Hoflärm Festival
Stoner Rock, Doom & Psychedelic on a farm in the Siegtal valley
2026
About Hoflärm
Hoflärm — edition 2026
The 2026 edition continues the proven format of the curated heavy underground festival. Advance sales have started, and more acts will be announced by early summer. The intimate farm atmosphere and short distances make Hoflärm one of the most unique heavy rock festivals in Central Europe.
Highlights Hoflärm 2026
- 7th edition at the Obersalterberger Hof
- Headliners Kadavar (Berlin) and Kylesa (USA)
- International Stoner/Doom/Psych scene
- Camping directly at the festival grounds
- Intimate farm atmosphere, short distances
- Sieg natural region backdrop
Programme Hoflärm 2026
Thursday, August 13th, 2026 — Arrival and Campsite Opening
- 10:00 AM — Campsite opens
- First sets in the late afternoon/evening
- Opening acts (smaller bands)
Friday, August 14th, 2026 — Main Program Day 1
- Several acts on stage (early acts from the afternoon)
- Genres: Stoner, Doom, Psych
- Headliner set in the evening
Saturday, August 15th, 2026 — Main Program Day 2 / Finale
- Last festival day with the most slots
- Headliners: Kadavar and/or Kylesa
- After-party at the farm
Confirmed Acts (as of first wave)
- Kadavar (Berlin) — Headliner
- Kylesa (USA) — Headliner
- Midnight (USA)
- Dead Meadow (USA)
- Conan (UK)
- Meatbodies (USA)
- Castle Rat (USA)
- Cardiel (Mexico)
- Mother Bear
- Suck
More bands will be announced in the months leading up to the festival.
Prices Hoflärm 2026
3-day tickets from €145 including camping. Advance sale at hoflaerm.de/tickets.
Practical information — Hoflärm
Getting there
By car: A560 or A3, then B256 into the Siegtal valley towards Windeck-Marienthal. By train: RE9 / RB to Schladern (Sieg), then approx. 8 km by shuttle/taxi to the festival. Festival camping: Car parking and campsite directly at the farm.
Tickets
3-day tickets from €145. Includes camping. Advance sale at hoflaerm.de/tickets. For a festival of this size (limited capacity, curated bands), early advance booking is worthwhile.
Camping
The campsite opens on Thursday, August 13th, 2026, at 10:00 AM. Directly at the festival grounds — no shuttle, easy walk to the stage. Sanitary facilities, drinking water, food trucks on site.
Tip
Hoflärm is one of the most intimate Doom/Stoner festivals in Central Europe. Those who love the international heavy underground scene will find the right mix of genre classics and newcomers here. Bring earplugs — Conan and Kadavar place particular emphasis on maximum volume.
Hoflärm Festival — when the farm becomes a Doom temple
From August 13th to 15th, 2026, the 7th edition of the Hoflärm Festival will take place at the Obersalterberger Hof in Seelbach (Windeck-Marienthal) in the Siegtal valley. What looks like an ordinary farm — Obersalterberger Hof 1, 57577 Marienthal — transforms for three days in August into one of the hottest meeting points for the international Stoner Rock, Doom, and Psychedelic Rock scene. Small, refined, international — not a mass festival on a greenfield site, but a curated heavy rock party in an idyllic hilly landscape.
Line-up 2026 — Stoner-Doom highlights from three continents
The first acts for 2026 have already been confirmed — a mix of genre greats and up-and-coming bands:
- Kadavar (Berlin) — Headliner. The most important German Stoner/Heavy Psych band of the 2010s and 2020s, with a range from Black Sabbath heritage to Krautrock
- Kylesa (Savannah, USA) — Sludge Metal legends, known for their double drum setup
- Midnight (Cleveland, USA) — Speed/Black Metal with Punk energy
- Dead Meadow (Washington DC, USA) — Pioneers of Heavy Psych Rock
- Conan (Liverpool, UK) — British Doom heaviness, one of the loudest live acts worldwide
- Meatbodies (Los Angeles, USA) — Garage Rock with Psych tendencies
- Castle Rat (Brooklyn, USA) — Doom theatricality with medieval aesthetics
- Cardiel (Mexico) — Psychedelic Punk from Mexico City
- Mother Bear — Underground Heavy Rock
- Suck — Heavy Rock newcomers
Further acts will be announced by the organizer in the months leading up to the festival. Announcements via hoflaerm.de and social media.
Obersalterberger Hof — the festival location
The festival takes place at the Obersalterberger Hof in Seelbach, near Windeck-Marienthal on the Sieg river. The farm gastronomy is the traditional Hofcafé Heinzelmännchen. The atmosphere is the opposite of mainstream festivals: small stage, short distances, familiar vibe. Festival camping directly on the grounds, the campsite opens on Thursday, August 13th at 10:00 AM.
Genres — Heavy Psych, Doom, Stoner, Sludge
Hoflärm is clearly positioned: it is not a mainstream rock festival. The curated selection moves within the genres:
- Stoner Rock — Riff-oriented heavy rock with roots in Kyuss and Black Sabbath
- Doom Metal — heavy, slow, mystical
- Heavy Psychedelic — extended trips, Krautrock heritage
- Sludge Metal — dirty, melancholic, droning
- Garage Rock / Punk — the rough brothers in the genre universe
Windeck and the Siegtal valley — the backdrop
The municipality of Windeck is located in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district, in southeastern North Rhine-Westphalia, on the border with Rhineland-Palatinate. The Sieg natural region offers hilly low mountain landscape, small villages, and lots of forest. The Obersalterberger Hof is situated majestically in this idyllic landscape — a perfect contrast to the intense music that booms from the courtyard for three days.
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