For You Festival

Electronic Music Meets Light Art in Saarland

The For You Festival at Feierwerk Kaisergarten in Wadern has made a name for itself in the Saarland-Luxembourg-Palatinate electronic music scene in recent editions. Its concept is unique: electronic music meets light art. It's not a traditional open-air meadow, but an industrial hall with elaborate lighting design, installation art, and a lighting choreography that transforms the festival into a walkable light sculpture.

Two Genres, Two Evenings

The 2026 program is divided by genre:

• Friday, May 8, 2026 — Tech House & Melodic Techno: Thaylo, Patrick Scuro, Roxy Nox, Fabee Music, LeniWave, MosArt, Patrick Loose
• Saturday, May 9, 2026 — Peak Time & Hard Techno: Spartaque, Chris van Neu, The Enveloper, Herbrido, Kwadrat, Rein NL, Nikki

With Spartaque (Ukraine) as the Hard Techno headliner and Thaylo as the top Tech House act, the festival brings internationally recognized names to Saarland. The German and Benelux acts complement the lineup for a balanced weekend.

RAVE BUS Germany

A premiere in Saarland: The RAVE BUS Germany — a bus converted into a mobile club — will be used as an additional floor on a specially set-up second level. This is the first exclusive use of the RAVE BUS at a festival in Saarland.

Light Art Festival

What sets the For You Festival apart from other electronic events is its commitment to light art: beyond the dance floor, walkable light installations, projection mapping, and interactive spaces are created where visitors become part of the composition themselves. The world of colors, effects, and magical light installations attracts an audience that not only wants to dance but also to take photos and spend time in the spaces.

Feierwerk Kaisergarten

The Feierwerk Kaisergarten is located in the business park of Wadern, a small town in the Merzig-Wadern district in northern Saarland. The hall offers the size and infrastructure needed for a festival of this kind, while also being sufficiently distanced from residential areas to allow for loud music late into the night. Wadern itself, on the border with the Hochwald region of Rhineland-Palatinate, is easily accessible by car via the A1 or from Trier/Luxembourg.

Atmosphere

An electronic festival with elaborate light and installation design in a Saarland industrial hall, with around 1,000 visitors — this is a more intimate, choreographed version of the big techno events in Berlin or Hamburg. Those who attend For You will mingle with dancers from Saarland, Lorraine, Luxembourg, the Hunsrück region, and occasionally from the Netherlands and Belgium.