NOCTURNAL CULTURE NIGHT
( NCN 2019 ) - 06- 08.09.2019
The Nocturnal Culture Night Festival is a unique family festival that
turned 14 in 2019. The green park with the massive trees and the big lake from
one hand, and the outdoor stages that each year are full of black-dressed
figures ready to party for three days on the other hand, make this festival
special. Deutzen, a location approximately 30km from Leipzig is easily
accessible by trains running either from both Leipzig’s airport and main
railway station (direction Kulturpark Deutzen).
For 3 days (excluding
Thursday’s warm up) the forest is being transformed into a place that will host
more than 2.500 visitors. The cost of the tickets including all of the days is
74€ - and an extra 5€ for securing a sport in the camping.
Bands and artists
such as A Projection, In Strict Confidence, Minuit Machine, In Slaughter
Natives, ACTORS, Desperate Journalist, Traitrs, Haujobb, The Cascades, Placebo
Effect, Six Comm, Covenant, Joachim Witt, Pink Turns Blue etc. play non-stop
from morning till late night, followed by after-parties that will not last till
morning, in order to give to the audience a better chance for rest. A very
positive bit is that four stages are very close to each other, making easy for
visitors to attend as many performances as possible.
The selection of
the bands is genuinely extraordinary. In our opinion, some special names such
as She Past Away with tracks such as "Rituel", "Monoton",
"Katarsis" who entertained the audience ignoring the
heavy rain. Wayne Hussey ( lead singer of The Mission, and the guitarist with
The Sisters of Mercy ) who travelled, moved, and made us sing along with him
till morning old hits such as "Μarian" and "Wasteland" with an
exceptional after midnight acoustic show. Clan of Xymox who once more, made us
dance with favourite songs such as "Jasmine and Rose", "A
Day", "Emily".
The venue of the festival is appropriately adjusted with lights and disco
balls that are being transformed into branches of trees and leaves while wooden
sculptures create this unique character of the culture park.
In terms of accommodation, there are some motels in the area, but due to
high demand, someone needs to make a research in advance. The camping site is
more of a free camping with some basics (showers, toilets, stands offering breakfast,
tea and coffee). Nevertheless, it is a piece of the festival that always leaves
its mark with the element of nature all around but with its easy access within
minutes to the concerts. Also, for those who would prefer to not bring their
own equipment, already set-up tents are available for rent for the whole
duration of the festival. In our opinion, it would be better for those who
would like to stay in the camping, to arrive on Thursday. Mornings are ideal
for a walk towards the lake which is approximately 5 minutes away from the
camping site, having a wonderful panoramic view of the whole area.
Food-wise, visitors can try lots of different options available in-site, as
well as trying traditional beers, Met ( cannabis, plum, raspberry - flavour wine
) and many more.
NCN is addressed to all age groups, being a very family friendly event as
many of the festival visitors became parents and it is of high importance to
them, to be able to keep on enjoying a must-festival for them.
The preparations for the 15th NCN festival (04-06.09.2020) are already
in progress, with the first band names for 2020 already known. For more
information, please visit the official website.
This review is a collaboration with Elektrospank Magazine
