Top 20 Music Festivals in Germany
Germany is known as a haven of music, with some of the most amazing DJ clubs, music scenes, and DJs in the world calling Germany home. This situation gives way to tons of German music festivals that are among the best in Europe and the best in the world. While Germans lean toward electronic music, there are festivals in Germany of every genre imaginable.
These rankings are made from sales data by Festicket. This means that they are ranked as the top 20 most popular festivals in Germany, according to the people who buy tickets from them.
1. Airbeat One Festival
Location: Flugplatz Neustadt-Glewe, Germany
Dates: Mid-July
Genre: Electronic – EDM, Hardstyle, House, Techno
2. Time Warp DE Festival
Location: Maimarkthalle Hangar, Mannheim
Dates: Early April
Genre: Techno, house, techno… and more techno
3. Sea You Festival
Location: Tunisee, Freiburg, Germany
Dates: Mid-July
Genre: House + Techno
4. World Club Dome Festival Germany
Location: Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt, Germany
Dates: 5-7 June
Genre: Mostly EDM, some house + techno
5. Love Family Park Festival
Location: Russelsheim am Main, Germany
Dates: Mid July
Genre: Techno, house
6. New Horizons Festival Germany
Location: The Nürburgring, Nurburg, Germany
Dates: Late August
Genre: Electronic- House, EDM, Techno
7. Echelon Open Air & Indoor Festival
Location: Ehemalige US Kaserne (Cold War NSA Satellite Tracking Station), Bad Aibling, Germany
Dates: Mid August
Genre: House, techno, electronic
8. MAYDAY Dortmund
Location: Westfalenhallen, Dortmund
Dates: Late April
Genre: All electronic
9. Nature One Festival
Location: Pydna, former NATO missile base in Kastelluan, Germany
Dates: Early August
Genre: Electronic – House, techno, EDM, trance
10. Habitat Festival
Location: Flugplatz Hungriger Wolf (an airfield), Hohenlockstedt, Germany
Dates: 23-26 July
Genre: House + Techno
11. MS Dockville Festival
Location: Wilhelmsburg Docks, Hamburg, Germany
Dates: Mid-Late August
Genre: Alternative, Rock, Electronic
12. Oldenbora Festival
Location: Nathan Beachclub + Surrounding Beaches, Rastede, Germany
Dates: 31 May
Genre: House, Techno, Trance, EDM
13. Psychedelic Circus Open Air Festival
Location: Near Gohlen, Germany
Dates: Mid-Late May
Genre: Trance, psytrance, house, acid house
14. Heroes Festival
Location: Eventzentrum, Geiselwind, Germany and Kassel and Freiburg
Dates: Mid June
Genre: Hip Hop, Rap
15. Snowbeat Festival
Location: Alpincenter Indoor Snowsports Complex, Wittenburg
Dates: Early February
Genre: EDM, hardstyle, house
16. Wacken Winter Nights Festival
Location: Wacken, Germany
Dates: 22 – 24 February
Genre: Rock, Metal
17. Oktoberfest
Location: Munich, Germany
Dates: Late September to Early October
Genre: Beer 😉 And live cover bands.
18. Rock am Ring and Rock Im Park
Location(s) : Rock am Ring: Nürburgring, Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Rock Im Park: Zeppelinfeld, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Dates: Usually the first weekend in June
Genre: Alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock
19. Das Fest
Location(s): Karlsruhe, Günther-Klotz-Anlage
Date: at the end of July
Genre: Rock, Pop, hip hop, Reggae, Dancehall, Folk, Punk, Techno, Tech house
20. Syndicate Festival
location: Dortmund
Date: 1st week of October
Genre: Hard-style
Source: https://www.festicket.com/magazine/features/top-20-music-festivals-germany/