Topless (festival)
The Oben ohne Open Air (own spelling: OBEN OHNE) is a music festival that has been taking place in Munich since 1998 and is organized by the Munich-City District Youth Association and the Munich-Country District Youth Association. With 20,000 tickets sold recently, it is one of the largest open-air festivals in southern Germany .
In 2016, the topless was canceled due to the attack in Munich on the eve of the festival for reasons of security and piety. In 2020, like almost all major cultural events, it was canceled due to the measures taken to contain the COVID-19 pandemic .
organization
The name "topless" refers to the non-existent roof at open-air festivals. The open air mostly takes place on one day, only in the years 2004 to 2006 the festival lasted over two days. It is largely financed through subsidies, sponsors and media partnerships. In addition, volunteers support the construction and dismantling, the artist support and the medical area of the open air. So the tickets could always be offered at youth-friendly prices. Entry was free from 2008 to 2012.
As the organizers are recognized youth welfare organizations , young people from the age of 12 can attend the event alone.
Visitor numbers
Most of the visitors are between 14 and 24 years old.
program
In addition to the headliners from hip-hop , rap , indie and alternative music, there are always up-and-coming bands on stage.
Supporting program
In addition to music, the topless offers a cultural, political, social and sporting program designed by young people for young people. The youth associations and institutions of the district youth councils have the opportunity to present themselves to a large target audience and to arouse young people's interest in these topics. In 2014 the so-called Azubistraße was integrated into the event site. Here companies introduce themselves and provide information on training and internship positions as well as career opportunities in the respective company. Since 2018 the Azubistraße has been under the new name “Job-Allee”.
inclusion
The artists at the open air will be supported on stage by musical sign language interpreters. With full physical effort, they recreate the music of the bands and translate the lyrics into sign language at the same time as the music , thus making the festival tangible and tangible for deaf young people and young adults.
There is an FM system for those who are hard of hearing. A raised platform for people in wheelchairs is located in the center of the festival area and there is a support service for blind or visually impaired guests in the form of a guide for the blind.
history
- 1998 (July 26th)
The festival takes place for the first time on July 26th, 1998 under the name Open Fun <fast> for free 98 on the Königsplatz in Munich.
Line-up: H-Blockx , Apocalyptica , Fun-Da-Mental , Lemonbabies , Gnawa Diffusion , Carlo Jones, Suez, Erkan and Stefan (moderation)
- 2000 (July 23)
The festival has been called Oben ohne Open Air since 2000 .
Line-up: Patrice , Les Babacools , Absolute Beginner , Afrob , Main Concept , Dynamite Deluxe , Weirdelic Sound, Lucy, Steve & Barry Künzel, Storm & Jazzy Project, Kungfu,
- 2001 (July 8)
Line-up: Laith Al-Deen , Bananafishbones , Bell, Book & Candle , sub7even , odd one out, gringo from weirdelic sound
- 2002 (July 21)
Line-up: Bluekilla , Fettes Brot , Gentleman , Blumentopf , Dubios Neighborhood, Caused by Chaos
- 2003 (July 19)
Line-up: ASD (Afrob & Samy Deluxe) , Patrice with Shashamani, Curse & Live Band, Mellow Mark , Roots Rockers , Der Fall Böse , Syff
- 2004 (July 24-25)
Line-up: Die Happy , Tomte , The Wohlstandskinder , Liquido , Blumentopf , Donots , Fünf Sterne Deluxe , Kool Savas , Sorgente, Schein, Jamaram , Bauchklang , OFX from Saina Supa Crew, MCF, Les Babacools , Starsilver
- 2005 (July 23-24)
Line-up: Die Fantastischen Vier , Clueso & Band, Max Herre , Wir sind Helden , Virginia Jetzt! , Anajo , Ohrbooten , Hifidelity, Raggasnoda Click, Wordaholics, Spitting Off Tall Buildings , Roman Fischer, Bist, Inquire , The Cromptons, Killerpilze , Quaff
- 2006 (July 22-23)
Line-up: July , Silbermond , Killerpilze , Klee , Blumentopf , Kain, Loonataraxis, Chorea, Dilon, Capsized, Blank Promise, Boy Android, J-Walk, Pilot, Les Babacools , Sorgente, Julia, The Capones , Stamina Crew, Five ! Nearly!! Hits !!! , Flow Budget, Donkey Shots, Bunyip, The Real McCoy
- 2008 (July 26th)
After a one-year break to develop a new concept and search for a new venue, the festival will take place for the 8th time on the square at the old fair at Bavariapark . Entry is free the first time.
Line-up: Dendemann , Texta , The Busters , Einshoch6 , Crème Fresh, LaBrassBanda , Bienenstich
- 2009 (July 25)
Line-up: Mono & Nikitaman , Zion I , Capones , Marteria , Moop Mama, Lax Alex, Octopussies, The Donkeyshots
- 2010 (July 24th)
Line-up: Miss Platnum , Skaos , Nosliw , Fiva , Black Cat Zoot , Doppel D , Flüsterton , Instant Vibes , Michael Dietmayr
- 2011 (July 23)
Line-up: Frittenbude , Prop Dylan , I-Fire , Rainer vonviel , Boshi San , Eljot Quent , Der Jungbrunn , Teufels Küche , Roland Hefter
- 2012 (July 21)
Due to the free entry, the expected number of visitors could only be estimated. When the number of commitments on the social media platform reached the 20,000 mark, the festival was relocated to Messe München for security reasons in order to take into account the dangers of a crowded event site. This experience led to the reintroduction of tickets in 2013.
Line-up: Kraftklub , Cro , Peacecamp Band feat. Bushbayer , el Mago Masin & * wildcamping , Puerto Nico , Django 3000 , Ragtag Tones , Ghostwriters High
- 2013 (July 20)
Line-up: Prinz Pi , OK Kid , Edgar Wasser , eRRdeKa , Exclusive , BBou & Liquid, Blind Freddy , Manhattan Project
- 2014 (July 19)
Return to the Königsplatz. First integration of Azubistraße and the music sign language interpreters on stage.
Line-up: Alligatoah , Claire , Bilderbuch , Sierra Kidd , Sam , Demograffics & Tribes of Jizu , Paper & Places , Heldenfrühstück
- 2015 (July 18)
Line-up: Kontra K , 257ers , Exclusive , Olson , The Capitols, Mundhaarmonika , Unique Alien , Taiga Trece
- 2016 (July 23)
The festival was canceled after the attack in Munich in 2016
- 2017 (July 8th)
Sold out open air on Königsplatz with 20,000 visitors.
Line-up: Die Orsons , Dicht & Grabend , Rakede, Estikay, Illbilly Hitec, Impala Ray , El Rancho, The Black Submarines
- 2018 (July 21)
Sold out open air on Königsplatz with 20,000 visitors.
20th anniversary.
Line-up: SXTN, Marvin Game, Romano, Ace Tee & Kwam.E, Leoniden, Liquid & Maniac, Matija, Dirty Old Spice
2019 (July 20)
Sold out open air on Königsplatz with 20,000 visitors.
Line-up: Bausa , Drunken Masters & Felly, Mavi Phoenix , Erwin & Edwin, Roger Rekless , Tiavo, Embrace the Emperor, Wunderwelt
Individual evidence
- ↑ § 5 Youth Protection Act at dejure.de
- ↑ Preliminary report June 30, 2014 , Sueddeutsche Zeitung
- ↑ Sign interpreter at concerts - music in 3D , in: sueddeutsche.de, accessed on November 5, 2014
- ↑ Top Without Open Air 2012 - a new visitor record ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , weissblau.de.
- ↑ Averaging from the district youth groups Munich-City and Munich-Land on the festival website. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
