WHOLE Festival Returns: Summer Peak on Ferropolis Peninsula, August 2nd-5th
Just outside of Berlin, the dystopian “city of iron” will once again be the hotbed for unifying, celebrating and further forging the international electronic music community. This year, WHOLE Festival holds capacity for 9000 visitors, a 1000-person increase compared to 2023.
WHOLE Festival epitomizes Berlin’s vibrant queer electronic music culture and global collectives fostering safe spaces for their communities. By leveraging dance as a tool for social change, WHOLE celebrates milestones and facilitates deep exploration of queer identity through workshops, panels, performances, and more. It promotes knowledge-sharing, discussion, and community healing, fostering growth, mutual learning, and empowerment.
WHOLE Festival: Six Stages, One Vibrant Space for Community Dance and Liberation in Ferropolis
Experience golden hour at the beach stage, dance in the colored forests, enjoy diverse bass-adjacent music at the Crane Stage, immerse in FLINTA play space or cruising village, and witness mornings unfold with uplifting house and techno at the Antenna stage or in the techno-focused Arena stage surrounded by iron cranes.
This year, these stages will be hosted by 12 tight-knit Berlin collectives and 16 international collectives from the global scene, ranging from 10 countries like Vietnam, Spain, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Canada, Denmark, United Kingdom, Brazil, United States and The Netherlands.
WHOLE Festival annually introduces new collectives to strengthen connections within the electronic music community.
This year, additions include Hanoi’s “Equation Festival” highlighting Asian sounds, London’s techno-rave-performance platform “Inferno,” Brooklyn’s techno collective “Merge,” Toronto’s fluidity-centered events “Pep Rally” by DJs Chippy Nonstop & Karim Olen Ash, Copenhagen/Berlin’s dancefloor healing collective “SWEAT,” Berlin’s representation-focused techno club series “Kilowatt,” Berlin-based collective “La Noche” by DJs THC, DHC & Byron Yeates, and “Weeeirdos,” a Berlin party series supporting queer artists founded by DJ LOLSNAKE.
Returning collectives at WHOLE Festival this year include London’s legendary “Adonis,” Brazil’s impactful “Batekoo” within the QBIPOC community, Berlin’s community-building femme-focused “Body Language,” the long-standing house and techno party “Buttons,” steamy “Cocktail d’Amore,” Amsterdam’s diverse “De Reünie,” Berlin’s harder techno parties “Gegen” and “Herrensauna,” feminist collective “Lecken,” Barcelona’s FLINTA* queer techno party “MARICAS,” funky “Mala Junta,” Sao Paulo’s activist platform “Mamba Negra,” inclusive “Pornceptual,” LatinX party “Puticlub,” US-based “T4T Luv NRG,” Kyiv’s first queer collective “Veselka,” and Kazakhstan’s transformative “Zvuk” by DJ Nazira.
Throughout the entire weekend, WHOLE Festival will feature spellbinding performances from beloved community favorites such as AGY3NA, Angel D’lite, Bashkka, Bored Lord, Boris, Byron Yeates, Cashu, Cem, Chippy Nonstop, DJ AYA, D.Dan, DJ Fuckoff, DJ Gigola, DJ Nobu, DJ Saliva, Eris Drew, Gideon, Hyperaktivist, ISAbella, JakoJako, Jennifer Cardini, Juliana Huxtable, Kiddy Smile, Lolsnake, LYDO, Lakuti, Mama Snake, Marie Montexier, Metaraph, Musclecars, Narciss, Nazira, Octo Octa, Pablo Bozzi, Peach, Roi Perez, Ruby Savage, S-candalo, Saoirse, Sherelle, Shy One, Slim Soledad, Supergloss, Suze Ijo, Tama Sumo, The Blessed Madonna, and Volvox.
This year, WHOLE Festival introduces a new tier of 1000 community tickets, offering discounted access for those on tight budgets.
The solidarity program expands, providing free festival experiences to community members most affected by systemic and economic disparities. This includes prioritizing refugees, POC, Black individuals, trans and gender expansive individuals, people with disabilities, and those experiencing fatphobia. Compared to last year’s 100 tickets, this year 150 visitors will receive free tickets, transportation, food vouchers, drink tokens, and camping gear.
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