Freak Valley Festival

Freak Valley Festival
Poster for the 2015 edition.
Background information
Genre(s)	Stoner Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Stoner Metal, Desert Rock, Blues Rock
Date(s)	May or June (Main Festival)
Location	Netphen, Germany (Main Festival) Siegen, Germany (Marquee Events)
Venue(s)	AWO-Gelände (Main Festival) Vortex Surfer Musikclub (Marquee Events)
Years active	2012 - Present
Associated Events	Rock Freaks Concerts
Website	Freak Valley Festival Official

Freak Valley Festival is a festival held in Netphen, Germany. Starting in 2012, Freak Valley was formed as a festival catering to those into stoner rock, psychedelic rock and blues. Like many festivals in Europe it is set as an open air event with camping.

Along with the main festival held in the summer, Freak Valley also hosts several marquee events and mini-festivals along with booking touring psych and stoner acts from around the world.

Lineups

2012: Freak Valley Festival

The inaugural edition of the Freak Valley Festival would be held on 18 and 19 May 2012 at AWO-Gelände, Netphen, Germany. The festival would be a sell-out in it's first year even with just two days and sixteen bands billed.

18 May 2012	19 May 2012
Demon's Eye Featuring Doogie White	Colour Haze
My Sleeping Karma	Lonely Kamel
Gentlemans Pistols	Wicked Minds
Mars Red Sky	Glowsun
Space Debris	Orange Sunshine
Bushfire	Grifter
Speed Automatic	Doctor Cyclops
Ded Orse	Dean Allen Foyd

2012: Freak Valley X-Mas

In the fall of 2012, Freak Valley Festival would announce their first Freak Valley X-Mas, a yearly tradition composed by the festival curators. The first edition would be held at Vortex Surfer Musikclub in Siegen, Germany.

• Electric Moon
• Space Debris
• Ded Orse
• Obelyskkh
• Abe Diddy & The Krautboys
• Bons Cottze

2013: Freak Valley Festival

In August 2012 a second edition of the Freak Valley Festival would be announced. The festival would be expanded to a three-day event with a total of 23 bands selected to perform. Like the first edition the festival would sell out. Moonless were intended for the festival but ultimately canceled with YAMA as the replacement.

30 May 2013	31 May 2013	1 June 2013
Long Distance Calling	Naam	Causa Sui
Asteroid	Uncle Acid and the deadbeats	Orange Goblin
Katla	Brutus	The Machine
Bushfire	The Muggs	Ape Machine
	Orange Sunshine	Stoned Jesus
	Pet The Preacher	Nightstalker
	The Egocentrics	Pyramidal
	Mamont	Abrahma
	Yama	Wolverine Blues
	Banda de la Muerte	Radar Men from the Moon

2013: Freak Valley X-Mas

The 2013 edition of the Freak Valley X-Mas would be held on 7 December 2013 at Vortex Surfer Musikclub in Siegen, Germany. Five bands would participate in this marquee event.

• Toner Low
• Monomyth
• DxBxSx
• WolveSpirit
• Fastlane Motörblast

2014: Freak Valley Festival

In August 2013, the 2014 edition of Freak Valley Festival would be announced and set for 29 - 31 May 2013 at AWO-Gelände, Netphen, Germany. Like the previous edition the event would now span three days and now with thirty-one bands. Like previous editions the festival would sell out well before the actual days of the show.

29 May 2013	30 May 2013	31 May 2013
Radio Moscow	Blues Pills	Kadavar
Papir	Truckfighters	Motorpsycho
Bloody Hammers	Solstafir	Elder
The Heavy Eyes	Wo Fat	Samsara Blues Experiment
The Lone Crows	Blood Ceremony	Admiral Sir Cloudsley Shovell
The Colts	Mothership	Mos Generator
	Mother of God	Øresund Space Collective
	Stubb	Zodiac
	The Midnight Ghost Train	Bone Man
	Ivy Garden of The Desert	Magnetic Mountain
	Sun Preachers	Bushfire
	Motor Mammoth
	Wight

2014: Heavy Jams Part 1

A marquee event known as Heavy Jams Part 1 would be curated and set on 30 August 2014 at Vortex Surfer Musikclub in Siegen, Germany. This event featured four bands from around the world.

• HORNSS
• Dead Lord
• Noctum
• Black Wizard

2014: Freak Valley X-Mas

Following a series of events promoted by Freak Valley, the festival would curate their third annual Freak Valley X-Mas. The third X-Mas event was held on 20 December 2014 at pin Vortex Surfer Musikclub in Siegen, Germany. Along with six bands the event featured DJ Wofo throughout the night.

• The Machine'
• Birth of Joy
• Pendejo
• Bone Man
• Born To Hula
• R.E.D.

2015: Freak Valley Festival

The 2015 edition of Freak Valley Festival would be held between 4 and 6 June 2015. Like most editions of this festival it managed to be a sell-out.

4 June 2015	5 June 2015	6 June 2015
Blues Pills	Orchid	Earthless
Goatsnake	Monkey3	Eyehategod
The Muggs	Horisont	Crippled Black Phoenix
Gas Giant	Siena Root	Electric Moon
Mountain Witch	Brousel Machine	Kamchatka
The Cyborgs	Sigiriya	The Vintage Caravan
	Danava	Tuber
	Seedy Jeezus	Egypt
	Travelin Jack	Dead Man
	Freedom Hawk	Valley of the Sun
	C+C = Maxigross	Tombstones

2015: Freak Valley Refueled

The 2015 edition of Freak Valley Refueled was held on 27 June 2015. Featuring three bands and strictly limited to 150 tickets, this event was held at Vortex Surfer Musikclub in Siegen, Germany.

• Elder
• Mos Generator
• Bushfire

2015: Freakers Ball Vol. 1

In 2015, Freak Valley would conceive a new marquee event under the name Freakers Ball with an emphasis on hard rock. The inaugural Freakers Ball would be held on 19 September 2015 at Vortex Surfer Musikclub in Siegen, Germany.

• Joy
• Death Alley
• Heat
• Travelin Jack

2015: Freak Valley X-Mas

As per Freak Valley's holiday tradition, the fourth edition of Freak Valley X-Mas was held on 19 December 2015 at Vortex Surfer Musikclub in Siegen, Germany. Like most editions of this event it would feature six bands and DJ Wofo handling music between the bands.

• Tuber
• Rotor
• Glowsun
• Ded Orse
• Green Orbit
• Cherokee

2016: Freak Valley Festival

The 2016 edition of the Freak Valley Festival was held between 26 May and 28 May 2016 in Netphen, Germany. For the festival's fifth anniversary, Orange Goblin would be revealed as a surprise headliner close the event.

26 May 2016	27 May 2016	28 May 2016
Dead Meadow	Graveyard	Orange Goblin
Toundra	Spidergawd	Elder
Baby Woodrose	The Shrine	Lonely Kamel
White Hills	Mantar	Rotor
Villagers...	Giöbia	Monolord
The Sonic Dawn	Krissy Matthews	Farflung
	Spiders	The Golden Grass
	Jeremy Irons & The Ratgang Malibus	Black Rainbows
	The Devil & The Almighty Blues	Black Lung
	Mother Engine	Snowy Dunes
	Gomer Pyle	Powder For Pigeons
		Bushfire

2016: Freak Valley Refueled

The 2016 edition of Freak Valley Refueled would be held on 9 July 2016 at Vortex Surfer Musikclub in Siegen, Germany. The event was strictly limited to 150 tickets.

• Electric Orange
• Hypnos
• Blaak Heat
• PARTY

2016: Freak Sabbath

The second edition of Freak Sabbath (Freak Sabbath Vol. 2) was held on 24 September 2016 at Vortex Surfer Musikclub in Siegen, Germany. DJ Wofo would once again provide music between a four-band lineup.

• Asteroid
• Yawning Man
• Green Orbit
• Daily Thompson

2016: Freak Valley X-Mas

The fifth annual Freak Valley X-Mas would be held on 17 December 2016 at Vortex Surfer Musikclub in Siegen, Germany. Featuring six bands and DJ Wofo, the event would sell out in quick order.

• Colour Haze
• Wucan
• Mother Engine
• Limestone Whale
• Monolith
• Tschaika 21/16

2017: Freak Sabbath

The first edition of Freak Sabbath to be held in 2017 (Billed as Freak Sabbath Vol. 3 was held on 6 May 2017 at Vortex Surfer Musikclub in Siegen, Germany. DJ Wofo would handle the sounds between bands.

• The Spacelords
• The Devil and The Almighty Blues
• Chron Goblin
• NAP

2017: Freak Valley Festival

The 2017 edition of the Freak Valley Festival would be held between 15 and 17 June 2017. As with previous editions the festival would be held at AWO-Gelände, Netphen, Germany.

15 June 2017	16 June 2017	17 June 2017
Slo Burn	Pentagram	Earthless
Maserati	Ufomammut	King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Conan	Golden Void	Follakzoid
Arbouretum	Greenleaf	Mothership
Orango	The Brew	Wand
Maidavale	Death Alley	Mammoth Mammoth
Black Willows	Geezer	Church of The Cosmic Skull
	The Great Machine	Kikagaku Moyo
	Limestone Whale	Salem's Pot
	Elephant Tree	Vôdûn
	Green Orbit	Sativa Root

2017: Freak Valley Refueled

The 2017 edition of Freak Valley Refueled was held on 8 July 2017 at Vortex Surfer in Siegen, Germany. Featuring a marquee bill of four bands, it was also notable as a release party for Giobia's live album Live at Freak Valley.

• Giobia
• Stubb
• No Man's Valley
• Motorowl

2017: Freak Sabbath

The second 2017 edition of Freak Sabbath (Also known as Freak Sabbath Vol. 4) was held on 27 October 2017 at Vortex Surfer in Siegen. The lineup featured five touring bands for this supercard.

• Conan
• Monolord
• Mos Generator
• House of Broken Promises
• Black Bone

2017: Freak Valley X-Mas

The 2017 edition of Freak Valley X-Mas (Also known as Freak Valley X-Mas Fest - Keine Abendkasse !) was held on 7 December 2017 at Vortex Surfer in Siegen. Six bands were announced to perform at the event with DJ Wofo spinning records between sets.

• The Flying Eyes
• Toner Low
• Mammoth Mammoth
• Zone Six
• Supersonic Blues
• Black Is? Just a Dark White

2018: Freak Valley Festival

On 25 August 2017, the 2018 edition of the festival would be announced, with Early Bird tickets available that September. On 2 October 2017, Om would be announced as the first headliner, with more bands announced soon after. Online tickets would go on sale on 12 November 2017 and sell out within an hour. Before the year was over the festival would be completely sold out.

The 2018 edition would be held between 30 May 2018 and 2 June 2018 at AWO-Gelände, Netphen, Germany.

Wednesday 30 May	Thursday 31 May	Friday 1 June	Saturday 2 June
Radar Men from the Moon	Om	My Sleeping Karma	Russian Circles
No Man's Valley	My Baby	Candlemass	The Flying Eyes
Mountain Dust	Bushfire	Mars Red Sky	Karma To Burn
Motorowl	Sumac	Wolf People	Asteroid
	Mother Engine	Yuri Gagarin	Brutus
	Ruff Majik	Dÿse	Sacri Monti
	Humulus	Black Bombaim	Lucifer
	Rage of Samedi	The Freeks	Purple Hill Witch
	Galactic Superlords	Ouzo Bazooka	Year of The Cobra
		Steak	Kaleidobolt
		Nap	Toke

2018: Freak Valley Festival Refueled

In June 2018, Freak Valley Festival would announce a refueled super card. This event would be held on 30 June 2018 at Vortex Surfer in Siegen.

• Nebula
• Pristine
• Hot Lunch
• The Great Machine

2018: Freak Valley X-Mas

The 2018 edition of Freak Valley X-Mas would be held at Vortex Surfer in Siegen on 15 December 2018. Six bands were selected to perform with DJ Wofo spinning records between sets.

• My Sleeping Karma
• Mammoth Mammoth
• Swedish Death Candy
• Pretty Lightning
• The Dirty Denims
• Hair of The Dog

2019: Freak Valley Festival

Some time after the 2018 edition, a 2019 edition of the Freak Valley Festival was announced and set for 20 - 22 June 2019 at Weiherdamm 3, Netphen, Germany. On 5 November 2018 the first round of bands would be announced in The Vintage Caravan, Electric Moon, Spaceslug, Arc of Ascent and Slomatics. By 15 November it would be announced that the festival was already sold out. On 14 December Brant Bjork and Wolfmother would be announced as headliners, along with other acts announced such as The Obsessed and Yob.

Notably It's Not Night: It's Space, The Obsessed and Harsh Toke were all intended to perform the 2019 edition but canceled for different reasons.

Thursday 20 June	Friday 21 June	Saturday 22 June
Electric Moon	Corrosion of Conformity	God Is An Astronaut
Brant Bjork	Yob	Wolfmother
DeWolff	A Place to Bury Strangers	Minami Deutsch
John Fairhurst	King Buffalo	Monolord
Spaceslug	Tuber	The Vintage Caravan
Stonefield	Raketkanon	Arc of Ascent
Valley of the Sun	Pristine	OutsideInside
Duel	The Great Electric Quest	Slomatics
	Dead Lord	The Fierce and The Dead
	Pretty Lightning	High Fighter
	Lacertilia	Space Ventura

2020: Freak Valley Festival

Following a successful 2019 edition, Freak Valley Festival would announce their 2020 edition in October 2019, announcing the likes of Fu Manchu, Endless Boogie, Slomatics, Monomyth and Temple Fang with more to be announced. Once tickets went on sale circa 24 October 2019 they would sell out in less than half an hour. On 25 November 2019 the second wave of bands would be announced, featuring Witchcraft, Pelican, We Hunt Buffalo, Camera and The Neptune Power Federation. However on 21 April it would be announced that due to Germany's further restrictions on events in the country due to the CO-VID19 Pandemic, that Freak Valley Festival would be postponed to 2021 and then 2022.

2022: Freak Valley Festival

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2023: Freak Valley Festival

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External Links

• Freak Valley Festival on Facebook