NEWS & UPDATES

From the Glaubitz field to Chemiefabrik!

Wow, the "From the Glaubitz Field to the Chemical Factory" campaign is currently taking off! We at BTF are very excited about it, even if it's not our event. Nevertheless, this is exactly the right time to top it off! Three more brilliant bands are moving from the field to the chemical factory, forgoing part of their original fees! Voilà: KNOCHENFABRIK, NASTY RUMOURS (CH), and MÄD LŸNX.

The event is now taking on a real festival feel; perhaps the delicious lineup can console some people a little over the cancellation of BACK TO FUTURE. Advance ticket sales start at the beginning of next week via the Chemiefabrik. Stay tuned and spread the good news.

»TICKET-PRESALE

From the Glaubitz field to Chemiefabrik!

The BTF Festival is canceled this year – but the weekend won't be quiet. The Chemiefabrik Dresden, in close consultation with us, is organizing a solidarity festival program from July 17th to 19th. Insanely awesome bands from our planned lineup, for whom we've already booked flights or who are currently touring Europe, will be serving at the Chemiefabrik. This means there's still a chance that we'll spend the planned festival days together. The bands on the flyer are just a first glimpse; we'll keep you updated on other bands and information about advance ticket sales via the Chemiefabrik Dresden channels and from us.

Our buddies from the Chemiefabrik Dresden have already announced that any profits from the event will be donated back to us to offset some of the costs incurred so far for BTF 2025. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SOLIDARITY!

More information to follow! We are very excited!

RETURN AND DONATION INFORMATION

What can we say? You're amazing. Your messages across all channels, your solidarity, your offers of help... it really gets under our skin. We thank you for that and still have to shed a few tears.

Back to reality: Since there are understandably initial inquiries regarding ticket refunds, we would like to inform you immediately and specifically about the refund process:

• Tickets purchased externally from authorized ticket offices can be returned to the respective ticket office, and a refund will be issued. All ticket offices have been informed about the festival cancellation.
• People who purchased their tickets online from TixForGigs will receive an email from TFG directly explaining how to get their money back. You will pay the ticket price including the advance booking fee. Customers can request a refund either via the refund link in the email or in their customer account.
• Buyers who purchased their tickets via our ticket form on the website or through our club account should send an email to tickets@back-to-future.com with the following information:
  • The order number you received for the transfer
  • Ticket number (not scan code number)
  • Order address
  • Bank details (IBAN) with first and last name

Please understand that processing may take a few weeks; after all, we're dealing with a four-digit number of tickets that must be processed correctly.

Some of you have already expressed that you would like to forgo a refund for your tickets and thus "donate" them; as a way of offsetting the financial deficit from last year or as start-up funding for possible follow-up events of your favorite festival, Back To Future. Absolutely crazy! Each of you should decide for yourself whether you can afford to keep the entire ticket price with us. Therefore, it is also possible to donate a portion of the ticket price, but you would have to mention this in your email.

• The order number received for the transfer
• Ticket number (not scan code number)
• Order address
• Bank details (IBAN) with first and last name

Please understand that processing may take a few weeks, as there are a four-digit number of tickets that must be processed correctly.



Donations were also accepted from people who still did not have a ticket. If you would like to help with a donation, please transfer to our association account:

Recipient: Association for Art and Culture in Rural Areas - Glaubitz e.V.
IBAN: DE12 8505 5000 0500 1386 56
Sparkasse Meissen
Please declare the transfer as a donation and include your name.

We will announce some good news in the next day or two. More on this once everything is safe.

Thanks, your BTF crew

BTF-cancellation

Dear BTF crowd,

We'll say it bluntly: The Back To Future Festival is canceled this year. And yes, that hurts, really hurts.

We realize this is a slap in the face for many of you. You were excited, you planned, some of you have been coming for decades, many for years – and now this. We feel it ourselves. But the truth is: We lost. And we lost to a system that devours culture as long as it doesn't pay off.

We have to admit: We wanted too much. As probably the longest-running active punk festival in this country, we wanted to offer more, think ahead, and still keep our hearts in the right place. We put a lot of heart and soul into creating a festival that feels like home. A place with a real feel-good factor, a space for everyone. Wellness, in the truest sense. But especially in a time and place like this, far from subsidies and without the usual urban structures, it cost a hell of a lot of money.

Since the coronavirus pandemic, costs have exploded. Everything costs more: technology, security, infrastructure, even garbage. But instead of driving up prices for you, we tried to absorb it ourselves. Because punk shouldn't be a luxury.

Last year, we were sitting on a mid-five-figure loss. And this year, it would only have been worse. Current ticket sales and the expected numbers are not sufficient to compensate for that. It would require a significantly larger number of tickets to close the gap. We've fought, calculated, and hoped. It won't be enough. And that's why we're saying very clearly today: This festival, as you've known it since 1996, is no more.

But this isn't a capitulation. This is a cut. An angry, painful, necessary cut. We need to regroup, take a deep breath, rethink structures, and shed excess baggage. With a bit of luck and a lot of work, we'll see each other again – different, smaller perhaps, but with the same damned passion.

To everyone who has bought tickets so far: Of course, you'll get your money back. But if you can and want to, please leave the money, or even just a portion of it, as support and as a sign that you believe in us. More information will follow in the coming days. We ask for your patience and to refrain from urgent inquiries. Thank you for your understanding!

Thank you for your trust, your loyalty, and your support. Without you, none of this would exist in this region anymore. We'll be back! ... Maybe different, but with attitude and with you.

Your Back To Future Team

PRIVATE FUNCTION- BTF- CHECK

         

All those who stayed in their tents until PRIVATE FUNCTION's performance in 2023 agreed: What a blast, what energy, what Tasmanian devils in the form of a punk band! So, their homework was: We have to get them back, and—here we go, the Australians are back! Apparently, the band had a great time, at least singer Chris sounds like he did:

Hey Chris, When I sent you the request for this little Q & A game, the immediate reaction was: 'Send the questions, Back To Future was one of our favorite festivals on the 2023 tour!' - That makes my first question easy: Why actually?I GOT ONE WORD FOR YOU: KARTOFFELKLÖSSE I’d never had one before and the catering of the festival had them backstage. It was one of the best things I’ve ever eaten and I ended up eating about 15 of them and immediately regretting my decision. I was planning to get in the mosh for Cock Sparrer but I ended up standing at the back of the crowd hallucinating from being so full of food. I’ve tried to find Kartoffelklösse in Australia since being there but it just isn’t the same. The organisers also gave us as much beer as we could drink so that immediately makes it 10/10 for me.

Australia has always been a good place for good Rock N' Roll, AC/DC, THE SAINTS and so on, but what's actually going on with you guys right now? AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS, C.O.F.F.I.N., NO CLASS or STIFF RICHARDS... is this just going to keep going? Are guitars that cheap over there or what did you mix into your breakfast cereal? There’s more kangaroos in Australia than people. All of our water reservoirs are completely surrounded by the bastards 24/7. The government doesn’t want you to know this; but all of our water supply is completely filled with Kangaroo piss. This is the real reason for the high quality Australia rock and roll.

You mixed your urine into a special 'Liquid Vinyl' edition of your last album. Delicious. What's your favorite summer mixed drink? Sometimes I get mid strength beer and mix it with full strength beer

Looking at our lineup: Is there a band you're personally really looking forward to meeting or seeing live?"Slaughter And The Dogs! Without a doubt.I’ve wanted to see them for years now and I don’t think they’ve ever been to Australia. It’s honestly a dream come true.