ARTmania Festival’s organizers have announced the tickets for the next Sibiu Festival edition as a premiere in the Romanian entertainment market. For the ARTmania Festival Sibiu 2012, the seventh edition of the Sibiu’s arts festival, tickets are already available.

In 2012, the ARTmania Festival in Sibiu will take place between August 6-12 and will offer art lovers a various cultural program including concerts, exhibitions, workshops and other special events dedicated to the fine arts. All these will take place in the medieval fortress of Sibiu and Sibiu Arena (Camping and Entertainment). The concerts in the Large Square will take place on Friday and Saturday, the 10th and 11th of August.

Our first headliner announced for the seventh edition is confirmed: Die Toten Hosen is coming to Sibiu in August with an impressive record over 30 years of experience: 14 studio albums, over 1,000 concerts and more than 15 million albums sold. The seventh edition of the ARTmania Festival will end its first day of concerts in the Large Square on the rhythms of Germany’s most popular band, in premiere on Romanian ground. Die Toten Hosen will be playing on Friday, around 10 p.m., in the most beautiful public square in Romania. “Pushed Again”, “Hier Kommt Alex”, “Zehn Kleine Jägermeister” and many other well known songs will be listened to live in Sibiu, but also they will present a new material that will be launched in April 2012.

Fans of Delain and Trail of Tears should be aware: they are coming in Romania for the first time this year. The Norwegian Trail of Tears will lead the concerts on Friday, August 10th 2012, while Delain will hit the Large Square stage on Saturday, August 11th. A concert of Dutch band Delain has been a wish expressed by the active members of the ARTmania community. The band’s story began in 2002 when Martijn Westerjolt, ex keyboard player in Within Temptation, along with the charismatic Charlotte Wessels founded Delain and started composing together with other talented musicians, signing in 2005 with RoadRunner Records and beginning to record their first album. Delain will be in Romania for the first time at ARTmania Festival Sibiu 2012, and fans can get ready to listen to new songs. Their third album is already on its way.

The Norwegian band Trail of Tears has been playing since ’94, but has never been to Romania, is spite of its strong fan base. They stated in an interview in 2007 for metalhead.ro that they would really like to play in Romania. With six albums so far and a new one ready to be launched, the artists of Trail of Tears are ready for the meeting in Sibiu’s Large Square in 2012. Trail of Tears have announced late September 2011 that recording for the new album has been finished: “We believe that we have created something extraordinary and can’t wait to share it with you all. Never before has a recording process involved so much blood, sweat and tears!” Trail of Tears fans will listen to new songs at ARTmania 2012.

Refresh this page from time to time to get the latest updates on the line-up and other festival activities. Remember that Tuborg is the official beer at the ARTmania Festival since 2010. This is an event cofinanced by the Local Council of Sibiu through the Town Hall and the Cultural House of Sibiu Municipality. More information is available on the web at artmaniafestival.ro. You can confirm your attendance by buying a ticket as soon as possible and check in our Facebook Event. Rock on!

Tickets can be bought from eventim.ro and myticket.ro, with 80 lei (19 euro) until the end of February 2012. Tickets are also available at the festival site starting with August 6th at 35 euro/pass and 25 euro/day.