Line-up
Line up
Static Roots Festival
Fri. 12 July & Sat. 13 July 2019
Zentrum Altenberg, Oberhausen, Germany
Joana Serrat (Barcelona, Catalonia) by Joan Alsina "a true jewel” We are thrilled to welcome this brilliant act from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, to the Static Roots Festival 2019: Joana Serrat His 2012 debut album "Graceless Age" is a masterpiece, it ended up in plenty of Top 10 charts (Mojo Magazine, Uncut Magazine), in the Top5 of American Songwriter Magazine and The Rolling Stone calls him "A singer-songwriter that is one of the Country and Americana scene's true journeymen.” His music is prominently featured in TV series like "Nashville", "The Vampire Diaries", Country Music People magazine calls him, “The best singer-songwriter in the country field that this country has ever turned out.”. If you hear his songs, you would not believe this The Hanging Stars (London, UK) In April of 2019 this excellent, London-based band will support the re-union tour of legendardy 80s country-rockers, The Long Ryders (w/ Sid Griffin). They call "Oh, did we dance!" A total corker, the real deal, the total package, the talk of the (Americana) town - after headlining the Static Roots Festival 2018, the brilliant Cordovas "They could well be the illegitimate love children of Springsteen, Mellencamp, Frei and Henley". Their debut album, "All On Red", has just been nominated for an "Album Of The Year" Their sound is striking and undeniably captivating. Often leaning towards the darker, moody elements of Appalachian folk, and bluegrass traditions, their songs are laden with near perfect sibling harmonies or Joe Nolan (Edmonton, Canada) He was called a "rock'n'roll wunderkind" after releasing his debut album "Goodbye Cinderella" in 2011, his 2014 album, "Tornado" (Six Shooter Records, in Germany released on The first announcement for the line-up of the Static Roots Festival 2019: the fantastic Luke Tuchscherer will be rocking out the big stage with his great band! Luke Tuchscherer (pronounced
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News
"Beseelt und beschenkt von diesem Festival gehen wir nach Hause" Insbesondere die Cordovas begeisterten Frank Schwarzberg vom ROADTRACKS Magazin (Foto: Klaas Guchelaar) Frank Schwarzberg vom ROADTRACKS Magazin berichtet in der
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Static Roots Festival supports Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Static Roots Festival supports Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) help people worldwide where
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In his radio show "Tell The Band To Go Home", Jeff Robson travels to Germany for a preview of the Static Roots Festival 2019. During the second hour of the
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"Mit dem STATIC ROOTS FESTIVAL - DA WEISS MAN WIRKLICH, WAS MAN HAT, Americana-, Country- und Roots-Music mit allen Ablegern vom ALLERFEINSTEN." Das ROADTRACKS Magazin veröffentlichte im Januar 2019 in
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Finally available on Spotify and Apple Music We've shared our playlist on YouTube for the last couple of years but are now also available on Apple Music and Spotify. Check
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== hard tickets == Hooray - the first batch of limited hard tickets has been sold out this weekend! Thanks so much for your love, trust and support that most
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Die Tageszeitung "junge Welt" - Logo Mit ein wenig Verspätung berichtet die Tageszeitung "junge Welt" in der Ausgabe vom 10. Januar 2019 über den Auftritt der Cordovas auf dem Static
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Songpickr - check out his blog and playlists by clicking the picture Check out this great recommendation by the fabulous Songpickr (his blog and playlists are a great source of
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"Americana vom Allerfeinsten" - "in dieser Qualität in Deutschland wohl einzigartig" Eher durch Zufall stießen wir auf diesen wunderbaren Beitrag über das Static Roots Festival im musiker-board.de. Chinaski, gib Dich
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Alex Roger (Barcelona, Spain) picture gallery Alex Roger from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, took some great pictures at the Static Roots Festival 2018. Check out these two galleries: Alex Roger -
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Bennett Wilson Poole named ‘Best Band of 2018’ in Americana-UK’s end of year poll Bennett Wilson Poole @ Static Roots Festival 2018 (picture by Klaas Guchelaar) Their first ever gig
Read moreThe pre-sale of limited hard tickets for the Static Roots Festival 2019 has already started. Get an early-bird-ticket now and safe on extra cost: https://staticrootsfestival.com/home/tickets/ P.S.: become a member of
Read moreThe first announcement for the line-up of the Static Roots Festival 2019: the fantastic Luke Tuchscherer will be rocking out the big stage with his great band! Luke Tuchscherer (pronounced
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We share all updates, news and excitement in our newsletter. To find out about our line-up, ticket news, the Static Ruhr Tour, and everything else Static Roots related, we recommend
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Portrait series taken by photographer Anthony Griffin from Dublin, Ireland, at the Static Roots Festival 2018. Anthony Griffin - SRF 2018 -
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Static Roots Festival 2018 – highlights
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Static Roots Festival 2017 – highlights
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About
2016 has seen the inauguration of the Static Roots Festival at Zentrum Altenberg in Oberhausen (Rheinland), Germany.
The festival 2016 was a great success. With Leeroy Stagger (Canada), The Wynntown Marshals (Scotland), John Blek & The Rats (Ireland), Malojian (Northern-Ireland), Meena Cryle & The Chris Fillmore Band (Austria), The Midnight Union Band (Ireland), and Anna Mitchell (Ireland) it was a great line-up. And if Daniel Romano (Canada) had entered the correct address into his GPS the crowd would have enjoyed him as well.
The readers of the LonesomeHighway.com magazine voted this first edition of the Static Roots Festival one of the three best Americana festivals in 2016 (next to AmericanaFest, Nashville, and Kilkenny Roots Festival, Ireland). 2017 saw the likes of Danny And The Champions Of The World (UK), Erin Rae And The Meanwhiles (USA), John Blek And The Rats (IRE), Nadine Khouri (UK), Jack Marks (CAN) and many more. Highlights of the Static Roots Festival 2018 were the Cordovas (USA), Terra Lightfoot (CAN), Prinz Grizzley (AUT), Anthony da Costa (USA), SUSTO (USA), Bennett Wilson Poole (UK), Charlie Whitten (USA) and more.
The Static Roots Festival is non-commercial, non-funded, and independent. All proceeds from the sale of Static Roots merch are being used to support Doctors without Borders/MdF. In combination with the 2016 festival a fundraiser campaign for Doctors Without Borders/MSF was set up and raised a total of 9.050 EUR.
There is an excellent press, radio (public national radio) and TV coverage, the press calls the festival “magnificent”, “brilliant line up”, “must-attend event”.
The festival has also attracted a lot of international guests from Ireland, England, Scotland, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Canada, Switzerland and Austria. We bring people together for a great weekend of peace, love, rock’n’roll, and friendship.
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What The Press Says...
“Das nachhaltigste Festivalerlebnis des Jahres”
ROADTRACKS Magazin #53, Winter 2018/19
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“Sonnenschein, Autobahn und gute Laune begleiteten uns auf dem Weg in die ehemalige Zink-Fabrik, das jetzige Kultur-Zentrum Altenberg. Da brauchen wir nicht mehr fragen: Wo ist das denn? Die Americana-, Country- und Roots-Rock-Fans wissen: Oberhausen, da wo auch das Gasometer seinen Standort hat. Im dritten Jahr seines Bestehens ist das STATIC ROOTS FESTIVAL nun kein Geheim-Tipp mehr – es hat sich in Mittel- und West-Europa herumgesprochen: Diesbezüglich hat sich etwas Großartiges in diesem musikalischen Nischen-Bereich entwickelt, der in Deutschland lange nicht existent war.”
ROADTRACKS Magazin (online), Jan 2019
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“If you are based in Europe and love Americana, I highly recommend the fantastic Static Roots Festival in Oberhausen in July. The festival is still relatively new but already has an enthusiastic fan base of music lovers and gets lots of praises from all sides.”
Songpickr, Jan 2019
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“Americana vom Allerfeinsten – in dieser Qualität in Deutschland wohl einzigartig”
H. Chinaski, musiker-board.de
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“The best two days of music in my life”
Stephen Stanley, No Sleep Til Sudbury podcast
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“erste Adresse für die Standortbestimmung in Sachen Americana”
westzeit.de
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The Static Roots Festival “is a magic bubble”
Hadley McCall Thackston / Tin Can Review on resonance 104.4fm, London, UK
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“Innerhalb von gerade mal drei Jahren hat sich das Static Roots Festival, das jeweils im Juli im Zentrum Altenberg in Oberhausen stattfindet, zur ersten Adresse für Americana-Fans aus praktisch ganz Europa gemausert. “
Gaesteliste.de, Juli 2018
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“…grandioses Static Roots Festival …Bezeichnend für die Qualität des …Events ist, dass es prompt als eines der drei besten Americana-Festivals weltweit ausgezeichnet wurde.”
NRZ Oberhausen, Juli 2018
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“Seit drei Jahren bezaubert das Static Roots Festival seine Besucher mit Acts, die sich fernab des Mainstreams befinden. Unter Musikliebhabern gilt das Festival (…) als Geheimtipp.”
welt.de, Juli 2018
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“Oberhausen (…) is THE place to look as for the third year running the magnificent Static Roots Festival graces the town’s Zentrum Altenberg, (…) and for two days in July home of some of the genre’s real gems. AUK took time out to speak to (…) Dietmar Leibecke, to talk about what is fast becoming a ‘must attend’ event.”
Americana-UK, Juni 2018
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“Feedback from our small but well rounded music community of friends voted the following as the best Festivals of 2016 for music, fun and great company. In alphabetical order: AMA Nashville // Kilkenny Roots Festival // Static Roots Festival“
LonesomeHighway.com, Mai 2017
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“Americana im Ruhrgebiet: Besser geht es nicht…”
Hooked-On-Music, Juni 2018
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“So schnell kann das gehen: Erst zum dritten Mal findet das Static Roots Festival am 13. und 14. Juli 2018 (…) statt – und schon hat sich die Veranstaltungsreihe zum unverzichtbaren Treffpunkt für alle Americana-Freunde Deutschlands etabliert!”
gaesteliste.de, Mai 2018
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“Brilliant lineup”
Kilkenny Roots Festival about the Static Roots Festival, Mai 2018
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Das Static Roots Festival “… gehört nicht zu den größten Festivals im Land, aber gewiss zu denen, in denen das meiste Herzblut steckt”
Rheinische Post, Mai 2018
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“Im Juli ist bereits das musikalische Weihnachts-Fest!”
roadtracks Magazin, April 2018
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“Die 2. offizielle Ausgabe dieses mit Americana-Künstlern aus Europa und Nordamerika vollgespickten Festivals glänzt wie bereits im Vorjahr mit einem klasse Line-Up und wird von uns ganz dick empfohlen “
Blue Rose Records Newsletter, April 2018
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“It’s so good I want to keep it a secret and all to myself, but that wouldn’t be fair”
Sandy Fyfe, Perth, Scotland, April 2018
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“Static Roots is a festival that is attracting increasing numbers of punters from Ireland and the U.K, …. It is also very much a punters festival, not overcrowded, impressive venue and surroundings, allowing easy access to the performers on stage and indeed off stage, as they mingle with the attendees between sets. Accurately described as a boutique festival…”
LonesomeHighway.com, Declan Culliton, April 2018
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“Ansteckende Begeisterung”
WAZ Kultur, Robert Gerlings, Mai 2017
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“Schaun mer mal wie lange dieses kleine phantastische Festival noch ein Geheimtipp bleibt – jedenfalls sind wir im nächsten Jahr wieder vor Ort. Fette Empfehlung – wir sehen uns.”
roadtracks Magazin, Juni 2017
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“If roots music is your thing, look out for this festival next year. It really is The Business.”
Blabber’n’Smoke, Ken Beveridge, Juni 2017
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“A terrific festival!”
Klaas Guchelaar, Juni 2017
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“An enthralling and action packed fun festival”
LonesomeHighway.com, Juni 2017
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“Bitte weiter so und mehr davon”
gaesteliste.de, Ullrich Maurer, Juni 2017
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“…ganz hohes Niveau”
“Christine Heise (Happy Sad), rbb, radio eins, Juni 2017
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“The love in the room and out on the patio came from every direction. It was so inspiring. It felt like a better world. The best world possible”
Jeff Robson, Tell The Band To Go Home, Juni 2017
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“Der Focus liegt bei diesem Festival auf Roots-Rock, Americana, Folk-Rock, das es in dieser Kombination in Deutschland so bisher nicht gab.”
roadtracks Magazin, Juni 2017
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Das “Line-Up […] bietet eine internationale Besetzung, die Genrefans sicherlich mit der Zunge schnalzen lassen wird“
gaesteliste.de, Mai 2017
How to get there
When approaching by car, take one of these Autobahn-exits: A3: OB-Lirich/DU-Meiderich, then to "OB-Zentrum" A40: MH-Styrum, then direction "Oberhausen" A42: OB-Zentrum, then direction "MH/OB Zentrum" From there follow the signs to "Zentrum Altenberg" or "Rheinisches Industriemuseum". Parking: There is a huge P&R parking lot right between the train station and Zentrum Altenberg, access via
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As you can see from the Google Maps above the train station is very close to the venue. It's actualy less than a five minute walk from Oberhausen main station to the venue. There is even a direct train line to Amsterdam Centraal which takes less than two hours: Google Maps link If you stay (or live) in or around Oberhausen and want to use the public transport system, then check out this
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The closest airport is Düsseldorf (DUS) with a direct train line to Oberhausen main station (between 30 and 40 mintes travel time): Google Maps link The Ryanair airport Weeze (NRN) is also fairly close. There is an express shuttle bus to Duisburg main station. It is usually a five minute train ride to Oberhausen main station: Google Maps link The airport Cologne-Bonn (CGN) is also well connected to Oberhausen main station. Travel time between 60
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Sadly there are no camping sites in Oberhausen and since the Static Roots Festival is an indoor event, there are no camping options on site. But if you are in the lucky position of owning a camper van there are a two motor home parks in Oberhausen: Ruhrstadt West Niebuhrstr.
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There are two hotels close by to the venue: NH Hotel Oberhausen **** The NH Hotel Oberhausen is less than a ten minutes walk from the venue. Google Maps does not know you can walk straight through the train station so the hotel is almost around the corner. Akzent Hotel
Read moreYou wouldn't actually look up Mülheim for an accommodation when you're at a venue in Oberhausen. On the other hand, the venue in Oberhausen is just two minutes away from Oberhausen train station. The b&b Hotel Mülheim is fairly new, clean, and low price. And it's less than a five
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There are a lot of different options for staying in Oberhausen: check out apartements on AirBnB here or have a look at trivago's hotel options
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