Butserfest

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Butserfest
Status	Active
Genre	Music festival
Frequency	Annually
Location(s)	Butser Hill, England
Inaugurated	15 September 2007 (2007-09-15)
Founder
Most recent	12 September 2015 (2015-09-12)
Next event	10 September 2016 (2016-09-10)
Organised by	East Hampshire County Council
Website	www.butserfest.co.uk

Butserfest is a festival created by East Hampshire District Council.^[1] This music festival is targeted at young people aged 14–20 and is an alcohol/drug-free event. It has become an annual event due to its success in 2007. It is held on Butser Hill opposite Queen Elizabeth's Country Park near Petersfield. Bob Coleman East Hampshire District Council Community and Youth Democracy was one of the key organisers of Butserfest: "The festival ... is aimed mainly at teenagers, those in bands who want a chance to play, and those who love music and find it difficult to travel to other events." The festival supports new upcoming bands but also has some big names.

Previous notable acts that played Butserfest and then went on to make it big include You Me At Six, Bury Tomorrow, Deaf Havana, Lower Than Atlantis, Young Guns, Funeral For A Friend, Mallory Knox, Don Broco, , Marmozets, Hacktivist, Astroid Boys, Heck, Boston Manor, , The One Hundred, Crossfaith, Zoax, Our Hollow Our Home, Shields, Wars and Creeper

2007[]

The debut of Butserfest attracted 700 youths to Butser Hill.

Line up 2007[]

Main Stage
Elliot Minor
Furthest Drive Home
Linchpin
Vallenbrosa
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2008[]

Line up 2008[]

Main Stage
You Me at Six
Not Advised
Plastic Toys
Vallenbrosa
Flexibility

2009[]

The 2009 festival saw the introduction of the new Butserquests. This was a series of shows across East Hampshire looking for the best local bands to play on the main stage at Butserfest. Over 70 local bands registered an interest in playing the festival this year with only a few getting the lucky chance, but other bands were able to play on the ButserQuest Stage who did not win.

Line up 2009[]

Main Stage	LeCarlaButserquest Stage
The Blackout	Vallenbrosa
Go:Audio
We Are the Ocean
Attack! Attack!
Save Your Breath
Malefice

2010[]

Butserfest 2010 took place on Saturday 11 September, tickets were £15 and bands included The King Blues as headliners on the main stage, along with We Are The Ocean, My Passion and Young Guns. Deaf Havana were headliners on the Butserquest stage. The logo colour for 2010 was green. In 2009 it was yellow and in 2008 red.

Line up 2010[]

Main Stage	Butserquest Stage
The King Blues	Deaf Havana
We Are The Ocean
My Passion
Young Guns
Bury Tomorrow
Fei Comodo
Shadows Chasing Ghosts

2011[]

Butserfest 2011 took place on Saturday 17 September.

2011 line up[]

Main Stage	The Lounge Bar Stage
Funeral for a Friend	Alternative Carpark
Young Guns	Entro-P
Deaf Havana	Cubrik
Lower Than Atlantis	Big Red Ass
Bury Tomorrow	Sinuism
We Start Partys	Capital Fuzz
Heart in Hand	Forever Can Wait
Kill Em Dead Cowboy	Lost Souls Club
The Valiant	K'Junga
Follow Wyliss	Skaraman
The Dirty Tricks	In Perfect Silence
The Fringe
This Way Up

2012[]

Butserfest 2012 took place on Saturday 15 September.

Line up 2012[]

Main Stage	Small Town Records and Friends Stage
Kids in Glass Houses
Lower Than Atlantis	Shadows Chasing Ghosts
Yashin	Heart in Hand
Futures	Polar.
Canterbury	The Elijah
Don Broco	Violet
Mallory Knox	Floods
	Death of An Artist
Burn The Fleet	Housefires
Contraband	Prolong the Agony
Spartan
England Road
Midday Committee

2013[]

Butserfest 2013 took place on Saturday 14 September

Lineup of 2013[]

Main Stage	Glory Or Death Stage
We Are The Ocean	Bleed From Within
Mallory Knox	Heights
FVK (band)	Hacktivist
Natives	Marmozets
Arcane Roots	Hildamay
Attention Thieves	Continents
Max Raptor	Palm Reader
Subsource	The Valiant
We Start Partys	Now Voyager
A Tale Of Two Cities	Aurora
The Bottom Line	Set Your Sails
13:32	The Call Back Academy

2014[]

Butserfest 2014 took place on Saturday 13th and was co-headlined by The Blackout and Kids In Glass Houses

Lineup of 2014[]

Main Stage	Alternative Stage
The Blackout	Sonic Boom Six
Kids In Glass Houses	Gnarwolves
	Astroid Boys
George Barnett	Baby Godzilla
Blitz Kids	Black Futures
Tek-One	The Catharsis
I Divide	Our Hollow, Our Home
The Hype Theory	Emp!re
Aurora	When We Were Wolves
Create To Inspire	Saint[The]Sinner
Bourne	Gone By Tomorrow
	At The Lighthouse

2015[]

Butserfest 2015 took place on Saturday 12 September with Don Broco as the main headline act. Bands on the main stage included artists such as Funeral For A Friend, and The Qemists. Other acts included The One Hundred, Our Hollow Our Home and special guests, The Lounge Kittens. A competition ran that allowed ticket holders the chance to win a place to watch bands perform at the Backstage Unplugged Acoustic stage – an exclusive gig for a select group of fans to enjoy their own personal acoustic set by the acts.

Lineup of 2015[]

Main Stage	Alternative Stage
Don Broco	Heck
Funeral For A Friend	Fathoms
Hacktivist	Carcer City
The Qemists	Zoax
The Xcerts
The One Hundred
Our Hollow, Our Home
DIRT
Boston Manor
	Wars
	The Lounge Kittens

2016[]

Butserfest 2016 took place on Saturday 10 September. This year marked the festival's 10 year anniversary, with Mallory Knox and Young Guns as joint headliners.

Lineup of 2016[]

Main Stage	Alternative Stage	Introducing Stage
Mallory Knox	Creeper
Young Guns	Blood Youth
The Qemists	The One Hundred
As It Is	Ashestoangels
Zoax	Casey
WSTR	Area 11
Our Hollow Our Home	Tigress
The Gospel Youth
	Fort Hope

References[]

• The official Butserfest website
• The official Butserfest Twitter
• The official Butserfest Facebook
• The official Butserfest Myspace
• The latest news and events from East Hampshire