{{Short description|German music festival (1997–2024)}} {{cleanup|reason="Line-ups, 2008–2023" section needs to be organized|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox music festival | name = Melt! Festival | image = MeltFestival.jpg | location =Gräfenhainichen, Germany | years_active = 1997–2024 | founders = | dates = 3rd weekend of July | genre = Electronic music | attendance = 20,000 | capacity = 20,000 | website = [http://www.meltfestival.de/ www.meltfestival.de] }} The '''Melt Festival''' (formerly known as the '''Melt! Festival''', and later '''MELT''') was one of the biggest open-air electronic music festivals in Germany. The festival took place at the Ferropolis open-air museum, near Gräfenhainichen. It was held from 1997 to 2024.<ref>[http://www.meltfestival.de/en/history.html Melt! Festival – History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213040104/http://www.meltfestival.de/en/history.html|date=2015-02-13}}</ref> thumb|Installation at Melt! 2015 In May 2024, it was that announced that the July 11–13, 2024 festival would be the last.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Germany's Melt Festival reveals 2024 will be final year · News ⟋ RA |url=https://ra.co/news/80750 |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Resident Advisor |language=en}}</ref>
== Awards and mentions == * #2 in Resident Advisor's Top 10 festivals for July 2013.<ref>[http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1860 Resident Advisor Festivals July 2013]</ref> * #3 in Resident Advisor's Top 10 festivals for July 2014.<ref>[http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?2026 Resident Advisor Festivals July 2014]</ref> * #2 in Resident Advisor's Top 10 festivals for July 2015.<ref>[http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?2486 Resident Advisor Festivals July 2015]</ref> * 2024 Helga festival award in the category "Most beautiful ones and zeros."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.festivalguide.de/news/2014/09/19/die-gewinner-des-zweiten-helga-award-stehen-fest/ |title=Der Helga! 2014 |access-date=2015-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916041024/http://www.festivalguide.de/news/2014/09/19/die-gewinner-des-zweiten-helga-award-stehen-fest/ |archive-date=2016-09-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2024 Helga festival award in the category "Best conscience."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.festivalguide.de/news/2014/09/19/die-gewinner-des-zweiten-helga-award-stehen-fest/ |title=Der Helga! 2014 |access-date=2015-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916041024/http://www.festivalguide.de/news/2014/09/19/die-gewinner-des-zweiten-helga-award-stehen-fest/ |archive-date=2016-09-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[File:Melt! 2015 Impressions 12.jpg|thumb|Fire show on a Bucket-wheel excavator at Melt! 2015]][[File:Melt! 2015 Impressions 05.jpg|thumb|Main Stage and Bucket-wheel excavator at Melt! 2015]]
==2012–2014 lineups==
'''2014'''
Portishead, Röyksopp & Robyn, The Notwist, Moderat, Fritz Kalkbrenner, Metronomy, WhoMadeWho ...<ref>{{cite web |first=Benjamin |last=Reibert |url=http://trndmusik.de/2014/03/melt-bestaetigt-jeff-mills-little-dragon-panda-bear-und-seth-troxler/ |work=trndmusik |title=Melt! bestätigt Jeff Mills, Little Dragon, Panda Bear und Seth Troxler |date=2014-03-18 |access-date=2014-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427085305/http://trndmusik.de/2014/03/melt-bestaetigt-jeff-mills-little-dragon-panda-bear-und-seth-troxler/ |archive-date=2014-04-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
'''2013'''
The Knife, Trentemøller, Woodkid, Babyshambles ...<ref>''Schunkeln bis zur Ekstase''. FAZ, 23 July 2013, p.30</ref>
'''2012'''
M83, Gossip, Whitest Boy Alive, Justice, Two Door Cinema Club, Modeselektor, Bloc Party, Caribou, The Bloody Beetroots ...<ref>[https://www.intro.de/news/newsfeatures/23068553/melt-2012-der-live-ticker-ein-fruehes-tor-tut-dem-spiel-immer-gut Melt! Intro 2012]</ref>
==See also== *List of electronic music festivals
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Melt! Festival}} *[http://www.meltfestival.de/en Official site]
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Category:Music festivals established in 1997 Category:Electronic music festivals in Germany