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

L–R: Matt Schwarz (LN GSA), Ralph P. Schuler (LN CH), Wolfgang Sahli, Andre Lieberberg and René Götz

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…

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