Melt! Festival 2013

Melt! is held in Ferropolis, an open air museum centred around five enormous excavators forming 'the city of iron', dedicated to the industrial heritage of the region. Read more here.

Shuttle buses run to the festival site from railway stations at Dessau, Wittenburg and Gräfenhainichen, or direct from Berlin Schonefeld Airport.

Camping site opens: Thursday at 1:00pm

Camping site closes: Monday at 1:00pm

(Information for 2012 edition)

Cooking with functioning gas cookers is only allowed outdoors. Open fire on the camping sites is completely forbidden! Security are allowed to confiscate gas bottles on the camping sites without warning if they establish there is improper usage of the objects as well as leading to open fire. This applies to all visitors.

Main Festival Site Opening Hours

Friday and Saturday: 3pm - 7am

Sunday: 3pm - 2am

Sleepless Floor Opening Times

Friday and Saturday: 7am - 3pm

Sunday: 2am - noon (Monday) 

It is forbidden to bring any type of glass container, canister, plastic bottles, PET bottles, cans and/or special drink containers, your own food, hard packaging, cool-bags, special containers, torches, explosive objects or any type of weapon as well as dangerous objects onto the festival site. Non-alcoholic drinks in up to 1 liter unopened tetra packs per person can be brought to the festival. There will be security control at the entrance to the festival. Security are instructed to carry out a body search. The visitor accepts this upon purchase of a ticket. Removal from the festival site can occur if there has been a breach against the legal provisions or these rules.

There are food and drink stalls on the main festival site and in the campsite, at standard festival prices. Food is varied, and there are plenty of vegetarian options. There is a supermarket in Gräfenhainichen (30 mins walk, or a 5 min shuttle bus) which tends to get busy during the festival.

There are ATMs on the festival site, and in Gräfenhainichen (30 mins walk.) They can get busy however, so its best to bring some cash with you.

As per law: admission at 18 years of age, guests younger than 18 have to be accompanied by a legal guardian or have to show a permission signed by their legal guardian! See the Melt! website for more details, and you must contact Festicket via email before purchasing tickets for guests younger than 18.

The provisions of the law to protect minors in public apply to the whole festival site. Children and minors between the age of 8 to 16 years old only have access once in accompanied by an entrusted person of responsibility or an authorized person (with corresponding proof).

It can get very warm, so pack sunscreen and shades  - but of course, there's a possibility of rain, so stay prepared in case. All main routes on the festival site are on tarmac paths, so it doesn't ever get too muddy.

Showers, portable toilets and W.C.s are open nonstop from Thursday 1:00 PM to Monday 1:00 PM.

Portable toilets: free

Showers: EUR 1,50

W.C.s: EUR 0,50

(Information for 2012 edition)