Today the 11th edition of Reeperbahn Festival begins and, as each year, we selected some highlights that you shouldn’t miss:

For festival guests:

Pollockocopter – Drone Painting by Cooper Copter, 10.00 a.m., Spielbudenplatz

• paint bombs hurled at a giant screen at 130 km/h

Blossoms (photo), 08.40 p.m., Docks

• They want to be as big as The Smiths and definitely fulfil all the requirements.

Frances, 09.50 p.m., Docks

• A soft pop music voice. A thrilling gospel-like melody.

Matias Aguayo & The Desdemonas, 08.00 p.m., Moondoo

• electronic sounds, reminding of exotic faraway lands.

Bishop Nehru, 09.35 p.m., Moondoo

• A Wunderkind of the american hip hop.

Austrian Heartbeats at Reeperbahn Festival 2016, from 08.00 p.m., Häkken

• The finest indie electro from Austria.

 

For conference guests:

Fireside-Chat with Marcell Jansen, 01.00 p.m., Gruenspan

• Germany’s smartest football player on entrepreneurial spirit.

Jessica Hopper: A Living Female Rock Critic, 05.00 p.m., Schmidtchen

• The future of music is built on diversity and inclusion.

Startups@Reeperbahn, 06.00 p.m., Gruenspan

• Five startups are given the opportunity to present their business to over 60 investors and investment managers.