Mind The Gap Fest: Berlin 2.0 - Stage Bottles

Mind the Gap Fest 2026

The punk festival at Hamburg’s coolest basement club!

2026 Lineup 
STAGE BOTTLES 
BERLIN 2.0 
NOVOTNY TV 
ASTRA ZOMBIES 
SIBBE RAKETE 

STAGE BOTTLES 

Yes, it worked out, and we’re thrilled! The (!) Frankfurt street punk institution—an integral part of the scene since the mid-’90s. Here, class consciousness meets powerful, melodic anthems, occasionally enhanced by Olaf’s distinctive saxophone sound. Via Sterbt Alle Records, the band has just reissued their 2010 classic *Power of Goodbye*—er, *Power For Revenge*—on colored vinyl (Better Red than Dead!). “Punks’n’Skins” isn’t just a hollow phrase here—it’s a living reality. It goes without saying that boneheads and “apolitical” gray-area types who are open to the far right aren’t allowed to join in the dance. They had to cancel in 2025 due to illness, but 2026 will be all the more amazing. “Sometimes Anti-Social, Always Anti-Fascist”—you all know the song, and it’s guaranteed to be played at the Bambi on September 12! 

BERLIN 2.0 
Finally, a new band that all the (good) people can agree on! Post-punk dystopias for the heart. In 2023, BERLIN 2.0 turned heads with their debut album “Scherbenhügel.” Slowly but surely, this album made its way through the punk/hardcore/deathpop/post-punk—and even the metal—scenes across the country, and before long, everyone could sing along to “Benzo Heart”: “I saw the sun explode!” In 2025, Berlin 2.0 (from Stuttgart, of course) took it up a notch with “Kaltental.” They tackle capitalist exploitation and bourgeois fantasies of military buildup. To quote the press release: “Kaltental” is war. Both internally and externally. But it’s also a primal cry for love and solidarity, born of the unwavering conviction that everything can be completely different.” 

NOVOTNY TV 
It’s true love, Coesfeld. Nasty Vinyl. The Devil. Organ. Trash. Surf. Holgi. Death. Plague. Decay. But also: modern music! Since their resurrection in 2022—at the Mind the Gap Fest, of course—NOVOTNY TV has played exactly one other concert outside of North Rhine-Westphalia. So we’re talking about a rare opportunity. And even though we’re not big on repeats: When you get a chance like this, you’ve got to take it, because many of you weren’t even of legal age at the first Mind the Gap Fest. I mean, in terms of mental age, that is. And if I had a time machine, I’d love to check out the NOVOTNY TV and HAMMERHEAD gig at Lobusch in 1996. Although, there were fistfights, plates flew out the window and hit people’s heads outside—so maybe not. So on September 12, the plates better stay in the cupboard; instead, I’ll have to bring the bank manager’s suit. Down with pop culture! 

ASTRA ZOMBIES 
Four lost souls from the haunted North German backwater of Elmshorn—you know, *Nightmare on Elms Street* and all that. The Astra Zombies sound like Jerry Only grew up in the shadow of the Bavaria Brewery in St. Pauli. They drink neighborhood beer from skulls and have appropriated the songs of a band from New Jersey, where a certain Glenn Danzig once sang: “Die Die! Die! My Darling,” and other life-affirming rallying cries. Their live set also includes the “Famous Monsters” from the ’90s—how awesome is that!! Punk and entertainment—do they go together? I’d say: horror punk is entertainment, and with the ASTRA ZOMBIES, it’s at its very finest. This is a ghoul’s night out! 

SIBBE RAKETE 
Sibbe Rakete, writer/musician/father/active FCSP fan, has lived and worked in St. Pauli for 25 years. One of his first bands was called PUTZANGST; his most recent was NOTGEMEINSCHAFT PETER PAN. His novel “Provinzrebellen” was published in 2023. Sibbe listened to plenty of But Alive and Muff Potter in his youth. On September 12, he’ll bring his acoustic guitar and promises “depressing anecdotes and professional amateurism.” Sounds like the perfect kickoff for the Mind the Gap Fest! 

Mind the Gap Fest 2026
Saturday, September 12, 2026 – 7 p.m.
5 favorite bands and artists – hands-on fanzines – record booths – and a few surprises 
Bambi Galore – Öjendorfer Weg 30A – 22119 Hamburg

Physical tickets: 
https://mindthegapfanzine.bigcartel.com

Online Tickets: 

https://bambigalore.stager.co/shop/default