Wacken introduces the Future Factory

All current issues that are important to our society are also being reflected within the microcosm of a festival. For this reason, the Wacken Open Air has created a new, public forum for its 30th edition: the Wacken Future Factory.

The Wacken Future Factory will provide a physical area, where the future of the festival will be shaped in exchange with fans, musicians, experts, sponsors, and the Wacken-team. In this workshop area, questions about the future of the festival will be discussed: How should the Wacken Open Air look like? How should the festival address such important topics as sustainability, inclusion, security, festival planning, digitisation, and cultural values?

Thomas Jensen comments: “The Wacken Open Air has always been the result of a close contact between fans, artists, and the entire Wacken family,” says the festival promoter. “A festival will always reflect current social changes and has to face today’s challenges as well. This raises questions that we want to tackle together with our community as well as experts. The newly created Wacken Future Factory will help us to identify those questions in order to develop concrete answers.”

Holger Hübner adds: “We are very fortunate that a festival can serve as an amplifier in order to raise people’s awareness,” comments the festival promoter. “This is a privilege that entails responsibility. We are convinced that small steps can lead to important changes. Ultimately, however, we can only live up to our responsibility, if our fans want to be a part of it. For this reason, we are creating an open forum for everyone involved with the Wacken Future Factory. ”

The following booths are already confirmed for the Wacken Future Factory (others are still in the development stage):

1. Workshop in the Bus (“Werkstatt im Tourbus”)
Workshops and discussions can take place in this bus in all kinds of weather.

2. Builders’ Area 
A “construction table” under a fixed roof, which will offer an opportunity to visualize a personal future Wacken with the help of building blocks.

3. Regulars’ Table (“Stammtisch”)
A covered area, which invites to casual chatting and exchange of thoughts. If the weather conditions allow it, there will also be outdoor workshops and short talks from experts.

4. Interview Area in Airstream Caravan
A new area for press interviews regarding future topics, which is an additional offer to the  existing press area.

5. Alternative Food and Beverages (“Alternatives Essens- und Getränkeangebot”)
“norditeran” food-truck und “samova” tea-bar

6. Artist Installation of Disposables (“Künstlerinstallation aus Wegwerfartikeln”)
Visitors can deliver their unwanted disposable items at this booth to a resident artist, who will create a sculpture during the festival to document by aesthetic means what catches the eyes of the fans.

7. GP Joule
A specialist for regenerative energy and green electric solutions.

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