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]

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