Happy Life Open Air
90s and 2000s festival with pop and rave hits at Nuremberg Airport
2026
About Happy Life
Happy Life — edition 2026
Premiere Festival 2026
Happy Life Open Air celebrates its first edition in 2026, positioning itself as a pop and rave festival for the generation that grew up with Eurodance, boyband pop, and trance from the 90s and 2000s. Nuremberg Airport, with its festival grounds P31, offers an unusual but logistically strong location – directly on the U-Bahn line and with the airport backdrop.
Concept and Target Audience
An all-day journey through time from pop to rave: live acts on the main stage during the day, transitioning to rave and Eurodance on the DJ stage in the evening. The target audience is 25- to 55-year-olds with a nostalgic connection to the 90s and 2000s.
Highlights Happy Life 2026
Programme Happy Life 2026
Live Bands and Singers
- No Angels – Girl group legend (Popstars 2000, "Daylight in Your Eyes")
- Atomic Kitten – "Whole Again", "The Tide Is High"
- Alex Christensen – Producer and live act, U96 / "Das Boot"
- La Bouche feat. Natascha Wright – "Be My Lover", "Sweet Dreams"
- Culture Beat – "Mr. Vain"
- Masterboy & Beatrix Delgado – 90s Eurodance hits
DJ Lineup
- Aquagen
- Da Hool – "Meet Her at the Love Parade"
- DJ Raw (fka Dune) – "Hardcore Vibes"
- DJ Quicksilver – "Bellissima"
- Future Breeze
- Niels van Gogh – "Pulverturm"
- Talla 2XLC – Trance pioneer
Schedule
- 1:30 PM — Entry at festival grounds P31.
- Afternoon to Evening — Live acts on the main stage.
- Evening to Night — Transition to DJ sets, rave stage.
Exact set times and stage splits available at happylife.events.
Prices Happy Life 2026
Practical information — Happy Life
Getting There
By U-Bahn: U2 to the terminus "Flughafen", direct walk to festival grounds P31. By Car: Parking garage P30 (advance online booking required). By Plane: Yes, that's possible too – Nuremberg Airport is located directly at the festival grounds.
Entry
Entry from 1:30 PM. No re-entry after leaving the premises. Minimum age: 16 years (16–17 years with a parental consent form).
Tickets
Standing room: €29–€35. Friends Package (4 people): €50. Panorama Lounge: €99. VIP: €199. Tickets via happylife.events and Eventim Light.
Payment
Cashless system via festival wristband – top up credit beforehand, get refunds on-site.
Notes
Own food and drinks are not allowed. Bags maximum DIN A4 size.
First Edition 2026 – Pop and Rave at Nuremberg Airport
Happy Life Open Air is a new summer festival, taking place for the first time in 2026 at Nuremberg Airport. Organizer Happy Life Events is hosting the open air event on Festival Grounds Parking Lot P31 – a closed-off area directly at the airport, conveniently accessible via the direct connection to the U-Bahn station "Flughafen". The festival is part of a small festival series that nordbayern.de refers to as "Festival Summer 2026 at Airport Nuremberg" – a new open-air location that enriches the city with an additional summer destination.
Musical Concept – Pop & Rave 90s/2000s
The focus is clearly on pop and rave from the 1990s and 2000s. Boyband and girl group pop meets Eurodance, Eurodisco, and continental trance. It's a festival for a generation that grew up with "Whole Again", "Daylight in Your Eyes", "Be My Lover", "Da Da Da", and "Sing It Back" – and for everyone who is rediscovering these sound worlds today.
Line-Up for the Premiere
The program for the first edition brings together some of the most famous pop and rave acts of the era:
- No Angels – German girl group legend, formerly Popstars 2000
- Atomic Kitten – British girl group, "Whole Again", "The Tide Is High"
- Alex Christensen – Co-founder of U96, producer of Right Said Fred and many 90s hits
- La Bouche feat. Natascha Wright – "Be My Lover", "Sweet Dreams"
- Culture Beat – "Mr. Vain", one of the most famous Eurodance acts
- Masterboy & Beatrix Delgado – Eurodance hit supplier of the 90s
- DJs: Aquagen, Da Hool, DJ Raw (fka Dune), DJ Quicksilver, Future Breeze, Niels van Gogh, Talla 2XLC
Nuremberg as a Growing Festival City
With over 500,000 inhabitants, Nuremberg is Bavaria's second-largest city after Munich and in summer 2026 will host a rich program with four new or established festivals: in addition to Happy Life around the airport, there's the Eskalation Festival, Rock im Park (on the Zeppelinfeld), and other formats – nordbayern.de spoke of the "Festival Summer 2026" in the Franconian metropolis. Thus, Nuremberg is transforming from a one-day festival city (long dominated by Rock im Park) into an independent summer festival city.
Logistics – Public Transport Recommended
The venue at Nuremberg Airport is directly accessible via U-Bahn line U2 (terminus "Flughafen"). The organizer explicitly recommends arriving by public transport – parking spaces (P30) are available only with advance online booking and are limited.
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