Live Nation Switzerland acquires Openair Frauenfeld
Openair Frauenfeld, Europe's leading hip-hop event and one of Switzerland's biggest festivals, has joined LN's growing global stable of 90+ music festivals
News By | 10 July 2017
Live Nation has acquired a majority stake in Openair Frauenfeld, Europe’s largest hip-hop festival. It is Live Nation’s seventh buy-out or equivalent this year, and follows the acquisition of a controlling stake in Isle of Wight Festival in the UK in March.
Held annually in the Allmend park in Frauenfeld, Thurgau (Thurgovia), since 2004, Openair Frauenfeld began life as rock/pop festival Out in the Green, hosting big-name headliners including The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Bob Dylan and REM. It last…