About Berlin Fest
Berlin Festival is back for another year with a gargantuan line up to include Sigur Ros, Friendly Fires, Little Dragon, Metronomy, T.E.E.D, SBTRKT, Major Lazer and lots lots more.
See the full lineup so far below or see revealed it in it’s full splendour on the festival trailer video …
Berlin Festival announces first wave of acts for 2012
Sigur Ros, Franz Ferdinand, Friendly Fires, Metronomy and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs amongst first acts announced for Berlin Festival and Club Xberg 2012!
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In its eighth year from 7th to 8th September 2012, Berlin Festival is proud to announce another top-class line-up including Sigur Rós, Franz Ferdinand, Orbital, Paul Kalkbrenner, Friendly Fires, Metronomy and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs. Once again, the Art Village will be home to national and international artists presenting their work, plus the world’s biggest Silent Arena After Show Party will take over Tempelhof Airport this year.
First up with their only scheduled show in Germany this year, Icelandic act Sigur Rós will showcase new songs from their eighth studio album, set for release later this year. Also making an exclusive appearance at Berlin Festival, British act Franz Ferdinand, who first appeared on screen in the early Noughties with hits like “Take Me Out” and “This Fire”. The band are back with their fourth studio album in 2012 and will perform many of their new tracks at Berlin Festival.
German favourite Paul Kalkbrenner is set to get the crowd at Tempelhof Airport ready for take off. His shows are without exception an instant sell out and his 2011 album Icke Wieder is a true chart-stormer – a guaranteed party starter. Another act ready to whip the crowd into a dancing frenzy is Britain’s legendary techno duo Orbital. Following their 2008 reunion, the in-demand duo have been touring and working on brand new material which they are ready to unleash at Berlin Festival.
Also with confirmed performances – Friendly Fires, Metronomy, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, SBTRKT and German DJ duo Modeselektor who will celebrate their Berlin Festival debut at Club Xberg this year. DJ duo Crookers and acts Cro, Daughter, Dumme Jungs, First Aid Kit, Frittenbude, Jamie N Commons, Kraftklub, Little Dragon, Major Lazer, Morning Parade and Slagmalsklubben are also confirmed to perform. Get ready…it’s going to be BIG!
Festival-goers buying a Berlin Festival 2-day ticket will be in for a treat this year. With 10,000+ headphones, the Silent Arena After-show party will give ticket holders chance to continue partying after the final main stage gig from midnight till 4am at Tempelhof Airport – the biggest ever Silent Disco! The DJ line-up will be announced soon. The Art Village will make a welcome return to Tempelhof Airport, boasting over 60 national and international artists. Urban art, murals, performances, sculptures and more will all be on show plus an art bazaar, bars, booths, and the Design & Record Label Market as well as the art prize and a costume competition will complete the Art Village. And new for this year, the addition of accommodation at the festival site.
More info on this soon…
Tickets
2-day ticket: EUR 74 + booking fees valid for 7th + 8th September including Berlin Festival and Silent Disco Aftershow party @ Tempelhof Airport Doors/stage time (Fri + Sat): 12.30pm Silent Aftershow Party: midnight-4am
Kombiticket: EUR 89 + booking fees valid for 7th + 8th September including Berlin Festival @ Flughafen Tempelhof and Club Xberg @ Arena Berlin as well as shuttle service to Club Xberg. Doors/stage time Berlin Festival (Fri + Sat): 12.30pm Doors/stage time Club Xberg (Fri + Sat): 11pm
A limited number of day tickets for both Berlin Festival and Club Xberg will be available soon.
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