The heavy metal event of the year goes into the next round: concentrated energy, the best bands and fantastic locations - headbanging included!

The Knock Out Festival and Rock Out Festival will become THE HARD CIRCLE and present an additional location this year, which will become the POTT OUT Festival - 1st Edition.

On Saturday, December 7, 2024 at the RuhrCongress in Bochum:

Welcome to the first POTT OUT Festival

And it goes without saying:  Make it loud - Make the Pott proud!
Saturday, 7.12.2024 Pott Out Festival - Bochum/ Ruhrcongress
Presented by Radio BOB!
 

The first bands for THE HARD CIRCLE 2024 are:

GAMMA RAY
Lead by Kai Hansen, one of the most popular metal icons of the last 35 years, GAMMA RAY have influenced and shaped the genre for 30 years. For the first time since he rejoined HELLOWEEN, the band will be playing selected concerts again this year. Including Germany-exclusively at The Hard Circle Festivals.  

H.E.A.T
They are the heirs of 80s hard rock and will be gracing our festivals with their returning original singer Kenny and a brand new album.

DYNAZTY
They enter the ring as contenders for the championship and, with a whole bag full of hits in their luggage, definitely recommend themselves as worthy contenders for the top places in the Big League of Melodic Metal.

As always, the initiator of these festivals is the Bottom Row agency from Karlsruhe.

Sasa Erletic, Co-Managing Director of Bottom Row, says about the new Pott Out Festival: "We've been thinking about it for a long time, but after the great success of the first edition last year in Augsburg and the sold-out festivals in Karlsruhe for years, the time is now ripe for more! We are expanding for the second time in a different geographical direction. In one of the strongest Hard' n' Heavy regions in Germany, the Ruhr area. In Bochum we have now found a suitable location, the RuhrCongress, as well as the right partner, Lars Berndt Events. We are delighted to have arrived in Bochum, alongside Karlsruhe and Augsburg, and will be delivering the loudest Christmas party in Germany there too!"
 

It will be interesting to see which top-class acts will perform this year when the line-up is gradually announced.

The headliner will be announced in July!

Stay tuned ...