Frequently asked questions

Tickets are limited and increase in price in phases so that we can plan reliably for everyone involved.

Super Ealry Bird Ticket - SOLD OUT

Early Bird Tickets - SOLD OUT

Standard Tickets Phase 1

Our ticket for normal earners. Available until June 7. After that Standard Ticket Phase 2 starts.

Soli-Tickets

If you have a little more money at your disposal, you can donate to a person with less income with the solidarity ticket. They will then receive their ticket at a reduced price.

Minimum tickets

Are you on a tight budget but still want to get away from it all? We have the Minimalticket for you, which costs €125. If the Minimalticket appeals to you, write us an email and tell us why you could make good use of the discounted ticket.

Group of 5 tickets

You already know you're coming as a group? Then save €75 with the 5-person group ticket!

Residents' tickets

Residents within a radius of one kilometer get their ticket for free. If you live within a radius of three kilometers from us, your ticket only costs €50.

Day tickets

Day tickets are available from June 8 in our ticket store. Day tickets will also be available at the box office, but will be more expensive than in advance.

Helper tickets

Give us your power and we'll give you a ticket for free. If you would like to help before, during or after the festival, simply apply using our form. Please do not buy a normal ticket in advance!

Children's tickets

They are valid from 3-15 years. Children from 0-2 years are free. From 16 years full price.

Ticket phases: Tickets are limited and increase in price with each phase.

1. the Super Early Bird Ticket - SOLD OUT

Our Super Early Bird ticket costs only €135 including tent camping, €5 garbage deposit and applicable fees.

2. the Early Bird Ticket - SOLD OUT

Our Early Bird Ticket costs only 160 € incl. tent camping, 5€ garbage deposit and applicable fees.

3. the Standard Ticket Phase 1 - available until June 7, 2026

Our Standard Ticket Phase 1 costs € 170 incl. tent camping, € 5 garbage deposit and applicable fees.

4. the standard ticket phase 2 - available from June 8, 2026

Our Standard Ticket Phase 2 costs € 180 incl. tent camping, € 5 garbage deposit and applicable fees.

Yes, day tickets will be available in our ticket store from April 1. Day tickets will also be available at the box office, but will be more expensive than in advance.

The tickets cannot be canceled. However, you can pass them on without any problems. Even if your name is on it, someone else can use it.

To resell the tickets, we recommend our official rebuy partner TICKETSWAP.

The arrival of the guests is one of the biggest CO2 polluters of a festival. In order to make a sustainable and relaxed journey possible for you, we offer a bus shuttle. You can find all information about the bus shuttle under "Arrival" here in the FAQ.

Car ticket

If you arrive by car, you need a parking lot ticket for 15€.

WoMo ticket normal camping

If you want to stay with your sleeping car (buses, campers, caravans, motorhomes and cars with mattresses) on the normal campsite at Freund:innen with a tent, you need one of our very limited Womo tickets for 45€ per sleeping car.

We reserve the right not to grant you access to the campsite after a visual inspection by our staff if you do not meet the above criteria.

WoMo ticket family camping

The same applies to the family ticket as to the normal WoMo ticket, with one addition: this ticket is only valid with children on board!

If you have not received a camper-ticket, you will unfortunately not be able to stay at the campsite. Instead, you will have to spend the night in our parking lot. Please note: It is not allowed to set up tents of friends there. However, a retractable awning or similar is fine.

Upgrade to a camper-ticket possible on site.
In good weather conditions (= more passable field area) we will allocate a small contingent of camper-tickets on site. If you would like to upgrade, please contact the parking lot attendants directly. If there are still tickets available, you can pay the difference of 15 euros and move to the normal campsite.

First come, first serve!

Yes, there are resident tickets for our neighbors from the surrounding villages. Residents within a radius of one kilometer receive free admission. Residents within a 3 km radius pay a reduced price of 50 euros. It is not necessary to register in advance. Come to the festival with your identity card to the info container at the entrance to the festival site. Your address will tell us whether you are a resident or not. If you are not registered here, we unfortunately cannot grant you discounted admission. Children and young people under the age of 16 can enter free of charge with their parents. However, our youth protection regulations must be observed in all cases. These can be found in the youth & family section.

There will be a box office. However, tickets are cheaper in advance.
With every pre-sale ticket you help us to grow the festival bit by bit - and to put our energy into what makes this weekend special.

The presale ends on 4.8.26 at 9 am. After that, you can still get tickets at the box office, but at a higher price than in advance.

Yes, our shuttle stations are easy to reach by train from all over Germany.

We offer buses on Thursday & Friday from Nuremberg and Bamberg. For day guests there is also a shuttle from Bamberg on Saturday, 8.8. at 10 am. The return journey is on Sunday & Monday. Please bring your order confirmation as proof of purchase to the bus (no tickets will be sent) and present it to the driver!

Current shuttle times 2026:

Outward journey - Thursday 06.08.:
Nuremberg - 15:45 & 18:30
Bamberg - 16:00 & 18:45

Outward journey - Friday 07.08.:
Nuremberg - 14:00
Bamberg - 14:30

Outward journey - Saturday 08.08.:
Bamberg - 10:00 a.m.

Return journey - Sunday 09.08.:
Bamberg - 14:00 & 16:30 & 19:00
Nuremberg - 15:00 & 18:00

Return journey - Monday 10.08.:
Nuremberg - 12:00
Bamberg - 12:30 p.m.

If you would like to return home at a different time on Sunday or Monday, you can join together in groups of 9 for one destination each, information will be available on site at the info container.

No separate tickets will be sent out for the bus shuttles. Please bring your order confirmation to the bus as proof of purchase and present it to the driver.

The easiest way is to take the train to one of the following stations: Bamberg or Nuremberg. From there, you can easily hop on one of our shuttle buses.

There are also public buses from Bayreuth directly to us in Wadendorf (bus timetable Bayreuth - Hollfeld), or from Bamberg via Hollfeld to Wadendorf (bus timetable Bamberg - Hollfeld, then bus timetable Hollfeld - Bayreuth).

Yes, we have a spacious parking lot a few minutes' walk from the campsite. If you arrive with a motorized vehicle, you will need a parking ticket for 15€.

We recommend traveling by shuttle for a relaxed and sustainable journey. You can find the information one paragraph above.

The campsite may only be entered with a sleeping car. You will need a Womo ticket for this.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to drive to the campsite just to load and unload your luggage. However, it is only a 5-8 minute walk from the parking lot to the campsite.

Police checks must be expected throughout the area, both on the outward and return journeys. So find out in advance who is driving and don't let anyone who is not sober drive your vehicle.
Stay calm and polite, but be aware of your rights!

You can arrive from Thursday, 10 am. Earlier arrival is not possible as the campsite will not yet be accessible.

The Klangtherapie-Festival takes place in the heart of Franconian Switzerland near Scherleithen, Plankenfels. The nearest larger towns are Bamberg, Bayreuth and Nuremberg. On the A70 between Bamberg and Bayreuth, take the Stadelhofen exit in the direction of Hollfeld and Plankenfels. Shortly before Plankenfels, turn off towards Wadendorf at the Alte Eisenbahn restaurant. After Scherleithen there is a dirt road on the right that leads you to the festival site.

The address for your navigation system is Scherleithen, 95515 Plankenfels.

Sure! There are wonderful routes through Franconian Switzerland to us. If you need some inspiration, we have put together three possible routes for you.

From Bayreuth: https://out.ac/3wnJGG

From Bamberg: https://out.ac/3wnKGr

From Forchheim: https://out.ac/3wnKAT

We offer you the opportunity to network. You are welcome to post offers and requests in our forum!

The campsite will be open on Thursday, August 6, 2026, from 10 am. You will not be admitted to the campsite before this time and without a ticket!

So that everything can be prepared smoothly, we ask you to give the crew the necessary space for the final preparations and not to enter the site until the official entrance.

Yes, we offer three different areas for camping.
Music systems and generators are not permitted on any of the campsites - you will find music around the clock on the festival site.

Normal campsite
The largest area of our campsite. Here you can relax with other festival visitors and enjoy your time - away from the hustle and bustle of the festival.

Quiet camping
This area is a few minutes further away from the festival site and offers more peace and quiet.
Ask our parking lot crew when you arrive - they will show you the way.

Family camping
There are two options for families:

• a quieter area away from the action
• an area closer to the festival (but a little louder)

Talk to our guides on site to find the right spot for you.

No, we are a small DIY festival, so there is no electricity at our campsite. If you want to keep your drinks cool, we recommend pure physics. Google "evaporative cooling sun" - you'll find help there.

At the campsite and in the festival area you will find free water points to fill up your canisters/bottles.

There are no showers on the campsite - but it's not far to the festival grounds, where you'll find convenient shower containers for a small fee.

There are toilets at the campsite - here we swear by waterless composting toilets, which do not require any chemicals or water. This means you're also protecting the environment when you go to the toilet and your poo can rot into compost. Try it out - we wouldn't want to be without this type of toilet. You can also find flush toilets for a small fee on our festival site - just a short walk from the campsite.

Yes, of course. Feel free to build your own festival castle. But please don't just leave tents and pavilions lying around and buy high-quality material that will last longer - our environment will thank you for it.

No!

In order to ensure a safe and pleasant festival experience for everyone, dogs and other animals are not permitted on the entire site. This applies to both the festival site and the campsite.

Be prepared that barbecues will not be allowed. In recent years, due to the drought, there has usually been a forest fire risk of level 4-5, and we assume that it will be similar this year. Open fires are generally not permitted.

Better not. The campsite is your base camp - for relaxing, resting and recharging. Emergency generators and large systems stay at home. Music takes place around the clock on the festival site. :) The rest is about mutual respect.

Yes, of course. Bring what you like. The campsite is your home for a few days.

Parking and camping are separate. This means that your cars must be parked in the parking lot. From there it is a 5-10 minute walk to the campsite.

If you want to park your sleeping car (buses, campers, motorhomes, caravans and cars with mattresses) on the campsite or the family campsite (only possible with children on board), you need one of our very limited Womo tickets. We reserve the right not to grant you access to the campsite after a visual inspection by our staff if you do not meet the above criteria. You will not be able to leave the campsite in between, but will only be granted access once.

What you can do if the WoMo tickets are sold out:

If you have not managed to get hold of a WoMo ticket, you will unfortunately not be able to stand on the campsite. Instead, you can spend the night in our parking lot, which is only a few minutes' walk from our campsite. There will be a WoMo parking row there. Attention: It is not allowed to set up tents of friends there. However, a retractable awning or similar is fine. Please buy a PKW-Ticket for this.

Upgrade to a WOMO-TICKET possible on site in good weather

In good weather (= more passable field area) we will allocate a small contingent of WOMO-TICKETS on site. If you would like to upgrade, please contact the parking lot attendants directly. If there are still tickets available, you can pay the difference of 15 euros in cash and drive to the normal campsite.

First come, first serve!

It all kicks off on Thursday at 6 pm. All the energy of the site is concentrated in one place - the Sandpalast. And when the music starts, everyone feels at the same time: now it starts again.

The first workshops and lectures start on Friday morning. Those who arrive early are right there.

The music continues until 6 a.m. on Monday morning. The last workshop takes place on Sunday evening.

The freedom to be who we are.

Our festival is a place of freedom and respectful interaction. For many, this means dressing the way they feel comfortable or moving freely while dancing - without being stared at, danced at, chatted up or touched.

For us, awareness means consciousness, sensitivity and attentiveness. That is why we have had an awareness team for several years now.

Our greatest concern is that everyone feels safe and comfortable. For this to succeed, we all need to pay attention and get involved. We want to create a festival that is as inclusive and respectful as possible. That is why we are actively committed to ensuring that any form of discrimination - be it racist, sexist, sexualized, homophobic, anti-disability, adultist or otherwise exclusionary - has no place here. Our wish is to create a space in which everyone can feel free without having to fear attacks or border violations.

Consent is key. Whatever you share with each other - it should be based on mutual consent. Asking questions creates clarity for everyone involved, gives room to say no and ensures that encounters remain respectful and pleasant. In this way, we can create an atmosphere together in which everyone can develop freely.

NO NIPPLES POLICY at the bars: Patriarchal power structures are to blame: Not everyone can move around naked in everyday life. This injustice must be abolished. In solidarity, we are celebrating 4 festival days with a NO NIPPLES POLICY at the bars. More information can be found here.

If you feel uncomfortable, are experiencing a difficult situation or simply need a break, we are here for you. Feel free to come to us or call us on 0176-50865211. You will always find a sympathetic ear at the Place of the Senses in the quiet tent. Our team is easy to recognize on the premises - we wear pink high-visibility vests.

We look forward to exchanging ideas with you at workshops, talks and discussions. Let's live the change together!

Fancy a bit of Klangtherapie at home? Then bring your own fabric and come to the screen printing stand. There you can print legendary Klang-motifs onto your belongings.

You can get our Klangtherapie merchandise (hoodies & cotton bags in this year's design, corduroy caps and socks, stickers & posters) at the kiosk next to the bass temple.

You are welcome to bring your own water. There are also free water stations on the premises for refilling.

Yes - with one exception. Around the Kids Space and in the immediate vicinity of children, please don't. This is not a rule from above, but mutual respect. If you forget, you are welcome to point it out.

No.

Audio and video recordings - even for private use - are not permitted. It is possible that infringements may be prosecuted by various artists.

In the event of a severe thunderstorm, we will have to evacuate the festival site. Please follow the instructions of the security staff, leave the area immediately and go to your cars (this is the safest place) or alternatively to your tents or to the assembly point above the info container. If you cannot find a safe place or do not know where to go, contact the security staff. Keep calm in any case. When the music starts again, you can return to the area and continue dancing!

Absolutely! We accept applications in January of each year via our application form.

Please understand that we only accept applications via this form and do not process applications via email or Facebook.

Yes, our DrumHerum program includes workshops designed to make life more beautiful, respectful, conscious, sustainable and much more. We are also always looking for creative performances. Please use our application form.

Of course - we are always looking for energetic hands and bright minds! To become part of the crew, you must be 18 years old at the time of the festival. Your exact shifts will be assigned shortly before the festival. Please do not buy a presale ticket!

If you would like to help, you have two options:

1. you earn your ticket during or after the festival.

2. you earn your ticket before the festival. 

Write in the comment section of the form if you have a favourite work area. Or if you have an exceptionally helpful talent or do an exceptionally helpful job (e.g. welding, sewing, electrics or you can operate heavy equipment).

However, we do not guarantee that we will actually consider your request. 

Signing up to work is not an “option” - we rely on you, schedule you and don't give this shift to other people! Each of these shifts is super important for the smooth running of the festival.

The employee tickets will only be sent out shortly before the festival.

Set-up, dismantling, garbage collector, steward, parking lot helper, jumper, dishwashing professional and many more.

Yes, with a legal guardian who is at least 21 years old. Important: We only accept our own form - other authorizations are not valid at the entrance. You can find the form and all the relevant information here. Please read it completely - it will save you time and nerves at the entrance.

Children from 0-2 years free of charge, 3-15 years children's ticket, from 16 years full price.

Please do not forget your child's ID and the completed form.

Yes - the Kids Space. From Friday to Sunday, there is a special program there: crafts, games, discoveries - with nature and upcycling materials, accompanied by experienced educators.

You can find the program on site.

Yes, absolutely. Protect your little ones from hearing damage and either bring suitable hearing protection or borrow one for €5 from the info container. (+20 € deposit)

There are two family campsites for families - a quiet one that is a little further away from the hustle and bustle of the festival and a very close, but louder campsite. Talk to our parking lot attendants and tell them which of the two campsites you would like to go to.

What happens if the WoMo tickets are sold out?

If you would still like to come as a family by camper van, buy a camper van ticket for the normal campsite. This will secure you a pitch on the campsite directly adjacent to the family campsite. It's worth arriving early - first come, first serve.

Basically, you can explore the whole area with your children - with one exception: the Bass Temple is a child-free zone in the morning hours before the workshops begin.

Yes,

please register in advance by email.

Yes, you are welcome to take an accompanying person with you free of charge. Both come to the info container, show your ID and your companion will receive a wristband directly

Yes, we have a quiet campsite, talk to our parking lot attendants, they will explain where you have to go.

The condition of our grounds is unfortunately dependent on the weather - so it is only partly in our hands. In good weather, the entire site is barrier-free.

At our campsite for people with walking disabilities, which is located directly at the entrance to the festival site, there is a barrier-free porta-potty. This is locked and you can pick up the key at the information container.

Good question - this is really where you come in! Because we are just a small crew of volunteers and collecting garbage is a lot of work. The meadow needs to be clean again, and even small pieces of plastic, butts and bottle caps need to be picked up. That's why it would be cool if each of you collected a bag full of garbage - after all, it's your garbage too! And the sooner it's gone, the sooner nature can recover from our festival.

We dream of a world in which ecological sustainability and social justice are a matter of course! That's why we have 90% vegetarian/vegan stalls*, some of which are organic, where you can bring your own dishes. We separate our waste, create our decorations largely through upcycling and feed the crew and artists with organic food. Our supporting program with over 65 workshops, lectures and forms of movement such as yoga also opens up perspectives on a more conscious life and on nature and the environment.

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*The remaining 10% is the bratwurst stand. Organized on a voluntary basis by the Schressendorf volunteer fire department. These are our immediate neighbors who have been sympathetic to our festival for 20 years. For peace in our region, this bratwurst stand is, so to speak, the link between the festival and the local residents. We are therefore happy to accept that there is only one stall here that is allowed to sell meat (directly from the rural butcher next door).

With your ticket you have paid an extra 5 euros as a garbage deposit or “garbage solidarity surcharge”. You can get this back if you show solidarity with the environment and the Klangtherapie crew by handing in a full bin bag with a waste deposit stamp.

You can drop off your full (!) garbage bags at the garbage station at the campsite on Sunday from 8 am - 7 pm and Monday from 8 am - 12 pm.

The small but beautiful and, above all, extremely refreshing Wiesent river flows through Wadendorf. Show respect for the environment and do not use care products such as sun cream, shampoo or shower gel there and take your garbage back with you.

Only the designated bathing areas may be used!

If you want to dive even deeper, head to one of the nearby swimming pools. One is located in Hollfeld and the other in Waischenfeld.

In Hollfeld, about 7 km in the direction of the highway, you will find supermarkets, gas stations, pharmacies and ATMs.

In the Franconian Switzerland Nature Park, there are endless beautiful things to do and wonderful landscapes to discover - whether on foot, hiking, mountain biking, kayaking on the Wiesent, climbing up to the sky or descending on a cave tour!

If you would like to add a few more days to your vacation, you can find all the information about the area here.