The Melt Festival (formerly known as the Melt! Festival, and later MELT) was one of the biggest open-air electronic music festivals in Germany. The festival took place at the
Ferropolis open-air museum, near
Gräfenhainichen
Gräfenhainichen () is a town in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Geography
The town was the seat of the offices of the administrative community (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of Tor zur Dübener Heide until it was disbanded in Jan ...
. It was held from 1997 to 2024. In May 2024, it was that announced that the July 11–13, 2024 festival would be the last.
Awards and mentions
* #2 in
Resident Advisor
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's Top 10 festivals for July 2013.
* #3 in Resident Advisor's Top 10 festivals for July 2014.
* #2 in Resident Advisor's Top 10 festivals for July 2015.
* 2024 Helga festival award in the category "Most beautiful ones and zeros."
* 2024 Helga festival award in the category "Best conscience."
2012–2014 lineups
2014
Portishead,
Röyksopp
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&
Robyn
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,
The Notwist
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,
Moderat
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,
Fritz Kalkbrenner,
Metronomy
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,
WhoMadeWho ...
2013
The Knife,
Trentemøller,
Woodkid,
Babyshambles ...
2012
M83,
Gossip
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Etymology
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Whitest Boy Alive,
Justice
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Two Door Cinema Club
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,
Modeselektor
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History
The group members met in 1992 in Berlin with group member Szary performing live acid house music at illegal underground parties, under th ...
,
Bloc Party
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,
Caribou
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The Bloody Beetroots ...
Melt! Intro 2012
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See also
* List of electronic music festivals
References
External links
Official site
{{Authority control
Music festivals established in 1997
Electronic music festivals in Germany