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Der zweite Tag startete für mich relativ früh. Komplett ausgeschlafen machte ich mich gegen 9:30 Uhr auf den Weg zum Supermarkt auf dem sogenannten Playground, um noch einige Dinge einzukaufen, die ich einfach nicht den weiten Weg von Chemnitz nach Scheeßel transportieren wollte. Auf dem Rückweg holte ich mir einen Kaffee und als ich wieder zurück im Camp ankam, waren meine Freunde auch alle schon wach und die nächsten Paar Stunden verbrachten wir alle in unseren Campingstühlen, bevor es gegen Nachmittag wieder auf das Gelände ging. 

Freitag der 22. Juni 2018 - Tag 2 vom Hurricane Festival

Mein zweiter Tag auf dem Hurricane Festival starte etwas früher als der vorherige; nämlich schon um 16 Uhr, mit einem Act, den ich letztes Jahr leider verpasst habe: SXTN. Das Berliner Hip-Hop-Duo hab ich bereits 2017 auf dem Kosmonaut Festival gesehen und hatte mich auch letztes Jahr auf dem Hurricane Festival gefreut, die beiden Berliner Frauen zu sehen, aber leider standen wir damals zu lange am Einlass an. Das sollte mir dieses Jahr nicht passieren. Gemeinsam mit zwei Freunden machte ich mich dieses Mal rechtzeitig auf den Weg und als wir ankamen, lief das Konzert erst wenige Minuten. Wie auch schon letztes Jahr auf dem Kosmonaut war von Minute eins eine absolute Hammer Stimmung auf der Bühne und im Publikum zu sehen, die sofort ansteckte und sogar da ankamen wo wir standen, was relativ weit hinten war. Auch bei uns in der Umgebung sprangen die Leute rum, liefen gemeinsam im Kreis bevor dieser überging in einen Mini-Moshpit. Mit bei mir war eine Freundin, die kein besonders großer SXTN Fan war, doch ich überredete sie, mitzukommen, was sich auch deutlich gelohnt hatte, denn nach dem Konzert kam sie total begeistert von der Show zu mir. SXTN lieben es auf der Bühne zu stehen, zu feiern und nebenbei noch eine Message zu verbreiten. Egal ob Fan oder nicht, bei ihren Konzerten wird jeder zum tanzen gebracht und von der Power der beiden Frauen auf der Bühne angesteckt werden! 

Auch heute stand mir wieder ein Genre-Wechsel nach dem nächsten bevor und das sollte bereits nach dem auspowernden Konzert von SXTN passieren - denn nach deutschem Hip-Hop auf der Blue Stage ging es nun weiter zu Old-School-Disko Sound auf der White Stage; nämlich zu Parcels. Parcels sind eine Band aus Australien, die sich bereits in der Schule als Band zusammenfand. Ich hatte lange nicht mehr in die Musik der fünf Jungs reingehört, doch freute mich trotzdem, als ich ihren Namen auf dem diesjährigen Lineup entdeckte. Gemeinsam mit der Freundin, mit der ich zuvor schon bei SXTN stand machte ich mich auf den Weg zum großen weißen Zelt, etwas weiter hinten auf dem Gelände, denn dort sollte das Konzert um 17 Uhr anfangen. Natürlich kamen wir erst ein wenig später von der Blue Stage wieder, sodass das Konzert bereits in vollem Gange war, als wir ankamen, doch das machte uns beiden nichts aus. Parcels sind keine Band, von der ich jedes Lied von vorne bis hinten komplett mitsingen kann, doch das machte nichts aus. Als wir ankamen standen die fünf Mitglieder der Band auf der Bühne, hinter ihnen hing ein großer glitzernder Vorhang die Wand runter und von oben hinab schienen die Lichter auf sie herauf. Das Licht reflektierte durch das gesamte Zelt und brachte bereits beim Betreten eine gewisse Disko Stimmung auf. Wir stellten uns weiter nach hinten, doch immer noch weit genug nach vorne, um genug von der Bühne zu sehen. Von Anfang an motivierten mich die ruhigen Old-School-Disko Klänge dazu meine Füße zu bewegen und als wir dann unseren endgültigen Platz im Publikum eingenommen hatten, ging der Drang der Bewegung weiter über in den Rest meines Körpers und es machte überhaupt nichts aus, dass ich einen Großteil der Lieder nicht so gut kannte. 

Und so sollte es auch weiter gehen, denn als nächstes standen auf unserem Zeitplan The Kooks - eine Band aus Brighton, im Süden Englands. Die Indie Band gibt es nun schon seit mehr als 10 Jahren und sie sind mit Hits wie "Naive" und "Seaside" eine der bekanntesten Indiepop Bands, die Großbritannien hervorgebracht hat. The Kooks sind jeher eine Band, die ich schon immer einmal live sehen wollte, es jedoch nie geschafft habe; doch das sollte sich nun ändern. Ab 19:30 Uhr machten die Briten die Green Stage unsicher. Das Bühnenset der Band war nicht besonders aufwändig. Hinter der Band hing ein Vorhang auf dem oben links groß "The Kooks" drauf stand. Die vier Jungs auf der Bühne jedoch lieferten von Beginn an eine unglaubliche Show ab. Zwar war der Himmel über uns grau und es wehte ein starker, eisiger Wind umher, doch die positiven Indiepop-Töne ließen ein warmes Sommerfeeling in mir aufkommen. Insgesamt spielte die Band rund 17 Lieder, die die Menge um mich herum zum tanzen und mitsingen brachte. Das Wetter war vergessen und alles was zählte war die Band auf der Bühne und die gute Zeit, die wir alle hatten. Natürlich ließen die Briten es sich nicht nehmen, einige ihrer bekanntesten Lieder in ihr Set mit einzubauen und so brachte "Seaside" kurz vor Ende ein bisschen Ruhe in das Publikum. Ich schloss meine Augen und lies mich von der Musik mitreißen, während ich die Lieder laut in den Himmel schrie. Danach nahm die Show wieder mehr Bewegung an und als The Kooks das letzte Lied, Naive, beendeten, war ich überglücklich, dort gewesen zu sein. Trotz nicht so guten Wetters hatte ich das Gefühl, wir wären mitten im Sommer und die gute Laune war mir definitiv auch anzusehen.

Nun stand wieder ein Genre-Wechsel auf dem Programm, denn nach der britischen Indie-Band kam nun der deutsche Rapper Dendemann. Ich muss ehrlich gestehen, dass ich hauptsächlich dort war, weil meine gesamte Freundesgruppe sich auf den Weg zur Blue Stage gemacht hatte, wo die Show um 20:45 Uhr beginnen sollte. Während auf der anderen Straßenseite, vor dem Pennymarkt, das Deutschlandspiel übertragen wurde, stellten wir uns mit einem Bier in der Hand dort hin, wo wir bereits bei SXTN einige Stunden vorher standen und guckten uns die Show an. Während der Show, die mich wirklich sehr positiv überrascht hat, ist mir jedoch aufgefallen, dass viele Leute eher abwesend schienen - was aber eventuell daran lag, dass wir relativ weit hinten standen. Meine Freunde jedoch ließen sich den Spaß nicht verderben und tanzten die ganze Zeit mit. Auch ich fing irgendwann an mich zu bewegen und dadurch ab und zu ein paar Tropfen Bier zu verschütten. Kurz danach ging es für einen Song zu den Beginnern, für das Hamburg Feeling, bevor wir uns dann jedoch auf den Weg zum letzten Konzert des Abends machten: Portugal. The Man.

Es war schon relativ spät, als das Konzert begann und ich hatte mich für den Tag schon ziemlich ausgepowert, weshalb wir uns weiter nach hinten an die Bar stellten und die Show von dort aus beobachteten. Die Gruppe hat viel mit Leinwänden, Bildern und Animationen gearbeitet. Das Publikum tanzte wie wild durch die Gegend und irgendwann konnte es auch mich nicht mehr halten und ich lief wie aus dem Nichts in die Menge rein und lies für ein letztes Mal an dem Abend meine gesamte restliche Energie raus. Ab dem Moment habe ich nicht mehr sonderlich viel von der Show mitbekommen, sondern konzentrierte mich einfach auf die Musik. Ich schloss meine Augen und tanzte, bis der letzte Ton aus den Boxen kam, bevor es wieder ins Camp ging. Zurück angekommen, fiel ich auch am zweiten Tag einfach nur tot ins Bett, bzw. ins Zelt.


Freitag der 23. Juni 2018 - der dritte Tag vom Hurricane Festival 2018

Als ich am Sonntag aufwachte wusste ich, dass der Sonntag für mich der beste und vor allem aufregendste Tag vom Hurricane Festival 2018 werden würde - denn am Sonntag würden nicht nur die Arctic Monkeys, eine meiner absoluten Lieblingsbands auf der Bühne stehen, sondern auch ich. Also packte ich meine Sachen und machte mich auf den Weg zu den Duschen. Als ich zurück kam waren die meisten Leute in meinem Camp bereits wach. Wir frühstückten gemeinsam und gegen 13 Uhr machten sich die ersten auf den Weg zum Festivalgelände.

Auch ich hatte noch einige Zeit, bis es für mich hieß: Stagetime - also ließ ich es mir nicht nehmen um 13:45 Uhr Richtung White Stage zu gehen und mir Drangsal anzugucken. Als ich ankam hatte die Show bereits angefangen und ich lief in das dunkle Zelt hinein - hinein in den Charme der 80er Jahre. Harmonische Melodien, Synthies und der Ton von einem Schlagzeug empfingen mich und verschönerten mir den doch eher trägen und grauen Morgen vom letzten Tag meines Lieblingsfestivals. Erst vor kurzem ist das neue Drangsal Album erschienen, welches mich total in seinen Bann gezogen hat und das sollte nicht das Einzige bleiben. Bereits als ich Richtung Bühne lief zogen sich die soundmäßig etwas erneuerten New Wave Töne durch meinen Körper und ich wollte unbedingt tanzen, also ließ ich es mir nicht nehmen mich hinzustellen und alleine durch das Zelt zu tanzen. Das Bühnenbild war relativ einfach aufgebaut und hinten über der Band leuchtete ein großes Z auf als Symbol für das neue Album "Zores". Die Show schien von vorne bis hinten durchdacht gewesen zu sein und es war zu schön um wahr zu sein. Ich fühlte mich in eine andere Zeit zurückversetzt, in der es nicht darum ging, bei Konzerten die besten Videos und Fotos zu machen, sondern den Moment zu leben und sich von nichts aus der Ruhe bringen zu lassen. Um mich herum sangen alle lauthals mit und tanzten, als wenn es kein Morgen gäbe. Obwohl ich mir die Show alleine angeguckt habe, hatte ich eine unglaublich schöne Zeit in dem dunklen Zelt am Ende vom Festivalgelände.

Noch vor Ende der Show jedoch entschied ich mich wieder zurück in mein Camp zu gehen. Dort angekommen waren auch meine Freunde alle schon wieder in ihren Campingstühlen. Nun hieß es für mich: warten. Warten auf den Anruf, dass ich mich langsam hinter die Bühne begeben sollte. Warum? Wer meinen Blog schon einige Zeit verfolgt weiß, dass ich den letzten sommer mit Kraftklub verbracht habe - jedoch nicht wie bei The NBHD in Form von hinterherreisen - ich war Teil der Show und bin gemeinsam mit der Chemnitzer Band aufgetreten. Das sollte auch dieses Jahr so sein und für mich begann der Sommer mit eben dieser Show, auf meinem Lieblingsfestival, auf der Mainstage. Gegen Nachmittag kam der Anruf und ich machte mich auf den Weg, brachte meine Klamotten für die Show weg und ging wieder auf das Gelände, um mich dort mit meinen Freunden zu treffen, die am Freitag bereits auf dem Southside aufgetreten waren. Wir holten uns was zu essen und machten uns auf den Weg zur Red Stage, um uns Chefket anzugucken. Wir schauten uns die Show an, wobei wir den größten Teil damit verbrachten Fotos zu machen und über die Southside Show zu reden, bevor wir uns wieder auf den Weg hinter die Bühne machten um uns für den Auftritt auf meinem Lieblingsfestival vorzubereiten.

Quelle: Hurricane Festival Facebook Seite 
Um 20:15 Uhr hieß es dann Stage Time und als wir auf die Bühne kamen konnte ich meinen Augen kaum trauen. Ich blickte in eine riesengroße Menschenmenge und stand selber beim Hurricane Festival, welches ich seit Jahren regelmäßig besuche, auf der Bühne und durfte mit Kraftklub auftreten. Insgesamt hatten wir 75 Minuten Stage time. 75 Minuten voll Power sowohl auf als auch vor der Bühne. Es war deutlich zu merken, dass der Großteil der Menschen wegen Kraftklub gekommen war. Überall wurden irgendwelche Plakate hochgehalten und schon den gesamten Tag über waren mir Menschen mit Merchandise entgegen gelaufen. Auch die Stimmung spiegelte das wieder. Lautstark hallten uns die Songtexte von der anderen Seite der Bühne aus entgegen, immer wieder öffneten sich riesengroße Kreise und Moshpits, in denen die Menschen ihre gesamte Energie raus ließen. Es war ein unglaubliches Gefühl und 75 Minuten, die ich niemals vergessen werde. Total verschwitzt und außer Puste endete das Konzert dann sowohl für mich als auch für die Band und das Publikum. Wir gingen von der Bühne runter, das Publikum jubelte noch einige Zeit und ich machte mich bereit für das aller letzte Konzert des gesamten Festivals und einen der Hauptgründe, warum ich mich so sehr auf dieses Jahr gefreut hatte: die Arctic Monkeys.

Die Band aus Sheffield in England hat bereits vor mehreren Jahren mein Herz erobert. Leider sind sie auf ihrer letzten Tour, vor einer unendlich langen Pause, nicht nach Hamburg gekommen, weshalb ich ungeduldig bis dieses Jahr warten musste, um sie endlich zu sehen und mir einen Traum zu erfüllen. Ich hab die Briten bereits im Mai in Berlin gesehen (leider habe ich es zeitlich nicht geschafft darüber zu berichten) und war komplett sprachlos von der Show, die sie mir damals geboten hatten. Die Columbiahalle war damals gefüllt mit Menschen aus ganz Europa die für die erste Show nach der Pause angereist waren. Der Raum war stickig und warm, überall wurden Bierduschen verteilt und Moshpits eröffnet. Natürlich lies ich es mir auch dieses Mal nicht verbieten, mir die Show anzugucken und so ging ich zum ersten Ton der Musik raus ins Publikum, nahm meine Freunde mit und schaute mir die Show an. Wie auch in Berlin, fing die Show mit einem meiner Lieblingssongs des im Mai erschienenen Abums "Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino" an, nämlich mit Four Out of Five. Ich wusste, jetzt konnte es nur noch besser werden. Das neue Album der Band ist eher ruhig und so überraschte es mich nicht, dass die Setlist, sowohl in Berlin als auch auf dem Hurricane aus vorwiegend alten Liedern bestand, die einen eher rockigen Touch in die Show der Band brachten. Und so gab es für mich während des Konzertes kein Halten mehr. Egal ob alte oder neue Lieder. Ich schrie die Texte in die Luft und hüpfte dazu wie ein kleines Kind auf und ab. Besonders Lieder wie 505, Cornerstone, Pretty Visitors und I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor holten das Fangirl in mir heraus, welches sich als junger Teenager in die Band verliebt hatte. Von Anfang bis Ende genoss ich die Show und lies all meine Energie und Liebe raus. Auch meine Freunde, die eigentlich nicht so große Fans der Band sind, konnten sich das Tanzen nicht verkneifen und so eröffneten wir unseren eigenen Tanzkreis, bevor sie wieder abreisen mussten und ich alleine dort blieb. Bis zur aller letzten Sekunde tanzte ich durch die Gegend und machte mir das letzte Konzert des Abends zum schönsten Konzert des Festivals.

Wie die Tage zuvor machte ich mich danach komplett fertig und müde auf den Weg zurück ins Camp, wo ich noch eine halbe stunde mit meinen Freunden zusammen saß bevor ich mich in meinen Schlafsack legte und ein letztes Mal für dieses Jahr dort einschlief. Es waren mal wieder drei unvergessliche Tage und schon vor meiner Abreise am nächsten Tag kam in mir die Vorfreude auf das Hurricane 2019 auf, welches hoffentlich wieder so gut wird, wie die letzten Jahre. 


(Link to part one of my Hurricane Festival 2017 experience)

Sunday, 25th of june 2017 - Day three of Hurricane Festival 


Once again I was woken by my friends sitting in front of my tent, talking and eating breakfast. I stumbled outside my tent, totally sleepdrunken and kind of hungover from the last few days, as I sat down in my chair. I looked around and all of my friends seemed to be just as tired and exhausted as me, though we were still excited for the last few concerts. The last day was gonna be the hardest of the whole Festival, not only because we were absolutely ready for our beds and homes, but also because we would spend the whole day on the Festival going from one concert to an other.



The morning was passing by really slowly and as I tried to swallow my breakfast and drink enough water to be fit for the first concert, it started raining and storming again. The storm became worse with each minute passing by and I was soon annoyed by it, since everything was also getting pretty wet, so I went back into my tent to get some more sleep. Totally sleep deprived I tubmled back to my sleeping place, closed the windows, so no one was able to look into my tent, and closed my eyes. Even though I was tired as hell, I could barley sleep. The weather was going insane and I felt like my tent would fly away with me, any minute from then on. It was raining and I could hear our camp being drowned in dirty water and my friends being absolutely annoyed by it.

After maximum an hour I went back outside since I couldn't sleep and I didn't see a point in laying in my tent when I could be sitting outside with my friends. I sat back down in my chair and started waiting for the Festival to open.

It was around 1pm when we left the camp to enter the Festival to see Kakkmaddafakka. We made our way to the entrance and went inside. Still absolutely exhausted we reached the Blue Stage. Luckily the weather had gotten better already so we weren't caught inside a Hurricane-like weather.

Kakkmaddafakka are 5 Norwegian Boys who are active as a Band since 2004. Their music style goes more into the direction of indie-rock. I had never seen them before, so while we were waiting for the boys to come on stage, I was getting really hyped for their show as I only heard good things about their show. Until today the Band has released four albums since 2007 - their latest in 2016.

The Band came on stage and the sun was shining again, as they started playing their happy-indie-rock-music. Soon I had forgotten how bad I was actually feeling, and started to dance. The Norwegian band put on a hell of a show and were enjoying their time up on the Blue Stage probably even more than the whole crowd together. They didn't play for long but my friends and I still had the time of our lives! The Boys were jumping around on stage and interacting with the crowd in a way I had never seen an artist do it before. During the whole show they kept us hyped by showing us how hyped they are themselves - telling us how excited they are and how great it is to be on stage, while putting on one hell of a performance. After 45 minutes the boys left the stage and the concert was over. In between it started to rain again but that couldn't ruin my mood. I was starstruck by their performance and am still impressed.

We left the Festival again and went back to the camp to eat some lunch, before we would spend the rest of the day in front of stages. When we reached the camp we sat down, ate something and then slowly walked back to the entrance.


Our second concert of the day were Bilderbuch who I had seen the week before at the Kosmonaut Festival. We made our way back to the Blue Stage and waited for the Austrian band to start around 4:15pm with their show. The weather was calm and while soft, warm wind was blowing through my hair, it was raining a little bit but I didn't mind. We met some friends and all of a sudden we became a bigger group in front of the stage. I was excited to see the show of Bilderbuch once again as they are also really great performers. Behind the set of the Band there was a huge wall made out of completely new, white sneakers hanging around. They were all in order and if I hadn't seen them the week before, I probably would've though of them as a picture instead of real sneakers. The Austrian guys also played for around 45 minutes and interacted a lot with the crowd. From the first minute on they managed spread their charme and party vibes. Once again they managed to fascinate me with such an easy show. As for me it is more important for a show to have feelings and to be entertaining than to be huge and impressive, I was absolutely happy with how the Band managed their performance - letting the crowd sing parts of the songs, telling funny stories and being just charming in general. I could have watched them perform for many more hours but was also already excited for the next act when Bilderbuch ended their set.

The next act on our timetable were Wolfmother an Australian rockband formed in 2000, with a music style close to Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith and AC/DC. I didn't what the band looked like as I don't listen to them too much, so I was really surprised when I looked on the stage and three older men walked up, looking more like Hippies than Rockers. We were standing more in the back then but still had a pretty good view on the stage, as there weren't as many people where we were standing. Soon the band began rocking their instruments and loud guitar and drum sounds came out of the speakers in front of and behind us. Their show was totally different than everything we had experienced during the other two shows. We were surrounded by older people and the band did not perform with the same vibes as the other bands. Though they interacted a lot with the crowd and also put on a really good show, it felt kind of different. The three men were totally feeling their music but in a rockier way than the others and while my friends and I were dancing to the music my excitement for the next band grew more and more.

We left the concert of Wolfmother a little bit earlier to get something to drink and to meet up with the rest of our friends before going to the show of alt-j a british Alternative band formed in 2007. I have been listening to Alt-J for a long time now but unfortunately never got the chance to see them live in concert. Their music has been a part of my life for a few years now and so I couldn't wait to finally see them perform. They just recently released a new Album which distances itself kind of from their earlier released music, but is still really good. We met up with our friends and then made our way back to the Blue Stage where we had spent the whole day already. We walked into the crowd and waited for the show to begin at 9:15pm. As Die Antwoord was gonna start their set shortly after alt-j we couldn't watch the whole set what made me kinda sad but also excited. The band had a lot of lightening on the stage and in between those, three spaces for the band members. As their show started the lightening revealed itself as really easy but impressing. White striped were "performing" with the band and fitting the music they spread a really calm vibe. We stayed for about half an hour before my friends made their way to the oter stage and I made my way back to the camp to chill a little bit. Even though I am a Fan of Die Antwoord, I was happy I had seen them at Reading Festival last year and could go to the camp for a while to calm down as I still wasn't feeling really good.

So I spent a little bit of time alone in the camp, as many of our friends had already left, and had some time for myself, what wasn't bad either. Shortly before it was 10pm, I made my way back to the festival to meet up and go see the last Act of the day, Casper one of my favorite german rappers.

Casper is a pretty young german artist who is really popular in my generation. Before the Hurricane show I had already seen him 2 times in Hamburg and he always absolutely blew me away. He has a really significant voice and influenced me ever since I was in 7th grade. Now there was a lot of silence around him the last year. Actually he was supposed to release his new Album in September 2016 but due to the fact that he wasn't really happy with how it turned out he pushed it further away and released new dates several times before deciding to finally release it on te first of September. 

I was still excited to see him perform and maybe also hear some new songs off his new record. We weren't too close but also not too far away from the stage when we made our way into the crowd and soon found a really good spot. It had been almost two years since I last saw him and it felt magical to stand in front of the stage with the exact same people as in 2015. His show started at 10:30pm and when the first beat came out of the speakers I couldn't hold myself back and immediately started screaming and jumping around to the new song blasting out of the speakers through the huge crowd in front of the Green Stage. The whole show just felt like a magical few seconds because it was too good to even watch the time or notice anything around. Casper performed four new songs of which two were already released. You could see that he put all of his energy into the show and was happy to be back on the stage performing new songs to his fans. I probably burned more calories than I had been consuming the last three days, because I couldn't stand still during Casper's set. I was either really feeling the music, dancing and singing along or I was jumping like a maniac while screaming the lyrics around. I did not want that moment to end and when it did I couldn't believe what had just happened. Caspers show was absolutely breathtaking. He did a lot of things he also did two years ago but also changed the show a lot to something really simple but strong. During the show the ground he was standing on went up in the air and he was all of a sudden looking over the whole crowd from the stage. It was amazing and I couldn't have imagined this festival to end any better.



While we made our way back to the camp I was feeling nostalgic and way too hyped at the same time. Hurricane Festival 2017 was by far one of the best Festivals I have been to this year and once again managed to make me happy even though the weather was horrible. I am already counting the days to next year.



For a while my friends and I sat down in the camp drinking a beer but soon all went to sleep to pack up the next morning and leave..

June 26th 2016 - last day of the festival

I woke up really early, in fact around 8 - 9am in the morning and everyone else was still sleeping, so I left the camp in silence to go get some breakfast and finally a coffee. It was a sunny morning and the sky was blue. Everyone who had been awake already just sat in the sun and enjoyed the beautiful morning, even though it was pretty windy. 

After I had finished my breakfast and sat in the sun for a while, wondering around, I met up with Carly and Esther who then told me that they would leave in a few hours already and skip the last day of the festival, what kinda shocked me, but there was nothing else to do for them. We went to get Carly's wristband changed and then they left to pack all their stuff. By then it was about 12pm and I slowly became tired again so I went back to sleep. 



I slept for a few hours before I went to the first concerts. I messaged Toni and asked her if she wanted to meet up and go see The Wombats, who were my first act of the day. By the time I had gotten there the show was almost over and I met up with three other friends instead of Toni, because I couldn't find her. 

Even though I had only seen about 4 songs of The Wombats I was impressed by how much action they bring on the stage just by playing and feeling their music. They danced, screamed, partied and just seemed to have the best time of their lives on stage. It was really nice seeing them on stage with the sun in the back, since it hadn't been raining all day long. 

After The Wombats finished their set it was time for Two Door Cinema Club, an indie band from Ireland. They played old and new songs, songs that havent even been released yet and songs that everyone knew. The lead singer, Alex Trimble, cheerished the crowd and the good weather as he was making us all dance after everything we have been through during the festival. He tried to make the last day of the Hurricane Festival the best one, by entertaining us really well. It was a simple show with some cool lightening effects, that always fit the beat of the songs, in the back. The sun was shining and my friends and I just enjoyed their show before three of us left earlier because Bloc Party was playing on the other stage. 

So we left and went to the other main stage expecting an amazing show from Bloc Party, a band from London, UK. As we arrived we didn't really saw what we expected to see or to hear. The show didn't seem to be really good since the crowd was barley moving or singing along to their songs. Also the Band was just standing on the stage and didn't really seem to be in the mood to play. Only during the old songs the crowd gave their best and sang their hearts out. So we decided to not enter the crowd because we didn't like the show. Instead we kept watching from the side of the stage and then shortly after left again to go see Deichkind, who I had seen two times before already.

We went back to the other main stage, now only two of us, and waited for the show to begin. We had both already seen Deichkind live so we knew what was expecting us and they fulfilled it. Even though I have seen better performances of them, the three guys on stage still managed to rock the crowd and entertain us. Everyone was dancing and singing along as the sun slowly went down. But we also had to leave their show earlier as we wanted to see the whole set of Mumford & Sons because we had never seen them before. 

So we met up with the friend that left us before going to Deichkind and waited for Mumford & Sons, the last act of the festival. They started later because everyone was still at the other main stage watching Deichkinds set. So Mumford & Sons started abour 20 minutes later than planned, at around 10:50pm. We were pretty in the back where we had a lot of space to dance but were still able to follow the show. During the whole concert Mumford & Sons spread an amazing vibe of happyness and luck. When I looked around all of my friends were dancing and singing along just as the others in the crowd, people were kissing each other or just hugging and showing their love. In the middle of the show my best friend Toni suddenly jumped up on me and from then on we enjoyed the concert together, by the way the only one we went to together during the festival. 

They ended their show with some fire on stage and an endlessly cheering crowd. Mumford & Sons were the perfect band to end the festival and forget about everything that had happened the days before as they just spread a good vibe and lots of love. 

After the concert we all went back into the camp because we were planning to leave early, since Toni had to work the next day. 


June 27th - leaving

The Hurricane Festival is really close to Hamburg and so we got up around 9am to pack our things and leave. We got some water our stuff and then waited for the others who just didn't arrive because they were still looking for something. So Toni and I left earlier than our other friends and took the train at 11am. We arrived in Hamburg an hour later and were glad to finally be back home. 


All in all I can say that even though the festival had some downs it was still a good investation and we had a lot of fun, also because the organization of the whole festival was really good! The bands were good, the weather was okay and the mood never fell! 
The Hurricane Festival is a german festival that takes place at the Eichenring in Scheeßel, since 1997. It's one of the biggest Festivals in Germany and by now opens its doors for about 70.000 visitors each year. The Hurricane Festical combines a mix of Pop, Rock, Alternative and Electronic music. I have never been to the Festival even though I have had several chances. This year the festival celebrated its 20th anniversary with Headliners like Rammstein and Mumford & Sons, so I decided to go and visit the Festival from the 24th to the 26th of June.

My best friend, who finishes school this year, already arrived on Thursday so I gave her my tent to bulild it up, because we wanted to camp together. She built up our tents on the camping space 3, which was kinda close to the Festival entrance and the camp of Carly and other friends. 

June 24th 2016 - first day of the Festival

I arrived on Friday at lunch, after school. I knew it had been raining really hard the day before and so I arrived to a tent that looked more like a swimming pool from the inside. My sleeping bag was all wet and semmed more like a waterfall when I got our than like a sleeping bag. Luckily I brought my clothes with me on Friday so they weren't wet. I planned to put my sleeping bag into the sun so it would dry, but apparently there was nothing but rain until noon. Then at noon I was finally able to put it into the sun. 

Shortly after I had arrived I met up with Carly and Esther who were camping in camp 10, which was right by the supermarket and the food court. I spent a few hours with them drinking beer and just taling about life in their camp before we went to our first concert of the Festival which was AnnenMayKantereit, a german band characterized by the deep voice of the lead singer. After the concert finished we had three more concerts of only german groups coming up - Trailerpark, Rammstein, who put on an unbelievable show with fireworks and a lot of fire on the stage, and K.I.Z. 

All the concerts I saw that day were absolutely amazing. Even though the weather was bad and most of the tents were filled with water, no one lost their good mood. Everyone partied and I was more than happy to not relive something like Rock am Ring. 


I gotta say that Rammstein blew me away the most. I didn't see the whole show, but what I saw was absolutely amazing. They fired fireworks each few minutes and had such a big fireshow on stage, I was afraid something would burn down. They jumped around and just spread their good mood and even though it's not my kind of music, they make, I still enjoyed it the most that night. After the concerts had finished I was really tired already and went back to my tent to sleep.

From far I heard the other people still cheering to the last concerts and going hard at the party stage. Luckily my sleeping bag was dry by the time I arrived at the camp and I had covered my tent up with a roof of a pavilion so it wouldn't get any more wet in case it would rain. I layed down in my tent and fell asleep faster than I would have thought. 


June 25th 2016 - second day of the festival

I woke up around 10am and it was raining. My tent was luckily still dry so putting the roof over my tent worked. I didn't want to go out in the rain so I first checked my phone to see that the Southside Festival, which is the twin festival of Hurricane, got cancelled because of bad weather conditions and hurt people. I charged my phone and thought abour whether to go out and see Carly or not, because I promised her to visit her in her camp that day. 

But it just wouldn't stop raining and the organizors of the Festival decided to open the Festival later than it was actually planned. So around lunch I decided to go visit Carly and Esther instead of waiting for it to stop rain as I knew it wouldn't stop raining and I hadn't eatean anything and slowly got hungry. I went out into the rain, wearing a rain coat and went to the supermarket to buy some food for me, Carly and Esther. Since it was raining really hard I didn't have to line up long to get inside. After I had bought everything I went to their tent in camp 10. 

I sat down with the both of them in their big tent where you were able to stand in and opened my first beer of the day, while it was still raining outside. Outside of their tent other people were blasting music while we were just planning on who to see that day and what to do until they would open the festival. After a few hours Toni called me and asked me if we wanted to meet at 4:45pm in front of the festival to go see the first bands of the day like The Offspring and The Prodigy; but sadly shortly afterwards I got a notification on my phone saying they wouldn't open the festival before 8pm and that they were working on a new timetable. 

So we decided to go back to the Camp of Toni and the rest of our friend. It had stopped raining by then so we left with two cans of beer each. By the time we reached the camp it had started to rain again so we got under their big pavilon to be safe. We sat in one big circle with a big music box in the middle, blasting music. We stayed like that until 8pm when we got ready to leave for the Festival, even though only three acts I wanted to see were on the new timetable. 


The first few people of us left and just as we wanted to walk after them they came back and told us the whole day was cancelled due to bad weather conditions. So there were no concerts on Saturday. We went back to the camp and chilled for a few more hours until Carly and I decided to leave again. I sat down in my tent, messaged a few people and eventually fell asleep around 4am, listening to music and the soft sound of the rain in the background.. 









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