39 years of 'Umsonst & Draußen' in the sign of the cow and not a bit quiet. No 'Umsonst und Draußen Festival' in Germany has taken place as often. By now, it is one of the largest festivals of its kind in Northern Germany. The STEMWEDER OPEN AIR FESTIVAL will take place this year on August 14 and 15. A long time, even for the tireless helpers of the organizing association for youth, leisure, and culture in Stemwede e.V. (JFK), some of whom have been there since the very beginning. But they are by no means thinking of stopping. No wonder: The old lady among open-air festivals is more popular than ever. Every year, thousands of visitors pilgrimage to Stemwede. This year, the Ilweder Wäldchen in the almost year-round idyllic Stemwede will again be turned upside down. The regionally known festival owes its attractiveness mainly to the wonderful and non-commercial atmosphere as well as its diverse offerings. A colorful hustle and bustle with its own unique charm.
The festival is understood, less than ever, solely as a concert event. The concept of the festival is a total spectacle made up of many small accompanying events that involve different age and cultural groups in the festival.
A trademark of the Stemweder Festival is its extraordinary musical range, which spans from rock, indie, reggae, pop, punk to metal and folk, and which continually contributes to the success of the event. With the Waldbühne and the Wiesenbühne, there are two stages featuring 24 highly interesting bands. In addition, there has been the 'Sonnensystem' for several years now, which rounds off the overall program with its acoustic and small arts stage.
The Waldbühne is always good for a musical surprise. Bands like 'Beatsteaks', 'Sportfreunde Stiller', 'Donots', 'Jupiter Jones', or 'Kettcar' have played there when hardly anyone took notice of them. This year, there is also a promising program with national and international bands.
The top act this year is: 'Feine Sahne Fischfilet'. Perhaps Germany's most important punk band is ringing the doors of madness and the gates of legend with their new album 'Bleiben oder gehen'. Their concerts are a mix of children's birthday party, initiation rite for kid punks from one of the best live bands currently playing every (EVERY!!!) stage across the country, and honest, clever stories - told by one of the most remarkable figures that the German music scene has to offer. Plus, these musicians manage to combine soul and punk; they stand on stage like a wardrobe. This band has everything a band needs to become a legend. Go to the concert today and in 20 years say 'I saw them live back then!'
'Sexto Sol' with musicians from Mexico, Venezuela, Portugal, and Germany have been convincing since 2000 with a straightforward and extremely danceable blend of ska, rock, reggae, and Latin American rhythms. In this multinational octet, thick brass sections meet energetic vocals, a manic pig organ meets a scruffy guitar. Here you get high-speed Latin ska with a hefty rock shovel and steaming reggae.
With 'The Majority Says' from Sweden, you can look forward to the mysteriously beautiful indie-pop with catchy pop melodies that are sometimes mystically dark, sometimes optimistically driving. Presented by the enchanting frontwoman Hannah Antonsson. The Scandinavians enchant their listeners with magical melodies and astonishing vocals. An extraordinary pop sound that equally unites indie and mainstream.
'The Baboon Show' rocks Stemwede! The band from Stockholm is now one of the best and most energetic live acts in Sweden. A crazy mix of punk, glam, rock’n’roll, and hard rock with straight rock guitar, solid drums, and the uniquely rocking singer Cecilia. 'The Baboon Show' plays hits all the way - sometimes raw punk rock songs, sometimes pure hard rock songs that rock like crazy even without a pressed gas pedal.
The 5-member Colombian band 'Skampida' presents a wild mix of reggae, Colombian folklore, cumbia, hip hop, and rock with their rock mestizo. With their energetic live show, they have already received numerous nominations in South American music magazines and competitions as the best live band and best ska-reggae band in Colombia.
In addition, there is again a high-profile newcomer program on the Wiesenbühne. 'Molllust' from Leipzig play a uniquely individual mix of classical and metal and have stirred up quite a dust with their opera metal. The four ladies and three gentlemen of 'Molllust' combine gentle strings with hard guitars, classical singing with solid double bass thrusts, and ball gowns with headbanging.
'WirMaschine' play German-speaking pop with brass that spreads good cheer. Danceable music doesn't have to be electronic. The proof is provided by the guitar-acoustic-brass-pop band from Kiel. Since 2011, they have been weaving a flying sound carpet of swinging rhythms, cheeky to slightly dark lyrics, and captivating melodies that invite you to sing along and dance.
'Insolvent Insomniacs' combine driving ska and laid-back reggae offbeats with powerful brass riffs and energetic rock passages. A pinch of polka and Balkan beats makes the whole thing a varied but always danceable style mix.
'The Low Flying Ducks' are a young folk-blues band from Hamburg and Berlin. Their sometimes stomping, sometimes driving songs tell stories from the diary of life - between shine and rust. With their many influences and instruments, they combine relaxed folk songs with biting blues-rock. Rhodes, guitars, trumpet, and accordion weave a fine net that captures every listener and doesn't let go easily.
This year, there will again be music until dawn in the DJ tent on both days. The 'DJ-Team Herr Müller' will play everything that rocks on Friday. And it rocks!!! On Saturday, the 'Muppet-DJ-Team' will play hip hop, trip hop, metal, hardcore, independent, electro-punk, rock, reggae, punk, ska, etc.
The showcase of the Stemweder Open Air is once again its versatile supporting program, and a lot has changed there. For several years now, there has been a new area called the Sonnensystem. On Friday and Saturday afternoons, it's singer/songwriter time with various interesting artists. In the evenings, the dance floor opens with electro and house.
Line up for the 39th Stemweder Open Air Festival
Friday, August 14
Waldbühne
6:00 PM: Schafe & Wölfe – HipHop, Electro, Pop
7:30 PM: The Majority Says (SWE) – Indie-Pop
9:15 PM: The Baboon Show (SWE) – Rock
11:00 PM: to be announced
1:00 AM: Skampida (COL) – Ska
Wiesenbühne
5:45 PM: The Trash Templars - Garagepunk
7:00 PM: BloodVale - Thrash/Speed Metal
8:15 PM: Benst - Rock
9:45 PM: Insolvent Insomniacs - Ska
11:15 PM: From Willows - Post Metal
Saturday, August 15
Waldbühne
2:00 PM: Mighty Mammut Movement – Reggae, Ska, HipHop
3:45 PM: La Confianza – Crossover
5:30 PM: Kmpfsprt – Indie-Rock, Punk
7:15 PM: Sexto Sol – Latin-Ska
9:00 PM: Swiss & die Andern – HipHop
10:45 PM: Feine Sahne Fischfilet – Punk
12:30 AM: Tubbe – Electro
Wiesenbühne
3:00 PM: Who’s Pinski - Singer/Songwriter, Rock
4:30 PM: The Low Flying Ducks - Folk-Blues
5:45 PM: The Cracklins - Indie-Rock
7:00 PM: WirMaschine - Acoustic-Brass-Pop
8:45 PM: Domi, bade! - Singer/Songwriter, Rock
10:15 PM: Molllust - Opera Metal
11:45 PM: Iron Walrus - Metal, Doom, Sludge
Friday, August 14
Waldbühne
6:00 PM: Schafe & Wölfe – HipHop, Electro, Pop
The duo from the Westphalian wasteland wants to change nothing, revolutionize nothing - they want to make songs that are like movies: full of tension, emotional, real, and exaggerated. No club music, but danceable. No indie, but individual. No rap, but beats. Schafe & Wölfe have songs that drive you, create images and head cinema, and yet let you go for your own interpretations at the right moment. It's about the eternal search for love, for fun, and about being a stranger to oneself. Everyone is just a player in the ego-shooter 'life' and all are connected by the eternal striving for the high score.
7:30 PM: The Majority Says (SWE) – Indie-Pop
You can look forward to the mysteriously beautiful indie-pop with catchy pop melodies, presented by the enchanting frontwoman Hannah Antonsson, who comes across as sometimes mystically dark, sometimes optimistically driving. The Majority Says was founded in 2005 in Linköping, a small town south of Stockholm. It started with a small EP of their own; today it is incredibly international: Their songs have been used for American TV series and for movies and commercials in various countries. The Scandinavians enchant their listeners with magical melodies and astonishing vocals. An extraordinary pop sound that equally unites indie and mainstream.
9:15 PM: The Baboon Show (SWE) – Rock
Yeah, yeah, yeah: The Baboon Show rocks Stemwede! The band from Stockholm started in 2003 and is now the (!) best and most energetic live act in Sweden. Their name serves as a slap in the face to the Swedish government (which sometimes behaves like a horde of wild baboons), but also suggests how one can imagine the show of the Swedes: A crazy mix of punk, glam, rock’n’roll, and hard rock with straight rock guitar, solid drums, and the uniquely rocking singer Cecilia. The Baboon Show plays hits all the way - sometimes raw punk rock songs, sometimes pure hard rock songs that rock like crazy even without a pressed gas pedal. 'You can’t escape us you know it’s true, we are The Baboon Show'
11:00 PM: to be announced
1:00 AM: Skampida (COL) – Ska
The 5-member Colombian band Skampida was founded in 2000 in Bogota. They present a wild mix of reggae, Colombian folklore, cumbia, hip hop, and punk rock with their rock mestizo. With their energetic live show, they have already received numerous nominations in South American music magazines and competitions as the best live band and best ska-reggae band in Colombia. In their over 1000 performances in Latin America, the USA, Canada, and Europe, they have shared the stage with acts like The Skatalites and Manu Chao. Now they are coming on their third European tour in the festival summer of 2015 with their new EP 'All I wanna'.
Wiesenbühne
5:45 PM: The Trash Templars - Garagepunk
Having been on the German club scene since 2010, the Bielefeld Trash Templars are still a real insider tip when it comes to driving garage punk with 60s influences. The band (which always takes the stage in self-made knight costumes) has earned a solid reputation over the years with their wild and energetic live shows far from all worn-out scene paths.
The Trash Templars bring back the garage punk of the 60s in its wildest form with incredible joy of playing and delight their audience with a stage show that is in no way lacking in entertainment. Anyone who stays further in their chambers is to blame!
7:00 PM: BloodVale - Thrash/Speed Metal
'BloodVale' is still a young band playing old-school thrash/speed metal. However, they also bring their own style into it. The band has been around for almost three years now and has already gained stage experience. The band members come from Bünde, Hüllhorst, Kirchlengern, and Dünne.
8:15 PM: Benst - Rock
The band BENST from NRW consists of Ben Braun and Stefan Wolharn. Guitar, vocals, and drums form the foundation of their music. The two met during their time together in Hans Dampf and produced Ben Braun's solo album together. During the production process of Ben Braun's solo album, both quickly realized the musical harmony and sympathy that existed between the two musicians. It soon became clear, 'we want to make music together', and thus the founding of BENST, a rock band with electric guitars and drums, came about. Just the two of them - loud, honest, dynamic - classic pure rock.
9:45 PM: Insolvent Insomniacs - Ska
Insolvent Insomniacs combine driving ska and laid-back reggae offbeats with powerful brass riffs and energetic rock passages. A pinch of polka and Balkan beats makes the whole thing a varied but always danceable style mix. Their debut album 'Last Chants' was released in 2013. However, one should not take this literally, as the broke night owls still have a score to settle everywhere...
11:15 PM: From Willows - Post Metal
They bring gnarly songs and twisted stories, like the branches of the namesake willow. The structures are angular and nested, the basic mood somewhere between melancholy and beating. The sound is raw and full, and yet there are only two who channel fantasy and emotion in it. Dynamic ups and downs determine the acoustic dramaturgy and immerse the listener's thought world in colors. Johannes Horas Möllers (vocals/guitar) and Richard Meier (drums) founded From Willows in spring 2013 to create music of contrasts - in an intuitive way and without any claim to radio-friendliness. The result is a sometimes angry, sometimes tender mixture of sludge metal and post-rock.
Saturday, August 15
Waldbühne
2:00 PM: Mighty Mammut Movement (D) – Reggae, Ska, HipHop
In the beginning was the music. On one side the ska, on the other the hip hop. From the bands 'Mammut Almut' and 'Mental Movement' came the unique Mighty Mammut Movement. The classic band lineup is expanded with trombone, saxophone, organ, and DJ as well as the two MCs Mars One and MC Beast. From the state capital Düsseldorf, the now eleven-member movement has set out on its journey, where different musical personalities engage in dialogue rather than compete. Songs that combine message with groove, the mouthpiece of both belly AND head. Who even said that you can't dance while thinking? Movement instead of stagnation! Colorful instead of gray! Better loud than quiet!
3:45 PM: La Confianza – Crossover
With the four young Franconians, things are getting 'moving'! In 2014, their EP jumped into the German rock-metal charts, from there into the head, into the legs, into the face. Then it goes blow by blow. Celebrated festival and club appearances, tours with Boy Hits Car and Emil Bulls, and their own tour for the new album: 'Trotzdem'. Musically, Visions noted: 'Their songs begin like the best adrenaline shots from Linkin Park: crackling electronics and the smoldering embers of faded guitar licks as the calm before the storm, which rises in the form of a massive wave that does not bury you under it but lets you ride on top of the wave crest.' La Confianza is bursting with energy and the band presents a crossover rooted in the 90s, as modern and captivating as it could be. Catchy melodies meet powerful rhythms and intelligent rap vocals. Thus, the overall picture underlines how (street-appropriate!) crossover must sound in 2015.
5:30 PM: Kmpfsprt – Indie-Rock, Punk
After a damn good debut EP 'Das ist doch kein Name für 'ne Band' and the successful single 'Affengeld', KMPFSPRT from the German rock scene is now indispensable. With their last year's album 'Jugend mutiert' and countless tours/festival appearances, KMPFSPRT manages to steadily grow their fanbase and excite them anew every time. Their name loses, especially through this 'crazy hipster spelling', the vulgarity and awakens our curiosity. The band assures 'we are quite nice and not vulgar'. Thank you! Musically, KMPFSPRT is quite melodic when appropriate, but also hard when necessary. Often described as a dachshund-bloody Turbostaat variant or as the second Muff Potter, only musically much 'more American'. Who said KMPFSPRT sounds like a mix of Hot Water Music and Title Fight - only in German?
7:15 PM: Sexto Sol – Latin-Ska
Sexto Sol with musicians from Mexico, Venezuela, Portugal, and Germany are based in Kiel and have been convincing since 2000 with a straightforward and extremely danceable blend of ska, reggae, and Latin American rhythms. In this multinational octet, thick brass sections meet energetic vocals, a manic pig organ meets a scruffy guitar. Even those who are currently rooted to the ground will at least shake their pant legs! Here you get high-speed Latin ska with a hefty rock shovel and steaming reggae. The songs deal with social injustice and everyday racism. World improvers: rather not. Dreamers: maybe. Movement: immediately! Border fences are quickly and uncompromisingly danced flat. It is hard to stay still and the sweat condenses. Dance! Mosh! Celebrate!
9:00 PM: Swiss & die Andern – HipHop
Swiss is by no means a stranger in the local rap music scene and his songs have often caused some controversies. But songs must provoke - they stimulate thought! 'Every track a hit' boasts Swiss in 2006 with his first album. The tabloid press subsequently labeled Swiss as 'Hamburg's Bushido'. Doesn't fit, thinks Swiss: 'I make provocative music, but on a completely different level.' True, this is a completely different film. Swiss stands for all the schizophrenic city kids who grow up in two different worlds.
In 2013, Swiss began to distance himself from the rap scene to return to his punk roots. From now on, a 'crazy drummer' as well as guitarist and bassist are on stage and privately behind him. As Siwss & die Andern, the guys do what they feel like: they mix punk, rap, and poetic lyrics about the failed world.
10:45 PM: Feine Sahne Fischfilet – Punk
The sun is at its highest point, the moon is full, the stars shine in competition, the peppermint distilleries are working overtime & Feine Sahne Fischfilet from Rostock/Greifswald are coming to Stemwede with their new album. The stories surrounding this band with the heart of a lion are legendary. Phones tapped by cops, being chased by Nazis, hunting Nazis, subscription to the intelligence report, a social & cultural engagement lived selflessly, two extremely strong albums, once completely in the trash. Germany's perhaps most important punk band is ringing the doors of madness and the gates of legend with their new album 'Bleiben oder gehen'. Go to the concert today and in 20 years say 'I saw them live back then!' This has been done before when talking about the 'Unter falscher Flagge' tour. Why settle for less today?!
12:30 AM: Tubbe – Electro
Ladies and gentlemen, Tubbe! Since their debut album 'Eiscafé Ravetto' on Audiolith, a lot has happened. The two shot out of the starting blocks of Berlin in all directions: Kiev, Reeperbahn Festival, Moulin Rouge, Annaberg-Buchholz. At the same time, the media world has taken notice of Tubbe and reported: stations like NJOY, Fritz, and even 3sat have given their opinion. In 2015, the new album: 'Keine Arbeit Lieber Tanzen' - a maxim that Tubbe has confidently written on their flags. The band believes: concerts are the better dining out. Be charming, be happy, and stop jogging if it doesn't make you happy. We recommend: Do it like Tubbe, because they know how to be happy. No work. Rather dance.
Wiesenbühne
3:00 PM: Who’s Pinski - Singer/Songwriter, Rock
Frontwoman Insa Reichwein alias 'Pinski' leaves no doubt about the intention to infect people with her enthusiasm. Whether laughing or crying - she stands for what she plays and lives. Honest songs and an energetic voice captivate the audience. A 'Who’s Pinski' concert stays in the ear for a long time, as the quartet's skill, sympathy, and fun convince on stage and create an unforgettable atmosphere.
Rock, power, and singer/songwriter elements are combined by the four musicians into sophisticated and captivating arrangements, at the center of which stands Reichwein's extraordinary singing. Her multifaceted and crunchy voice, which is sometimes angry, sometimes torn, but always powerful, gives the emotional songs a unique sound.
4:30 PM: The Low Flying Ducks - Folk-Blues
The Low Flying Ducks are a young folk-blues band from Hamburg and Berlin. Their sometimes stomping, sometimes driving songs tell stories from the diary of life - between shine and rust. With their many influences and instruments, they combine relaxed folk songs with biting blues-rock. Rhodes, guitars, trumpet, and accordion weave a fine net that captures every listener and doesn't let go easily. Their concerts thrive on great feeling and a lot of joy and spontaneity, surprising the audience, sometimes even themselves.
5:45 PM: The Cracklins - Indie-Rock
'The Cracklins' are a still young rock band from Espelkamp. The band was founded a year ago and plays indie rock. Influences include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arctic Monkeys, etc. Band members are Alexander Müller (drums, vocals), Kevin Radkte (guitar), and Jona Fehmer (bass).
7:00 PM: WirMaschine - Acoustic-Brass-Pop
Acoustic music can indeed be suitable for attentive listening and danceable at the same time. The proof is provided by the acoustic-brass-pop band WirMaschine from Kiel. Since 2011, the six musicians have been weaving a flying sound carpet of swinging rhythms, cheeky to slightly dark lyrics, and captivating melodies that invite you to sing along and dance. Their tools: acoustic guitar, drums, electric and double bass, piano, trumpet, and trombone.
Between beat and melody, WirMaschine tells of the course of things, of its beautiful and strange turns, sings of everyday heroism and the inner lazy dog, of the good life, of falling and getting back up. Sometimes cheeky and cheerful, sometimes in the warm cloak of melancholy, always with a lot of feeling and an optimistic view of the horizon.
8:45 PM: Domi, bade! - Singer/Songwriter, Rock
Singer/songwriter or band? Domi, bade! are 3+1 guys from Central Hesse, sing in German, and have just released their second EP. 'Im Schatten der Stadt' is the good piece and comes straight from the heart to the paper and from there to the record, because at its core, it is all a solo project. A solo project that somehow sounds like more. Domi, bade! are loud. Domi, bade! are quiet. Domi, bade! are singer/songwriter and band.
10:15 PM: Molllust - Opera Metal
Molllust has been on stage for just over three years with their uniquely individual mix of classical and metal and has already stirred up quite a dust: The solo project of HAGGARD soprano Janika (who grew up in Diepholz, by the way) was supported by the Wacken Foundation in 2014, was the official M'Era Luna newcomer in 2013, won the BachSpiele in 2012, and was named one of the musical showcases of Saxony by the FMC. The four ladies and three gentlemen combine gentle strings with hard guitars, classical singing with solid double bass thrusts, and ball gowns with headbanging. The new album will be released in autumn 2015. At the Stemweder Open Air Festival, there will already be some appetizers to hear and see.
11:45 PM: Iron Walrus - Metal, Doom, Sludge
Brutal riffing, crashing bass hooks, driving drumming, furious shouting. That is IRON WALRUS. Massive sound walls, driving grooves, and oppressive atmosphere characterize the band. The plan is not to invent anything new, but to pair traditional metal with 90s doom influences and throw the whole thing into their own shredder, which works impressively. And one thing is promised here: Whoever experiences the guys live will definitely go home with a diabolical grin on their face!
The festival is understood, less than ever, solely as a concert event. The concept of the festival is a total spectacle made up of many small accompanying events that involve different age and cultural groups in the festival.
A trademark of the Stemweder Festival is its extraordinary musical range, which spans from rock, indie, reggae, pop, punk to metal and folk, and which continually contributes to the success of the event. With the Waldbühne and the Wiesenbühne, there are two stages featuring 24 highly interesting bands. In addition, there has been the 'Sonnensystem' for several years now, which rounds off the overall program with its acoustic and small arts stage.
The Waldbühne is always good for a musical surprise. Bands like 'Beatsteaks', 'Sportfreunde Stiller', 'Donots', 'Jupiter Jones', or 'Kettcar' have played there when hardly anyone took notice of them. This year, there is also a promising program with national and international bands.
The top act this year is: 'Feine Sahne Fischfilet'. Perhaps Germany's most important punk band is ringing the doors of madness and the gates of legend with their new album 'Bleiben oder gehen'. Their concerts are a mix of children's birthday party, initiation rite for kid punks from one of the best live bands currently playing every (EVERY!!!) stage across the country, and honest, clever stories - told by one of the most remarkable figures that the German music scene has to offer. Plus, these musicians manage to combine soul and punk; they stand on stage like a wardrobe. This band has everything a band needs to become a legend. Go to the concert today and in 20 years say 'I saw them live back then!'
'Sexto Sol' with musicians from Mexico, Venezuela, Portugal, and Germany have been convincing since 2000 with a straightforward and extremely danceable blend of ska, rock, reggae, and Latin American rhythms. In this multinational octet, thick brass sections meet energetic vocals, a manic pig organ meets a scruffy guitar. Here you get high-speed Latin ska with a hefty rock shovel and steaming reggae.
With 'The Majority Says' from Sweden, you can look forward to the mysteriously beautiful indie-pop with catchy pop melodies that are sometimes mystically dark, sometimes optimistically driving. Presented by the enchanting frontwoman Hannah Antonsson. The Scandinavians enchant their listeners with magical melodies and astonishing vocals. An extraordinary pop sound that equally unites indie and mainstream.
'The Baboon Show' rocks Stemwede! The band from Stockholm is now one of the best and most energetic live acts in Sweden. A crazy mix of punk, glam, rock’n’roll, and hard rock with straight rock guitar, solid drums, and the uniquely rocking singer Cecilia. 'The Baboon Show' plays hits all the way - sometimes raw punk rock songs, sometimes pure hard rock songs that rock like crazy even without a pressed gas pedal.
The 5-member Colombian band 'Skampida' presents a wild mix of reggae, Colombian folklore, cumbia, hip hop, and rock with their rock mestizo. With their energetic live show, they have already received numerous nominations in South American music magazines and competitions as the best live band and best ska-reggae band in Colombia.
In addition, there is again a high-profile newcomer program on the Wiesenbühne. 'Molllust' from Leipzig play a uniquely individual mix of classical and metal and have stirred up quite a dust with their opera metal. The four ladies and three gentlemen of 'Molllust' combine gentle strings with hard guitars, classical singing with solid double bass thrusts, and ball gowns with headbanging.
'WirMaschine' play German-speaking pop with brass that spreads good cheer. Danceable music doesn't have to be electronic. The proof is provided by the guitar-acoustic-brass-pop band from Kiel. Since 2011, they have been weaving a flying sound carpet of swinging rhythms, cheeky to slightly dark lyrics, and captivating melodies that invite you to sing along and dance.
'Insolvent Insomniacs' combine driving ska and laid-back reggae offbeats with powerful brass riffs and energetic rock passages. A pinch of polka and Balkan beats makes the whole thing a varied but always danceable style mix.
'The Low Flying Ducks' are a young folk-blues band from Hamburg and Berlin. Their sometimes stomping, sometimes driving songs tell stories from the diary of life - between shine and rust. With their many influences and instruments, they combine relaxed folk songs with biting blues-rock. Rhodes, guitars, trumpet, and accordion weave a fine net that captures every listener and doesn't let go easily.
This year, there will again be music until dawn in the DJ tent on both days. The 'DJ-Team Herr Müller' will play everything that rocks on Friday. And it rocks!!! On Saturday, the 'Muppet-DJ-Team' will play hip hop, trip hop, metal, hardcore, independent, electro-punk, rock, reggae, punk, ska, etc.
The showcase of the Stemweder Open Air is once again its versatile supporting program, and a lot has changed there. For several years now, there has been a new area called the Sonnensystem. On Friday and Saturday afternoons, it's singer/songwriter time with various interesting artists. In the evenings, the dance floor opens with electro and house.
Line up for the 39th Stemweder Open Air Festival
Friday, August 14
Waldbühne
6:00 PM: Schafe & Wölfe – HipHop, Electro, Pop
7:30 PM: The Majority Says (SWE) – Indie-Pop
9:15 PM: The Baboon Show (SWE) – Rock
11:00 PM: to be announced
1:00 AM: Skampida (COL) – Ska
Wiesenbühne
5:45 PM: The Trash Templars - Garagepunk
7:00 PM: BloodVale - Thrash/Speed Metal
8:15 PM: Benst - Rock
9:45 PM: Insolvent Insomniacs - Ska
11:15 PM: From Willows - Post Metal
Saturday, August 15
Waldbühne
2:00 PM: Mighty Mammut Movement – Reggae, Ska, HipHop
3:45 PM: La Confianza – Crossover
5:30 PM: Kmpfsprt – Indie-Rock, Punk
7:15 PM: Sexto Sol – Latin-Ska
9:00 PM: Swiss & die Andern – HipHop
10:45 PM: Feine Sahne Fischfilet – Punk
12:30 AM: Tubbe – Electro
Wiesenbühne
3:00 PM: Who’s Pinski - Singer/Songwriter, Rock
4:30 PM: The Low Flying Ducks - Folk-Blues
5:45 PM: The Cracklins - Indie-Rock
7:00 PM: WirMaschine - Acoustic-Brass-Pop
8:45 PM: Domi, bade! - Singer/Songwriter, Rock
10:15 PM: Molllust - Opera Metal
11:45 PM: Iron Walrus - Metal, Doom, Sludge
Friday, August 14
Waldbühne
6:00 PM: Schafe & Wölfe – HipHop, Electro, Pop
The duo from the Westphalian wasteland wants to change nothing, revolutionize nothing - they want to make songs that are like movies: full of tension, emotional, real, and exaggerated. No club music, but danceable. No indie, but individual. No rap, but beats. Schafe & Wölfe have songs that drive you, create images and head cinema, and yet let you go for your own interpretations at the right moment. It's about the eternal search for love, for fun, and about being a stranger to oneself. Everyone is just a player in the ego-shooter 'life' and all are connected by the eternal striving for the high score.
7:30 PM: The Majority Says (SWE) – Indie-Pop
You can look forward to the mysteriously beautiful indie-pop with catchy pop melodies, presented by the enchanting frontwoman Hannah Antonsson, who comes across as sometimes mystically dark, sometimes optimistically driving. The Majority Says was founded in 2005 in Linköping, a small town south of Stockholm. It started with a small EP of their own; today it is incredibly international: Their songs have been used for American TV series and for movies and commercials in various countries. The Scandinavians enchant their listeners with magical melodies and astonishing vocals. An extraordinary pop sound that equally unites indie and mainstream.
9:15 PM: The Baboon Show (SWE) – Rock
Yeah, yeah, yeah: The Baboon Show rocks Stemwede! The band from Stockholm started in 2003 and is now the (!) best and most energetic live act in Sweden. Their name serves as a slap in the face to the Swedish government (which sometimes behaves like a horde of wild baboons), but also suggests how one can imagine the show of the Swedes: A crazy mix of punk, glam, rock’n’roll, and hard rock with straight rock guitar, solid drums, and the uniquely rocking singer Cecilia. The Baboon Show plays hits all the way - sometimes raw punk rock songs, sometimes pure hard rock songs that rock like crazy even without a pressed gas pedal. 'You can’t escape us you know it’s true, we are The Baboon Show'
11:00 PM: to be announced
1:00 AM: Skampida (COL) – Ska
The 5-member Colombian band Skampida was founded in 2000 in Bogota. They present a wild mix of reggae, Colombian folklore, cumbia, hip hop, and punk rock with their rock mestizo. With their energetic live show, they have already received numerous nominations in South American music magazines and competitions as the best live band and best ska-reggae band in Colombia. In their over 1000 performances in Latin America, the USA, Canada, and Europe, they have shared the stage with acts like The Skatalites and Manu Chao. Now they are coming on their third European tour in the festival summer of 2015 with their new EP 'All I wanna'.
Wiesenbühne
5:45 PM: The Trash Templars - Garagepunk
Having been on the German club scene since 2010, the Bielefeld Trash Templars are still a real insider tip when it comes to driving garage punk with 60s influences. The band (which always takes the stage in self-made knight costumes) has earned a solid reputation over the years with their wild and energetic live shows far from all worn-out scene paths.
The Trash Templars bring back the garage punk of the 60s in its wildest form with incredible joy of playing and delight their audience with a stage show that is in no way lacking in entertainment. Anyone who stays further in their chambers is to blame!
7:00 PM: BloodVale - Thrash/Speed Metal
'BloodVale' is still a young band playing old-school thrash/speed metal. However, they also bring their own style into it. The band has been around for almost three years now and has already gained stage experience. The band members come from Bünde, Hüllhorst, Kirchlengern, and Dünne.
8:15 PM: Benst - Rock
The band BENST from NRW consists of Ben Braun and Stefan Wolharn. Guitar, vocals, and drums form the foundation of their music. The two met during their time together in Hans Dampf and produced Ben Braun's solo album together. During the production process of Ben Braun's solo album, both quickly realized the musical harmony and sympathy that existed between the two musicians. It soon became clear, 'we want to make music together', and thus the founding of BENST, a rock band with electric guitars and drums, came about. Just the two of them - loud, honest, dynamic - classic pure rock.
9:45 PM: Insolvent Insomniacs - Ska
Insolvent Insomniacs combine driving ska and laid-back reggae offbeats with powerful brass riffs and energetic rock passages. A pinch of polka and Balkan beats makes the whole thing a varied but always danceable style mix. Their debut album 'Last Chants' was released in 2013. However, one should not take this literally, as the broke night owls still have a score to settle everywhere...
11:15 PM: From Willows - Post Metal
They bring gnarly songs and twisted stories, like the branches of the namesake willow. The structures are angular and nested, the basic mood somewhere between melancholy and beating. The sound is raw and full, and yet there are only two who channel fantasy and emotion in it. Dynamic ups and downs determine the acoustic dramaturgy and immerse the listener's thought world in colors. Johannes Horas Möllers (vocals/guitar) and Richard Meier (drums) founded From Willows in spring 2013 to create music of contrasts - in an intuitive way and without any claim to radio-friendliness. The result is a sometimes angry, sometimes tender mixture of sludge metal and post-rock.
Saturday, August 15
Waldbühne
2:00 PM: Mighty Mammut Movement (D) – Reggae, Ska, HipHop
In the beginning was the music. On one side the ska, on the other the hip hop. From the bands 'Mammut Almut' and 'Mental Movement' came the unique Mighty Mammut Movement. The classic band lineup is expanded with trombone, saxophone, organ, and DJ as well as the two MCs Mars One and MC Beast. From the state capital Düsseldorf, the now eleven-member movement has set out on its journey, where different musical personalities engage in dialogue rather than compete. Songs that combine message with groove, the mouthpiece of both belly AND head. Who even said that you can't dance while thinking? Movement instead of stagnation! Colorful instead of gray! Better loud than quiet!
3:45 PM: La Confianza – Crossover
With the four young Franconians, things are getting 'moving'! In 2014, their EP jumped into the German rock-metal charts, from there into the head, into the legs, into the face. Then it goes blow by blow. Celebrated festival and club appearances, tours with Boy Hits Car and Emil Bulls, and their own tour for the new album: 'Trotzdem'. Musically, Visions noted: 'Their songs begin like the best adrenaline shots from Linkin Park: crackling electronics and the smoldering embers of faded guitar licks as the calm before the storm, which rises in the form of a massive wave that does not bury you under it but lets you ride on top of the wave crest.' La Confianza is bursting with energy and the band presents a crossover rooted in the 90s, as modern and captivating as it could be. Catchy melodies meet powerful rhythms and intelligent rap vocals. Thus, the overall picture underlines how (street-appropriate!) crossover must sound in 2015.
5:30 PM: Kmpfsprt – Indie-Rock, Punk
After a damn good debut EP 'Das ist doch kein Name für 'ne Band' and the successful single 'Affengeld', KMPFSPRT from the German rock scene is now indispensable. With their last year's album 'Jugend mutiert' and countless tours/festival appearances, KMPFSPRT manages to steadily grow their fanbase and excite them anew every time. Their name loses, especially through this 'crazy hipster spelling', the vulgarity and awakens our curiosity. The band assures 'we are quite nice and not vulgar'. Thank you! Musically, KMPFSPRT is quite melodic when appropriate, but also hard when necessary. Often described as a dachshund-bloody Turbostaat variant or as the second Muff Potter, only musically much 'more American'. Who said KMPFSPRT sounds like a mix of Hot Water Music and Title Fight - only in German?
7:15 PM: Sexto Sol – Latin-Ska
Sexto Sol with musicians from Mexico, Venezuela, Portugal, and Germany are based in Kiel and have been convincing since 2000 with a straightforward and extremely danceable blend of ska, reggae, and Latin American rhythms. In this multinational octet, thick brass sections meet energetic vocals, a manic pig organ meets a scruffy guitar. Even those who are currently rooted to the ground will at least shake their pant legs! Here you get high-speed Latin ska with a hefty rock shovel and steaming reggae. The songs deal with social injustice and everyday racism. World improvers: rather not. Dreamers: maybe. Movement: immediately! Border fences are quickly and uncompromisingly danced flat. It is hard to stay still and the sweat condenses. Dance! Mosh! Celebrate!
9:00 PM: Swiss & die Andern – HipHop
Swiss is by no means a stranger in the local rap music scene and his songs have often caused some controversies. But songs must provoke - they stimulate thought! 'Every track a hit' boasts Swiss in 2006 with his first album. The tabloid press subsequently labeled Swiss as 'Hamburg's Bushido'. Doesn't fit, thinks Swiss: 'I make provocative music, but on a completely different level.' True, this is a completely different film. Swiss stands for all the schizophrenic city kids who grow up in two different worlds.
In 2013, Swiss began to distance himself from the rap scene to return to his punk roots. From now on, a 'crazy drummer' as well as guitarist and bassist are on stage and privately behind him. As Siwss & die Andern, the guys do what they feel like: they mix punk, rap, and poetic lyrics about the failed world.
10:45 PM: Feine Sahne Fischfilet – Punk
The sun is at its highest point, the moon is full, the stars shine in competition, the peppermint distilleries are working overtime & Feine Sahne Fischfilet from Rostock/Greifswald are coming to Stemwede with their new album. The stories surrounding this band with the heart of a lion are legendary. Phones tapped by cops, being chased by Nazis, hunting Nazis, subscription to the intelligence report, a social & cultural engagement lived selflessly, two extremely strong albums, once completely in the trash. Germany's perhaps most important punk band is ringing the doors of madness and the gates of legend with their new album 'Bleiben oder gehen'. Go to the concert today and in 20 years say 'I saw them live back then!' This has been done before when talking about the 'Unter falscher Flagge' tour. Why settle for less today?!
12:30 AM: Tubbe – Electro
Ladies and gentlemen, Tubbe! Since their debut album 'Eiscafé Ravetto' on Audiolith, a lot has happened. The two shot out of the starting blocks of Berlin in all directions: Kiev, Reeperbahn Festival, Moulin Rouge, Annaberg-Buchholz. At the same time, the media world has taken notice of Tubbe and reported: stations like NJOY, Fritz, and even 3sat have given their opinion. In 2015, the new album: 'Keine Arbeit Lieber Tanzen' - a maxim that Tubbe has confidently written on their flags. The band believes: concerts are the better dining out. Be charming, be happy, and stop jogging if it doesn't make you happy. We recommend: Do it like Tubbe, because they know how to be happy. No work. Rather dance.
Wiesenbühne
3:00 PM: Who’s Pinski - Singer/Songwriter, Rock
Frontwoman Insa Reichwein alias 'Pinski' leaves no doubt about the intention to infect people with her enthusiasm. Whether laughing or crying - she stands for what she plays and lives. Honest songs and an energetic voice captivate the audience. A 'Who’s Pinski' concert stays in the ear for a long time, as the quartet's skill, sympathy, and fun convince on stage and create an unforgettable atmosphere.
Rock, power, and singer/songwriter elements are combined by the four musicians into sophisticated and captivating arrangements, at the center of which stands Reichwein's extraordinary singing. Her multifaceted and crunchy voice, which is sometimes angry, sometimes torn, but always powerful, gives the emotional songs a unique sound.
4:30 PM: The Low Flying Ducks - Folk-Blues
The Low Flying Ducks are a young folk-blues band from Hamburg and Berlin. Their sometimes stomping, sometimes driving songs tell stories from the diary of life - between shine and rust. With their many influences and instruments, they combine relaxed folk songs with biting blues-rock. Rhodes, guitars, trumpet, and accordion weave a fine net that captures every listener and doesn't let go easily. Their concerts thrive on great feeling and a lot of joy and spontaneity, surprising the audience, sometimes even themselves.
5:45 PM: The Cracklins - Indie-Rock
'The Cracklins' are a still young rock band from Espelkamp. The band was founded a year ago and plays indie rock. Influences include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arctic Monkeys, etc. Band members are Alexander Müller (drums, vocals), Kevin Radkte (guitar), and Jona Fehmer (bass).
7:00 PM: WirMaschine - Acoustic-Brass-Pop
Acoustic music can indeed be suitable for attentive listening and danceable at the same time. The proof is provided by the acoustic-brass-pop band WirMaschine from Kiel. Since 2011, the six musicians have been weaving a flying sound carpet of swinging rhythms, cheeky to slightly dark lyrics, and captivating melodies that invite you to sing along and dance. Their tools: acoustic guitar, drums, electric and double bass, piano, trumpet, and trombone.
Between beat and melody, WirMaschine tells of the course of things, of its beautiful and strange turns, sings of everyday heroism and the inner lazy dog, of the good life, of falling and getting back up. Sometimes cheeky and cheerful, sometimes in the warm cloak of melancholy, always with a lot of feeling and an optimistic view of the horizon.
8:45 PM: Domi, bade! - Singer/Songwriter, Rock
Singer/songwriter or band? Domi, bade! are 3+1 guys from Central Hesse, sing in German, and have just released their second EP. 'Im Schatten der Stadt' is the good piece and comes straight from the heart to the paper and from there to the record, because at its core, it is all a solo project. A solo project that somehow sounds like more. Domi, bade! are loud. Domi, bade! are quiet. Domi, bade! are singer/songwriter and band.
10:15 PM: Molllust - Opera Metal
Molllust has been on stage for just over three years with their uniquely individual mix of classical and metal and has already stirred up quite a dust: The solo project of HAGGARD soprano Janika (who grew up in Diepholz, by the way) was supported by the Wacken Foundation in 2014, was the official M'Era Luna newcomer in 2013, won the BachSpiele in 2012, and was named one of the musical showcases of Saxony by the FMC. The four ladies and three gentlemen combine gentle strings with hard guitars, classical singing with solid double bass thrusts, and ball gowns with headbanging. The new album will be released in autumn 2015. At the Stemweder Open Air Festival, there will already be some appetizers to hear and see.
11:45 PM: Iron Walrus - Metal, Doom, Sludge
Brutal riffing, crashing bass hooks, driving drumming, furious shouting. That is IRON WALRUS. Massive sound walls, driving grooves, and oppressive atmosphere characterize the band. The plan is not to invent anything new, but to pair traditional metal with 90s doom influences and throw the whole thing into their own shredder, which works impressively. And one thing is promised here: Whoever experiences the guys live will definitely go home with a diabolical grin on their face!
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