Amphi Festival

Amphi Festival
GenreElectro, futurepop, electronic rock, alternative rock, Gothic Metal, medieval rock, Neue Deutsche Härte, gothic rock
DatesThird weekend of July
Location(s)Cologne, Germany; previously Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Years active2005–present
FoundersOrkus magazine
Websiteamphi-festival.de
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The Amphi Festival is a music festival that has been taking place since 2005 featuring a wide-ranging program for a heterogeneous audience[clarification needed], albeit primarily fans of alternative, electronic music, and dark music. The number of visitors to the event in 2009 was 13,000 per festival day.[1][2][3]

The first Amphi Festival took place in its namesake at the Amphitheater in Gelsenkirchen, Germany but since 2006 the Tanzbrunnen in Cologne has been the site of the two-day festival. Several bands perform both on the covered open-air stage as well as on an indoor stage. The range of artists ranges from electro and future pop to medieval rock and gothic rock.[4] There is also a disco program in the evening as well as readings and theater productions. The theater was used as the indoor stage until 2009 when it was changed to only being used for showing movies and band DVDs or as a disco and the Rheinparkhalle took over the role of the indoor stage for one day until a two-square-meter portion of the ceiling collapsed during the performance by Feindflug.[5][4] There were no injuries but Laibach's performance was delayed and moved back to the theater.[2]

Orkus magazine is the official sponsor of the festival and releases DVDs of the event in their issues at the end of the year.[6]

  1. ^ GmbH, Amphi Festival. "Amphi Festival 2019 – Tanzbrunnen Köln". www.amphi-festival.de.
  2. ^ a b "Aktuelle Nachrichten – Westdeutsche Zeitung – WZ.de". www.wz.de.
  3. ^ "Schrill, fremd, jenseits der Norm - Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger". www.ksta.de. Archived from the original on 20 July 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Elektrosounds und Latexminis beim Amphi Festival". koeln.de.
  5. ^ ""Amphi-Festival": Konzert verlegt! Putzteile von der Decke gebrochen | Köln - EXPRESS". Archived from the original on 6 September 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  6. ^ "Das Magazin für Dark Rock – Electro – Gothic – Dark Metal & more". orkus.de.