Last updated 03.05.08
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Hallo friends of darkness!
Like every year on Whitsun, the next Wave-Gotik-Treffen Festival (the 17th!) will take place in Leipzig (Germany) on May 9-12th, 2008. Treffen is biggest gathering of the «dark family» worldwide! It'll cover the whole wide range of «dark music»: from electro-pop to goth-metal, from EBM to neo-folk, from medieval music to industrial.
All over the city it will be a lot of bands, projects and single artists, performing on many stages. Their well-known names will be proudly announced a bit later. However, from its beginning the Wave Gotik Treffen has been much more than a music festival: our guest will find a medieval market place and a pagan village, we will have authors reading, performing arts and films. One of the big halls on agra-fairground (the wide place of the German agricultural fair) will turn into the biggest Gothic-warehouse of the world for four days.
On this fairground there is also the Treffen-campingground. With the special ticket you need for this (we call it «Obsorgekarte») you can also use the public-city-transport for free – so you can reach all Treffen-locations without extra costs. The inhabitants of Leipzig are familiar with the Treffen already 16 years. You will be welcome here!
The most fascinating thing during the Wave Gotik Treffen is the unique atmosphere. Gothics from all over the world are celebrating their gathering peacefully and with relish. Once a year about twenty thousand goths are coming home - to the Wave Gotik Treffen.
We would be happy to welcome you in Leipzig, too. Visit the Treffen – your friends from all over the world are already there!
See you!
The Treffen-Team
Already confirmed WGT2008 171 bands/artists are: 32 Crash (B) - Absolute Body Control (B) - Alvarez Perez (CZ) - Amodali vs. Mother Destruction (GB) - Andrew King (GB) - Anenzephalia (D) - Artifact (N) - Ashbury Heights (S) - Asrai (NL) - Atomic Neon (D) - Autumn (NL) - Axel Thielmann (D) & Tilo Augsten (D) & Claudia Gräf (D) - Ayin Aleph (F) - ü/span>?bermutter (D) - Bacio Di Tosca (D) - Bahntier (I) - Barditus (D) - Battlelore (FIN) - Beati Mortui (FIN) - Bettina Köster (Ex-Malaria) (D) - Bloodsucking Zombies From Outer Space (A) - Blutengel (D) - Capella Fidicinia (D) - Cauda Pavonis (GB) - CD 1334 (USA) - Chamber & Orchester (D) - Christian Death (USA) - Christian Von Aster (D) reading - Clemens-Peter Wachenschwanz (D) deadly serious amusement at the piano - Collection D'arnell Andrea (F) - Corvus Corax (D) - Covenant (S) - Cyborg Attack (D) - Dandelion Wine (AUS) - Das Ich (D) - Days Of Fate (D) - Dead Guitars (GB) - Deathcamp Project (PL) - Der Fluch (D) - Des Teufels Lockvögel (D) - Deviant UK (GB) - Diablo Swing Orchestre (S) - Die Krupps (D) - Din(a)tod (D) - Dirty Weather Project (USA) - Dismal (I) - Drachenflug (D) - Dragons (GB) - Dudelzwerge-Blendwerk (D) - Dunkelschön (D) - Elis (FL) - Emilie Autumn (USA) reading - End Of Green (D) - Escape With Romeo (D) - Esplendor Geometrico (E) - F.O.D. (D) - Faun (D) - Fields Of The Nephilim (GB) - Filia Irata (D) - Fliehende Stürme (D) - Folkstone (I) - Götterdämmerung (NL) - Gerechtigkeits Liga (GB) - Goja Moon Rockah (D) - Gothic Logic (J) - Gothika (J) - Gothminister (N) - Greyhound (D) - Hocico (MEX) - In Mitra Medusa Inri (D) - In The Nursery (GB) music for an artwork (European premiere) - Inade (D) - Inertia (GB) - Ingrimm (D) - Irfan (BG) - Jacquy Bitch (F) - Jäger 90 (D) - Jesus On Extasy (D) - Job Karma (PL) - Joy Of Life (GB) - Kivimetsän Druidi (FIN) - Kloq (GB) - Knifeladder (GB) - Lake Of Tears (S) - Lavantgarde (D) - London After Midnight (USA) - Love's Labour's Lost (D) - Marsheaux (GR) - Menticide (S) - Mesh (GB) - Metallspürhunde (CH) - Militant Cheerleaders On The Move (S) - Miss Construction (D) first gig - Morian (FIN) - Murkeley (D) - Nachtmahr (A) - Nachtwindheim (D) - Naevus (GB) - Nebelung (D) - Necessary Response (A) - Neuroticfish (D) The Last Waltz - New Days Delay (D) - Noblesse Oblige (D) - Noisuf - X (D) - Northborne (N) - Nullvektor (D) - Ohrenpeyn (D) - Onetwo (GB) - Onyx Eyes (D) - Operation Cleansweep (D) - Oswald Henke & Markus Förster (D) spectacle "ZeitenWände" - Other Day (D) - Paradise Lost (GB) - Persephone (D) - Portion Control (GB) - Postscriptum (N) - Predella Avant (NL) - Prospective (D) - Psychic TV (GB/USA) - Quellenthal (D) - Ragnarök (A) - Reaper (D) - Red Emprez (PL) - Reptyle (D) - Rezurex (USA) - S.P.O.C.K. (S) - Saltatio Mortis (D) - Samsas Traum (A) - Santa Hates You (D) - Schallfaktor (D) - Secrets Of The Moon (D) - Sieben (GB) - Signal Aout 42 (B) - Sigue Sigue Sputnik (GB) - Solar Fake (D) - Spectra*Paris (I) - Spetsnaz (S) - Star Industry (B) - Stellar Corpses (USA) - Stoneman (CH) - Straftanz (D) - Suatesh & Leuchtfeuer (D) - Suicidal Romance (EST) - Tactical Sekt (USA) - Tarja (FIN) - Tear (CZ) - The Arch (B) - The Beautiful Disease (D) - The Beauty Of Gemina (CH) - The Moon And The Nightspirit (H) - The Old Dead Tree (F) - The Other (D) - The Skeletal Family (GB) - The Spook (D) - The Superheroines (USA) - The Veil (F) German premiere - TheaterPACK (D) spectacle - Tiamat (S) - Tragic Black (USA) - Trail Of Tears (N) - Transit Poetry (D) - Tristania (N) - Trobar De Morte (E) - Unheilig (D) - Voxus Imp. (D) - Welle:Erdball (D) - Weltenbrand (FL) - While Angels Watch (GB) - Wieland Lemke (D) & Ayako Tanaka (J) song cycle for baritone and piano - Wolfenmond (D) - Xotox (D) - much more to be announced!
Treffen-Event-Ticket
4-days ticket for all events of 16th Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2008 costs 58 euro in pre-sale.
Treffen ticket includes free use of public transportation (tram, city-busses, regional trains, suburban trains) within the zone 110 of MDV («Mitteldeutscher Verkehrs Verbund«) from 12.00 May 9th till 12.00 13th (without special routes) There will be additional nightlines especially for WGT visitors on line 11 (gathering line).
Parking Vignette
For car parking at the Treffen-area you have to purchase a Parking Vignette for 15 euro in pre-sale.
Please note: Parking at the Treffen-area (AGRA-fairground) is definitely impossible without a Parking Vignette.
Obsorge-Ticket
Limited up to 9999 tickets for 21 euro in pre-sale, contains the following service-package:
- Camping at the Treffen-Campground (AGRA-fairground)Please note: Entrance to and use of the campground is impossible without an «Obsorge» ticket. The «Obsorge» ticket is only valid in connection with the Treffen-Event-Ticket.
Postage & Packing
Postage & Packing is 8 euro, no matter how many tickets you would like to order, it will be charged only once per ordering.
Tickets will go onsale at the beginning of March. Please be patient until this time!
Additional information and ticket order - at official Wave Gotik Treffen 2008 web site.
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With the purchase of the ticket the customer is agreeing to the following terms:
- After arriving you need to get a wrist strap accompanying with the entrance ticket which legitimates to participate in all events at the information booth of the Wave-Gotik-Treffen. The ticket will be devalued and loses its validity. The wrist strap is not transferable and will not be replaced in case of loss or damage!
- The taking of glass containers, cans, plastic bottles, fireworks, torches as well as weapons of any kind or other dangerous things to the venues is strictly prohibited. You will be expelled from the location in case of breaking the rules. At the entrance there will be a security check. The security guards are instructed to carry out body checks.
Note: Owners of the «Obsorge» ticket are permitted to take containers (cans,cartons or plastic bottles) for providing themselves with food on the camping site only on the day of arrival. It just goes for the camping area!
- The taking of tape and disc recorders, cameras, camcorders to the locations is not allowed at all. Taking photos or recording videos at the venues are strictly not permitted for private use as well! Note: Except pocket cameras for taking private pictures recorders of any kind, video cameras as well as high definition cameras and digital cams are prohibited in all locations!
- We do not assume any responsibility for damages caused to someone's health like hearing defects caused by loud sounds during a concert.
- In case of important matters especially if visitors commit a crime on the festival area they will be expelled by the staff.
- Any reimbursement for the tickets is impossible.
- Unfortunately there is no guarantee for entrance to every single location because of different capacity and response of the audience
[ © 2008 shout! - all right reserved. Information taken from official Wave Gotik Treffen 2008 web site.]
