"The present day composer refuses to die" said Edgard Varèse, the man that inspired Frank Vincent Zappa to become a composer, Frank being the man that inspires us, every day, as if he was still alive. Frank lives, in us, through us, especially every year in Bad Doberan at the Zappanale when we meet and dedicate ourselves to the best thing in the world (music), almost inseperable from the second-best thing in the world (love), a love that we share and therefore multiply. (C. Frerichs)
Wir bedanken uns bei allen Partnern, auch jenen, die nicht genannt werden wollen!
News
The Scott Thunes Institute for Musical Excellence
Due to a personal matter, Paul Green has made the difficult decision to step back from this year's Zappanale Festival. The concerts will continue as planned under the direction of Paul's Assistant Music Director, and Frank Zappa's former band manager, Scott Thunes, who will be directing the shows under the name "The Scott Thunes Institute for Musical Excellence". Scott has been teaching the students for the past year and we are looking forward to a new chapter of excellent shows.
6th KlangART Vision: Future music meets cultural history in Saxony-Anhalt
From May 4 to July 19, 2025, KlangART Vision celebrates contemporary music in Saxony-Anhalt at historic venues throughout the state. "Without music, life would be a mistake" is the motto of the 6th edition.
I unfortunately have some bad news to share with you. About 3 weeks ago we received the news that Z3 cannot come to Zappanale 2025. The reason for this is a scheduling conflict with frontman Tim Palmieri. This had not yet happened at the time of our negotiations. We have been assured that unfortunately nothing can be done about this, Tim would lose his main job if he came to Zappanale.
This creates a few problems for the organization of Zappanale and also for me and you who donated. I have therefore decided to have the amount donated refunded to each of you via the Gofundme platform. Unfortunately, for reasons I cannot understand, this is not possible. Once the money has been paid out, a refund is not possible. If any of you find out otherwise on Gofundme, please let me know, that would be the cleanest and easiest solution to the problem.
In cooperation with the Arf Society, I was able to fill the gap in the program quickly and safely. I was able to hire Chato with his new band 'Zapped' and the band 'Dangerous Kitchen' as replacements. I could close the financial gap that this would create in the Zappanale budget with part of your donations. I can understand if some or even many of you don't want that, because the reason for your donation was the band Z3.
Almost everyone I have been able to speak to personally so far has allowed me to use the donated money. However, since I only know a small proportion of the donors personally, I am turning to you this way. Of course, I will refund everyone who wants it the full amount of their donation, minus 2.9%, which Gofundme has already withheld in advance. Please consider whether you want to make a small contribution to financing the bands.
You can contact me via the platform and we will find a way to pay out, in cash at the Zappanale, or by bank transfer beforehand. As you can imagine, the whole thing is a really big bummer for me!!!! Take a moment to think about it and make a suggestion as to how you can best manage it. I need around €3000 for the bands, part of which has already been promised to me. I know that sounds a bit vague but I don't know how I can do it differently.
Call me, Georg 01775667849. Despite everything, ARF, ARF, ARF.
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Robert Martin Would you like to support his medical recovery?
Robert Martin (the healthiest guy on earth, one might think) had to undergo emergency surgery. Everything went well and he is already recovering from the operation. We wish him all the best and a quick and full recovery.
However, the operation has left quite a hole in his finances, so Dot Stein has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help Robert over the hill.
If you want, you can also donate directly to his PayPal account MMM/LGNAAA via the QR code below.
Valentina Scheldhofen Ciardelli - traveling with musical instruments
Valentina Scheldhofen Ciardelli, who will be performing at the upcoming Zappanale with her new trio 'Ciardelli-Drago-Strano', has been fighting for years with airlines that are making travelling with musical instruments increasingly difficult. At the moment, the focus is on raising awareness of the problem. She will soon be creating a petition with the musicians' union that everybody can support then. You can keep up to date on the topic on Valentina's social media. Here is her appeal with the article from 'The Telegraph':
Dear all,
I’m happy to inform you that 'The Telegraph' recently reached out to interview me regarding the ongoing issue of 'traveling with musical instruments'. We discussed the need to simplify procedures and adjust baggage allowances for travelers with instruments, both small and large.
Following my numerous efforts with the Musicians' Union, we continue to advocate for rights and changes with airlines and airports to ensure smoother, more appropriate travel conditions for our profession. Our goal is to ensure musicians face fewer obstacles and unnecessary costs when transporting their instruments.
I hope you will all support this important cause. Attached, you’ll find the article that 'The Telegraph' published on the subject.
Enjoy the read and wishing you all a happy New Year!
Dear Zappanale fans, Every guest using the campsites needs the combination of:
Camping Ticket + Parking Pass (either Green or Sun Camp) see below.
Camping + car at the Suncamp
The camping ticket can be booked from 2-6 days. The campsite is open from Tuesday 15.07.2025 - Monday 21.07.2025
The use of the toilets and showers, as well as the spa tax are included.
Camping at the Suncamp
The camping ticket can be booked from 2-6 days. The campsite is open from Tuesday 15.07.2025 - Monday 21.07.2025
The use of the toilets and showers, as well as the spa tax are included.
We offer the tent & two-wheeler ticket for a flat rate for all days
Camping + car at the Greencamp
The campsite is open from Tuesday 15.07.2025 - Monday 21.07.2025
The use of toilets and showers, electricity and the tourist tax are included.
Overnight stay in the day parking lot
For our day guests (also pupils & students and social) we offer the possibility for 1 overnight stay in the vehicle on the day parking lot without additional structures (awning or similar)
The ticket for the overnight stay on the day parking lot is only available at the day or evening box office!
Download area flyers & posters
Dear Zappanale fans,
when things have to be done quickly...
You want to go to an event spontaneously and want to draw attention to the Zappanale by distributing flyers or putting up a small poster but you don't have either at home?
In the future this will no longer be a problem, because we offer you the possibility to print flyers in DIN A5 format (two on one DIN A4 page) and posters in DIN A4 format yourself.
Thank you for your support! Music is the best! Your Zappanale Team
Actually, the faeces are the contrast medium solution in our vigorous body and Frank Zappa is my positive contrast medium that I have incorporated into my body. Frank Zappa has his very own pedestal now that being dead is so easy to be. Will he see him again, the visitor to this town by the sea? He should smoke and wear a pen; both are granted. Because every arrival presumes a confusion, there are many who carry another with them. The fan and his idol depict the idol and himself, inside and further out in this town by the sea. Everyone knows his city. It was Baltimore where Frank Vincent Zappa was born and it is Hollywood that Zappa died within perceptible proximity. Was it really like that? Didn't I just see Frank Zappa here on the horizon in a rare (but what can be rare here) in the middle of a mirage? Hi, Frank..."It can't happen here!" But this city hasn't pretended anything, many have erected a bronze bust of Frank Zappa here. It is very real and not a mirage when a human approaches from the far-off part of a landscape, as many, far too many have done that day.
Americans, English, Czechs, Hungarians, Brandenburgers, Saxons, just Zappa fans. It's possible here in the east that fans keep that particular Z-cult alive with all its outsider airs, but there never would have been a band Mothers Of Invention in a small town eastbound. Here, in addition to the conviction, it was the reality that cynically stood by, confiscated ZAPPA's crazy records and simply took the guy who was listening to this music out of life. Because every authority has understood their meaning very well, not only because Zappa's attitude can be heard clearly. This meteorologist's son was a terrified citizen and kept his head up. Even then, when Zappa was finally able to rise from the underrated US underground to the outstanding moment of pop culture with hits like "Bobby Brown" and "Valley Girl". Yes, the renewed Ur - Vater - Mirage of the counter-culture stands here in the far north in the heat and in the sand. Frank Zappa has his very own pedestal - now that everything is so easy, everyone in this place revolves ABSOLUTELY FREE around this man from hell. There are freaks surrounding his current state with beer and banners. The plush parrot above his marble skull snarls arf-arf-arf when siblings Bob and Candy Zappa pull the sheet off the bust. Some have tears in their eyes, others touch their taches as if to assure themselves that they are present. But since local politicians don't fit into any Zappa mirage and don't even make a local absurdity with their parade of congratulations and memorial stones, they, like the vegetables at their feet, make their way into a glorious perspiration. Everything goes to the veterans of the band Mothers Of Invention "Thank you, Frank, for being different". Here, too, Frank Zappa remains a critical person, who wasn't always easy and sometimes a little weird! Says who? An American on site translated: "A visionary human being!" and what next? Many years ago, a young K. heard the first Zappa record in this place. In 1990 this Mr. K. founded the Zappanale, and the Arf-Society became the registered association for Zappatists, soon all over the world. This gigantic growth really tempted to erect a monument to the idol, yes, a monument as absurd as a mirage....because a Zappa monument appears on a blue-curved surface here in the middle of the town by the sea... But for every Zappa fan, the senseless is just another air of grace on this stage of in-significance. So the chronicle says: culture committee-city council-citizen discussion-monument dispute! Yes, give us a bust for the folk poet E.W.! But don't we finally want something unreal absurd? Yes, of course. In the end, the elevated policy unanimously agrees. Very Zappa established.
... yes, let the Czech Vaclav C. model a little Frank Zappa for us, in final artistic quality, so this fellow artist and fan freak makes it real. Everyone coming from the train station has to pass him. The dead live, but it's good to be dead once in a while. But Zappa laughs from his all-too-bar-squatting pedestal, and he's by no means embarrassed when he's kissed early in the morning. In the spa gardens of the freshly recovered worker from the old days and always with a cathedral on his back, in a town by the sea. Alas, in its affection East, like West, like North and South, was overripe for the Zappa Frank asteroid, which in meaningful association made unique records, the meaning of which is understood because every kind of hidden subtle mockery is clearly translatable. Zappa's philosophy still orbits our planet in its own insulting way. But also Zappa comes from reality, and the power of all his works comes from the protection of his extended family. Even now, it is as imperturbable as a whale soaring into the sky. Will I dream? This year at the racecourse of a town by the sea at Zappanale number 13? There will be e-guitar solos again, which don't have a pre-existing, but an open form, and all the bands with mirage like names like the Lewinskys, Landplage, Beistelltische, Dwarf Nebula, Cosmic Debris, Ozric Tentacles... Without this attitude, the special cult surrounding rock star Frank Zappa would never be so new and would never be proof that a freak was present here at the Zappanale in a town by the sea. In the summer sun festival, directly behind a mirage. Because Frank Zappa used to hire every musician, then completely revamp them and throw them out again - Arf.Arf.Arf - many personalities exist in his Zappa-cunning name today. There's Ike Willis and Don Preston, Roy Estrada, Mike Keneally, Bob and Thana Harris, Napoleon Murhy Brock, and the Indian Jimmy Carl Black. Everyone celebrates the songs properly and without hesitation in the confusion on stage. I see someone dancing to the rhythm here in the background, singing along to every word to the letter, even though he can't sing or dance. This rock 'n' roll is common to all. Everyone plays the Zappa song. He now stays everywhere all over the little town by the sea. "Are there pigeons in Bad Doberan?" asks someone from the Zappa clan in the state-approved spa, yes there is...some fan crowd and the spirit of Frank Zappa, sent out over all of us. But the rest of the world seeps indignantly into shared toilets, from the walls of which Zappa can look down on every excitement.
"Stick it out." Frank Zappa-1940-1993 A. Cant 2002
General Terms and Conditions (GTCs) for the Zappanale 2025
& and parts of Safety concept for Bad Doberan racecourse (Stadt DBR)
Admission; admission control 1. access to the event site is only possible with a valid ticket or an intact festival or day wristband ("wristband"). The ticket must be exchanged for the wristband at the ticket office on first entry. Visitors who leave the event site will only be granted re-entry if they are wearing a sealed, undamaged wristband around their wrist. 2. the wristband is not transferable. Unsealed or manipulated wristbands lose their validity. 3. a security check may be carried out by the security service on site when entering the event site (e.g. vehicle checks, bag checks). The security service is instructed to carry out body and bag searches on visitors, particularly when entering the festival grounds. Visitors agree to this. 4. a ban on bags larger than DIN A4 applies throughout the festival site, including all bags, rucksacks and similar containers brought onto the site. 5 The organizer reserves the right to refuse a visitor admission to the event site for good cause or to exclude the visitor from the event. Good cause includes, but is not limited to, the carrying of prohibited objects, an obviously heavily intoxicated state of the visitor, if the visitor is obviously under the influence of drugs or if the visitor has an obviously homophobic, sexist, racist or inhuman attitude. Admission will also be refused if the protection of minors is violated. If there is an important reason for refusing admission for which the visitor is responsible, the ticket and wristband will lose their validity and the admission price will not be refunded.
Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen (AGB´s) für die Zappanale 2025
& Teile aus der Sicherheitskonzeption Rennbahn Bad Doberan (Stadt DBR)
Einlass; Einlasskontrolle 1. Der Zutritt zum Veranstaltungsgelände ist nur mit gültigem Ticket oder unversehrtem Festival- oder Tagesbändchen („Wristband“) möglich. Beim ersten Einlass ist das Ticket an der Kasse gegen das Wristband einzutauschen. Besuchern, die das Veranstaltungsgelände verlassen, wird erneuter Einlass nur gewährt, wenn sie ein verschlossenes, unversehrtes Wristband um das Handgelenk tragen. 2. Das Wristband ist nicht übertragbar. Unverschlossene oder manipulierte Wristbands verlieren ihre Gültigkeit. 3. Beim Zutritt zum Veranstaltungsgelände kann eine Sicherheitskontrolle durch den Ordnungsdienst vor Ort durchgeführt werden (z.B. Fahrzeugkontrollen, Taschenkontrollen). Der Ordnungsdienst ist angewiesen, insbesondere beim Betreten des Festival Geländes eine Leibes- sowie Taschenvisitation bei den Besuchern vorzunehmen. Die Besucher erklären sich damit einverstanden. 4. Auf dem gesamten Festivalgelände gilt ein Taschenverbot größer als DIN A4.Dazu gehören sämtliche mitgebrachte Taschen, Rucksäcke und ähnliche Behältnisse. 5. Der Veranstalter behält sich das Recht vor, einem Besucher den Einlass zum Veranstaltungsgelände aus wichtigem Grund zu verweigern oder den Besucher von der Veranstaltung auszuschließen. Als wichtiger Grund gilt insbesondere aber nicht abschließend, das Mitführen von verbotenen Gegenständen, ein offensichtlicher stark alkoholisierter Zustand des Besuchers, wenn der Besucher offensichtlich unter Drogeneinfluss steht oder der Besucher eine offensichtlich homophobe, sexistische, rassistische oder menschenverachtende Einstellung hat. Bei Verletzung des Jugendschutzes wird der Einlass ebenso verweigert. Besteht ein vorbenannter wichtiger Grund für die Einlassverweigerung, den der Besucher zu vertreten hat, verlieren des Ticket und Wristband ihre Gültigkeit, der Eintrittspreis wird nicht erstattet.
Prohibited items The following are prohibited on the festival grounds - Glass bottles of any kind in any form (including perfume bottles), - Camel bags, canisters, plastic bottles, PET bottles, cans (including hairspray, deodorant etc.) and other drinking containers - Backpacks and bags larger than DIN A4, umbrellas - Drugs of all kinds in accordance with the Narcotics Act (BtMG) - own food, food with the exception of "sweets" (chewy and lollipops, fruit gums, cookies, etc.), as well as baby and infant food - Drinks of all kinds, with the exception of guests with diabetes, for example, on presentation of a medical certificate or corresponding ID. Also excluded are drinks for babies and small children - Chains, flagpoles, sticks (except for people with walking disabilities) - cartridge belts - Animals/pets - Weapons of all kinds (also in the technical sense) - laser pointers - So-called selfie sticks - Fireworks, flares, pyrotechnic objects, sparklers, sky lanterns - Incendiary or fire-inducing material - Whistles, vuvuzelas, megaphones - CS gas, pepper spray - Drones - Clothing with an anti-constitutional background, especially if they are under observation by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution or are subject to bans due to anti-constitutional publications - Dangerous objects of any kind
- without prior written permission, photo, film or video cameras or other recording devices which, due to their equipment, type and size, are obviously not for private use only.
The organizer is entitled to temporarily store and take possession of prohibited items or to expel the visitor in question from the event grounds.
Domiciliary rights; rules of conduct; photography and filming Domiciliary rights are exercised by the organizer and its stewards and security personnel. The instructions of the organizer's staff must be followed. In addition, the current notices and safety instructions on site apply. Every visitor must behave in such a way that no one else is harmed, endangered, hindered or inconvenienced. Visitors are prohibited from carry prohibited objects on the event site, use physical violence against other visitors, the organizer's staff or other third parties to urinate or relieve themselves outside the toilets, to engage in commercial activities, marketing campaigns or advertising measures without the prior written consent of the organizer to carry out advertising measures of any kind, i.e. the promotion of a product, service, ideology or religion, a trade union or party, a company or brand, the distribution or presentation of political or religious content in any form (e.g. on books, flyers, banners, signs, electronic devices, etc.) to enter areas and rooms that are not open to visitors are not permitted After midnight, the volume of music systems must generally be reduced to a level that is acceptable to the camping community. Generators may only be operated if and as long as they are safe to operate, there is no danger to the environment, the exhaust fumes do not endanger any persons and no other guest feels disturbed by the noise.
Barbecuing
is permitted, open fires and campfires are prohibited. The unauthorized construction of fireplaces in camping areas or parking lots is prohibited due to the resulting fire hazard. Only tested and technically flawless charcoal lighters, gas cartridges, gas bottles (only permanently installed in the camper) and barbecue equipment purchased in stores are permitted. All gas appliances must be in perfect technical condition and comply with the German DIN standard. Only gas cartridges (piercing and valve cartridges) up to a maximum filling weight of 450g and gas cylinders up to 5kg may be used. Liquid gas systems installed in vehicles must have a valid gas pressure test. Only barbecue food may be placed on the burning barbecue and nothing other than barbecue food may be thrown onto the glowing coals, especially not gas cartridges. After barbecuing, the charcoal must be allowed to burn out. Sudden extinguishing with water produces large quantities of hot steam, which can cause scalding. It is forbidden to pour charcoal onto the lawn to burn it out. Barbecues may be prohibited for safety reasons during storms or similar weather conditions. If a fire breaks out, the security service must be informed immediately, even if the fire can be extinguished Generators with an output power of up to 2 KW are permitted in the parking and camping areas if they are in perfect condition and, in particular, do not leak oil or fuel. Operation is permitted until midnight. A maximum of 5 liters of fuel may be carried in additional tanks per vehicle. Power units must be used in perfect technical condition. Only units that have been tested and approved in the Federal Republic of Germany may be put into operation.
Photography
for private use with cell phones is permitted. The personal rights of third parties must be respected at all times. The making of film or sound recordings of any kind and their publication online or offline without the permission of the organizer is prohibited. Visitors who culpably violate the above rules of conduct or rules of conduct may be expelled from the event site by the organizer and banned from the premises. If a visitor commits or attempts to commit a criminal offense at Zappanale (e.g. drug dealing, assault, theft, sexual assault, etc.), the visitor will be expelled from the event grounds immediately and without warning and the matter will be reported to the police.
If there is an aforementioned important reason and the organizer expels the visitor from the venue, the ticket and wristband lose their validity and the admission price will not be refunded. Anyone who culpably violates these GTC shall be liable to compensate the organizer for any resulting damages.
The traffic, escape and rescue/fire protection routes are marked by barrier tape/flags and signs - it is not permitted to park or camp on these routes. Violations will be cleared or towed away for a fee.
Protection of minors The provisions of the law for the protection of young people in public apply to every event. Children and young people may only enter the festival grounds if accompanied by a person with parental authority or a person with parental responsibility. A person with parental authority is any person over the age of 18 who, on a permanent or temporary basis, performs educational duties on the basis of an agreement with the person with parental authority or who looks after a child or young person in the context of education or youth welfare (§ 1 Para. 1 No. 4 JuSchG). Admission is free for children up to and including the age of 16. The organizer is entitled to refuse children and young people admission to the event if there are sufficient indications that the person with parental authority or guardianship is not fulfilling their duty of care to the required extent.
Liability Visitors stay on the camping and event site at their own risk. The organizer, its legal representatives or its vicarious agents shall only be liable in cases of intent or gross negligence. The above limitation of liability does not affect the liability of the organizer for the breach of essential contractual obligations, even in the case of simple negligence, but limited to the foreseeable and contractually typical damage. Essential contractual obligations are obligations whose fulfillment is essential for the proper execution of the contract and on whose compliance the contractual partner regularly relies and may rely. The above limitations of liability do not apply to damages resulting from injury to life, body or health, or insofar as the organizer has fraudulently concealed a defect or assumed a guarantee and for cases of liability under the Product Liability Act. In accordance with the above limitations of liability, the organizer is not liable for lost or damaged items. Parking in designated parking spaces or the camping area is at your own risk.
Right to one's own image The organizer and third parties commissioned by it are entitled to make image, sound and audiovisual recordings of the visitors ("recordings") during the events without remuneration for the persons depicted and to use them or have them used in any way, without restriction in terms of time, place and content, in all known and future audiovisual media. This includes in particular the use and exploitation of the recordings in digital form and in online media (in particular on the Internet and there on the organizer's own website, YouTube channels and social media channels of the organizer and its licensees, agents and legal successors), in print media (in particular magazines, brochures, catalogs, presentations, newsletters, printed and/or collective works), in the form of TV commercials and trailers or in editorial contributions, on image and sound carriers of any kind (in particular CD, DVD, BluRay, memory sticks), on other data carriers and in databases, at trade fairs and events and for advertising purposes. This includes in particular the right to use, distribute, exploit, publicly perform, broadcast, reproduce, archive, make available on demand and make publicly accessible the recordings. The recordings may be modified, altered, color edited, cut or used and exploited together with other content such as images, video, audio and text elements as well as graphics as described above. All rights may also be transferred or sublicensed to third parties for the above purposes. As the recordings also involve personal data, the information on data processing and the rights of the persons depicted in accordance with the GDPR from the privacy policy applies.
Final provisions German law shall apply exclusively. The organizer reserves the right to change these GTC if there is a valid reason for a change. A valid reason exists in particular if the amendment is necessary in order to (a) react to legal requirements that came into force after the conclusion of the contract, (b) to supreme court rulings or (c) to a change in market conditions in the entertainment and festival industry; (d) to eliminate doubts of interpretation that have arisen; or (e) if an expansion of the offer makes the amendment necessary. The changes shall be deemed to have been accepted by the visitor if he/she does not object to the changes by e-mail to [-] within a period of one (1) month from receipt of the announcement of the changes. If the user does not agree to the changes, he/she shall be entitled to terminate the contract without notice until the time at which the change comes into effect. In the e-mail announcing the changes, the organizer shall inform the user separately of the significance of the four-week period, his right to object to the change and the legal consequences of his silence. The old GTC shall continue to apply to legal acts performed prior to the amendments. Should any provision of these GTC be invalid in whole or in part, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. The EU Commission has created an internet platform for the online settlement of disputes. The platform serves as a contact point for the out-of-court settlement of disputes regarding contractual obligations arising from online purchase contracts. Further information is available at the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. The organizer is neither willing nor obliged to participate in a dispute resolution procedure before a consumer arbitration board.
Wih the buying the ticket, the visitor has agreed to the Zappanale - Festival Terms and Conditions and these Visitor, Parking and Camping Regulations
When arriving at the terrain, the question arises: Sun- or Greencamp? Each has its advantages. The Sun-Camp is brighter during the day, the GreenCamp darker at night. The on-site guides will certainly help you decide.
The campsite is equipped with sanitary facilities from Wednesday to Monday. Please check the current announcements.
You prefer a real bed? Bad Doberan and the surrounding region offer accommodation in all price categories. The Zappanale takes place in a summer vacation region, so you have a clear advantage as an early booker. Please ask at the tourist information.
Whether you are coming from Hamburg, Berlin or Bratislava, heading for Rostock is the right decision. If Bad Doberan is indicated as the next stop, this is the time to prepare for the exit. When you arrive in Rostock, get on the next regional express in the direction of Wismar, which you then leave in: Bad Doberan.
From there you have several options: Traditionally with the Molli train, it stops directly at the festival area, or you can get a ride from one of the easily recognizable Zappanale fans. You can meet them at the Zappa monument or at the nearby supermarket - both are five minutes away from the train station.
Your navigation device will surely bring you to the racecourse (54.124677,11.869512) in Bad Doberan. If you don't have a navigation system: Exit Bad Doberan, direction Bad Doberan/Heiligendamm.
from direction Hamburg/Hannover: A1 towards Lübeck, at the Lübeck interchange take the A20 towards Rostock, exit Bad Doberan.
from Berlin: A19 in the direction of Rostock, at the Rostock interchange take the A20 in the direction of Lübeck/Wismar, exit Bad Doberan.
In Bad Doberan - at the first major crossing with traffic lights - turn right in the direction of Kühlungsborn/Heiligendamm and pass the Frank Zappa monument (about 100m after the crossing).
The racecourse is halfway between Bad Doberan and Heiligendamm, first you have to pass the festival area. If you are not the first, this is easy to recognize. In the following traffic circle you take the last exit and can slowly switch to live music mode.
You arrive by plane? Then Hamburg oder Berlin (Tegel/Schönefeld) are the airports from which Bad Doberan can be reached the fastest. By train it takes about 3-4 hours from both airports.
There is a smaller airport in Rostock (about 50 km from Bad Doberan), which is mainly used by domestic airlines.
We are very happy about the establishment of our special stop, which is set up by the Mecklenburgische Bäderbahn Molli GmbH especially for the Zappanale.
