F60 Celtic Music Festival “A Craic with Friends”

Irish Folk in an Industrial Monument

The F60 Celtic Music Festival is one of Brandenburg's most unusual concert experiences. The stage is the F60 visitor mine near Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf – a 502-meter-long, 80-meter-high conveyor bridge that once scooped coal for the open-cast mines of Niederlausitz. Today, the decommissioned steel monster stands on its giant legs and is affectionately referred to as the Lusatian Eiffel Tower. Here, amidst steel girders and the vastness of the Lusatian Lake District, international folk acts will perform on June 6, 2026.

The 2026 Line-up — International and Diverse

• Luas (Ireland/Germany/Scotland) — a multinational folk formation with traditional Irish roots
• The Outcast Crew (Ireland) — raw material from the Irish pub scene, punk-infused folk
• In Search Of A Rose (Germany) — the Hamburg folk-punk export, known from festival charts
• The Irish Beats Dance Company — virtuosic Irish Step Dance
• Henk Hulzinga — singer-songwriter with a maritime charm

The mix promises raw Irish pub songs, heartfelt ballads, fiery jigs and reels — from tender ballads to polka-punk outbursts. Dance, beer in hand, and the wind whistling through the steel girders.

Why Lichterfeld?

Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf is located in the Elbe-Elster district, in the middle of a reclaimed open-cast mining area. The Bergheider See was flooded in 2003 from the former open-cast mine, and the F60 conveyor bridge was turned into a visitor mine in 2002. The industrial monument is now UNESCO-awarded and one of the most popular excursion destinations in the Lusatian Lake District. Concerts under the steel colossus are a genre of their own – acoustics, atmosphere, and views in a league that few other venues can match.

Program Extension

Those who stay the whole weekend can experience the Feel Festival at Bergheider See (July 23–26, 2026 – an electronic music festival with 10 stages). The Celtic Festival itself is a one-day event with concentrated density.