FULL FORCE & FERROPOLIS
Since 1994, the (With) Full Force has been an integral part of the German festival landscape - THE trendsetter for the entire genre, the biggest scene festival in Eastern Germany and a home for metalcore, hardcore, metal, punk and many other great music genres. The FULL FORCE has always aimed to create a modern and diverse festival for you and to offer a home for young, new acts as well as the big, international legends of our scene.
Winston McCall - singer of FULL FORCE regulars PARKWAY DRIVE - once said that Ferropolis is the “most metal place on earth”. And how right he was! Five bucket-wheel and bucket-chain excavators up to 130m long and 30m high watch over FULL FORCE Island on Lake Gremmin, the coolest peninsula you've ever seen! These impressive monuments to industrial history give the FULL FORCE Festival its outstanding atmosphere, which all visitors will remember for a long time.
Where lignite was once mined, the FULL FORCE Holidays are now celebrated every year. With several beaches on the festival site, Ferropolis offers a unique festival backdrop that is second to none. Where else can you enjoy your favorite bands with your feet in the water?
Whether you want to dive into the hustle and bustle in front of the MAD MAX Mainstage, enjoy a small club atmosphere at the BACKYARD Stage, go crazy with beatdown moshpits at the HARDBOWL Stage or prefer beach concerts at the MEDUSA Stage - there's something for everyone at Ferropolis. The four stages are rounded off by additional offers such as workshops, yoga sessions, a flunkyball tournament, a forest with a separate beach for relaxing and many other great experiences.
Ferropolis is centrally located between Berlin and Leipzig, around 20 km from Dessau in Saxony-Anhalt. The peninsula is easily accessible via Gräfenhainichen station by train from Berlin via Lutherstadt Wittenberg or directly from Leipzig. Shuttle buses run at regular intervals from Gräfenhainichen to Ferropolis.