Arvika Festival (Swedish: Arvikafestivalen) was an annual music festival held in Arvika, Sweden. It took place during three days in the middle of July, from Thursday to Saturday, with camping available from the beginning of the week. The non-profit association "Galaxen" (Swedish for "The Galaxy") arranged the festival.
Since the nineties, the festival had built up a tradition of booking many big synth bands. This was initially an unintended side effect: for the first festival in 1992 the arrangers had booked Cat Rapes Dog, Pouppée Fabrikk and S.P.O.C.K. and about 50% of the audience that showed up was actually mostly interested in these bands since no other festival booked many synth acts.[1] However, along with the synth bands, internationally and nationally famous rock and pop acts visit the festival every year, attracting people not only interested in synth music.
In 2006, somewhere between 15000 and 16000 people visited the festival, breaking a new record in ticket sales, and confirming the festival's spot as one of the big ones in Sweden. In 2009 the total number of tickets sold were 22500 including all three-day and one-day passes.
Some of the most famous bands that have visited the festival include (in reverse chronological order):
arvika, festival, swedish, arvikafestivalen, annual, music, festival, held, arvika, sweden, took, place, during, three, days, middle, july, from, thursday, saturday, with, camping, available, from, beginning, week, profit, association, galaxen, swedish, galaxy. Arvika Festival Swedish Arvikafestivalen was an annual music festival held in Arvika Sweden It took place during three days in the middle of July from Thursday to Saturday with camping available from the beginning of the week The non profit association Galaxen Swedish for The Galaxy arranged the festival ArvikafestivalenGenreAlternative rock Pop Electronic music MetalDatesThree days first week of July since 2008 Location s Arvika SwedenYears active1992 2010Since the nineties the festival had built up a tradition of booking many big synth bands This was initially an unintended side effect for the first festival in 1992 the arrangers had booked Cat Rapes Dog Pouppee Fabrikk and S P O C K and about 50 of the audience that showed up was actually mostly interested in these bands since no other festival booked many synth acts 1 However along with the synth bands internationally and nationally famous rock and pop acts visit the festival every year attracting people not only interested in synth music In 2006 somewhere between 15000 and 16000 people visited the festival breaking a new record in ticket sales and confirming the festival s spot as one of the big ones in Sweden In 2009 the total number of tickets sold were 22500 including all three day and one day passes Some of the most famous bands that have visited the festival include in reverse chronological order Depeche Mode Nine Inch Nails 2009 Interpol Slayer Death Cab For Cutie 2008 Bloc Party Infected Mushroom 2007 Franz Ferdinand 2006 New Order 2005 Kraftwerk 2004 Bjork HIM 2003 Soft Cell The Cure Primal Scream Muse 2002 The Sisters Of Mercy Gary Numan Placebo 2001 Motorhead 1999 The Prodigy 1995 Tool Karl Bartos as Elektric Music 1994 Einsturzende Neubauten Die Krupps 1993 In 2010 the lineup contained bands such as Babyshambles and Regina Spektor References Edit Eriksson Karin 2004 Arvikafestivalen 2003 Rapport fran och tankar kring ett dokumentationsprojekt Archived from the original on 2007 06 10 Retrieved 2008 08 04 Coordinates 59 38 58 85 N 12 37 12 07 E 59 6496806 N 12 6200194 E 59 6496806 12 6200194 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arvika Festival amp oldid 981264876, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
