Amphi Festival 2024 – EW Preview by Malice F

AMPHI FESTIVAL, Cologne, Germany. 27 – 28 July 2024 - See you all at Amphi Festival in Cologne for a unique dark concert and festival experience for 2024 too...

AMPHI FESTIVAL, Cologne, Germany

2728 July 2024

Festival Preview, by Malice F.

A date we all dark people are longing for each year! Near the end of July, Cologne and Tanzbrunnen venues by Rhein river will once again be painted black and host a fabulous goth and alternative music celebration and gathering.

Amphi festival started back in 2005 as The Orkus open air, a two-day music event in Gelsenkirchen, before settling down the next year in beautiful Cologne and Tanzbrunnen.

We as Electrowelt.com had the privilege and joy to be part of this wonderful Amphi journey since 2008, we have been part of the celebrations with our dj sets and enjoyed all bands performing, having the opportunity to check out big names of the scene, as well as newcomers who they have become well-known since then.

An awesome and killer line-up this year too! Organizers never seize to amaze us with the bands announced each year and the surprises they prepare for us.

Headliners for 2024 are the powerful Germans EISBRECHER for Saturday and the electro pop sensation act of AND ONE for Sunday,

Amphi also makes sure that we find out and enjoy many hidden gems of the scene and the minimal wave scene like Minuit Machine. I also looking forward to check out the very promising Belgian band Ultra Sunn and one of my favorite goth bands, Merciful Nuns too.

And of course, once again, many first time Amphi performances too, as well as big names are part of the festival’s roster, as you will see below. Here are the confirmed artists and bands for the Amphi Festival 2024 in alphabetical order, for each festival day, the bands marked with a small star {*} are performing for the first time at Amphi Festival:

Saturday, 27th of July 2024

A PROJECTION – AESTHETIC PERFECTION- AGENT SIDE GRINDER – ALIENARE BLACKBOOK* – BLOODY DEAD AND SEXY*- DIARY OF DREAMS – DIE SELEKTION* – EISBRECHER – HOCICO – JE T’ AIME – MANNTRA * – MINUIT MACHINE * – NEUROTICFISH – OST+FRONTPRINCIPE VALIENTE * – PROJECT PITCHFORK – SCHATTENMANNT.O.Y.* – THEN COMES SILENCE*

Sunday, 28th of July 2024

AND ONE – AUGER* – BLUT ENGEL – DARK*- DEUS EX LUMINA* – FADERHEAD- GIRLS UNDER GLASS – GOETHES ERBEN – HELDMACHINE – HENRIC DE LA COUR – HEPPNERS TANZZWANG – J:DEAD * – KIRLIAN CAMERA – MERCIFUL NUNS – RUINED CONFLICT  * – SOLAR FAKESOULBOUND* – THE BEAUTY OF GEMINA – THE OTHER – ULTRA SUNN *

Exact running times will be announced in time, we will be updating all relative info, so stay tuned!

Now let’s share some inside experience info for the newcomers, to help decide on definitely visiting Amphi this year: Amphi is held at a wonderful location by the river in summertime, Performances take place at two stages, we have the amphitheatrical Main Stage, the indoor venue of Theater, where pre-festival and after parties are also being held there, and during recent years, we also have the additional great party and concert onboard choice of RheinEnergie. During the festivities, visitors have the chance to hand at the beach club KM 689 and enjoy a cold beer, a drink or food looking over a breathtaking view of the river and the Cologne cathedral, a really fantastic way to get some rest and continue with the gigs. You can also explore the beautiful city of Cologne and its landmarks. For all of you who like to indulge in some goth shopping, don’t worry, organizers have taken that care too! Many gothic stores, a super outdoor and indoor, under a tent, stores.

After arriving on Friday, first job we have to take care of is to get our wristbands, so we head to the amphi stands at the main entrance to do so and after that, with the party ticket at hand, we dive in to the opening events!

The special opening concert of “Call The Ship To Port” is taking place for the ninth time this year. On Friday July 26, the MS RheinEnergie, will take 1,333 festival goers on a boat trip across the Rhine and on stage three exclusive power live-acts will set the pulse and give the best send off for the Amphi-weekend: COMBICHRIST, RABIA SORDA and X-RX. The event, as it is announced, is once more already sold out, so hopefully you have bought your tickets.

Afterwards, if you are up to it, it’s time again for the official Amphi Pre-Party at the Theater am Tanzbrunnen, that starts at 10pm. This year SOLAR FAKE’s Sven Friedrich, Honey from WELLE:ERDBALL, as well as dj like DJ Elvis (The Memphis) and Jeanny (Amphi) will be starting off the festivities in the best way possible with electro, ebm, synth pop timeless dancefloor hits!



Tickets for the official Amphi Pre-Party 2024 (pre-sale 11 €) are, as always, required in addition to the festival ticket and are available at the AMPHI SHOP at www.amphi-shop.de as well as at www.eventim.de and at all known CTS/EVENTIM advance booking offices.


Tickets

Weekend tickets are available for 115.00€ (plus shipping cost) at www.amphi-shop.de (worldwide shipping).

Day tickets are available as well for 76.00€ per day.

General Info

Doors open: 10:00 am

Beginning: 11:00 am

Festival websites: www.amphi-festival.de

Facebook Event Amphi Festival 2024: https://www.facebook.com/events/721669245594891/

You can check the amphi website, we will be publishing further news and updates at Electrowelt.com too (www.electrowelt.com )

You will also find tips for reaching Cologne and the venue, as well as finding accommodation, general conditions and many more.

See you all at Amphi Festival in Cologne for a unique dark concert and festival experience for 2024 too!

*** AMPHI FESTIVAL 2024 LATEST NEWS UPDATE ***

Unfortunately, we have to inform you that FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY (Saturday) and ES23 (Sunday) will not be able to perform at the Amphi Festival 2024 as planned.
 
Here are the statements of the two bands:
FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY: “Due to unforeseen circumstances and family matters, we will not be able to perform this year and we sincerely apologize to all our fans and hopefully we’ll see you in the future. All the best Bill Leeb.“
 
ES23: “Dear amphi visitors, it is with regret that we must inform you that the performance planned at Amphi-2024 has to be canceled due to family reasons.”
 
We understand that this is disappointing and are very sorry for the inconvenience caused. The decision to cancel the performance was not easy for us. We ask for your understanding regarding this matter. Thank you and see you soon. Best regards, your Daniel
 
But where shadows fall, the light is not far!
 
None less than Aesthetic Perfection jump in for FLA and honor themselves exclusively with their only European show in summer 2024 at the Amphi Festival. Instead of ES23, you can look forward to j:dead for the first time.
 
You can get tickets online at www.eventim.de. and at all the well-known CTS/EVENTIM VVK locations, as well as online at www.amphi-shop.de