Melt! festival

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Roni Size & Dynamite MC at the Melt! festival (2006)
Roni Size & Dynamite MC at the Melt! festival (2006)

The Melt! Festival is a music festival in Germany. The music that is played is described by the organizers as Electronic meets Rock.

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[edit] Location

Since 1999 the festival is held in Ferropolis, Gräfenhainichen Germany.

A principal attraction of the festival is the location, an openair museum of huge machines from the 20th Century. Some of them weigh up to 1980 tonnes and reach 30 metres high.

[edit] Editions

The first edition was held in 1997, and the festival has been held yearly since apart from 2003 when it was cancelled due to financial reasons.

[edit] 1997

Location: Bernsteinsee Velten / Brandenburg Attendance: 2000

[edit] 1998

Location: Flugplatz Lärz / Mecklenburg Attendance: 2500

[edit] 1999

Location: Ferropolis Attendance: 2800

[edit] 2000

Location: Ferropolis Attendance: Unknown

[edit] 2001

Location: Ferropolis Attendance: Unknown

[edit] 2002

Location: Ferropolis Attendance: Unknown

[edit] 2004

Location: Ferropolis Attendance: 8000

[edit] 2005

Location: Ferropolis Attendance: 10000

[edit] 2006

Location: Ferropolis Attendance: 12000

[edit] 2007

Location: Ferropolis Attendance: 16000

[edit] Headliners

Some bands that have headlined the festival are: Underworld, The Streets, Bloc Party, Röyksopp, Peaches, Scissor Sisters, Mando Diao, Chicks On Speed, Aphex Twin, Jamie Lidell and Michael Mayer

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