Dive into the immersive world of Time Warp’s 30th-anniversary celebration! Join us on April 5th and 6th, 2024, at Maimarkt Mannheim for an unforgettable two-day extravaganza featuring 58 performances, exclusive back-to-back sets, and mind-blowing surprises. Explore the history, the lineup, and the unique experience that defines Time Warp. Secure your tickets now!
Time Warp 30th Anniversary Celebration: Event Details
Time Warp will commemorate its 30th anniversary with a two-day extravaganza on April 5th and 6th, 2024 in Maimarkt Mannheim, with 11 hours of music over three floors from 19 performers on Friday and 19 hours of music over six floors from 39 performances on Saturday.
The Time Warp crew has created a unique program to continue the festival’s long history with a broad program for the grand anniversary, with enthusiasm and a distinct understanding of the scene. Fans can expect a special edition with a fantastic program, new floor designs, and other surprises, in addition to some exclusive back-to-backs.
Lineup Highlights
Back-to-backs such as VTSS b2b Anetha and Dax J b2b SPFDJ are among the headliners. While returning favorites include Adam Beyer, Joseph Capriati, PAN-POT, Karotte, Sven Väth, Nina Kraviz, Marco Carola, Richie Hawtin, and Laurent Garnier, newcomers include Clara Cuvé, Indira Paganotto, I Hate Models, Kobosil, and Mochakk, as well as Speedy J and Laurent Garnier, who both played the first edition in 1994.
As in prior years, it’s best to act quickly: the initial ticket tiers are sold out, and Time Warp has been completely sold out in recent years.
New Floor Designs
The shows have been elevated to a unique level in the last ten years, creating new norms. Every year, the organizing firm Cosmopop’s production team collaborates with worldwide designers to create new designs that are unsurpassed in terms of technology and concept. They create unique immersive environments in which guests may completely lose themselves by virtuously blending music, light, film, architecture, and art.
Each dance floor now has its own distinct design, sound, and look and feel. Guests are repeatedly immersed in a new world while remaining at the same party because production and design remain at the highest level and are the cornerstones of every Time Warp.
Mannheim, on the other hand, remains the festival’s centerpiece, because of the design opportunities given by the city and, in particular, the Maimarkthalle. Every year, thousands of tourists from 170 nations flock to this medium-sized city, making it the international center of electronic music for a weekend. Maimarkthalle has earned cult status as a result of Time Warp, and Mannheim has been designated as a “UNESCO City of Music.”
History of Time Warp
Time Warp made its début on November 26, 1994, at Ludwigshafen’s Walzmühle, with only 2000 people in attendance. Those who made it into the warehouse vanished into the party fog at first. Robert Armani’s concert was cut short after 30 minutes due to the oppressive smoke, making way for Laurent Garnier. Fortunately, the Frenchman converted this initial Time Warp into a legendary party, to which he remained devoted for the next three decades. “Time Warp is based on making people dance,” he commented on the 20th anniversary of Time Warp.
That is true both then and now. In 1994, techno was no longer considered underground; electronic music was reaching its apex in Germany. As a result, the inaugural Time Warp was not intended to be a rave like the hundreds that took place in the 1990s. Steffen Charles, Time Warp’s founder, wanted the first Time Warp to be a musical return to the underground. “Time Warp – back to the good old days,” Steffen Charles recounts, should represent this. Aside from the musical focus, the initial party’s setting was also important: “Time Warp shouldn’t be a rave in the traditional sense, rather a party like a large-scale club.”
A curated lineup in a carefully planned and equipped environment has been a Time Warp characteristic since its inception, keeping it unique until this day. While the festival has changed artistically and technologically over the past three decades, its core form has remained the same:
Time Warp is a collection of six or seven specially created clubs where you may dance all night. Time Warp stood for magnificent floor designs, audiovisual universes, and the finest that the electronic music world had to offer back then, as it does now.
Robin Ebinger, who joined the Time Warp team in the late 1990s, recalls difficulties: “After techno and house disappeared from the public radar in the early 2000s, the future of the festival was uncertain.” Despite several setbacks, the number of registrants climbed once more. The event has been sold out every year since 2008.
Don’t miss out on this spectacular 30th-anniversary celebration!
