The biggest electronic music Festival in Germany celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2025, as PAROOKAVILLE also maintains its place in the top 20 of the DJ Mag Top 100 Festivals poll. The annual three-day event takes place at Weeze Airport in the Lower Rhine region of Germany, close to the Dutch border, and features a packed line-up of dance music heavyweights every year. “Parookaville is the City of Dreams,” explains Andreas Cüppers, the festival’s director of marketing. “Our gigantic main stage is redesigned every year, and for 2024, a greenhouse over 200 metres wide with a glass dome and a real waterfall has been created. Overall, we have further expanded the infield area and redesigned the access routes to the main stage to provide our 225,000 citizens with the best possible experience.” For its 10th anniversary, the team behind the festival has also redesigned its second main stage, Bill’s Factory, after eight years. “We work all year round to be one of the outstanding festivals in Europe, and the feedback from our citizens is a very important indicator and driver for this,” continues Cüppers. “May madness, love and pure happiness continue to reign in this city for the next ten years. As Bill Parooka, the fictional founding father of Parookaville, would say: ‘Thank you to everyone who voted for Parookaville. We really appreciate it.’” ROB MCCALLUM
