22 Photos of Melt! Festival's Unique Setting in a Former Industrial Wasteland

Article by: Laura Mason|@masonlazarus

Mon July 16, 2018 | 09:45 AM


Set in one of the most unique festival locations in the world, Melt! brings life to the gigantic monuments of the machine age with its colorful lighting and thumping beats. Taking place the weekend of July 13-15, 2018, this is the ultimate "Industrial Meets Electronic" music festival that dominates the massive industrial museum of Ferropolis, Germany, which happens to be set upon a gorgeous lake. The event location spreads over six floors, and has a lineup of nearly 100 live acts over the weekend. This year, Florence + The Machine, Tyler, The Creator, Fever Ray, The xx, Nina Kraviz, ODESZA, and many more brought thousands of attendees together to party amongst the hulking, abandoned machinery – some of them weighing up to 1980 tonnes and reach 30 meters (100 feet) tall – and take dips in Lake Gremmin.

Take a peek at the gorgeous, sun-kissed photos of Melt! 2018 below.

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Tyler, The Creator. Photo by: Woodywoodsn for Melt! Festival

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Florence + The Machine. Photo by: Stephan Flad for Melt! Festival