first wave of acts announced for Berlin Festival

Underworld, James Blake, Roisin Murphy, Richie Hawtin, & more

By Scott Williams | Published: Thu 12th Feb 2015

Friday 29th to Sunday 31st May 2015
Arena Berlin Park, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany MAP
early bird 69 euros

Underworld, James Blake, Roisin Murphy, and Richie Hawtin lead the first acts confirmed for Berlin Festival held at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, Germany on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th September 2012.

Also appearing will be Fritz Kalkbrenner, Seth Troxler, Carl Craig, Robert Hood, Rudimental, Dixon, Tale Of Us, Ame, Ten Walls, Chet Faker, GusGus, Marek Hemmann, Tiga, Twin Shadow, Atari Teenage Riot, Howling, Recondite, Kelela, Sylvan Esso, Pan-Pot, Ellen Allien, Westbam, Tiefschwarz (DJ-Set) , Zebra Katz, Ratking, Shlohmo, Tourist, Yung Lean, Purple, La Fleur, Valentina Lisitsa, Avi Avital, Marco Resmann, Ipek, Eva Be, and Cle (DJ-Set).

Westbam will mark his 50th birthday with a celebration of three decades of techno history: A Night with Westbam, while gay club SchwuZ will bring a collision of electro, indie, kitsch and glamour on the SchwuZ Love Boat, spread across Hoppetosse's two floors.

Berlin's film festival scene will make an appearance at the Festival under the banner of Berlin 'A' Screen: in co-operation with Berlinale, Teddy Awards, Pornfilmfestival and Exposed International Queer Film Festival Berlin. Arena Club will turn into a film lounge with Q&A’s and an intriguing cross-section of the film festival's programme.

Meanwhile the city’s art scene will once again turn the entire Festival site into a creative Art Village with street art, graffiti, dance, performance art and poetry slam.

More performances across the Festival's ten indoor and outdoor stages to be announced soon.