CONCERT: Rhein-Main music and events (Germany)
Sebastian Welton
(Including festivals and more notable concerts in Germany)
* denotes music
% denotes event (theatre, musical, sport, etc)
# denotes film in English or original language
+ wouldn't say no to a lift/my choices
Abbreviations
Da - Darmstadt
Ffm - Frankfurt Am Main
Ab - Aschaffenburg
Wi - Wiesbaden
Hd - Heidelberg
Of - Offenbach
24/05 * Albion - Krone, Da
+* Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Batschkapp, Ffm
# A Short History Of Time - Rex, Da (15:00, 20:30)
# Crime And Punishment - Mal Seh'N, Ffm (22:00)
25/05 * Bjorn Again - Music Hall, Ffm
* Sachiko & Culture Shock - Sinkkasten, Ffm
* Die Skeptiker - Nachtleben, Ffm
* Albion - Krone, Da
+* Nuclear Assault/Depressive Age/Colour Trip - Batschkapp, Ffm
* Third World - Kulturzentrum, Mainz
+* Sheer Terror - Negativ, Ffm
% SV Damrstadt vs. FSV Mainz 05 - Bollenfalltor, Da
# Crime And Punishment - Mal Seh'N, Ffm (22:00)
26/05 * Harry Connick Jr. - Alte Oper, Ffm
+* Overkill/Savatage/Non-Fiction - Stadthalle, Offenbach
* Die Hexen - Nachtleben, Ffm
* Luca Carboni - Batschkapp, Ffm
* Sachiko & Culture Shock - Krone, Da
% Sylvia Plath - Kennedy Haus, Da
# Forever Young - Rex, Da (15:00, 20:30)
# Crime And Punishment - Mal Seh'N, Ffm (22:00)
27/05+* Leonard Cohen - Alte Oper, Ffm
* Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters - Krone, Da
* Raggamuffin Sound System - Batschkapp, Ffm
* Dead Anyway - Rock Club Rough, Wi
# Lord Of The Flies - Rex, Da (15:00, 20:30)
# Groundhog Day - Rex, Da (17:45)
# Calmari Union - Mal Seh'N, Ffm (19:45)
# Bodyguard - Lichtblick, Morfelden (20:00)
28/05 * Herman Van Veen - Alte Oper, Ffm
* The Wild Waltons - Krone, Da
* Los Chicos - Kulturcafe, Da
* Pink Cream 69/Wonderstuff/Axxis - Nurburgring, Eifel
* Die Sterne - Eledil, Da
* Jurgen Wuchner/Uli Partheil - Yakamoz, Da (and 29/05)
* Element Of Crime/The Tab Two/N-Factor/Rausch/The Blech/Advanced
Chemistry/other events - Zitadelle, Mainz
% 1st Frankfurt Tattoo Festival - Festhalle, Ffm
# Lord Of The Flies - Rex, Da (15:00, 20:30)
# Groundhog Day - Rex, Da (17:45)
# The Adventures Of Billy/The Long Road/Love In The Hills -
Kommunales Filmmuseum, Ffm (17:30)
# Aladdin And His Wonderful Lamp - Kommunales Filmuseum,Ffm (19:45)
# Calmari Union - Mal Seh'N, Ffm (19:45)
29/05 * Herman Van Veen - Alte Oper, Ffm
* The Wild Waltons - Krone, Da
* Diesel Dogs - Eledil, Da
* Heartbreaker - HEAG Passage, Da
* Delaware-Hudson Bluesline - Jazzkeller, Hanau
+* Strassenjungs - Sounds, Goddelau
* Mendels Law/Metrum - Kulturhalle, Nieder-Ramstadt
* Tony Poloo and the Warstopband - Sinkkasten, Ffm
* Errol Dixon - Jagdhofkeller, Da
* Rock am Ring feat. INXS/Def Leppard/Faith No More/Danzig/The
Black Crowes/Melissa Etheridge/Leonard Cohen/Robert Plant/Heroes
Del Silencio/Brian May/Dinosaur Jr./Die Fantastischen Vier/
Hothouse Flowers/Ugly Kid Joe - Nurburgring (for 2 days)
% Eintracht Frankfurt vs. 1 FC Kaiserslauten - Waldstadion, Ffm
# Lord Of The Flies - Rex, Da (15:00, 20:30)
# Groundhog Day - Rex, Da (17:45)
# Calmari Union - Mal Seh'N, Ffm (19:45)
* WDR Rock Night feat. Levellers/Jingo De Lunch/NOFX/Therapy?/
Gun Club/Pond/Mighty Mighty Bosstones/Gumball/Abwarts -
Grugahalle, Essen
30/05 * Herman Van Veen - Alte Oper, Ffm
* The Dass Sagebett - Krone, Da
+* P.J.Harvey/Gallon Drunk - Batschkapp, Ffm
* Slade/Tremelos/Equals/Dave Dee - Festzelt Schlosswiese,
Babenhausen
+* The Deprived/The Automatic - Dreikoningskeller, Ffm
* The Roverbeats - Sinkkasten, Ffm
+* Leatherface - KOZ Uni-Kampus, Ffm
* Bulau '93 feat. Klaus Die Maus/Globo & Raluti/Jongel Bongel
Syndikat/Nawari Takayo - Waldfestplatz Bulua, Rodermark
* 18th Florsheimer Open-Air feat. Bar/Les sheriffs/Hands On The
Wheel/Dawnmilk/The Fritz/Nize Boys - Unter der Mainbrucke,
Florsheim (for 2 days)
# Lord Of The Flies - Rex, Da (15:00, 20:30)
# Groundhog Day - Rex, Da (17:45)
# Laughing Grey - Kommunales Filmmuseum, Ffm (19:45)
# Calmari Union - Mal Seh'N, Ffm (19:45)
31/05 * The The - Alte Oper, Ffm
* The Dass Sagebett - Krone, Da
* Freak Of Nature/Z (Zappas sons band) - Batschkapp, Ffm
# Calmari Union - Mal Seh'N, Ffm (19:45)
* Pink Pop feat. The Black Crowes/Lenny Kravitz/Lining Colour/
Alice In Chains/The Jayhawks/Claw Boys Claw/Bettie Seerveet/
Red Devils - Rennbahn, Heerlen, Holland
01/06+* John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers - Music Hall, Ffm
* Back Doors - Krone, Da
* Guitars From Mars - La Boheme, Ffm
* Swimming The Nile - Sinkkasten, Ffm
+* The Toy Dolls - Batschkapp, Ffm
02/06 * U2/Die Toten Hosen/Stereo MC's - Waldstadion, Ffm
* The Gun Club - Batschkapp, Ffm
* Back Doors - Krone, Da
* Toy Dolls - Kreuz, Fulda
* Little Angels - Music Hall, Ffm
% American Spoken Poetry - Literaturhaus, Ffm
# Groundhog Day - Rex, Da (15:00, 20:30)
# Howards End - Neuen Theater Hoechst, Ffm
03/06 * Deacon Blue - Batschkapp, Ffm
+* Superchunk/Polvo - KUZ Alter Schlacthof, Hanau
* Back Doors - Krone, Da
* International Harp Festival - Alte Oper, Ffm
04/06 * Verdi, Rossini, Puccini Gala - Alte Oper, Ffm
* Faith No More/Iggy Pop/Anthrax/Living Colour/Suicidal Tendancies/
The Levellers/Rage Against The Machine/Monster Magnet/Wonderstuff
- Freilichtbuhne Wuhlheide, Berlin
05/06 * Hands On The Wheel - Sinkkasten, Ffm
% Open Day at the Binding Brewery - Frankfurt
* Faith No More/Iggy Pop/Anthrax/Living Colour/Suicidal Tendancies/
The Levellers/Rage Against The Machine/Monster Magnet/Wonderstuff
- Elbwiesen Rothenburgsort, Hamburg
* Heroes Del Silencio/Danzig/Fischer Z/Godfathers/Terry Hoax/
Nuts4guts/The Convent - Happens Hof, Ochtrup
06/06 * Danzig/Biohazard/Jingo De Lunch/Die Krupps/Pond/Abwarts -
Waldbuhne, Nordheim
% Darmstadt Beer Festival - Darmstadter Brauerei, Da
% Record Fair - The church on Feldbergstr, Da
07/06+* Cannibal Corpse - KUZ Alter Schlacthof, Hanau
* Hothouse Flowers - Musensaal, Mannheim
+* Biohazard - Batschkapp, Ffm
% Impressing The Czar, a ballet by William Forsythe with music
by Beethoven, Eva Crossman-Hecht, Leslie Stuck and Thom Willems -
Opernhaus am Theaterplatz, Ffm (also 11, 13 and 14/06)
* Knitting Factory New & Used/Charles Gayle Trio/Roy Nathenson &
Anthony Coleman/Freddy Wilkes Tiny Mess/Walter Wolfman
Washington/Lino Do Carmo/Defunkt/Gil Scott-Heron/plus many other
events - Tubingen (until 04/07)
08/06+* G.B.H. - Negativ, Ffm
09/06 * The Crow - Nachtleben, Ffm
+* Y - Negativ, Ffm
* 11 Zelt Musik Festival feat. Rory Gallagher/Gloria Gaynor/Brings/
Throw That Beat In The Garbage Can/Dr Alban/Incognito/Black
Foos/Third World/Advanced Chemistry/Chick Corea Akoustik Band/
Art Ensemble Of Chicago/Hands On the Wheel/Savage World/and more
Freiburg (until 27/06)
10/06 * Sun/Erotic Jesus - Batschkapp, Ffm
+* Broon - Negativ, Ffm
11/06 * Barclay James Harvest - Freilichtbuhne, Heppenheim
+* Alex Chilton/Townes Van Zandt - Schlacthof, Hanau
* Velvet Underground - Sporthalle, Hamburg
12/06 * Black Uhuru/The Wailers/The Gladiators - Freilichtbuhne,
Heppenheim
* Luther Vandross - Jahrhunderthalle, Ffm
* Vaya Con dios/Melissa Etheridge/Chris Isaak/Deacon Blue/Maria
McKee - Wiley Baseball Fields, Neu-Ulm
* Fury In The Slaughterhouse/Inner Circle/Pur/Terry Hoax/Swimming
The Nile - Lohne
13/06 * Rich Kids On LSD/Scottish Sex Pistols - Negativ, Ffm
* Vaya Con dios/Melissa Etheridge/Chris Isaak/Deacon Blue/Maria
McKee - Moslestadion, Freiburg
14/06 * Run DMC - Music Hall, Ffm
* Bobo In White Wooden Houses - Batschkapp, Ffm
+* Cathedral - Negativ, Ffm
15/06 * Johnny Griffin - Johns Place, Ffm
+* Mucky Pup - Batschkapp, Ffm
16/06 * Annihilator/Coroner - Batschkapp, Ffm
17/06 * Chuck Berry - Stadthalle, Babenhausen
18/06 * Konstantin Wecker/Stefanie Werger - Waldstadion, Ffm
* Chris Isaak/Maria McKee - Kongresshalle, Ffm
+* Cannibal Corpse/Fear Factory - Schlacthof, Hanau
19/06 * Jethro Tull/Fish/Martyn Joseph/and others - Waldstadion, Ffm
* Beach Boys/Hollies/Shakin' Stevens/Searchers - Lorelei
* Bobby Brown/Naughty By Nature - Festhalle, Ffm
* Family Day with David Hasselhof/Die Fantastischen Vier/karaoke,
skateboarding, mountain biking, football, water sports,
free climbing, street ball, American football and other
activities - Waldstadion, Ffm
* Melissa Etheridge/Chris Isaak/Bobo In White Wooden Houses/Maria
McKee/The Walkabouts - Waldbuhne, Nordheim
* Motorhead/Saxon/Terrorvison - Altenburg
20/06+* Itch - Negativ, Ffm
* Velvet Underground - Die Halle, Berlin Weissensee
* Fury In The Slughterhouse/Heroes Del Silencio/Terry Hoax/Element
Of Crime/Shifty Sheriff - Laatzen, Hannover
21/06 * Blues Sisters - Johns Place, Ffm
+* Das Katastrophenkommando - Batschkapp, Ffm
22/06+* Eleventh Dream Day - Batschkapp, Ffm
* The Kinks - Stadthalle, Of
* The Beach Boys - Unterfrankenhalle, Ab
* Leningrad Cowboys - Kulturzentrum, Mainz
23/06 % The Jim Rose Circus Show - Batschkapp, Ffm
24/06 % The Jim Rose Circus Show - Batschkapp, Ffm
25/06 * Guns N' Roses/Suicidal Tendancies/Brian May - Waldstadion, Ffm
* Rasanna & Zelia - Brotfabrik, Ffm
26/06 * Nigel Kennedy - Kurpark, Wi
* Charles Womack/Screech/UK Subs/Bevis Frond/Big Chief/MC 900 Ft
Jesus/N-Factor/others - Rheinauen, Bonn
28/06 * The Boomers - Batschkapp, Ffm
* Mighty Flea Connors - Johns Place, Ffm
29/06 * Living Colour - Hugonottenhalle, Neu-Isenburg
* Al Jarreau - Europahalle, Trier
30/06 * Rebel MC - KUZ-Alter Schlacthof, Hanau
01/07 * Roskilde Festival feat. Red Hot Chilli Peppers/about 120 other
bands - Roskilde, Denmark (tel. 0045 42366613 for more details)
(until 04/07)
02/07 * Inner Circle/Fischer Z/Jeff Healey Band/Manfred Manns Earthband -
Balingen (until 03/07)
* Halderner Open Air feat. The Tragically Hip/Element Of Crime/The
Silencers/Maldita Vencindat/Immaculate Fools/Philip Boa And The
Voodoo Club - Haldern, Niederrhein
03/07 * Summer Jam feat. Israel Vibration/Inner Circle/Aswad/Shabba Ranks/
Third World/Toots and the Maytals/Shinehead/Baaba Maal - Lorelei
04/07 % Evita - Alte Oper, Ffm (until 14/07)
* Mannfred Manns Earthband/Inner Circle/Leningrad Cowboys/Brings/
Thirsty Man Band/Noble Creed/others - Stadion Ubactal, Palenberg
05/07+* Bad Religon - Hugonottenhalle, Neu-Isenburg
+* Einsturzende Neubaten - Volksbildungsheim, Ffm
07/07 * Lenny Kravitz/Robert Plant - Festhall, Ffm
08/07 * Voivoid - Batschkapp, ffm
09/07 * Eric IQ Gray/Storemage - Uni Campus, Ffm
* Bizarre Special feat. Red Hot Chilli Peppers/Helmet/Jesus Jones/
and others - Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
10/07 * Carmina Burana/Rhapsody In Blue - Freilichtbuhne, Heppenheim
* Bizarre Festival feat. Red Hot Chilli Peppers/Sonic Youth/The
Levellers/Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy/Porno For Pyros/The
Young Gods/Helmet/and others - Loreley, Freilichtbuhne
* Kultursommer feat. Al Jarreau/Zap Mama/Monty Sunshine Jazz Band/
Fats Domino/Randy Crawford - Karschof, Aachen
11/07 * Ray Charles - Freilichtbuhne, Heppenheim
17/07 * Alvin Lee/Steve Gibbons Band/Hank Davison Band/Apron/Blowing
Bullfrog - Europawiese Gasthofen, Augsburg
21/07 * Depeche Mode - Festhalle, Ffm
23/07 * Die Fantastischen Vier/Pur/Paddy Goes To Holyhead/Inner Circle
- Sportfeld am Schlossgarten, Dieburg
% Streetball Challenge 93 - Festhalle, Ffm (until 25/07)
06/08 * 1st International Biker and Rock Festival feat. Eric Burdon/Brian
Auger and Band/Edgar Winter/Roger Chapman and the Shortlist/Bobby
Kimball Group/lots of other stuff - South Germany (until 08/08)
12/08 % Bubbling Brown Sugar - Alte Oper, Ffm (until 22/08)
13/08 * 1st International Biker and Rock Festival feat. Eric Burdon/Brian
Auger and Band/Edgar Winter/Roger Chapman and the Shortlist/Bobby
Kimball Group/lots of other stuff - South Germany (until 15/08)
15/08 * Ramones/Siouxsie and the Banshees/The Cramps/Bates/Slime -
Waldbuhne, Nordheim
21/08 * Bon Jovi/Billy Idol - Maimarktgelande, Mannheim
22/08 * Sting - Lorelei
* New Model Army - Stadion, Neu-Isenburg
27/08 * Bon Jovi/Billy Idol - Lorelei
* Smokie/The Troggs/Tremeloes/Searchers/Dave Dee/Boney M -
Volksfestplatz, Burglengfeld
03/09 * Tina Turner/Rod Stewart/Joe Cocker/Peter Maffay/Chris De Burgh/
Gary Moore/Prince/Duran Duran/Jon Secada/Pur/Steve Miller Band/
and others - Finthen Airfield, Mainz (until 05/09)
16/08+* Kronos Quartett - Alte Oper, Ffm
21/09 * Lynyrd Skynyrd - Stadthalle, Offenbach
28/09 * Doro/Billionaires Boys Club - Music Hall, Ffm
01/10 * roland Kaiser - Jahrhunderthalle, Ffm
03/10 * Deep Purple - Festhalle, Ffm
04/10 * Dionne Warwick - Jahrhundethalle, Ffm
09/10 * Accept - Unterfrankenhalle, Ab
11/10 * Scorpions - Festhalle, Ffm
13/10 * Heroes del Silencio - Stadthalle, Of
19/10 * Herbert Gronemeyer - Festhalle, Ffm
23/10 * Harry Belafonte - Festhalle, Ffm
28/10 * Patricia Kaas - Alte Oper, Ffm
16/11 * The Dubliners - Alte Oper, Ffm
18/11 * Achim Reichel - Music Hall, Ffm
Remember to check that it's on first....
Coming Soon: Martyn Joseph/The Mission/Helmet/Porno For Pyros/Smashing
Pumpkins/Bllod, Sweat and Tears/Steve Miller/Sweet/Golden
Earring/U.F.O./Uriah Heep/Nazareth/Stanley Clarke/Pat
Benatar/Rare Earth/Galliano/Mega City 4/
Where to get tickets:
Karstadt - Luisencenter 294445
Uli's Musicland - Grafenstrasse 20 (Christus Passage) 292110
Verkehrsverein - 20228
Where the places are:
Frankfurt 069/
Alte Oper Opernplatz 1340-400
Batschkapp Maybachstrasse 24 531037
Brotfabrik Bachmannstrasse 24 7894340
Cookys Am Salzhaus 4 287662
Dreikoningskeller Farberstrasse 71 629273
Music Hall Voltastrasse 74-80 779041
Negativ Walter-Kolb Strasse 1-7 289421
Sinkkasten Bronnerstrasse 9 280385
Darmstadt 06151/
Cafe Kesselhaus Rheinstrasse 95 82624
Eledil Adelungstrasse 9 25479
Goldene Krone Schustergasse 18 21352
Studentinnenkeller Residenzschloss 163117
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