TRAFOSTATION 61-FESTIVAL

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A festival season without a visit to the Trafostation 61 festival would be unthinkable for us. The self-proclaimed do-it-yourself (DIY) festival took place again this year and invited everyone who enjoys good music to join the party. In a familiar atmosphere, there were three days of extensive partying and laughing. We have summarized our impressions from the three days here!

If you've never been to the Trafofestival, you can imagine it something like this: A sworn community that has built a stage in the middle of the forest to welcome bands from the metal, rock as well as punk.

But not only musically, but also culinary the festival provides a lot. From curry with rice, to sausages and fries, as well as crepes and breakfast in the morning for the campers. In addition, there is the possibility to enjoy your meal in an idyllic atmosphere and to relax on one of the many seating options, such as the "recycled" sofas, which will be used for this weekend one last time before their actual disposal. Merchandise was also plentiful on site and could be purchased from both the bands themselves and the festival. Also present this year was the BlattTurbo Magazine, which again with its proceeds from the sale of merchandise, supported the local scene.

But now to our highlights of the weekend:

Also on the second day there were some bands, for which the visit to the Trafo was more than worth it. One example is Blitzer, who traveled 600km to play there. The band had formed in 2020 and thus recorded just their second appearance... and what a one! The classic metal sound and the vocal power of singer Elias underlined the dynamic performance of the band, which has gained another fan with our magazine.

A band that should not be missing from this list is Purple Dawn. Who else manages to captivate the audience with a five-minute instrumental piece, at the end of which singer Patrick belts out just two notes to make it a goosebump moment?

One of the coolest things about the place is definitely the custom currency you had to pay with at the tiki bar or even at the food stalls. We like to call them "Trafo-Taler", although there is probably already a name for it (if not, then the things should definitely be called that). The prices, and we'd like to emphasize this here, were absolutely fine and not overpriced. Even the fries, which seemed high-priced to us at first, you got in such a large portion that the price was reasonable.

One act on this day that we want to highlight just because of the performance is Splinter. With their Southern Rock music, the band created a great atmosphere on stage. Especially the singer has impressed us with his movements, which were over the

Punk met metal met progressive, which was passionately carried outward by the band. To some jokes on stage, our magazine simply inspired the passion to their music, which then also gladly times in a torn trousers of the singer ended. Especially the last song, the singer Setff with the words, "With the last song we break our body together"spoke volumes and demanded full physical effort, which was also gladly rewarded with an encore.

Now we come to what we have already described: The unconventional sound, which may not fit into the line-up at first glance. Stielow formed this exception with their mixture of rock and rap.

So it was also celebrated on this day with a lot of fun, good music and an audience that was happy to join the party. Especially songs like "How To Grow" or their new single "Walls Of Feelings" went down well and were sung along loudly by the fans.

But not only with their performance the band reached the hearts of the Trafoheads, but also with the donation of their fee. It just showed exactly that what we were allowed to witness this weekend: Trafo is a festival with its own family that supports each other and celebrates this bond once a year. It is a DIY festival where a lot of value is placed on the visitors and the bands and where everything is close and personal. An absolute insider tip that we can only recommend to you.