The festival has its roots in an annual party, which was organized by some local altar servers. During the first years, music was played from records only.
The organizers want to remain true to their concept of "the small, cozy festival in the Lower Rhine area". The venue (an old horse range) should be kept, which limits the number of visitors to about 5000 people.
| Year |
Groups |
Lineup |
| 1984 |
3 |
Herne 3, Nightwing, The Chameleons |
| 1985 |
4 |
42 nd Street, Frantics[disambiguation needed], Grobschnitt, The Radio |
| 1986 |
3 |
4Midnite Fun, N'Daga, The Radio |
| 1987 |
4 |
Extrabreit, Midnite Fun, The Affair, The Trash |
| 1988 |
3 |
Element Of Crime, Plan B, The Name |
| 1989 |
4 |
Cliff Barnes and the Fear of Winning, Dear Wolf, Fischer-Z, Shiny Gnomes |
| 1990 |
5 |
Energy Orchard, Ferryboat Bill, M. Walking on the Water, Mitteregger, Norbert, die Feiglinge |
| 1991 |
5 |
Bob Geldof and the Vegetarians of Love, Plan B, The Blue Aeroplanes, The Jeremy Days, Tuff Babies |
| 1992 |
5 |
An Emotional Fish, Heroes del Silencio, Kingmaker, The Jeremy Days, The Milltown Brothers |
| 1993 |
7 |
Element of Crime, Immaculate Fools, Maldita Vecindad, Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub, The Hooters, The Silencers, The Tragically Hip |
| 1994 |
6 |
Bettie Serveert, Bobo in White Wooden Houses, Die Muskeln, Roachford, Terry Hoax, The Nits |
| 1995 |
9 |
Dear Wolf, Element of Crime, Giant Sand, H-Blockx, Nationalgalerie, Oil on Canvas, Seven Day Diary, Sun, The Jayhawks |
| 1996 |
11 |
Blumfeld, Dave Matthews Band, Marion, Rekord, Samba, Selig, The Afghan Whigs, The Bluetones, The Walkabouts, Tocotronic, Wolf Maahn |
| 1997 |
11 |
Acid Rain, All Fools Day, Darmstaedter, Die Sterne, Naked Lunch, Niels Frevert, Phonoroid, Pothead, Readymade, Trance Groove, Verge O.D. |
| 1998 |
11 |
Addict, Fischmob, Frugal, Gautsch, Guano Apes, Heather Nova, Hothouse Flowers, Irony of Fate, Kent, Readymade, Vivid |
| 1999 |
14 |
Beta Band, Blumfeld, dEUS, Fruit, Gay Dad, James, Muse, Ozark Henry, Pussybox, Readymade, Sportfreunde Stiller, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Tocotronic, Zita Swoon |
| 2000 |
19 |
Bauer, Caesar, Embrace, F.E.T.T., Heather Nova, Johan, Kashmir, K's Choice, Laconic Star, Loop, Madrugada, Paul Weller, Real Mother Fishermen, Reamonn, Reef, Soulwax, Spacechild, Sportfreunde Stiller, Tom Liwa |
| 2001 |
21 |
Blackmail, C.O.E.M., Eisen, JJ72, Josh Joplin Group, Kante, Kelis, Krezip, Mo Solid Gold, Muse, Neil Finn, Phoenix, Phonodrive, Santa's Boyfriend, Slut, Starfighter, Starsailor, The Divine Comedy, Travis, Turin Brakes, Wunschkind |
| 2002 |
19 |
Belle & Sebastian, Doves, Fairfield, Gomez, Ian Brown, Joseph Arthur, Lawn, Leaves, Millionaire, Mull Historical Society, Savoy Grand, Saybia, Supergrass, The Cooper Temple Clause, The Electric Soft Parade, The Notwist, The Project Blonde, The Shining, Zita Swoon |
| 2003 |
21 |
Amphibic, Aqualung, Belasco, Bolk, Bright Eyes, Daily Milk, Dead Man Ray, Ed Harcourt, Evan Dando, Frank Popp Ensemble, Isolation Years, Kaizers Orchestra, Kashmir, Koufax, Patti Smith and her Band, Spinvis, The Cardigans, The Raveonettes, Toulouse, Under Byen, Xploding Plastix |
| 2004 |
29 |
Adam Green, Amphibic, C.O.E.M., Campus, DAAU, Das Pop, dEUS, Embrace, Gem, Ghinzu, Gisli, HAL, I Am Kloot, José Gonzáles, Keane, Kings of Leon, Mist, Nicolai Dunger, Patrick Wolf, Paul Weller, Sioen, South, Starsailor, The Divine Comedy, The Dresden Dolls, The Fold, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Tom Helsen, Unisono |
| 2005 |
29 |
Art Brut, Barbie Bangkok, British Sea Power, Daniel Benjamin, Dez Mona, Emiliana Torrini, Francoiz Breut, Franz Ferdinand, Franz Kasper, Gammalapagos, Kaiser Chiefs, Kaizers Orchestra, Mando Diao, Millionaire, Moneybrother, Nada Surf, Phoenix, Polyphonic Spree, Robocop Kraus, Saint Thomas, Saybia, Sportfreunde Stiller, Stijn, The Coral, The House Of Love, The Magic Numbers, The Revs, Tocotronic, Zita Swoon |
| 2006 |
34 |
Daniel Benjamin, Ed Harcourt, Element Of Crime, Final Fantasy, GEM, Guillemots, Hollywood Pornstars, Islands, James Dean Bradfield, Kante, Klein, Lambchop, Martha Wainwright, Miracle Cure, Mogwai, Morning Runner, Motorpsycho, Mumm-Ra, Mystery Jets, Novastar, Paolo Nutini, Solo, The Cooper Temple Clause, The Divine Comedy, The Kooks, The Revs, The Rifles, The Twilight Singers, The Veils, The Waking Eyes, The Wrens, The Zutons, Utah, We Are Scientists |
| 2007 |
35 |
An Pierle & White Velvet, Architecture in Helsinki, Brakes, The Drones, Duke Special, The Earlies, The Electric Soft Parade, Friska Viljor, Gabriel Rios, Get Well Soon, Ghosts, Grand Island, Jamie T, Jan Delay and Disko No. 1, Johnossi, Kate Nash, Loney Dear, Maccabees, The Magic Numbers, Malajube, Naked Lunch, Navel, Patrick Watson, Paul Steel, Polarkreis 18, Ripchord, Serena Maneesh, Shout Out Louds, Spiritualized - Acoustic Mainlines, The View, Tunng, Two Gallants, Under Byen, Voxtrot, The Waterboys |
| 2008 |
37 |
Alamo Race Track, Bernd Begemann, Bohren, der Club of Gore, Dagons, The Dodos, Editors, Fettes Brot, Fink, Finn, Flaming Lips, Fleet Foxes, Foals, Gisbert zu Knyphausen, Gravenhurst, Guillemots, Gutter Twins, The Heavy, Iron & Wine, Jack Penate, Jamie Lidell, Joan As Police Woman, Jumbo Jet, Kate Nash, Kula Shaker, Loney, Dear, Lykke Li, Maxïmo Park, Mintzkov, My Brightest Diamond, The National, Norman Palm, Okkervil River, Olafur Arnalds, Scott Matthew, The Kilians, White Lies, Yeasayer |
| 2009 |
38 |
Alexander Tucker & The Decomposed Orchestra, Andrew Bird, Anna Ternheim, Athlete, Asaf Avidan & the Mojos, Blitzen Trapper, BLK JKS, Bon Iver, Broken Records, Colin Munroe, Dear Reader, Denison Witmer, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Fettes Brot, Final Fantasy, Gravenhurst, Grizzly Bear, Health, Hjaltalín, I Like Trains, Little Boots, Loney, Dear, Mumford & Sons, Noah and the Whale, Palm Springs, Patrick Watson, Port O'Brien, The Irrepressibles, The Maccabees, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, The Temper Trap, The Thermals, The Vals, Tonfisch, William Fitzsimmons, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Wintersleep, Woodpigeon |
| 2010 |
45 |
Beach House, Bear in Heaven, Beirut, Blood Red Shoes, Chapel Club, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Dan Deacon, Daniel Benjamin, David Ford, Delphic, Detroit Social Club, Efterklang, Esben and the Witch, everything everything, Fanfarlo, Frightened Rabbit, Fyfe Dangerfield, Gary, Helgi Jonsson, I Blame Coco, Isbells, Junip, Laura Marling, Moss, Mumford & Sons, Nils Frahm, Philipp Poisel, Portugal. The Man, Post War Years, Rox, Seabear, Serena Maneesh, Sleepy Sun, Sophie Hunger, Stornoway, The Black Atlantic, The Low Anthem, The National, The Tallest Man on Earth, The Whale Watching Tour, The Young Rebel Set, Thus:Owls, Triggerfinger, Villagers, Wendy McNeill, Yeasayer |
| 2011 |
52 |
206, Agnes Obel, Alex Winston, Alexi Murdoch, Anna Calvi, Ben Howard, Bodi Bill, Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble, Codes In The Clouds, Coma, Dan Mangan, Destroyer, Dry The River, Explosions in the sky, Fleet Foxes, Gisbert zu Knyphausen, Golden Kanine, Hauschka, Isbells, James Blake, James Vincent Mcmorrow, Johnny Flynn, Josh T. Pearson, Julia Marcell, LaBrassBanda, Matthew and the Atlas, Miss Li, Moddi, Moss, My Brightest Diamond, Nils Frahm & Anne Müller, Okkervil River, Other Lives, Retro Stefson, Rival Consoles, Selah Sue, Socalled, SpringerParker, Steve Cradock, Suuns, The Antlers, The Avett Brothers, The Black Atlantic, The Low Anthem, The Wombats, Tim Isfort, Timber Timbre, Toy Horses, Warpaint, Wild Beasts, Wir sind Helden, Yuck |
| 2012 |
52 |
A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Arthur Beatrice, Alcoholic Faith Mission, Alt-J, Apparat, Ben Howard, Bowerbirds, Boy & Bear, Charles Bradley, Chinawoman, Chris Garneau, Daan, Dan Mangan, Damien Jurado, Daughter, Der König Tanzt, Diagrams, EFFI, Emanuel and the Fear, Ewert and the Two Dragons, Grant Lee Buffalo, Guillemots, Here We Go Magic (ausgefallen), HELMUT, HONIG,[1] Iceage, Jaga Jazzist, Jamie N Commons, Loney Dear, Megafaun, Niels Frevert, Nigel Wright, Oberhofer, Other Lives, Patrick Watson, Philipp Poisel, Skinny Lister, Steve Smyth, Team Me, The Afghan Whigs, The British Expeditionary Force, The Maccabees, The War on Drugs, Thees Uhlmann & Band, tUnE-yArDs, Two Door Cinema Club, Wendy McNeill, White Rabbits, Wilco, Willis Earl Beal, Wye Oak, Zulu Winter. |
| 2013 |
55 |
Alabama Shakes, Allah-Las, Anna Von Hausswolff, Ásgeir Trausti, Balthazar, Bear's Den, Ben Caplan, Brandt Brauer Frick, Buke and Gase, Connan Mockasin, DakhaBrakha, Dan Croll, Death Letters, Denis Jones, Die Goldenen Zitronen, Douglas Dare, Duologue, Ebbot Lundberg and Trummor & Orgel, Efterklang, Florian Ostertag, Glen Hansard, Gold Panda, Half Moon Run, Ja, Panik, James, Jherek Bischoff, John Grant, Julia Holter, Käptn Peng & Die Tentakel von Delphi, Kettcar, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Local Natives, Lubomyr Melnyk, Luke Sital-Singh, METZ, Mikal Cronin, Orchestre Miniature In The Park, Owen Pallett, Pascal Finkenauer, Regina Spektor, Renate Granate, Rival Consoles, Rubik, Sam Amidon, Sophie Hunger, Stargaze with Andé de Ridder, Suuns, The Staves, The Strypes, These New Puritans, This Is The Kit, Tom Odell, Trümmer, Villagers, We Were Promised Jetpacks |
| 2014 |
60 |
Alexi Murdoch, All The Luck In The World, Augustines, Benjamin Clementine, Bernhoft, Big Sixes, Big Ups, Black Lips, Boy & Bear, Cantus Domus, Carlos Cipa, Champs, Charity Children, Chet Faker, Conor Oberst, Connan Mockasin, Dawes, East Cameron Folkcore, Ed Harcourt, Enno Bunger, Ewert And The Two Dragons, Fat White Family, Fink, First Aid Kit, Grant Hart with stargaze, Honig, Hozier, Jeff Beadle, Jeffrey Lewis & the Jrams, Jonathan Toubin, Josh Record, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Kwabs, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Luke Sital-Singh, Manu Delago Handmade, Mariam The Believer, Money For Rope, My Brightest Diamond, Never Sol, Nick Mulvey, Ought, Patti Smith and her band, Poppy Ackroyd, Rhodes, Royal Blood, Ry X, Samantha Crain, Sam Smith, Speedy Ortiz, stargaze und André de Ridder, Stephan Eicher, Sun Kil Moon, The Acid, The Districts, The Mispers, The Slow Show, Tom The Lion, Trampled By Turtles, Wintergatan. |
| 2015 |
61 |
Alcoholic Faith Mission, AnnenMayKantereit, Bear’s Den, Benjamin Booker, Bernd Begemann & Die Befreiung, Big Sixes, Bilderbuch, Cantus Domus, Courtney Barnett, Dan Deacon, Delta Rae, dEUS, Die Sonne, DMA’S, Dotan, Douglas Dare, Family of the Year, Father John Misty, Frances, Grandbrothers, Heisskalt, Ibeyi, Iceage, Intergalactic Lovers, Johann Sebastian Bach (Musik von ihm), Kapok, Kate Tempest, Kiasmos, Kiko King & creativemaze, Låpsley, Laura Marling, Liam Ó Maonlai & Peter O’Toole, Low Roar, Magnus, MAMMÚT, Marcus Wiebusch, Mark Geary feat. Grainne Hunt, Nils Frahm, Olli Schulz, Public Service Broadcasting, Puts Marie, Rae Morris, Savages (Band), Soak, Someday Jacob, stargaze, Steve Gunn, Sunset Sons, Terra Profonda, The Bronze Medal, The Districts, The Slow Show, The War On Drugs, Tor Miller, Tora, Tour Of Tours, Viet Cong, Villagers, White Fence, Woods of Birnam. |
