Parkenfestivalen
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![]() The Prodigy at Parkenfestivalen 2012. | |
Genre | Rock, HipHop, R&B, Rap, Jazz, Blues, Metal |
Dates | Friday and Saturday, third weekend of August. |
Location(s) | Bodø, Norway |
Years active | 2006- |
Website | http://www.parkenfestivalen.no/ |
Parkenfestivalen is an outdoors festival that takes place in Bodø, Norway every year in August. This has been a tradition ever since 2006, and the festival only gets bigger every year. The festival is held in a park called Rensåsparken. In the beginning the people organizing the festival only expected about 2500 paying visitors, but already the first year many more came. This year[when?] it was sold out about 8 months before it took place. The target group for the festival is mainly young adults and adults.
About Rensåsparken[]
Rensåsparken is a park close to the center of Bodø. During the year the park is a popular place where people have picnics, take walks and just hang out.
Stages[]
This festival has several stages, the main stage, the «park-stage» and the «lairo-stage». The main stage is the biggest, and it is here you will find the most known artists. At the «lairo-stage» you will often find different dj´s, this stage is located at the top of the park, here there is fewer people and the atmosphere is more intimate. At the «park-stage» local artists often perform, some of these are well known among the citizens of Bodø, whilst other might be performing for the first time.
Development[]
The parkenfestival started in 2006, and has only gotten bigger since that. The first time the festival had hoped for about 2500 paying guests, but the first day over 5000 showed up, and on the second day 7500. During the years the artists has become more international, compared to the first years when they had a lot of Norwegian and Scandinavian artists.
Parken Live[]
Parken Livve is all part of the Park festival which holds concerts several times a year . Parken Live has hosted several major concerts with famous artists such as Circus Eliassen, Kaizers Orchestra and Karpe Diem . In 2013, Parken Live arrange concerts with famous artists like Wiz Khalifa, Lissie and Donkeyboy. The concerts are held on several premises like Sinus, Bodø Spektrum and Kulturhuset.
Media[]
“Parkenavisa” is a newspaper that deals with everything that goes on during the upcoming Festival Park . Here can you find useful information about the various artists and bands, advertisements of sponsors, and interviews with some of the artists . “Parkenavisa” is published as an appendix in the newspaper “Avisa Nordland” around one month before the Park festival starts. In the “parkenavisa” of 2013, you can find a lot of stuff, like interviews, the tradition with drink holders, advertisements from the various sponsor and some information about the various artists and bands.
“Park festival” is a major event that happened in Bodø. The newspapers “Avisa Nordland”and “Bodø Nu” are two of the biggest newspapers that write about everything that happens before, during and after the “Park festival”. They write about artists that are coming, reviews, and other stuff that is related to “Park festival” . The newspaper “Avisa Nordland” is one of the sponsors of the “Park festival”.
Headliners 2013[]
USA 50 Cent
NOR Halvdan Sivertsen
AUS Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
USA Monster Magnet
NOR Kvelertak
USA Woven Hand
NOR Vamp
USA Rival Sons
SWE Graveyard
NOR Morten Abel
NOR Christel Alsos
Headliners 2012[]
NOR Jarle Bernhoft
NOR Hurra Torpedo
USA The Presidents
NOR Seigmenn
SWE Roxette
SWE
NOR Hellbillies
NOR Sirkus Eliassen
SWE Opeth
NOR Kaizers Orchestra
ENG The Prodigy
Headliners 2011[]
UK Lissie
SWE Robyn
SWE Håkan Hellström
NOR Motorpsycho
NOR Sepultura
NOR Ida Maria
NOR
USA
USA The Hooters
USA
USA Iggy & the Stooges
Headliners 2010[]
USA Kelis
NOR Thomas Dybdahl
NOR Karpe Diem
USA Alberta Cross
NOR DumDum Boys
UK
NOR
FRA Gojira
SWE The Soundtrack of Our Lives
NOR Sivert Høyem
UK Suede
Headliners 2009[]
WAL Manic Street Preachers
USA N.E.R.D.
SWE The Hives
USA Grant-Lee Phillips
NOR Röyksopp
NOR BigBang
NOR Noora Noor
NOR deLillos
CAN Danko Jones
NOR
NOR
Headliners 2008[]
NOR Madrugada
USA The Roots
UK The Waterboys
NOR Kaizers Orchestra
USA Clutch
NOR Raga Rockers
UK 1990s
NOR Superfamily
NOR Halvdan Sivertsen
NOR Audrey Horne
NOR Lukestar
Headliners 2007[]
NOR Odd Nordstoga &
NOR 120 Days
NOR CC Cowboys
NOR
NOR Timbuktu & Damn
USA CunninLynguists
NOR El Caco
SWE Bo Kaspers Orkester
DEN Nephew
SWE The Ark
USA Chris Cornell
Headliners 2006[]
NOR
NOR
NOR Mira Craig
SWE The Sounds
NOR DumDum Boys
NOR Magnus Eliassen
NOR Elvira Nikolaisen
NOR Minor Majority
SWE Atomic Swing
DEN Kashmir
NOR Turboneger
References[]
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External links[]
- Bodø
- Music festivals in Norway
- Summer events in Norway