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Matapaloz Festival 2018
Unfortunately, the Matapaloz Festival is cancelled and is no longer planned, but you can have a look at what it was like in 2018.
To all the fans of metal and hardcore music - prepare your denim jackets and groom your beards, because this year the Matapaloz festival is going to be huuge! This June, from Friday 22 and Saturday 23, you will get the guaranteed gateway to unabashed glee provided by the line-up of the old school giants as well as new breed of hardcore metal music. And this season they gonna go hard!
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The Festival will be set up on the grounds of the Leipzig Trade Fair, on the large meadow. Here you can not only bond with thousands of like-minded people over the sounds of relentless riffing, but also refresh yourself and try some street food or get a new tattoo.
Let's move on to our bands and artists!
Matapaloz Line-Up for 2018 in Leipzig
Name | Description |
22.06.18 Friday | |
BÖHSE ONKELZ | The headliner of this festival will mark the beginning of the festival. Those guys has been rocking the stage since 1980, and they has got such a huge fanbase, that tickets to their concerts get sold out within minutes. They will perform two different sets on each day, and it definitely will be iconic. |
MEGADETH | A band that has a place in a “Big 4” - pantheon of the Trash Metal along with Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax - and one of the biggest icons. They surely will get the crowd warmed up with their powerful technique. |
ARCH ENEMY | A Swedish melodic death metal group with the vocalist Alissa White-Gluz will thrive like never before, and those who aren’t familiar with their music, definitely should give it a listen. |
D-A-D | A Denmark band with the wild cowpunk vibes known among many rock lovers will thrive like never before on the stage of Matapaloz! Wild, chaotic and vibrant - it is gonna be an amazing experience. |
PRO-PAIN | Gary Meskil and his band are rocking the stage for 25 years now, and their confrontational in energy and ear-shattering hardcore music along with powerful riffs and distortions still has a huge fanbase. While the music sets the rhythm of your heart, the philosophical lyrics will give you food for thought. |
BEASTO BLANCO | Alice Cooper, Chuck Garric and the band will submerge you in the epicentre of their wild and chaotic music. They are going to disrupt the conventions and go full blast! |
23.06.18. Saturday | |
BÖHSE ONKELZ | The headliner of this festival will mark the beginning of the festival. Those guys has been rocking the stage since 1980, and they has got such a huge fanbase, that tickets to their concerts get sold out within minutes. They will perform two different sets on each day, and it definitely will be iconic. |
IN EXTREMO | You want to feel the frenetic energy? In Extremo are performing for you! They are known as one of the most epic festival bands of Europe. And that’s because of the stage pyrotechnics, combination of folk, medieval instrumental music as well as good old rock - some wigs are gonna be snatched. |
ROSE TATTOO | Angry Anderson and his Rock'n'Roll band will slay the stage and present the greatest hits such as “Butcher and Fast Eddy”, “Nice Boys Don’t Play Rock’n’Roll”and it surely will be a blast. |
HAUDEGEN | Since 2010 Sven Gillert and Hagen Stoll produce a powerful music in the genre of emotional rock, where feelings and pathos intertwined create the unique and peculiar lyrics and melody. |
PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS | A former guitarist of the legendary Motörhead is now on the stage again, and this time with his own band. At the festival they will present their hits full of drive, vibrant and soulful riffs. |
THE NEW ROSES | A new generation of the German rock-musicians from Wiesbaden, they surely know how to produce epic music; founded by singer Timmy Rough, they marked the beginning of the new era. You will pass the night to the sounds of their powerful riffs and solos. |
Plan of the festival territory
Ticket prices for Matapaloz 2018
Event | Place | Date | Place | Price |
Matapaloz Festival - 2-days ticket | Leipzig Trade Fair | Friday, 22.06.18 & Saturday, 23.06.18 | standing room | € 129.99 |
gallery with the free choice of seating | € 139.99 | |||
Matapaloz Festival - day ticket Friday | Leipzig Trade Fair | Friday, 22.06.18 | standing room | € 69.99 |
gallery with the free choice of seating | € 79.99 | |||
Matapaloz Festival - day ticket Saturday | Leipzig Trade Fair | Saturday, 23.06.18 | standing room | € 69.99 |
gallery with the free choice of seating | € 79.99 |
If you want to purchase tickets for wheelchair place, please call the hotline 01806-558840. Minimum age requirement for children is 8 years, and all children aged 8 - 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
Wildstyle & Tattoo Fair
Since 1995 the Wildstyle is attracting people from all over the world with its tattooists and epic shows. It is an unforgettable show, a crazy carnival of art, fair of all kinds of clothes and accessories and, of course, various international tattoo artists. Here you can get a true work of art imprinted on your skin, watch breathtaking freak show, sensational Wildstyle Show Girls or go munch some tasty stuff on the food court with endless street food trucks and stands.
The Wildstyle Fair is situated in the El Barrio in the middle of the camping. It is open from 1pm to 3am.
El Barrio
El Barrio will offer you a refreshing change of pace - on the second live stage you can rave to the best Onkelz cover bands on the Wildstyle. As soon as the concert on the main stage will come to an end, you will have an opportunity to enjoy the performance of Los Tios, La Ultima and Heilige Legenden. They will present the covers of Böhse Onkelz hits, and you will feel the sweat dripping down your spine and your body moving along the manic pace. Feel the spirit of the famous rock band!
Furthermore, on the stage will perform guests from the Ibiza - Vagabundos de Lujo with their powerful fusion of two acoustic guitars.
Camping and parking options
Camping and parking plan
All the necessary information on the dates and camping period you can find in the table below.
You can enter parking, caravan and camping areas only if you have an access token. To keep the area clean, please put your garbage into the garbage bags and dispose it only in the refuse collection point. The departure must take place until Sunday, 24.6.2018 until 12 o'clock.
Camping prices
Type | Info | Place | Price |
3 nights for 2 persons | Camping areas open from Thursday, 21.06.2018 at 3 pm | Camping LOS TIOZ & LA FAMILIA + €5,00 tour | €55 |
3 nights for 2 persons | Parking over the entire period provided Camping areas open from Thursday, 21.06.2018 at 3 pm | Camping LOS TIOZ & LA FAMILIA + parking + €5,00 tour | €70 |
3 nights for 2 persons | Camping areas open from Thursday, 21.06.2018 at 3 pm | Camping EL CAMPO + €5,00 tour | €45 |
3 nights for 2 persons | Camping areas open from Thursday, 21.06.2018 at 3 pm | Camping EL CAMPO + parking + €5,00 tour | €60 |
3 nights for 4 persons | Camping areas open from Thursday, 21.06.2018 at 3 pm | Caravaning CARAVANDALERO + €5,00 tour | €120 |
Please take into consideration that the following items are prohibited on the territory of the festival and camping:
- timber and firewood
- glass bottles
- firearms, cutting and other weapon
- pyrotechnic objects of all kinds
- gas installations (including gas bottles)
- generating sets
- open flame and campfire
- animals
Camping LA FAMILIA + LOS TIOZ + EL CAMPO
The parking is in the close proximity to the camping site, and therefore you should not use a vehicle on the territory of camping. This also applies to loading and unloading. Luggage can be transported to the camping area with the aid of a handcart, a roller carriage, a sack trolley or hand-operated, unbraked motor vehicle trailers.
Camping chairs are allowed, but no large furniture such as armchairs, sofas, beds and refrigerators.
For small electronics there will be a charging station at the campsites La Familia and Los Tioz. The generating sets are not allowed. A camping ticket is allowed for two (2) persons. Each person will be provided with a maximum of 5m ² camping area.
Caravan CARAVANDALERO
The following types of vehicles are only allowed on Caravandalero:
- Campers
- Caravan with towing vehicle
- Semi-trailers with towing vehicle
- Buses and vans with built-in sleeping accommodations
The permissible maximum weight of a vehicle may not exceed 3.5 t. Heavier vehicles, agricultural machinery, trucks and other special vehicles are not allowed on any park or caravan area and will be rejected!
The Caravan Ticket is valid for four (4) persons.
Please note that you should have a valid concert ticket before entering the camp site. Only cars of maximum 3.5 t can be parked on the parking areas. Access to the parking area is only allowed for visitors who have already purchased a parking ticket in advance.
Mobile homes, caravans, semi-trailers and busses with sleeping accommodations can only be parked in the separately designated parking lot. The required caravan ticket must be booked in advance.
The parking ticket is considered invalid after the vehicle leaves the parking area.
Camping and caravan tickets are already sold out!
The festival is located on:
Messegelände
04356 Leipzig (Deutschland)
Messe-Allee 1
Other accommodation options
If the camping tickets are sold out, there is still an option for you - you can choose one of the hotels nearby the festival area. HotelFriend can offer you the Hotel Hiemann with affordable prices and high level of comfort. Here you can rest on the soft mattress and enjoy the friendly service without having to worry about your vehicle or back pain in the morning after sleeping in the tent.
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