Querbeat was founded in 2001 as a school band of the
Kardinal-Frings-Gymnasium in Bonn-Beuel. In the first years the band played on city events mainly in Bonn and the area around Bonn. In 2007 they started to play in the Cologne Carnival. Querbeat became known by playing on Carnival shows and on TV programs broadcast by the
WDR radio and television. In the season 2017/18 the band had 180 gigs. In November 2010, Querbeat published their first song
Colonia Tropical, followed by
Allez Olé Alaaf (2011),
Stonn op un danz (2012),
Hück oder nie (2013) and
Nie mehr Fastelovend (2014). The first album
Cuba Colonia was released in 2014, which contains
Cover versions of famous Carnival songs in
latin american style. Querbeat received a Golden Jazz Award for the Album in 2019. Their first album with lyrics and music written exclusively by themselves was
Fettes Q in 2016. Since 2017, this album is also available as a live DVD
Fettes Q: Live im Palladium. In the same year the band started their first tour through Germany. On 12 October 2018, the second album
Randale & Hurra was released. It was the band's first Top 10 album in the German Music Charts. On 23 July 2021, the band's third album
Radikal Positiv was released. It entered the Germany Music Charts at number 2. In 2018 the band performed for the first time at some major German Festivals. Also several TV-appearances and their biggest tour to that point increased their popularity all over Germany. 2019 took Querbeat to even bigger festivals. They performed at
Lollapalooza Berlin (Germany),
Hurricane Festival (Germany),
OpenAir St. Gallen (Switzerland) and
Donauinselfest Vienna (Austria) among others. In 2022 Querbeat started their festival season in front of 25.000 fans performing at their own festival "Randale & Freunde" in Bonn. After that they performed at
Nova Rock (Austria),
Deichbrand (Germany),
Parookaville (Germany),
Tollwood (Germany), and Río Babel (Spain). 2019 == Discography ==