For You Festival
Tech House, Hard Techno and Light Art at Feierwerk Kaisergarten Wadern
2026
About For You Festival
For You Festival — edition 2026
The 2026 festival is officially confirmed with the complete lineup. Doors open at 3 PM each day; the program runs into the early morning hours. The light design and the RAVE BUS Germany as a second floor are integral parts of both festival nights.
Highlights For You Festival 2026
- International Headliners: Spartaque and Thaylo
- RAVE BUS Germany as a second floor (Premiere in Saarland)
- Elaborate Light Art installations
- Two genres clearly separated over two evenings
- ~1,000 visitors — intimate festival format
Programme For You Festival 2026
Friday, May 8, 2026 — Tech House & Melodic Techno
- 3:00 PM — Entry
- 4:00 PM — LeniWave
- 5:30 PM — MosArt
- 7:00 PM — Patrick Loose
- 8:30 PM — Fabee Music
- 10:00 PM — Roxy Nox
- 11:30 PM — Patrick Scuro
- 1:00 AM — Thaylo (Tech House Headliner)
- 3:00 AM — End or afterhours program in the RAVE BUS
Saturday, May 9, 2026 — Peak Time & Hard Techno
- 3:00 PM — Entry
- 4:00 PM — Nikki
- 5:30 PM — Rein NL
- 7:00 PM — Kwadrat
- 8:30 PM — Herbrido
- 10:00 PM — The Enveloper
- 11:30 PM — Chris van Neu
- 1:00 AM — Spartaque (Hard Techno Headliner)
- 3:00 AM — End or afterhours in the RAVE BUS
Sunday, May 10, 2026 — Closing / Light Art Day
- Walkable light installations for festival ticket holders during the day
- Closing program with selected DJ sets
Detailed set times may be adjusted by the organizer at short notice.
Prices For You Festival 2026
Day tickets from approx. €35, weekend tickets from approx. €60 in advance. Sales via Eventim Light, Ticket Regional, and VR Entertain.
Practical information — For You Festival
Getting There
By car via the A1 (Wadern exit) and follow signs for Gewerbepark. By train to Wadern station, then a short walk. International travel (Luxembourg, Trier, Saarbrücken) is easily manageable.
Parking
Large car park at the Feierwerk site in the business park.
Tickets
Advance sales via Eventim Light, Ticket Regional, and VR Entertain. Day tickets and weekend tickets available.
Accommodation
Hotels in Wadern, Losheim am See, and Hermeskeil. Tip: Hotels in Trier and Saarbrücken (40 km, train connection).
Notes
Entry from 18 years old, ID check required. Drug checks at the entrance are common. Earplugs are recommended — the volume is typically high for festivals.
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.
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