HanseFiSH 2025 Line-Up
From August 7 to 10, 2025, the WAL Beach Bar in Warnemünde will once again transform into a vibrant stage for an exciting mix of music, film, literature, and festival flair. Whether it’s the Music Video Award featuring acts from the Baltic Sea region, spectacular films from the International Ocean Film Tour, a beach party with a DJ collective from Rostock, or literature set against a stunning backdrop – HanseFiSH brings cultural diversity to the beach.
Admission is free on all evenings.
HanseFiSH: Northern European Music Video Awards
7.00pm – 9.30pm
The HanseFiSH is the Northern European answer to the MTV Video Music Awards.
In collaboration with the Hanse Sail, the FiSH Film Festival Rostock presents international music videos from across the Baltic Sea region on August 7th, 2025. Filmmakers and musicians from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland are invited to submit their music videos for the Northern European music video competition. The best video from each country earns a spot in the official competition.
Germany’s entry will be announced during the FiSH Film Festival. The winners of the state-wide music video competition PopFiSH will be given the opportunity to take part in the HanseFiSH. For 2025, FRAUPAUL and director Ashe Schaub secured their place in the line-up with the music video “Burn Out.”
Live Conzert: ephraim
9.40pm – 10.25pm
The winner of HanseFiSH 2024 returns to Rostock.
Copenhagen-based ephraim (formerly known as Raiden) is a writer, actor, poet, musician, model & DJ. Half Ghanaian and half Danish, he was born in London into a sheltered religious family and moved to Denmark in 2014. With roots in pop culture and gospel, he has crafted a unique sound that blends music and storytelling. ephraim’s music is guitar-driven and centered around narrative. He captivated the audience during the first edition of the HanseFiSH Music Video Award with his video for the song “Good Nightmare”, directed by Yas Wadi.
Hanse Sail Fireworks on the beach
1o.30pm
HanseFiSH: International Ocean Film Tour
7.00pm – 10.00pm
Ocean magic on the big screen! Once again this year, the International Ocean Film Tour offers a platform for films – and a voice to those who have something to say. Their stories are powerful, inspiring, and deserve to be shared.
Five films from the current tour will be presented, with Tobias Wolff as host.
HanseFiSH: Beach party
6.00pm – 10.00pm
Two artists from Rostock’s Sugar Crave Kollektivs will rock the WAL bar in Warnemünde on Saturday evening!
6.00pm – 8:00pm: Tante Miri
Driving percussion, rolling basslines, and funky vocals. Aunt Miri combines all of this in her glamorous tech house sets. She played her first set with her b2b partner Fluffi a year ago in the Sugar Crave collective and has since enjoyed a meteoric rise in the Rostock DJ scene. Nothing stands still here!
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8.00pm – 10.00pm: Eloose
Eloose sets the turntables ablaze with a selection of driving house, warm grooves, and deep bass. As part of the still-young Sugar Crave collective, he’s bringing a breath of fresh air to the Rostock scene, and between the sand, sun, and sounds, he’ll keep everyone on the dance floor!
HanseFiSH: HausLese by the sea
7.00pm – 10.00pm
Dune stage for stranded singer-songwriters & scribblers
The most popular reading stage in the world is called that for a reason: For centuries, the HausLese crew has taken to the stage to present their texts and songs – guided through the evening by Tobi and Jens. No topic is too strange, no place too far: the HausLese has taken place anytime, anywhere. The only event it has successfully avoided over the centuries? The Hanse Sail. But who wants to cling to absence? So now, yin and yang, ship and script, foghorn and folksong meet on neutral whale ground.
Hosted by Jens Lippert & Tobi Wolff.
In cooperation with Literaturhaus Rostock.
Moderation by Jens Lippert & Tobi Wolff.
In cooperation with the Literaturhaus Rostock.