All About Beats For Love Festival

Ostrava, Czech Republic

Open-air

XL – 20k-50k

Electronic

$$

VIP, Live Music, Casual

+3 Days

Beats For Love Festival is a summer gathering for electro-heads, EDM aficionados, and techno greenhorns from Czech Republic and beyond. 

With its industrial location, 13 stages and blue-blooded lineups, the music event is Czech Republic’s biggest festival. By taking the industrial partying concept to the next level, Beats For Love attracts tens of thousands of music fans from all over Europe.

Here’s everything you need to know about Beats For Love Festival.

The festival takes place in a former coal mine

Scoring an enviable location, Beats For Love calls Dolní Vítkovice its home. An industrial heritage that was once known as a coal mine and iron refinery, Dolní Vítkovice is part of the European Cultural Heritage list.

Beats For Love only speaks the electronic language

Curating lineups is an art, and the electronic festival brings it to an adulation level. With names like electronic powerhouse Armin Van Buuren, the iconic Timmy Trumpet and psytrance duo Vini Vici, it’s not hard to see why Beats For Love is a big gun in Europe’s festival calendar.

There’s a lot to explore in the electronic world, so the fest ensures that audiences will get a taste of all its subgenres.

If you’re into pumping bass sounds, visit the Drum and Bass Stage to see artists like Black Sun Empire and Buunshin. In the mood for some reggae? Check out Vandal and Jacky Murdae on the Reggae 2 Jungle Stage.

Whether it’s electro-swing, hardcore, or techno, there are tons of DJs you can groove to at the festival.

The stage game is something else

Throughout the years, Beats For Love keeps changing its stages to accomodate the ever-changing crowds and increasing number of artists.

When the festival started in 2013, there were only six stages for 200 artists. By 2019, there were 14 stages showcasing more than 400 artists.

Beats for Love sold out their tickets two years in a row

During Beats For Love’s inaugural event, the festival attracted a humble 25,000 festival-goers, but attendance continued to grow steadily.

It was only in when the festival sold out all 42,000 tickets. This happened again when it managed to sell out for two consecutive years – 2018 and 2019.

Beats For Love was the first festival to bring Galantis to the Czech Republic

In 2018, Beats For Love invited electronic duo Galantis, famous for their hits No Money and Peanut Butter Jelly. It was also Galantis’ first performance in the Czech Republic.

You can camp out on the Beats For Love festival grounds

Sick of staying in hotels? Beats For Love offers visitors the chance to camp out on their festival grounds: Love Camp and Love Village.

For Love Camp, you will need to bring your own tent, camping mat, sleeping bag, and other camping essentials. Meanwhile, Love Village provides you with a large tent and entrance for five to eight festival-goers.

Whether you’re sleeping at Love Camp or Love Village, you’ll be provided with amenities like 24-hour reception, access to the Love Pub, and a store selling common items.

Festival-goers can chill at three VIP Zones

In the mood for the VIP treatment? Beats For Love has got you covered.

The festival has a couple of VIP zones for you to have a more comfortable experience while watching the performances. There are three VIP zones available – Love Stage, Gong, and Walkway Under the Furnace.

Love Stage consists of a massive tribune with a terrace close to the stage. With plush seating and a generous bar, this is a full-on VIP experience.

Meanwhile, the Gong zone is a multifunctional auditorium where you can relax and unwind as you marvel at its distinct architectural design. If you want to watch Beats For Love from above, the Walkway Under the Furnace zone will come to your rescue.

Beats For Love is a festival with a good cause

Charity is a big part of Beats For Love. In 2018, the festival organizers donated 300,000 Kč (approx. $13,500) to Strom Života, a hospice that takes care of individuals in the final stages of incurable illnesses.

But the donation wouldn’t have been possible without its festival-goers, who contributed with $6,672.07 through public collection. The funds were used to purchase medical supplies and improve the hospice.