See, you knew something was up a couple weeks ago when European booking concern and record label Sound of Liberation announced their first 20th anniversary party and included the name of the host city. SOL Sonic Ride Cologne will take place in Cologne, Germany, on March 29. The newly unveiled SOL Psych Out Karlsruhe is set for the night before, obviously in Karlsruhe. I don’t know that it will or won’t be the last celebration Sound of Liberation will host for their 20th anniversary, but if they’re already doing two, they’ve opened a door to more, either concurrent to Cologne and Karlsruhe or at some other point in the year.

There’s a little lineup overlap between the evenings’ lineups, but if you’re planning on hitting both, I somehow suspect that seeing Colour Haze and Earth Tongue two nights in a row won’t be an issue for you. With Greenleaf, Daily Thompson and Kant featuring on the Karlsruhe bill, you would not call it lacking, in any case. I don’t generally think of those bands as particularly psychedelic, Colour Haze notwithstanding, but it’s their party and they can call it what they want to. A badass assemblage by any other name remains badass.

Of course, Sound of Liberation is well versed in festival-making across a swath of locales. The company in closely involved in a number of fests throughout Europe all year long, and have been essential in shaping the live circuit across the continent. 20 years later, heavy rock and roll on planet earth is better for the work they’ve done. There are very, very few who can make such a claim.

From socials:

SOL PSYCH OUT FESTIVAL

Hey friends,

are you ready to celebrate two decades of heavy riffs?🔥

Mark your calendars for March 28, 2025, and join us at the Jubez Karlsruhe for the first-ever SOL PSYCH OUT festival!

This one-night-only event is all about stoner and psychedelic rock, featuring a killer lineup straight out of the Sound of Liberation universe:

COLOUR HAZE
GREENLEAF
EARTH TONGUE
DAILY THOMPSON
KANT

It’s gonna be intimate but explosive – small venue, big vibes!🪩

🎫Grab your tickets at www.sol-tickets.com

Don’t sleep on it – grab yours before they’re gone!👀

Cheers,
Your Sound of Liberation Crew

https://www.facebook.com/Soundofliberation/
https://www.instagram.com/soundofliberation/
https://www.soundofliberation.com/
http://www.sol-tickets.com

Greenleaf, Live at Westill Fest 2024