The 30th anniversary event, a 2-day party on April 5 & 6, will include an 11-hour and 19-hour day with nearly 60 acts.
Time Warp celebrates its 30th anniversary with a two-day party on April 5 & 6, 2024 at Maimarkt Mannheim, which on Friday will feature 11 hours of music over 3 floors from 19 acts and on Saturday 19 hours of music over 6 floors from 39 acts.
With passion and a special understanding of the scene, the Time Warp team has curated a unique program to continue the festival’s rich history with a diverse program for the grand anniversary. As well as some exclusive back-to-backs, fans can look forward to a special edition with a spectacular program, new floor designs, and further surprises.
Headliners include a fine selection of back to backs such as VTSS b2b Anetha and Dax J b2b SPFDJ while returning favorites include Adam Beyer, Joseph Capriati, PAN-POT, Karotte, Sven Väth, Nina Kraviz, Marco Carola, Richie Hawtin and Laurent Garnier, and new talents like Clara Cuvé, Indira Paganotto, I Hate Models, Kobosil, and Mochakk amongst many more including Speedy J and Laurent Garnier who are both back having played the first edition in 1994.
Over the last ten years, the shows have been elevated to a unique level, setting new standards. In collaboration with international designers, the production team of the organizing agency Cosmopop develops new designs every year that are unparalleled in terms of technology and concept. By virtuously combining music, light, video, architecture, and art, they create unique immersive worlds in which visitors can truly lose themselves.
Today, each dance floor gets its own iconic design, sound, and look and feel. Guests are repeatedly plunged into a new world but at the same party as production and design remain at the highest level and are the cornerstones of every Time Warp which is why it is so well known around the world with their international editions in Sao Paulo, New York, and for the first time in 2024, Madrid.
Time Warp first made its debut on November 26, 1994, at Ludwigshafen’s Walzmühle, as 2,000 attendees gathered for the inaugural edition. Those who made it inside the warehouse initially disappeared into the party fog. Robert Armani, annoyed by the overwhelming smoke, ended his set after 30 minutes, clearing the decks for Laurent Garnier. Fortunately, the Frenchman turned this first Time Warp into a legendary party and remained loyal to it for another three decades. “Time Warp is based on making people dance,” he said on the occasion of the 20th Time Warp anniversary.
Robin Ebinger, who joined the Time Warp team in the late 90s, remembers challenges: “After techno and house disappeared from the public radar in the early 2000s, the future of the festival was uncertain.” Despite some setbacks, the number of attendees increased again, and from 2008, the event was sold out every year.
Tickets and additional information are available on www.time-warp.de. As in previous years, it’s advisable to act quickly: the first ticket tiers have sold out and in recent years, Time Warp has been sold out entirely weeks before the event.
