A time and place where diversity is alive. This is the fusion festival. I would love to visit it one day. It grew to be a ledged. Organized by a non-profit organization it started quite small at 15.000 people. In 2016 70.000 visitors came to fusion and the fans are waiting for the next festival in 2018. Due to the massive growth of the event the organizers decided to take a break in 2017.
Free of boundaries and prejudice
In the middle of nowhere in the fields of northern Germany. Hundreds of volunteers bring to life the biggest holiday camp all over the northern hemisphere on a former Russian military airfield. Since 1999 the non-profit organization Kulturkosmos is bringing people together through art.
Not just music
Music of all kinds is part of the program just like on any great festival. But at fusion you also get theatre, performance and cinema, or even installations, interaction, and communication. Diversity of people, diverse in their intentions. Still, their strive for individual freedom unites them, everybody finding their own way of action.
Foto by Brendan. Ghana Dance Fusion 2010. (CC)
Foto by Brendan. Korean Dance Fusion 2010. (CC)
Only non-profits allowed
On fusion you have food trucks and booths where you can by cloth or crafts but you can only sell on the fusion festival when you are a nonprofit.
Since the festival grew more and more popular the tickets cannot be bought directly. You can win the chance to buy a ticket via lottery but you can still participate even when you have no money. By volunteering.
I would love to visit this festival one day! Have you been there? Do you know anything like it?
@sumsum for @german-trail
coverpicture: Fusion Festival 2008 (Turmbühne) by Bon Adrien via www.flickr.com (CC) edited by me.
I LOVE Fusion! The best ever festival I've been to. I go every year. Unfortunately this year no edition, but after 20 editions I think they deserve a break. But next year, I for sure will be enjoying the next edition of this super festival!
Turmbühne, the Techno stage! A place I generally spend quite a bit of time. Tanswiesse, or Tanzwüste how it is called since the last year or two, is maybe the best stage, the sound is for sure the best I ever heard in my whole life! And music is Techno House, Techno and variants of this genre.
Last weekend I've been to a new festival in the Netherlands, Wildeburg (here); a festival with great inspiration by Fusion. People attending was a bit more the type of open minded dance music lovers, and less hippie type people, but the atmosphere was super. Still, Fusion is better than WIldeburg, but for sure I'll plan to not miss future edition of our Dutch Fusion :)
I can imagine you like Fusion and the Turmbühne - we should have a Techno MeetUp once for sure (Uwe commenting)
I hope someday these festivals will come to latin america.
This kind of festival would be great anywhere in the world I think. :)
Check out this festival in England
looks awesome! with kind of a similar spirit. very cool.