Even if it’s hard to
believe: festival-culture is no older than 100 years. – Sure, concerts
with classical or popular music in ballrooms or halls had existed a lot
earlier, but an event featuring several bands for a couple of days,
called an open-air festival, has only been around for a little more than
50 years.
Festival culture has evolved from the USA; the first big
festival is known to be Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island in 1959.
This kind of concert spread out in America rapidly. But the real
highlight was ten year later in Bethel: the three-day-festival Woodstock
with more than 500,000 people in attendance. The mother of all
festivals is world-famous today and is the epitome of all open-air
concerts.
And also in Germany, going to a festival, especially in summer, is a must for every music fan. There are almost 400 festivals in Germany every year,
ranging from the mayor open-air concerts with several different stages
to little ones for special interests, like Japanese music or jazz from
the Swing era.
The three biggest festivals in Germany
- Rock am Ring // 85.000 people
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Wacken Open Air // 75.000 people
-
Hurricane Festival // 70.000 people
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The three most famous festivals in the world
- Coachella Valley Festival (Kalifornien / USA)
- Glastonbury Festival (Pilton / England)
- Burning Man (Nevada / USA)
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Three insider tip-festivals in Germany
- Sound of the Forest (Odenwald)
- Weinturm Open Air (Bad Windsheim)
- Burning Eagle (Reutlingen)
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But no matter if you’re attending the favourite festival of the celebrities, Coachella, if you prefer a more relaxed atmosphere at the Sziget Festival in Budapest or if you’ve got the swing at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, what you need is the right festival outfit!