Z7 Konzertfabrik, Music venue in Pratteln, Switzerland.
Z7 Konzertfabrik is a music venue in Pratteln with a main hall that holds roughly 1600 people. The space features modern sound and lighting systems designed to support different types of live performances.
In 1994 the former container warehouse at Kraftwerkstrasse 7 was converted into a concert hall; the first shows that November featured the Spencer Davis Group, Slayer and Machine Head. The venue grew out of promoter Norbert Mandel's decision to give his Zack association a fixed home. In 2005 the hall, previously rented for 120,000 francs a year, passed into the venue's ownership, and it has operated without public subsidies since.
The Z7 takes its name from Kraftwerkstrasse 7, its address in Pratteln's industrial zone. Since 2000 it has hosted the multi-day Metal Dayz festival, later followed by Up in Smoke from 2013 and the Z7 Summer Nights open-air concerts on the forecourt from 2015. About 16 percent of visitors come from Germany and France.
The venue is close to public transportation, making it easy to reach by bus or train. You can check the event schedule and buy tickets online, which helps with planning your visit.
The hall was converted in 1994 from a former container storage building at Kraftwerkstrasse 7, which gave the club its name. For its 25th anniversary in November 2019, the Z7 counted over 2,500 concerts and about 1.4 million visitors since opening.
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