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Melt Festival

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Melt! Festival
GenreElectronic music
Dates3rd weekend of July
Location(s)Gräfenhainichen, Germany
Years active1997–2024
Attendance20,000
Capacity20,000
Websitewww.meltfestival.de

The Melt Festival (formerly known as the Melt! Festival, and later MELT) was one of the biggest open-air electronic music festivals in Germany. The festival took place at the Ferropolis open-air museum, near Gräfenhainichen. It was held from 1997 to 2024.[1]

Installation at Melt! 2015

In May 2024, it was that announced that the July 11-13 2024 festival would be the last.[2]

Awards and mentions

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  • #2 in Resident Advisor's Top 10 festivals for July 2013.[3]
  • #3 in Resident Advisor's Top 10 festivals for July 2014.[4]
  • #2 in Resident Advisor's Top 10 festivals for July 2015.[5]
  • 2024 Helga festival award in the category "Most beautiful ones and zeros."[6]
  • 2024 Helga festival award in the category "Best conscience." [7]
Fire show on a Bucket-wheel excavator at Melt! 2015
Main Stage and Bucket-wheel excavator at Melt! 2015

2012–2014 lineups

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2014

Portishead, Röyksopp & Robyn, The Notwist, Moderat, Fritz Kalkbrenner, Metronomy, WhoMadeWho[8]

2013

The Knife, Trentemøller, Woodkid, Babyshambles[9]

2012

M83, Gossip, Whitest Boy Alive, Justice, Two Door Cinema Club, Modeselektor, Bloc Party, Caribou, The Bloody Beetroots[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Melt! Festival – History Archived 2015-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Germany's Melt Festival reveals 2024 will be final year · News ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  3. ^ Resident Advisor Festivals July 2013
  4. ^ Resident Advisor Festivals July 2014
  5. ^ Resident Advisor Festivals July 2015
  6. ^ "Der Helga! 2014". Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
  7. ^ "Der Helga! 2014". Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
  8. ^ Reibert, Benjamin (2014-03-18). "Melt! bestätigt Jeff Mills, Little Dragon, Panda Bear und Seth Troxler". trndmusik. Archived from the original on 2014-04-27. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
  9. ^ Schunkeln bis zur Ekstase. FAZ, 23 July 2013, p.30
  10. ^ Melt! Intro 2012
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