Rock on the Brocken

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Rock on the Brocken
General information
place Misery ( City of Oberharz am Brocken )
genre Indie-Pop , Indie-Rock , Electro , Alternative , Punk
Website www.brocken.rocks
Visitor numbers
2018 6,000
2015 5,000
2014 approx. 4,500
2011 3,000
2007 about 500

The Rocken am Brocken Festival (short: RaB; also: Rocken am Brocken in Elend bei Sorge ) is an annual three-day open - air music festival in the Saxon-Anhalt city ​​of Oberharz am Brocken (district Elend ). The festival runs under the motto "Nature-Music-Friendship" and takes place on the Gieseckenbleek meadow , which borders the Harz National Park .

history

Entrance area at Rocken am Brocken (2014)

The idea of ​​organizing a rock festival in the Harz came from two former students from the Harz University of Applied Sciences in Wernigerode in 2004 . The first Rocken-am-Brocken-Festival took place on August 24th and 25th, 2007. One of the first bands was the Dinslaken group Kilians .

In 2011, in addition to the main stage and tent stage, the organizers also introduced two small electrofloors, on which various DJs play in the open air during the festival. The five different stages are called Brockenbühne, Jäger circus, Hexenhütte, Zauberwald and Klangnest.

In addition to the supporting program, the extra ticket is offered for participation in the “acoustic path”, a guided hike through the Harz National Park with various stations where bands and musicians perform. In addition, workshops and readings, a football and volleyball tournament and the “duel of the giants” take place on the site.

In the village of Elend in 2018, under the motto "Green Tents", the opportunity to camp away from the festival area was offered for the first time. Quiet between midnight and 7 a.m. and a ban on ghetto blazers and music systems.

Playing Razz on the Brocken stage (2017)
Hunter's Circus (2016)

In 2018, grilling, smoking and fire of any kind were prohibited on the festival site in the Harz Mountains due to the highest risk of forest fire (level 5); a barbecue area monitored by the fire brigade was set up and smoking areas designated.

The edition planned for July 30 to August 1, 2020 was canceled in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

Others

Acoustic path

In addition to the usual means of transport, it is possible to travel by the Harz narrow-gauge railway . On the 1,000 mm narrow-gauge line between Nordhausen and Wernigerode , steam-hauled trains are used in addition to diesel multiple units.

In 2009 the “Rocken am Brocken” festival was ranked among the ten best festivals in Germany by the Berliner Tagesspiegel and Freenet.de . In 2010 the festival name “Rocking on the Brocken in Elend bei Sorge” was the main component of the 64,000 euro question in “ Who will be a millionaire? ".

Previous bands

year date Bands
2007 August 24-25 Kilians , Fire in the Attic , Ska-T , Spitting Off Tall Buildings , 5BUGS , Wilson Jr. , Ready, Go! , Cucumba Poo, Mr. Arendt
2008 August 22-23 Jennifer Rostock , Johnossi , Turbostaat , Muff Potter , Fotos , Montreal , Stompin 'Souls , Ghost of Tom Joad , The Audience
2009 July 31st - August 1st Portugal. The Man , Bosse , Frittenbude , Northern Lite , Tiger Lou , Friska Viljor , Kilians , Olli Schulz , Super700 , Der Tante Renate , Cocoon Fire
2010 July 30th - 31st Bonaparte , Friska Viljor , The Busters , Itchy Poopzkid , Gisbert zu Knyphausen , Mutabor , Dúné , Eternal Tango , Trip Fontaine
2011 July 29-30 Jupiter Jones , Kraftklub , Art Brut , Good Shoes, Fotos , FM Belfast , Adolar , Minni the Moocher
2012 July 26-28 Madsen , Kakkmaddafakka , Anti-Flag , We Were Promised Jetpacks , K-Paul , Vierkanttretlager , Young Rebel Set , 5BUGS , Bondage Fairies , Rockstah , Fuck Art, Let's Dance!
2013 August 1-4 Johnossi , Donots , Bakkushan , French Films, Oliver Koletzki , The Love Bülow , Satellite Stories, Herr von Grau , Schluck den Druck, The Skatoons , Who killed Frank ?, Das Pack , David Dorad, Empire Escape, Feine Sahne Fischfilet , Gray Television , Hurricane Dean, K-Paul , Kapelle Petra , Kid Simius , Malleus , Mass Defekt , Middleman , Jetlights, Not Called Jinx , Radio Havanna , Rampue, Razz , Schmitz Katzen , Aunt Polly, tape recorder , The Sexinvaders
2014 July 31st - August 2nd Parasite Single, LSD on CIA, Dÿse, Go Go Berlin, Intergalactic Lovers , Exclusive , Blocksperga, Screw FM, Malleus , The Eternal Spirit, Blaudzun , AElement, Balthazar , New Desert Blues, Blood Red Shoes , His Statue Falls , Käptn Peng & The tentacles of Delphi , Ubershark, Kapelle Petra, Sonic Mobilée, Jenix , Tom Klose, Torpus and the Art Directors , The Animen, Rantanplan , Razz , Abby , Liedfett , Triggerfinger , Findus , Frittenbude , Schluck den Druck
2015 July 30th - August 1st Acollective, AnnenMayKantereit , Berlin Syndrome, Budzillus , Cosby , Feine Sahne Fischfilet , Honig , I'm Not A Band, Joco , Jonah, Kill It Kit, LSD On CIA, Moop Mama , OK Kid , Oracles, Razz , Royal Republic , Schluck die Druck, Schmutzki , Sizarr , The Majority Says , The Prosecution , Tom Klose & Band, Turbostaat , Vierkanttretlager , WhoMadeWho , Xul Zolar
2016 July 28-30 Antelope Gang, B6BBO, Blackout Problems , Die Nerven , Dominic Lanfer, Emily's Giant, Frére, Friska Viljor , Game Ove, Georgia, Giant Rooks , Heisskalt , Henja, Herr Lehrmann, Kakkmaddafakka , Kapelle Petra , Kytes, L'Aupaire , Liedfett , Nosoyo , Razz , Romano Licker, Sophie Hunger , The / Das , The Notwist , The Secnd, The Smith Street Band, The Subways
2017 3rd - 5th August Adam Angst , Brett , Bosse , Drangsal , Eau Rouge, Feine Sahne Fischfilet , Gurr, Irie Révoltés , Jake Issac, Kock's Motel, Le Fly, Leoniden , Mother's Cake , billion , neon black , No King, No Crown, Oliver Koletzki , Parcels, Razz , Rikas, Roosevelt , Schluck den Druck, Sea Moya, SXTN , Tak Tak Tak, Van Holzen , Vice Dictator, Warhaus, Andreas Liebert
2018 August 2-4 Drawn in Masculine , Olli Schulz , FABER , Mighty Oaks , Lion Sphere , Razz , Florian Künstler, Son, DJ Binichnich aka Harris, Impala Ray , Provinz, K-Paul, Seth Schwarz, Massendefekt , VÖK, Das Paradies, Beauty & The Beats, Luke Noa & The Basement Beats, Love A, SIND, Juse Ju, Klan, Pabst, INVSN, DJ! MAUF, King Kong Kicks, Hesse, Clixx, Zulu, Son of Polvo, Swiss & Die Andern, We Are Nuts, Noga Erez , Jukno, Elliver, Die Höchste Eisenbahn , Kollektiv Ost, We Are Scientists , Dirty Doering, Foxon, Yetti Meissner, Isolation Berlin , Kid Dad, Blond, John Dee, We Take The Biscuit, Von Wegen Lisbeth , Indie.Disco.Gehn. , Tom Gatza, Henry and the Waiter, Bukahara , Blackout Problems, Aron L Flow
2019 13 August The Adicts , Frittenbude , Querbeat , Welshy Arms , Bonaparte , Giant Rooks , Leoniden , Yetti Meissner, Casimir von Oettingen, The Districts, Pish (Kakkmaddafakka), Barns Courtney , Cassia, Granada, Der Täubling, Keir, Mavi Phoenix , Newfoundland, Alli Neumann , The Holy, Hope
2020 July 31st - August 2nd Due to the worldwide Covid19 pandemic , the festival could not take place in its usual form. There was a live stream at the simultaneous festival in cooperation with the TV broadcaster arte .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Wolfgang Schilling: 6000 visitors rock the Brocken . In: Volksstimme.de , August 1, 2018, accessed on August 7, 2018.
  2. ↑ Julia Schneider: The Brocken family celebrates. In: Volksstimme.de , August 7, 2015, accessed on July 31, 2016.
  3. ↑ There is rocking on the Brocken. In Volksstimme.de , August 6, 2014, accessed on July 31, 2016.
  4. ↑ Michael Pieper: 3000 music fans rock the Brocken. In: Volksstimme.de , August 3, 2011, accessed on July 31, 2016.
  5. ↑ Elisa Sowieja: Shortly before the breakthrough. In: Volksstimme.de , July 28, 2015, accessed on July 31, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Rocken am Brocken": Festival team thanks helpers. In: Volksstimme.de , November 28, 2014, accessed on July 31, 2016.
  7. ↑ 11 years “Rocken am Brocken” in the Upper Harz In: augenblick - magazine for alumni, students, employees and friends and sponsors of the Harz University of Applied Sciences, August 2017 edition, accessed on January 22, 2020.
  8. ↑ Rocken am Brocken 2014 - Music Festival in the Harz Mountains. In: info-harz.de, undated, accessed on July 31, 2016.
  9. ^ André Görke, Nana Heymann: The best festivals 2009. In: Tagesspiegel.de , June 5, 2009, accessed on July 31, 2016.
  10. ↑ Andreas Besch: Summer rocks: The 10 best festivals! In: Freenet.de , July 14, 2009, accessed on July 31, 2016.
  11. ^ Martin Zenge: Giant party at "Rocken am Brocken". In: Thüringer Allgemeine , August 2, 2011, accessed on July 31, 2016.
  12. ^ Summer of culture on the couch and in the meadow. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .

Web links

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Coordinates: 51 ° 44 ′ 23.5 "  N , 10 ° 40 ′ 55.2"  E