Black Forest On Fire 2026

Line-Up

Samo­ra, Mel­low Mood, Nat­tali Rize, Cali P, Gen­tle­man, Vanupie, Mala­ka Hos­tel, Marley’s Ghost, Queen Omega, Nubian Don, Flowin Vibes a.m.o.

Fes­ti­vals some­times write remark­able sto­ries of their own. Black For­est On Fire is one such sto­ry. This year, the fes­ti­val cel­e­brates its 10th anniver­sary – and first of all, a huge and heart­felt con­grat­u­la­tions for reach­ing this mile­stone!

The fes­ti­val, held in Berghaupten, has earned spe­cial respect for two key rea­sons. First­ly, every­thing is organ­ised com­plete­ly inde­pen­dent­ly, built from the ground up by the peo­ple behind it. Sec­ond­ly – and this deserves spe­cial empha­sis – all pro­ceeds go towards sup­port­ing social and cul­tur­al projects and local com­mu­ni­ty organ­i­sa­tions in the sur­round­ing area. Boom! Not only is this a suc­cess­ful way of putting val­ues into prac­tice, it also dis­proves a per­sis­tent Jamaican stereo­type that out­siders exploit Jamaican music.

In real­i­ty, that is rarely the case any­way. But Black For­est On Fire makes this espe­cial­ly clear. It also demon­strates the pow­er of com­mu­ni­ty and what peo­ple can achieve when they come togeth­er. The non-prof­it organ­i­sa­tion BLACK FOREST ON FIRE e.V. has always been dri­ven not only by pas­sion, joy, a love of music and a clear vision, but also by the desire to spread love, peace and tol­er­ance – some­thing that may be more impor­tant now than ever before.

Today, BFOF brings togeth­er more than 5,000 vis­i­tors from dif­fer­ent gen­er­a­tions and cul­tur­al back­grounds in one place. And, of course, every sin­gle mem­ber of the team works on a vol­un­tary basis.

To mark the anniver­sary, the organ­is­ers have secured major names such as Gen­tle­man and Queen Omega, both of whom embody the spir­it and mes­sage of Black For­est On Fire on stage. Gen­tle­man arrives with sev­er­al new sin­gles that offer an excit­ing pre­view of his forth­com­ing album, due in August. The songs released so far place a strong empha­sis on togeth­er­ness rather than divi­sion – on bring­ing peo­ple togeth­er instead of dri­ving them apart. That is exact­ly what has been suc­cess­ful­ly prac­tised in Berghaupten for the past ten years.

And when it comes to the ”fire” in the festival’s name, Queen Omega has that cov­ered. Why? See for your­self when she takes the stage with her pow­er­ful voice and com­mand­ing pres­ence.

And if you are still hes­i­tat­ing: the stun­ning set­ting alone, nes­tled in the deep green Black For­est near Pap­pel­wald­see, is more than enough rea­son to make the jour­ney for a reg­gae week­end.

Black Forest On Fire 2026

31.07.2026 – 03.08.2026

Berghaupten

Text: Ellen Köh­lings

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