Bootshaus' Beloved Blacklist Festival Poised for Massive Return in 2023

The long-awaited return of Germany’s Blacklist Festival comes with the promise of far more than darkish, obsidian bass music.

Returning on October seventh, the beloved bass music pageant is the brainchild of the group behind Cologne’s iconic Bootshaus membership. That venue has lengthy served as a seedbed for the nation’s thriving digital music tradition, and Blacklist has blossomed into certainly one of its tallest bushes.

Blacklist in 2015 debuted at Bootshaus as a renegade occasion earlier than rapidly rising as a fan-favorite amongst Germany’s digital dance music trustworthy. Its proprietors then started to arrange month-to-month branded occasions on the membership, establishing a haven for followers of lure, dubstep and drum & bass.

The Blacklist model in the end grew right into a powerhouse, touchdown high-profile stage takeovers at famend festivals corresponding to Electric Love and Parookaville, amongst many others. The success of these occasions in the end led to the inception of the unbiased Blacklist Festival in 2019, internet hosting roughly 7,000 and turning into the biggest indoor pageant in Germany.

The pageant is now heading again to Turbinenhalle, a music and cultural venue on Mülheimerstraße in Oberhausen, with a monster lineup in tow. Fans ought to prepared their neck-braces for the heavy-hitting sounds of Borgore, Zomboy, Sullivan King, Hedex, Holy Goof and plenty of extra. They’re poised to throw down throughout 5 levels by way of the wee hours of the morning.