HASARDEUR Festival

Techno on the Scrapyard

HASARDEUR is one of Southern Germany's most unusual techno festivals. The venue is not a park, a hall, or a club, but an active car recycling scrapyard: Auto Böhler GmbH at Ottostraße 6, Karlsruhe-Durlach. Amidst old car bodies, piled-up car parts, industrial steel, and concrete, the festival unfolds on a June day – a backdrop unmatched in the Southern German techno scene.

Three Stages, Three Atmospheres

The festival features three stages:

• Scrapyard – The main outdoor stage amidst the car wrecks. Adrián Mills performs here with changing partners; the lineup runs continuously from 11 AM to 10 PM.
• MainFloor & Boiler – The aftershow stage, which takes over from 10 PM and runs until 8 AM. This is where the most intense sets, B2B confrontations, and sound marathons happen.
• Cube – A third stage with extended DJ sets until the early morning.

Hard Techno with International Acts

The musical genre is Hard Techno – fast BPMs, hard kicks, industrial sound, often with acid-oriented or aggressively energetic elements. The acts announced for 2026 include: Adrián Mills (Headliner), Cloudy, Azyr, Uberkikz, and numerous other DJs from the international Hard-Techno scene. B2B sets ('Back to Back' – two DJs play alternately) define the program.

Cashless, Industrial, Uncompromising

HASARDEUR is an uncompromising industrial format: payment only by debit or credit card (cashless), no re-entry after leaving, no outside food or drinks, no glass bottles, no fire, no drugs. Water can be purchased at the stand; unfiltered tap water is available free of charge (at your own risk). The festival is strictly 18+.

Arrive by Tram, Not Car

The scrapyard has limited parking space; arrival by public transport is expressly recommended: Tram line 2 towards Wolfartsweier to the 'Ostendstraße' stop (10-minute walk to the festival), or Bus line 42 towards Hohenwettersbach to 'Hauptfriedhof' (15-minute walk). Both connections are reachable from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof in 15–20 minutes.

Karlsruhe Techno Scene

Karlsruhe has a strong techno tradition – the club Substage, the ZKM, and several off-spaces shape the scene. HASARDEUR makes the local techno community visible regionally and attracts Hard-Techno fans from all over Southern Germany, Alsace, and the Swiss border region in 2026. Karlsruhe, as a city district in Baden-Württemberg, is easily accessible via ICE high-speed train from all over Germany – also for day-trippers from Frankfurt, Cologne, or Stuttgart.