Euer Wunsch ist uns ja Befehl. Daher haben wir für dieses Jahr den von vielen Besuchern geäußerten Wunsch befolgt und die Running Order in gedruckter Form veröffentlicht. Weil wir grade schon mal dran saßen, ist ein kleines Magazin mit 52 Seiten daraus geworden. Neben der Running Order findet Ihr da ...

Wie bereits angekündigt, werden wir exklusiv den Kult-Film "Dance Craze - The Best Of British Ska" im Kino aufführen. Zwei Tage vor dem Festivalwochenende, also am 18. 04., 20:30 Uhr treffen wir uns im Rex-Kino am Ring. Als Ehrengast wird John "Teflon" Sims dabei sein und den Film vorstellen. Teflon ...

We are really proud to present an exhibition of the most legendary 2-Tone art at Freedom Sounds Festival 2018. The 2-Tone style and art was created by Jerry Dammers (aka The General) of The Specials but many people played their part and added to the 2-Tone journey from the beginning to the end of th ...

Before Reggae, there was Ska. And before Ska, Mento was the first popular Jamaican style of music. Los Apartamentos - consisting of musicians from some very well-known Cologne bands (The Braces, Monkey Shop, Jamaika Jupp, Kapelle#3, Erdmöbel) - are dedicated to bringing Mento back. In fact, they wer ...

Maroon Town played Freedom Sounds in 2014 and took it by storm. For 2018 they will be back, together with a brand new album. Maroon Town took their name from a remote upland community in Jamaica formed by escaped slaves. They burst onto the scene in the late 80s with their pioneering fusion of rap, ...

You might have realised already: We love to bring brand new acts to our festival stage. Here's a highly talented group from London we have been tracing secretly for a quite a while: Dojo are a collective of jazz and reggae musicians from London, Paris, Nigeria, and Lebanon, whose starkly political 2 ...

  SPARTA Booking & Freedom Sounds e.V. präsentieren: Freedom Sounds Christmas Ball mit Alpheus & The Easy Snappers, The Braces & The Downbeat Detonators 22.12.2017 Köln, Gebäude 9 Zur ersten Freedom Sounds Weihnachtsfeier erwarten wir drei hochkarätige Acts, angeführt von Alpheu ...