CTS Eventim Inaugurates New Backstage Area At Waldbühne Berlin

One of Germany’s most beautiful open air stages, Waldbühne Berlin, opened its new backstage area, May 29, nine days prior to the start of the new event season.

Sebastian Greuner – Waldbühne Berlin
The new backstage area

CTS Eventim CEO Klaus-Peter Schulenberg and Aleksander Dzembritzki, state secretary for interior and sports in the Berlin Senate, conducted the inauguration ceremony.

The two-story edifice was built by CTS Eventim, the operator of Waldbühne Berlin. Max Dudler designed the building, which took eight months to build. The new building encompasses more than 750 square meters of useful area and a large, 160 square meter outdoor terrace.

The first acts to enjoy the new amenities are German rock icons Die Toten Hosen, who kick off the summer season at Waldbühne Berlin with two sold-out concerts June 7-8. Next up are the Beatsteaks June 9 and Iron Maiden as part of their “Legacy Of The Beast European Tour” June 13.

Waldbühne Berlin has a capacity of 22,290. More than 350,000 guests visited the venue in 2017, which marked a new attendance record, and placed it among the top 15 of Pollstar‘s year-end worldwide amphitheater ranking. It’s an artist favorite, and Ben Lovett of Mumford & Sons is the most recent one to praise it in an interview with Pollstar.

Waldbühne hosted concerts by the Rolling Stones, Rammstein, Robbie Williams, Paul McCartney, Leonard Cohen, Pink, Muse, Neil Young, Black Sabbath, and many more in the past. Other confirmed concerts in 2018 include Depeche Mode, Pearl Jam, Jonas Kaufmann, Andrea Bocelli, Roland Kaiser and the Kelly Family.

Schulenberg commented: “We are delighted at having turned the Waldbühne Berlin into one of Europe’s leading open-air stages in recent years. With the new backstage area, we ensure that the Waldbühne will be setting standards, in terms not only of atmosphere, but also of infrastructure – in the interest of both artists and visitors. We are grateful for the support we received from Max Dudler, a truly outstanding architect whose work has already shaped Berlin’s appearance markedly in many different places.”