Thomas Leisner

The second edition of Wilde 13 Festival is about to come, on 31. of Mai and 1. of June 2019! Andreas and I, who organized the festival this year, too, are pretty mad about it. But this time it’s not only us, but a great deal of helpers from our neighborhood joined us this year. 

Preparations for our very big little open-air-festival at Flora-Kiez, Pankow, Berlin, are going for more than half a year. Now everything has been thought about thoroughly and the party may go off. On both evenings six artists each will perform, and as an addition in this year we added a brunch on sunday: The street still will be blocked and everyone will meet once again to finish the festival – having another bit of live music, of course. 

Summer isn’t really past and the sounds of our open air festival from june still are ringing, yet it’s time for the Unpluggedival again. Autumn is coming, even if summer is still strong. The second edition will present even more locations and artists, so people can move freely from one space to another getting lots of impressions and inspiration. 

Of course also the 2. Unpluggedival 2018 has been prepared for a long time. As it’s mainly about unamplified music, according to it’s name, there isn’t too much of an effort for me in this regard. The artists mostly use amplification, but they care about it themselves, also by connecting with each other in this turn. It’s my part to organize everything in advance, and then to check and help where ever it’s needed at the festival days. This isn’t always easy though, with over 40 concerts at more than 10 locations.  

As the Unpluggedival in autumn of last year has been a great success, we dared to finally realize our original goal, a real Open Air Festival in our hood: Wilde 13 Festival. Two days of live music on a blocked road, directly in front of my house’s door. And where else could it be? 

While Unpluggedival spreads many concerts about many small and in parts unusual locations due to the cold period of the year, our Wilde 13 summer festival concentrates all concerts in one spot: an open air stage in the centre of our neighborhood. In two days the festival presents twelve artists with a wide range of musical soundscapes. No fees for entry, everybody welcome, but so are donations. Hot temperatures and a vibrant atmosphere are guaranteed.