We are a collective consisting of a small core crew and a massive amount of helpful hands and friends. Founded in 2017 in Berlin under the name “khisdapaze”. Since 2021 we are officially a registered association (e.V.) and in 2023 we also got the status of being a non-profit organisation. We are committed to foster art and culture. Our goal thereby is to connect people, bring them together and explore and create new spaces to live out subcultures. That's why we are not as interested in just doing usual club parties, instead we want to throw parties in unexpected, unusual locations. Doesn’t matter if that's decayed industrial facilities, magical forest clearings, disused parking garages, left-behind barracks or old bunkers - it’s fun to us changing these disintegrated places to positive and vibrant spaces that represent societal change and cultural diversity.
It all started in October 2016 with a rave in a disused tank barracks close to Bernau, which two of our members organized. After a follow up Open Air in spring 2017, finally six involved people founded “khisdapaze”. The first party officially using the new name took place the same year in an old bunker near Oranienburg. In the following years several raves followed in diverse locations. Gradually increasing in size and level of professionality. After organizing a floor on a larger festival, it became clear to us that we want to try to set up our own festival. And it worked out: in 2022 the first Sägewerk Festival took place in a small private forest lot of a friend hosting 400 beautiful people. The following year we were able to further realize our ambitions this time in the area of the Cottbus-Drewitz airfield. Sägewerk 2.0 was our biggest project until now hosting 1500 people. And we are determined to follow up with many many more festivals to come.
In our events our focus lies on keeping the costs for our guests as low and fair as possible. We attach great importance to counteract the sharp rise in prices and make our events accessible to people who are financially weaker. To realize this goal and still match our high standards for a successful event, we are highly dependent on voluntary work. All members, all honorary and voluntary helpers as well as the registered association are working selflessly. That means that all takings generated through our events will and can be reinvested in future projects.
Cheers and to a good time <3
Click here for our association statutes
Are you the owner of a formerly described location by chance or know some friends of friends who are? Please get in contact with us. We are always looking for more places to work our magic!