Drop The Knife Fest 2025

In the organizer's words:

ow Club e.V., Waldmeister e.V., Ox Fanzine & Livegigs present:

DROP THE KNIFE FEST 2025

Drop The Knife Fest is a non-commercial, one-day indoor music festival for punk, hardcore, emo and indie, organized on a voluntary basis by Cow Club Solingen e.V. and taking place for the fourth time in 2025. The venue is the Waldmeister e.V. Raum für Kultur, Solingen's cultural self-sufficiency office. THE MELMACS, OFFCELL, BRONKO, BOLZENSCHUSS, RIOT BUT CUTE. and BETWEEN BODIES will be playing.

Saturday 28.06.25
Admission 16:00
Start 17:00

For 2025 we offer three different tickets in advance for the first time:

Regular: 16 Euro
Reduced: 10 euros - For all those who cannot pay the full price. No proof is required.
"Culture costs": 19 euros - For all those who want to give a few extra euros.

All prices plus advance booking fees.

Please show your ticket digitally at the entrance if possible.

The Waldmeister takes a clear stand against all forms of violence, intolerance, inequality and discrimination, for example right-wing extremism, right-wing populism, racism, xenophobia, fascism, totalitarianism, sexism, queerophobia and anti-Semitism.

Luisa is at the Waldmeister! The "Luisa is here!" campaign/awareness concept applies to all events at the Waldmeister.

You can find the line-up here.