first wave of acts announced for Berlin Festival

Making their only scheduled performance in Germany this year, Iceland's Sigur Ros lead the first acts confirmed for Berlin Festival held at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, Germany on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September 2012.

Also making an exclusive appearance will be Franz Ferdinand. Other acts confirmed today for Berlin Festival are Cro, Daughter, First Aid Kit, Friendly Fires, Frittenbude, Jamie N Commons, Junip, Paul Kalkbrenner, Kraftklub, Little Dragon, Major Lazer, Morning Parade, Orbital, SBTRKT, , Tocotronic, Crookers (Xberg Club), Digitalism, Dumme Jungs, Metronomy, Modeselektor (Xberg Club), Slagsmalsklubben, and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs.

All together, around 70 artists will rock three stages as well as the legendary 'Mobile Disko' with 10,000+ headphones, the Silent Arena after show party will give ticket holders the chance to continue partying after the final main stage closes from midnight till 4am at Tempelhof Airport.

Also returning is the Art Village with 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.

This year for the first time accommodation will be offered at the festival site. There will be more info on this soon.

Tickets are priced at 74 euros for a 2-day ticket for both the festival and silent disco. there's also a combiticket priced at 89 euros which adds entry to Club Xberg @ Arena Berlin as well as shuttle service to Club Xberg. To buy tickets, click here.

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