Sea You Festival
Stage 2 during the performance of Maceo Plex in 2015
GenreTechno
Location(s)Freiburg im Breisgau
CountryGermany
Years active2002 – 2012; 2014 – present
Attendance27,000 (2017)
Organised bySea You Freiburg GmbH
WebsiteOfficial website

The Sea You Festival (formerly Sea of Love) is a techno music festival that has taken place at Tunisee in Freiburg im Breisgau since 2002.

History

Sea of Love

In 2002 the Sea of Love Festival, which was initially organised by the company Endless Event, garnered an audience of over 2,500 people. Sven Väth was the headline act. It ran as a one-day festival, however after 2004 one of the organisers, Bela Gurath, came up with the idea of making it a festival run across several days.[1] In 2005 the artists Monika Kruse and DJ Rush headlined.[2] The latter also headlined when the festival was still held over only one day (along with Felix da Housecat, Tiefschwarz and Turntablerocker).[3]

In 2007 there was a stage that towered over the lake and another one set up in a tent. The headliners that year were The Disco Boys, Moguai and Moonbootica. After that the festival was confined to a Sunday.[4] Furthermore, in 2008 when the headliners Felix da Housecat and Lexy (of Lexy & K-Paul) had to cancel due to illness,[5] Monika Kruse and Tiefschwarz were then again called upon to headline.[6] In 2009 a few previous headliners played for a crowd of over 6,000 people.[7] In 2010 the festival ran, for the first time, over two days. On Saturday 2raumwohnung, Paul Kalkbrenner, Chris Liebing and Die Fantastischen Vier,[8] played and on the Sunday 2Many DJs, Tiga, Karotte, Lexy & K-Paul, Marco Petralia and many more played. The number of festival goers rose to 15,000 in 2010.[9]

At the end of 2010 well known artists such as Moby, Tiësto, Paul Kalkbrenner, Robyn und DJ Rush were named as headliners to celebrate the festival's ten-year run in 2011. For the first time the festival was spread across three days [10] and was therefore the second biggest music festival in Baden Wuerttemberg (after the Southside Festival).[1] The audience numbers for the festival "Rock am See" fell from 23,000 to 13,000 [11] but stabilised again in the years following to 25,000.[12]

However, during the festival in 2011 the organisers were faced with huge problems: the event held on Friday evening in the Rothaus Arena of the Messe Freiburg was almost full with 6,500 spectators and as a result further 2,000 spectators were refused entry. According to data from the police, who later evacuated the Messe, the organisers hadn't complied with health and safety regulations. The camping grounds were also already overcrowded. At the time, parking places in front of various retail stores were blocked and the site for the papal visit "Baustelle für den Papstbesuch" was also damaged.[13]

On Saturday evening there was confusion among festival goers over the rules of entry into the Messe, as an additional ticket was necessary. While the festival grounds had 25,000 spectators, the arena only permitted 13,000. The shuttlebus to the festival travelled through a tunnel, which reminded a lot of people of the incident at the Loveparade in 2010. This resulted in a lot of people travelling on foot to the Messe and roughly 40 of those people crossed the A5 motorway.[14] The city council explained after the festival that they would have nothing more to do with the organiser as they couldn't, in their opinion, keep the event under control.[15]

Sea of Love (New Management)

By the end of 2011 it was common knowledge that the previous organisers had sold the rights to the event to the concert group KOKO &DTK Entertainment and had even been threatened with a fine which was later set at 100,000 euros.[16] Koko announced that they wanted to stage the festival exclusively at Tunisee.[17] In 2012 20,000 visitors were expected at the festival [18] which ran between 14 and 15 July, in reality 15,000 people attended over the two days to see artists such as Deichkind or Gorillaz Sound System.[19] In December 2012 it was revealed that KOKO & DTK Entertainment wouldn't be organizing any more Sea of Love festivals on the same scale.[20]

At the end of 2012, as a result of the circumstances in 2011, the Freiburg city council decided on how to organise future events and also came up with the idea of establishing an event management office in the first few months of 2013.[21] This was approved at the municipal council meeting of 16 April 2013 for the Public Order Office.[22]

Sea You

In July 2014 the Sea of Love festival was held on a smaller scale under the new name 'Sea You' and was restricted to around 10,000 visitors. The organisers were the events group "Cosmopop". On 18 and 19 July 2015 the festival was held for the second time under the new name and management, attracting over 15,000 spectators.[23]

Line-up

YearHeadlinerDateAudience numbersName/Organiser of the event
2002Sven Väth2.500[1]Sea of Love
Endless Event
2003DJ Rush, Marco Carola, Mas Ricardo, Tom Novy27 July 2003
2004Chris Liebing, Tom Novy, Turntablerocker13 June 2004
2005DJ Rush, Monika Kruse, Karotte, Moguai, Mr. Mike19 June 2005
2006Felix da Housecat, DJ Rush, Turntablerocker, Tiefschwarz, Marco Bailey, Milk & Sugar16 July 2006
2007DJ Hell, Tiefschwarz, Moguai, The Disco Boys, Moonbootica, Monika Kruse, DJ Murphy24 June 2007
2008Felix da Housecat (abgesagt), Tiefschwarz, Lexy (abgesagt) & K-Paul, Monika Kruse, DJ Murphy13 July 2008
2009Digitalism, Turntablerocker, Lexy & K-Paul, Tiefschwarz, Anthony Rother, Monika Kruse, The Disco Boys, Guru Josh Project, Marco Petralia28 June 20096,000[7]
2010Die Fantastischen Vier, 2manydjs, Paul Kalkbrenner, DJ Hell, Boys Noize, Fedde le Grand, Chris Liebing, Stromae, 2raumwohnung, Tiga, Turntablerocker17 & 18 July 201015,000[9]
2011Moby, Paul Kalkbrenner, David Guetta, Tiësto15, 16 & 17 July 201125,000[14]
2012Gorillaz, Deichkind14 & 15 July 201215,000[19]Sea of Love
KOKO & DTK Entertainment
2013Event not held
2014z. B. Ben Klock, Chris Liebing, Extrawelt, Lexy & K-Paul, Loco Dice, Luciano, Moonbootica, Nina Kraviz, Oliver Schories, Richie Hawtin, Robin Schulz18, 19 & 20 July 201410,000Sea You Festival
Cosmopop
2015Carl Cox, Joseph Capriati, Len Faki, Maceo Plex, Nina Kraviz, Robin Schulz, Sven Väth18 & 19 July 201514,000[24]
2016Chris Liebing, Jamie Jones, Joris Voorn, Len Faki, Luciano, Monika Kruse, Nina Kraviz, Robin Schulz, Sven Väth, Tale Of Us16 & 17 July 201620,000[25]
2017z. B. Adam Beyer, Alle Farben, Boris Brejcha, Gestört aber GeiL, Klaudia Gawlas, Len Faki, Lexy & K-Paul, Loco Dice, Monika Kruse, Paul Kalkbrenner15 & 16 July 201727,000
2018z. B. Adam Beyer, Alle Farben, Boris Brejcha, Charlotte de Witte, Klaudia Gawlas, Len Faki, Lexy & K-Paul, Marco Carola, Monika Kruse, Vini Vici14 & 15 July 2018

References

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  9. 1 2 fudder.de: Freiburg: Fotos: Sea of Love 2010 am Sonntag Archived 2011-12-01 at the Wayback Machine. retrieved 1 July 2012.
  10. ↑ musikmarkt.de: Moby als Headliner beim "Sea Of Love", 30 December 2010, retrieved 1 July 2012.
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  14. 1 2 Alexandra Sillgitt und Sebastian Wolfrum: Südwest: Nicht nur Liebe für die Sea of Love. In: Badische Zeitung. 18 July 2011, retrieved 1 July 2012.
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  17. ↑ Joachim Röderer: Freiburg: Veranstalterwechsel: Sea of Love: Koko übernimmt Technofestival. In: Badische Zeitung. 21 December 2011, retrieved 1 July 2012.
  18. ↑ Pia Grättinger: Reute: Konzept: "Sea of Love": Koko sieht kein Problem. In: Badische Zeitung. 23 June 2012, retrieved 1 July 2012.
  19. 1 2 Yvonne Weik: Freiburg: Das Konzept am See geht voll auf. In: Badische Zeitung. 16 July 2012, retrieved 28 July 2012.
  20. ↑ Carolin Buchheim: Interview mit Marc Oßwald zur Sea of Love: "Der Imageverlust war groß" Archived 2013-06-29 at the Wayback Machine, fudder.de, 14 December 2012, retrieved 13 June 2013.
  21. ↑ Gemeinderatsdrucksache G-13/037 zur 1. Sitzung des Gemeinderates, Ratsinfosystem Freiburg, 29 January 2013, retrieved 3 March 2013.
  22. ↑ Gemeinderatsdrucksache G-13/053 zur 4. Sitzung des Gemeinderates, Ratsinfosystem Freiburg, 16 April 2013, retrieved 25 May 2013.
  23. ↑ "Freiburg: Polizei zieht Bilanz des Sea-You-Festivals" (in German). Badische Zeitung. 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  24. ↑ 14.000 Liebhaber der elektronischen Musik aus insgesamt ... Archived 2017-04-27 at the Wayback Machine auf seayou-festival.de, retrieved 26 April 2017.
  25. ↑ Pressemitteilung Sea You Festival "Beach Republic" 2016 Archived 2017-04-27 at the Wayback Machine auf seayou-festival.de, retrieved 26 April 2017.
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