Amphi Festival 2023 in Köln

The Amphi Festival is one of the biggest and most popular events of its kind and offers music mainly for enthusiasts of the "black scene", mainly composed of bands and artists of the industrial, dark rock and goth genres. The composition of three large stages, the Main Stage, Theater Stage and the Orbit Stage, invites a diverse festival experience.
In 2005, the festival took place for the first time and was held in Gelsenkirchen. About 4500 visitors were welcomed per festival day. The next year, the event moved to Cologne and has been held in the cathedral city ever since. Already in its fourth year, 2008, the 10,000 visitor mark was broken and has meanwhile risen to a proud number of 16,000 visitors. Last year, despite the pandemic and after two years of cancellation, over 12,000 enthusiasts could be counted.
In addition to the music shows, the supporting programme also offers readings, meet and greet opportunities with the artists as well as autograph sessions, after-show parties and an impressively wide range of gastronomy with various food trucks as well as drink options.
The headliners of this year's edition are "Deine Lakaien", "Front 242" and "Lord of the Lost", all well-known and popular artists of the scene.
This year's lineup looks like the following over the two festival days;

• ALIENARE
• BRAGOLIN
• CHEMICAL SWEET KID
• THE FLEE
• EMPATHY TEST
• FROZEN PLASMA
• JOY DIVISION UNDERCOVER
• LAST INSTANCE
• AESTHETIC PERFECTION
• CAT RAPES DOG
• DIARY OF DREAMS
• DUPONT
• ICE BREAKERS
• ERDLING
• HELDMASCHINE
• IN STRICT CONFIDENCE