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Die Antilopen Gang sucht die schlechteste Punkband der Stadt (Genre egal)

In the organizer's words:

Antilopen Air Band Contest - FAQ

The Antilopen Gang is looking for the worst punk band in town

(Genre doesn't matter)

The Antilopen Gang is looking for the worst punk band in town for its own Open Airs 2025.

punk band in the city. You can win a slot as an opener at an

Antilopen Air and a pallet of canned beer. In detail:

What is an Antilopen Air?

Antilopen Airs - that's the name of the band's very special concert evenings

of the Antilopen Gang in the open air. This year they are taking place in Erlangen,

Dresden, Vienna, Erfurt, Potsdam and Cologne. The atmosphere is still good here,

the asshole rate is low, you are among friends - here we celebrate life

we celebrate life and defy the status quo for an evening. Wonderful!

The Antilopen Gang give their all to make these open-air concerts very special evenings.

evenings:

Panik Panzer plays a DJ set, Danger Dan plays something on the piano, Koljah

Koljah practices as a presenter - and friendly bands, musicians and surprise guests appear everywhere.

surprise guests appear everywhere. Simply wonderful!

And as if that wasn't enough, the Antilopes have come up with something special

something special: their own band contest!

What is the "worst punk band"?

Believe it or not: just a few years ago, the Antilopen Gang were

itself was the worst punk band in town. They thought they were young,

young, dynamic up-and-coming rappers, but anyone who saw one of their gigs back then

can confirm that what we today glorify as "charming" was in fact bad.

was actually bad.

There weren't many gigs - which is also due to the fact that the worst

punk band in town is not usually booked very often. In the case of the Antelope Gang, there was also the fact that the members came from different cities and, depending on the occasion

depending on the occasion.

So if we're looking for the worst punk band in town, let's take it

neither the genre nor the city. The main thing is that you are a

band (even if you're bad) - and feel that you fit in well with our Antilopen Air

fit in.

By the way: You have to be of legal age, otherwise it won't work.

What's the prize?

You can win: a small concert as the opener at one of our Antilopen

Airs 2025 - in Erlangen, Dresden, Vienna, Erfurt, Potsdam or Cologne.

You don't need a long set - a few songs are enough. The Antilopen

audience is friendly and benevolent. They can deal with it when you

obviously bad - they're probably even happy about it. So you can

in front of a larger audience, gain experience and, on top of that

- and on top of that, Antilopen Gang will give you a pallet of canned beer after your show.

pallet of canned beer after your show. Not before!

How does the band contest work?

If you want to take part, send us a short email by 01.07.2025 to:

antilopenairbandcontest@antilopengang.de

Write us:

* your band name

* which city you come from

* links to social media, music etc.

* and very important: a two-minute application video in which you introduce yourself

introduce yourself and play some music.

This video is central to the application - we would like to put it online later

online later to enable a vote.

We'll take a look at everything, make a shortlist and get back to you on how to proceed.

what happens next.

We are looking forward to numerous application videos, we hope to make a band

band, we believe in the necessity of bad punk bands in every city

in every city and hope that maybe some of the opportunities we missed back then

to pass on to new shitty bands today. Have the courage!

Best regards!

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Price information:

What's up for grabs: a small concert as an opener at one of our Antilopen Airs 2025 - in Erlangen, Dresden, Vienna, Erfurt, Potsdam or Cologne. You don't need a long set - just a few songs are enough. The Antilopen audience is friendly and benevolent. They can handle it if you're obviously bad - they're probably even happy about it. So you can try yourselves out in front of a larger audience, gain experience - and on top of that, the Antilopen Gang will buy you a pallet of canned beer after your show. Not before!

Location

Südbrücke Alfred-Schütte-Allee 34 51105 Köln

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