Open Ground

Welcome to Open Ground - committed to originality, independence and expanding horizons.

04/06/2026

Saturday, 05.09.2026

1985 Music’s core is essentially rooted in the Drum and Bass but since its inception, it has grown freely, breaking down genre barriers and inviting cross pollination.

The essence of the collective encourages artists to experiment in areas they may not be familiar with, allowing for the spectrum to be broad and open. This is reflected in our label events with DJ sets covering many angles whilst retaining our identity. Playing those weird records, testing that new idea….

Our sound is modern and focussed on low end frequencies. What better way to hear those on one of the most reputable spaces in Europe? The primary focus in the space being sound reflects our ethos and we’re excited to experience that with everyone in the room.

Having longer sets on the night will allow each artist to really dig deep and treat the night as a journey.

SP joins us for a DJ set, bringing his own take on UK Garage / 2step, moving in and out of those lines. Alongside, we have Cesco who blurs genres with his minimalist productions and eclectic sets. A regular at Open Ground and 1985 events, Tasha returns with her genre defying sets tinged in Jungle, D&B, Techno and more. Last but not least, Alix debuts at Open Ground for a mixed set that motions through a hybrid collection of Dubstep/Garage/Techno infused tracks, as well as deep, soulful and rolling Drum and Bass that he is primarily known for

01/06/2026

Saturday, 18.07.2026
Start: 22:00

Freifeld:
Recaved at Open Ground
Dychromatic
Nørbak (live)
Steuert b2b Loris Erdmann

Annex:
Prude at Open Ground
DJ Frank
LAURAVIOLI
Maruhni b2b paaradoxx

Admission 20 € / before 23:00 15 €

Open Ground
Alte Freiheit 25
42103 Wuppertal

29/05/2026

Saturday, 11.07.2026
Start: 21:00

Freifeld:
Elke
Doc Scott
Goldie

Annex:
Bring Your Ass at Open Ground
Viola Klein
K15
late

Admission 30 €

Open Ground
Alte Freiheit 25
42103 Wuppertal

29/05/2026

Live recording of Josey Rebelle’s 4h Freifeld set on 25 April. Dedicated to Tuffi.

Josey’s upcoming residency dates:
— 13 June with Terrence Dixon (live) + The Advent
— 1 August with Kode9 + Juliana Huxtable
— 19 September @ Touching Bass night with Errol, Shy One + Viola Klein

27/05/2026

This Saturday, 30.05.2026
Tikiman & Arthur at Open Ground

„This coming Saturday Tikiman aka Paul St. Hillaire and me return to the booth to perform live together an excursion of our last years Atonal Berlin performance.

From the beginning the main drive for collaborating with Tiki was for me, my curiosity to hear Tikis unique skill to ride riddims in his inimitable way outside of the usual Dub Techno context. Soon as nature by itself through both of our taste and understanding, seeing music genres universal, our performances shifted from Jamaican Dub to current Electronic styles in between some kind of triangle of reduced „grey area“ Techno / Drum & Bass / Halftime & Dubstep territory.

The last years I got obsessed with Gqom & Amapiano, so our set at Atonal was on the one hand a logical excursion into this new global styles but on the other still an ambitious experiment to combine Tiki’s vocalism with these new riddims. Expect current sound system pressure in a live dubwise style..“ Arthur

22/05/2026

Saturday, 11.07.2026

Goldie and Doc Scott at Open Ground!

Open Ground
Alte Freiheit 25
42103 Wuppertal

21/05/2026

Saturday, 04.07.2026
Start: 22:00

Freifeld
Mzansi Bass at Open Ground
DJ Lag
Shannen SP
State OFFF

Annex:
Echidna x Subtle Wreck at Open Ground
Andras_2020 (live)
Miserere Mei (live)
STI ZOI
MYEN
B3CKI

Mzansi Bass at Open Ground celebrates the launch of the forthcoming compilation of the same name, curated by Shannen SP, to be released with Colombian label Tratratrax on the 12th of June.

Built with 100% new material, Mzansi Bass centers artists pushing the boundaries of bass music in South Africa, spotlighting the continuum of radical invention coming out of the region’s electronic sphere. Exploring the hypnotic, darker, bassier sounds in between 3-step, Gqom and experimental Amapiano to form a succinct snapshot of the country’s unique soundsystem culture. Deeply rooted in Black African rave music from the local scenes of Durban, Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Pretoria, Shannen describes it as “electronic music that is embodied, trance inducing and deeply physical.”

With a powerful line up featuring artists on the compilation, this party presents a unique offering of bass music. Durban’s gqom icon DJ Lag, who has collaborated with artists ranging from Moses Boyd to Novelist to Ape Drums and has taken his intoxicating brand of Gqom to clubs all over the world, from Seoul, to Colombia to New York. Shannen SP, whose sets platform the vanguard of the global club underground with recent tours in India and East Asia, and support slots for Arca, Batu and Jamie XX. State OFFF, the Zimbabwe-born and Amsterdam-based artist who has been igniting dancefloors worldwide with his bold productions and high-energy sets, blending Gqom, Baile Funk, Dubstep, and other global sounds, earning him a spot on Mixmag’s „Top 25 Artists to Watch in 2025.“

Expect to hear boundary pushing club music, hybrid genres and lots of unreleased material.

Supported by

Admission 20 € / before 23:00 15 €

21/05/2026

is one of electronic music’s most quietly influential figures - a composer, producer, and engineer whose work has shaped the sonic language of the last four decades.
Trained as a classical percussionist, von Oswald came of age in the early 1980s avant-garde before co-founding the landmark Basic Channel/Maurizio and Rhythm and Sound project with Mark Ernestus. Together they wrote the blueprint for minimal techno and dub-inflected electronic music, records that remain touchstones across virtually every corner of contemporary club culture.

On Saturday, 30.05.2026 Moritz plays at Open Ground for the first time with a 3 hour set.

Start: 22:00

Freifeld:
Lil‘ Louis
Moritz von Oswald
Tikiman & Arthur

Annex:
Agnes Stark
Mariami
Sonae (live)

Admission 25 €

Open Ground
Alte Freiheit 25
42103 Wuppertal

19/05/2026

As one of Detroit’s most adventurous producers, Dixon’s reputation has been built on more than 30 years of wildly
unconventional techno. While his approach is rooted in the classic methodology of his city’s scene, across a heaving discography he speaks a language that’s entirely his own, releasing on some of the most prestigious electronic music labels such as Metroplex, Tresor, Rush Hour, Axis, and Delsin to name a few,

His unique approach to live shows is the same as the music he makes, all original unreleased material expect anything at any time but with a very steady awareness of the dance floor and mind.

Saturday, 13.06.2026
Start: 22:00

Freifeld:
Josey Rebelle
Terrence Dixon (live)
The Advent

Annex:
Callshop Radio at Open Ground
Grinsta
Brennan
Miss Take

Admission 25 €

Open Ground
Alte Freiheit 25
42103 Wuppertal

Adresse

Alte Freiheit 25
Wuppertal
42103

Webseite

https://www.openground.club/en/welcome, https://www.ticketswap.com/location/open-ground/201591

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