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Event Information:
The
Berlin Festival is a multi stage
music event which takes place at
Tempelhof Airport in Berlin,
Germany. The music festival takes
place annually in Berlin, and this
year the event expands to take over
various other venues throughout the
city, giving festival goers the full
Berlin experience with free entry to
over 30 clubs all over the city that
never sleeps. Tempelhof Airport is
the site for Berlin Festival. Now
defunct the airport bares a lot of
history, despite now longer working
as an airport, the site host many
large scale music events and fairs.
Berlin
Tempelhof Airport (German: Flughafen
Berlin-Tempelhof) was an airport in
Berlin, Germany, situated in the
south-central borough of
Tempelhof-Schöneberg. The airport
ceased operating in 2008 in the
process of establishing Schönefeld
as the sole commercial airport for
Berlin. Tempelhof was designated as
an airport by the Ministry of
Transport on 8 October 1923. The old
terminal was originally constructed
in 1927. In anticipation of
increasing air traffic, the Nazi
government began a massive
reconstruction in the mid-1930s.
While it was occasionally cited as
the world's oldest still operating
commercial airport, the title was
disputed by several other airports,
and has in any case been moot since
its closure.
Tempelhof was one of Europe's three
iconic pre-World War II airports,
the others being London's now
defunct Croydon Airport and the old
Paris - Le Bourget Airport. One of
the airport's most distinctive
features is its large, canopy-style
roof, which was able to accommodate
most contemporary airliners during
its heyday in the 1950s, 1960s and
early 1970s, thereby protecting
passengers from the elements.
Tempelhof Airport's main building
was once among the top 20 largest
buildings on earth; in contrast, it
formerly had the world's smallest
duty-free shop.
Tempelhof has been used since
closing to host numerous fairs and
events. The first major events
included the BREAD & BUTTER fashion
tradeshow in July and the Berlin
Festival 2009 concert in August. It
also hosts the Berlin Marathon fair
in September, which is the main
event preparation to runners. Fairs
are held in the hangar. In September
2010, Tempelhof hosted the Popkomm,
international world’s music and
entertainment business meeting place
and was one of the most important
location of the first Berlin Music
Week.
Line up for includes:
Friday 7 September
The Killers
Kate Nash
Miike Snow
Of Monsters and Men
Orbital
Sigur Ros
Christine and the Queens
Clock Opera
Daughter
Die Heiterkeit
Fieber-Tanzparty
Friends
Frittenbude
Ghostpoet
Grimes
HighAsAKite
Indie.Disko.Gehn
Kolmer
Lay Low
Little Dragon
Major Lazer
Marc-Alan Gray & Jonathan
Posse
Michael Kiwanuka
Nervous Ice in Cheap Cola
Nicolas Jaar (Live in concert)
Steve Morell
The Brandt Brauer Frick
Ensemble
Tocotronic
TurboWeekend
Wasted Ruffians
We have Band
Saturday 8 September
Franz Ferdinand
Plan B (Berlin)
SBTRKT (Live)
Bonaparte
Cro
Crocodiles
DJ Maxximus
Django Django
First Aid Kit
Friendly Fires
I Heart Sharks
IAMAMIWHOAMI
Jamie N Commons
Junip
Kimbra
KrafKlub
Laing
Le Galaxie
Muso
Paul Kalkbrenner
Rakete VS Sol Tight
Silent Disco Noize
Sizaar
Spencer (Karrera Klub)
Team Recorder
The Soundtrack of our lives
Tomfoolery
Toy (Riotvan/Lepizig)
WHOMADEWHO
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