HeiligenRock

One night, nine stages, one district as a festival ground

HeiligenRock is the annual pub festival that concentrates Heiligenhaus into one spring night in April. The format: Nine venues and open-air stages in the city center — restaurants, bars, pubs, squares — host live concerts simultaneously. Those who have purchased a wristband can switch between venues at will, curating their own festival evening.

The genre spectrum

HeiligenRock caters to three styles: Rock, Rockabilly, and Pop. The festival thus appeals to an audience ranging from classic rock fans and the rockabilly scene to pop-savvy city dwellers. The band selection changes every year; the curatorial line is clear: handmade live music with a genre profile, no cover acts without character.

Venues

The nine stages are spread across the city center of Heiligenhaus — from restaurants and bars to open-air stages specially set up for the night in squares and alleys. The exact venues are announced each year before the festival. The short distances between stages define the format: within a few minutes' walk, the audience moves from one act to the next.

Timeline

Festival starts at 6:30 PM. The program runs in parallel on all nine stages with two to three acts per venue. The festival end varies depending on the stage — from midnight to the early morning hours.

Heiligenhaus and its city marketing

The organizer is Stadtmarketing Heiligenhaus. Heiligenhaus itself — a medium-sized town in the Kreis Mettmann district with around 26,000 inhabitants in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia — has created a format with HeiligenRock that transforms the city center into an open-air and pub festival once a year, attracting audiences from the Bergisches Land, the Ruhr area, and Düsseldorf.