Band Contest
The winners have been decided: JaAberNe, Die Datei and Shards.upon.Nihil will perform at the BUNTWALD Festival 2025. 🎉
Many thanks to all participating bands and to everyone who voted! 💛🧡❤️💜💙💚
You can find more information about the band contest in the announcement and the winner reveal.
How it works
Choose your favorite from the ten applicants, who you absolutely want to see on the BUNTWALD stage next year. Vote by entering your e-mail address and then be sure to click on the link in the confirmation e-mail that will be sent to you. Only then will your vote count!
The voting phase lasts from November 16 to 30, 2024.
Who gets to perform on the big stage? The two bands with the most votes from the public will win their slot at the festival. A third winner will be selected by the BUNTWALD jury.
Below you can find further details and short introduction videos to get an impression of each band.
Your vote counts
Participants
Who owns our lives? What is it that makes us human? Is there any hope for us pitiful beings in this cold and lonely wasteland called planet Earth? I don't know, it doesn't really matter anyway, but "Die Datei" does have a few great songs that are worth living for. Between heartbreak and hedonism, the three musicians from the Wolftal translate the nuances of human emotions into a language that everyone can understand: music. Just listen for yourself.
Hi, we are the Halbmeiler Halunken. We got together in 2014 as a small carnival ensemble and want to celebrate our 11th anniversary in 2025 - and of course we want to celebrate this with as many people as possible. With our groovy style, we play a wide range of music from "Brodwurschdmusik" to "Lumpenlieder" and songs like "Ein Kompliment", so there's something for everyone. We bring atmosphere in front of and on the stage - guaranteed 😉
Hearing Ghosts are a band from Freiburg. The five musicians' original and diverse rock compositions are based on the groovy sounds of older and newer progressive and psychedelic bands ranging from Gentle Giant to Frank Zappa.
Hey, we are JaAberNe, a rock-pop band from Mariazell. We are 10 members and consist of 2 female singers, 2 guitarists, bass, drums and 4 brass players (who make our performances something special). We play songs from the rock genre and sometimes also from the pop genre. From the Ärzte and Feine Sahne Fischfilet to the Cranberries and Melissa Etheridge, we play everything that rocks the stage and gets the audience partying.
Hard riffs and deep lyrics are the hallmarks of the band Shards.upon.Nihil from the Kinzigtal. Lilian (Voc), Mathias (Git, Voc), Michi (Git), Mara (Bass, Voc) and Timo (Drums) deliver exclusively original compositions under the progressive rock label, bridging rough sounds, thoughtful melodies and philosophical messages. Here, intense guitar sounds meet sophisticated arrangements that not only make your head nod, but also think.
Pure joy to play. This is often the first thing the audience notices when StereoDrama enter the stage.
The band has been touring Germany and surrounding countries with their energetic, danceable alternative rock since 2009.
They have also toured twice in South American Ecuador, the home of their singer. Several of their English and Spanish songs have been on the radio there for years.
In 2025, we will record our next studio album.
ÜBER iCH is indie rock with German lyrics, an energetic and sophisticated live and light show, but above all with emotion and interaction. We became aware of your festival through Sebi Kopp (former work colleague of Stoi) and would love to perform at the BUNTWALD Festival 2025. It would be a heartfelt thing ❤️
We are a children's choir from Oberwolfach that wants to rock the stage at the Buntwald Festival. From the youngest four-year-olds to the wildest teenagers, we will be performing our hits together with other musicians. Thumbs up, fire away, for the Wolftalspatzen & Friends!!!
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