  11. Ikarus Festival 2020 / 29.05 to 01.06. / Allgäu Airport Memmingen. Retrieved January 28, 2020 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 58 '49.4 "  N , 10 ° 13' 58.74"  E