• Static Roots Festival 2019

    12th & 13th July 2019

    Zentrum Altenberg

    Oberhausen

    Germany

     

  • "...still floating on a wave of peace, love, and rock ‘n’ roll after the almighty Static Roots Festival."

    Jeff Robson, Tell The Band To Go Home, umfm.com, July 2018

  • "... Standortbestimmung in Sachen Americana..."

    westzeit.de über Static Roots Festival 2018

  • "You can’t find a better festival with a friendlier bunch of people!"

    Klaas Guchelaar about Static Roots Festival 2018

  • "Tell your friends, but not too many mind, this is one festival we do not want to get too big!"

    LonesomeHighway.com about Static Roots Festival 2018

  • "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, about Static Roots Festival 2018

  • "Americana im Ruhrgebiet: Besser geht es nicht..."

    Hooked-on-music.de über Static Roots Festival 2018

  • "You can find gold in the most unlikely of places if you look hard enough. Now, Oberhausen, ...is THE place to look as for the third year running the magnificent Static Roots Festival..."

    Americana UK about Static Roots Festival 2018

  • "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 über Static Roots Festival 2018

  • "...grandioses Static Roots Festival..."

    NRZ über das Static Roots Festival 2018

  • “Allein die Vorstellung ..., dass in Deutschland ein echtes Americana Festival heranwächst, ist großartig, für sowas muss man sonst immer ins Ausland reisen.”

    Christine Heise, radioeins, über das Static Roots Festival 2018

  • "Brilliant lineup"

    Kilkenny Roots Festival about Static Roots Festival 2018

  • "A magic bubble"

    Hadley McCall Thackston about Static Roots Festival 2018

  • "The best two days of music in my life!"

    Stephen Stanley about the Static Roots Festival 2018

     

  • "...unverzichtbarer Treffpunkt aller Americana-Freunde Deutschlands..."

    Gaesteliste.de über das Static Roots Festival 2018

       

  • AmericanaFest Nashville

    Kilkenny Roots Festival and

    Static Roots Festival

    Static Roots Festival voted one of the three best Americana festivals of 2016

  • "Schaun mer mal wie lange dieses kleine phantastische Festival noch ein Geheimtipp bleibt"

    Roadtracks Magazin über Static Roots Festival 2017

  • “A fantastic community of brilliant people gathered together to enjoy some great music performed by superb artists...not a below par gig all weekend”

    Brendan Cooke, England, about the Static Roots Festival 2017

  • “I’m still wired from the most amazing experience of my life, Static Roots Festival 2017. ... It was so inspiring. It felt like a better world. The best world possible!”

    Jeff Robson, Tell The Band To Go Home, about the Static Roots Festival 2017

  • „Ein Festival..., das...seit der letztjährigen Premiere sehr viel Zuspruch erfährt. Die ganz großen Headliner präsentieren sie vielleicht nicht, aber…ganz hohes Niveau!“

    Christine Heise, HappySad, radioeins am 8.6.2017 über das Static Roots Festival:

  • "If roots music is your thing, look out for this festival next year. It really is The Business."

    Ken Beveridge, Blabber'n'Smoke, about Static Roots Festival 2017

  • "When you meet so many music lovers in one night, it inspires and reminds you of the depth and pricelessness of that exchange - huge thanks to Static Roots Festival for the idyllic setting & warmest audience ❤️"

    Nadine Khouri about Static Roots Festival 2017

  • "Thank you for looking after us so well at the festival. We had a great night, and a lot of it was down to the brilliant way you and your crew ran the event! And what a fantastic venue."

    Mick Clews, Peter Bruntnell Band about Static Roots Festival 2017

  • "an enthralling action packed and fun festival"

    LonesomeHighway.com about Static Roots Festival 2017

  • Static Roots Festival 2017

    Thank you for being such an amazing audience!

    What an attentive, passionate, friendly, lovely, funny and charming bunch of folks - we LOVE you  

    (picture by Klaas Guchelaar)

  • "Das Line-Up ... bietet eine internationale Besetzung, die Genrefans sicherlich mit der Zunge schnalzen lassen wird"

    gaesteliste.de, Vorbericht Static Roots Festival 2017

  • Meena Cryle & Chris Fillmore @ Static Roots Festival 2016

    peace, love, rock'n'roll

  • Malojian @ Static Roots Festival 2016

    peace, love, rock'n'roll

  • Leeroy Stagger @ Static Roots Festival 2016

    peace, love, rock'n'roll

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    peace, love, rock'n'roll

       

    John Blek & The Rats @ Static Roots Festival 2016 (picture by Klaas Guchelaar)

  • STATIC ROOTS FESTIVAL

    peace, love, rock'n'roll

       

    The Wynntown Marshals @ Static Roots Festival 2016

    (picture by Klaas Guchelaar)

  • STATIC ROOTS FESTIVAL

    peace, love, rock'n'roll

    The Midnight Union Band @ Static Roots Festival 2016

    (picture by Klaas Guchelaar)

Line-up for

Static Roots Festival 2019

Fri. 12 July & Sat. 13 July 2019

Zentrum Altenberg, Oberhausen, Germany

(check out our 2019 YouTube line-up playlist here)

16 Dec 2018

Ags Connolly @ Static Roots Festival 2019

By Static Roots Festival

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 guy hails from Oxfordshire in England. A great traditional country voice, brilliant songs, and the wit in a song like

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13 Dec 2018

The Hanging Stars @ Static Roots Festival 2019

By Static Roots Festival

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 their style of music "Cosmic Country / Psychedelic Folk" and they will most certainly put a smile on everyone's face with their jangling guitars and

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13 Dec 2018

Cordovas @ Static Roots Festival 2019

By Static Roots Festival

"Oh, did we dance!" A total corker, the real deal, the total package, the talk of the (Americana) town - after headling the Static Roots Festival 2019, the brilliant Cordovas from Nashville, TN, USA, will be performing once again at the Static Roots Festival 2019. Be prepared to get blown

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11 Dec 2018

Orphan Colours @ Static Roots Festival 2019

By Static Roots Festival

"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" award at the Americana-UK. This is sure going to be one of the bands you do not want to stop

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10 Dec 2018

The Brother Brothers @ Static Roots Festival 2019

By Static Roots Festival

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 unison singing, compelling writing, and imaginative arrangements. The songs of Adam and David are sometimes bittersweet, sometimes light-footed and airy,

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7 Dec 2018

Joe Nolan @ Static Roots Festival 2019

By Static Roots Festival

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 Blue Rose Records) turned us into fans, then it was quiet for four long years until Joe Nolan (Edmonton, Canada) released his latest album

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6 Dec 2018

Luke Tuchscherer @ Static Roots Festival 2019

By Static Roots Festival

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 Tuck-Shearer) is an acclaimed British singer/songwriter based in New York City, USA. A couple of years ago, an amazing British

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12 Dec 2018

Static Roots Festival hard ticket pre-sale started…

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The 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 the Static Roots Festival friends and supporters group over on Facebook and get all the updates from there: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1151532058239968/ The

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6 Dec 2018

Luke Tuchscherer @ Static Roots Festival 2019

By Static Roots Festival

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 Tuck-Shearer) is an acclaimed British singer/songwriter based in New York City, USA. A couple of years ago, an amazing British

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26 Nov 2018

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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 you sign

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9 Nov 2018

Anthony Griffin – portrait series @ Static Roots Festival 2018

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Portrait series taken by photographer Anthony Griffin from Dublin, Ireland, at the Static Roots Festival 2018. Click picture to see the full album on the Static Roots Festival Facebook

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30 Oct 2018

Anthony Griffin – picture series @ Static Roots Festival 2018

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Photographer Anthony Griffin from Dublin, Ireland, took a picture series at the Static Roots Festival 2018. Find his pictures on

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23 Oct 2018

roadtracks magazin – picture series @ Static Roots Festival 2018

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Static Roots Festival 2018 - picture series by roadtracks magazin (click on the picture to head over to roadtracks.net) Hannah Aldridge The Stephen Stanley Band The Midnight Union Band Terra Lightfoot SUSTO Anthony da Costa Charlie Whitten Hadley McCall Thackston Bennett Wilson Poole Prinz Grizzley & His

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19 Oct 2018

Stephen Stanley about the Static Roots Festival: “The best two days of music in my life”

By Static Roots Festival

In the latest edition of Brent Jensen's podcast "No Sleep Til Sudbury" called "The Incredible Stephen Stanley", Stephen Stanley praises his time at the Static Roots Festival "the best two days of music in my life". Thanks, Stephen - it means a lot! During the interview Stephen not only talks

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9 Oct 2018

video: Static Roots Festival 2018 – a great look back at Germany’s only Americana festival

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5 Oct 2018

Static Roots Festival 2018 by Anthony Griffin (people)

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8 Aug 2018

Static Roots Festival 2018 on instagram

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Check out our instagram account with some smashing pictures from Static Roots Festival 2018, taken by Klaas

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4 Aug 2018

Westzeit: “… erste Adresse für die Standortbestimmung in Sachen Americana…”

By Static Roots Festival

Ein weiteres Review für das Static Roots Festival 2018 hat die Westzeit veröffentlicht: "Als Fazit lässt sich sagen, dass sich das Static Roots 2018 als erste Adresse für die Standortbestimmung in Sachen Americana in unseren Breiten erwies." Zu finden im Web:

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29 Jul 2018

Jeff Robson on TTBTGH: “…floating on a wave of peace, love, and rock ‘n’ roll after the almighty Static Roots Festival”

By Static Roots Festival

Check out this great podcast by Jeff Robson on UMFM.com's radio show Tell The Band To Go Home: "Back live after 2 glorious weeks in Europe and still floating on a wave of peace, love, and rock ‘n’ roll after the almighty Static Roots Festival." Playlist: Jonathan Byrd & The

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Static Roots Festival 2018 – a great look back at Germany’s only Americana festival

Impressions from Static Roots Festival 2017

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  • “The best two days of music in my life (No Sleep Til Sudbury podcast)”

    Stephen StanleyOctober 2018

  • “Als Fazit lässt sich sagen, dass sich das Static Roots 2018 als erste Adresse für die Standortbestimmung in Sachen Americana in unseren Breiten erwies.”

    Westzeit.deAugust 2018

  • The Static Roots Festival “is a magic bubble”

    Hadley McCall Thackston / Tin Can Review on resonance 104.4fm, London, UKJuli 2018

  • “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.deJuli 2018

  • “…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 OberhausenJuli 2018

  • “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.DEJuli 2018

  • “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-UKJuni 2018

  • Nashville, Kilkenny and … Oberhausen?
    “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.comMai 2017

  • “Americana im Ruhrgebiet: Besser geht es nicht…”

    Hooked-On-MusicJuni 2018

  • “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.deMai 2018

  • “Brilliant lineup”

    Kilkenny Roots Festival about the Static Roots FestivalMai 2018

  • Das Static Roots Festival “… gehört nicht zu den größten Festivals im Land, aber gewiss zu denen, in denen das meiste Herzblut steckt”

    Rheinische PostMai 2018

  • “Im Juli ist bereits das musikalische Weihnachts-Fest!”

    roadtracks MagazinApril 2018

  • “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 RecordsNewsletter April 2018

  • “It’s so good I want to keep it a secret and all to myself, but that wouldn’t be fair”

    Sandy FyfePerth, Scotland, April 2018

  • “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.comDeclan Culliton, April 2018

  • “Ansteckende Begeisterung”

    WAZ KulturRobert Gerlings, Mai 2017

  • “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 MagazinJuni 2017

  • “If roots music is your thing, look out for this festival next year. It really is The Business.”

    Blabber'n'SmokeKen Beveridge, Juni 2017

  • “A terrific festival!”

    Klaas GuchelaarJuni 2017

  • “An enthralling and action packed fun festival”

    LonesomeHighway.comJuni 2017

  • “Bitte weiter so und mehr davon”

    gaesteliste.deUllrich Maurer, Juni 2017

  • “…ganz hohes Niveau”

    Christine Heise (Happy Sad)rbb, radio eins, Juni 2017

  • “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 RobsonTell The Band To Go Home, Juni 2017

  • “Der Focus liegt bei diesem Festival auf Roots-Rock, Americana, Folk-Rock, das es in dieser Kombination in Deutschland so bisher nicht gab.”

    roadtracks MagazinJuni 2017

  • Das “Line-Up […] bietet eine internationale Besetzung, die Genrefans sicherlich mit der Zunge schnalzen lassen wird”

    gaesteliste.deMai 2017

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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.

There was an international audience with guests from Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, and Germany, of course.

The festival got some great online reviews on its Facebook page and the web (find a german one from gaesteliste.de here) and two radio shows airing 30 – 60 minutes reports about the Static Roots Festival. (here is a link to the podcast of the Canadian radio show “Tell The Band To Go Home“ with Jeff Robson from Winnipeg).

Edgar Heckmann from Blue Rose Records, Germany, also attended the festival. His german radio show about the Static Roots Festival is available here.

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.

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