Welcome
Nazis originally aimed to cultivate the village of Jamel to be a “national-socialist model village,” deliberately seeking tenants and landowners who identified with their views. Jamel rockt den Förster began in 2007 when Birgit and Horst Lohmeyer, farm owners in Jamel, refused to tolerate the intolerance. Jamel rockt den Förster exists to show resistance against the Nazi occupation with Democracy and Tolerance being its founding principles.
Find more information about the festival on the History-page and current news on Facebook and Instagram.
Patron of the festival: Manuela Schwesig and till 2021 President of the state parliament MV Birgit Hesse.
The film »JAMEL – Lauter Widerstand«
An artists couple and the german musicscene united in the fight for democracy and tolerance
In the documentary film »JAMEL – Lauter Widerstand« the director Martin Groß shows how the couple Lohmeyer take a stand for democracy and tolerance in the »Nazi-village« Jamel.
View the film here: ARD Mediathek and ardkultur.de.
Questions and Answers
PRESALE AND NEW SHOP
What? A new shop?
For the 2025 festival, we’ve moved. You can now find the shop at tickets.forstrock.de.
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What a party!
We have rocked!
In 2024 the acts on the small stage were:
Friday: Night Laser, LDA Lockdown, XAKHA & AXCION
Saturday: Don Kanaille, Dear Robin, FHEELS, Verbal Fight
Ranger Merchandise
As a true Forstrock-Fan, consider some of our merchandise: Official shirts, bags and patches can be bought for little money via Audiolith!
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The Lineup
The target audience of „Jamel rockt den Förster“ consists primarily of politically interested people who support and celebrate democracy. In this respect, the festival is not comparable to commercial music festivals.
Since 2017 we didn’t announce the line-up until the festival date, so that everyone who is not only interested in the fantastic bands but also in the political message of the festival had a chance to get tickets. This concept worked! Many thanks to all our understanding and dedicated visitors.
