Stadtpark Open Air gears up for 50th anniversary
The team at Germany’s Stadtpark Open Air are making preparations for its 50th anniversary next year after welcoming around 160,000 fans in 2024.
Presented by Karsten Jahnke Concert Management (KJCM), the 4,000-cap Hamburg concert series ran a total of 44 events between May and September headliners with such as Noah Kahan, Alice Cooper, Dropkick Murphys, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Diana Krall, Loyle Carner, Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets and Keane.
“It is a great pleasure every year to host the Stadtpark Open Air season and to experience fantastic concerts in this unique atmosphere,” says MD Ben Mitha, as per t-online. “It is particularly nice to feel the cross-generational enthusiasm that unites regulars and newcomers.”
The sole disappointment surrounded Ronan Keating’s 4 September gig, which was cancelled shortly before it was due to begin due to thunderstorms, with the area subsequently evacuated.
“The team is now working with great motivation to make the big anniversary season, 50 years of Stadtpark Open Air, next year a very special one”
“Safety must always take priority. And given the extreme lightning, we unfortunately had no other choice,” KCM press spokesperson Frehn Hawel told the Abendblatt in the wake of the cancellation. Despite organisers’ best efforts, it was not possible to reschedule Keating’s performance.
Meanwhile, a performance by OneRepublic in June was brought forward by an hour because of a storm warning.
Preparations for Stadtpark Open Air’s golden anniversary in 2025 are already well underway, with the season’s traditional curtain raiser Lotto King Karl confirmed for 17 May and Gregory Porter announced for 10 July.
“The team is now working with great motivation to make the big anniversary season, 50 years of Stadtpark Open Air, next year a very special one,” adds Mitha.
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