Vagos Open Air

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VOA – Heavy Rock Festival
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock and all its sub-genres
Dates	July–August
Location(s)	Lisbon, Portugal
Years active	2009–2017, 2019–present
Website	voa.rocks

VOA – Heavy Rock Festival (formerly VOA Fest and Vagos Open Air) is an open-air heavy metal/hard rock festival held annually in Lisbon, Portugal. The festival is being held since 2009 in four different locations: the first four editions, from 2009 to 2012, were held in Calvão (a small town in the municipality of Vagos, near Aveiro), the next three (2013 to 2015) were held in the town of Vagos, the following two editions (2016 and 2017) were held in Corroios, a city in the municipality of Seixal, and after a year break the festival is scheduled to return in 2019 in Lisbon. It is organized by Prime Artists, a Portuguese event promoter.

The origins of a music festival in the Aveiro region are traced to a small event, called Rock in Ria, featuring a few Portuguese and international bands, but in 2009 that event gave way to a new full-fledged international festival which turned out to be one of the biggest heavy metal festivals in Portugal.

In late 2015, it was then announced the festival would relocate from Vagos to the city of Corroios. The name of the festival was also changed from Vagos Open Air to VOA Fest.^[1] A few months later, the municipality of Vagos ensured the creation of a new heavy metal festival in the city, named .^[2] The new festival held the first edition in 2016, featuring Dark Funeral and Helloween as headliners.

In 2018, after a sabbatical year, Prime Artists announced on their Facebook page the return of the event for 2019. It will return to a two-day festival, on July 4 and 5, change name (to VOA – Heavy Rock Festival), change location and venue (moving to Estádio do Restelo in city of Lisbon) and have Slipknot – one of the biggest names to ever perform in the festival – as one of the headliners.^[3]

Lineups[]

2009[]

The year of 2009 saw the first incarnation of the festival, a two-day event held on Friday, 7 August and Saturday, 8 August at GD Calvão's football ground (Campo de Futebol Padre Batista) in the village of Calvão, near Vagos.

Friday	Saturday
Epica Katatonia The Gathering	Cynic Dark Tranquillity Amon Amarth

2010[]

The 2010 edition was held on Friday, 6 August and Saturday, 7 August.

Friday	Saturday
Ensiferum My Dying Bride Meshuggah	Ghost Brigade Amorphis Kamelot Carcass

2011[]

The 2011 edition was held on Friday, 5 August and Saturday, 6 August.

Friday	Saturday
Anathema Tiamat Opeth	Malevolence Kalmah Ihsahn Devin Townsend Project Morbid Angel

2012[]

The 2012 edition was held on Friday, 3 August and Saturday, 4 August.

Friday	Saturday
Eluveitie Enslaved Arcturus At the Gates Nasum [Special guests]	Chthonic Textures Coroner Overkill Arch Enemy

2013[]

The 2013 edition was held on Friday, 9 August and Saturday, 10 August. The festival was moved to Quinta do Ega, a place in the city of Vagos.

Friday	Saturday
Bizarra Locomotiva Moonsorrow Evergrey Sonata Arctica Lacuna Coil	Tarantula Rotting Christ Iced Earth Gamma Ray (replacing Saxon) Testament

2014[]

The 2014 edition saw Vagos Open Air became a three-day festival with the addition of Sunday. It was held on Friday, 8 August, Saturday, 9 August and Sunday, 10 August.

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sylosis Soilwork Epica Kreator	Angelus Apatrida The Haunted Behemoth Annihilator Opeth	Paradise Lost Gojira

2015[]

The 2015 edition was held on Friday, 7 August, Saturday, 8 August and Sunday, 9 August.

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Scar for Life Vildhjarta Heaven Shall Burn Amorphis Within Temptation	Destruction Triptykon Black Label Society Venom [Special guests]	Ne Obliviscaris Alestorm Orphaned Land Overkill Bloodbath [Special guests]

2016[]

The 2016 edition was held on Friday, 5 August and Saturday, 6 August, returning to a two-day lineup. The festival was renamed VOA Fest and moved to Quinta da Marialva, a place in the city of Corroios, Seixal. A new festival called Vagos Metal Fest was created exactly on the same location of the past editions.

Friday	Saturday
Mantar Katatonia Anathema Opeth	Abbath Paradise Lost Kreator

2017[]

The 2017 edition returned to a three-day format. For the first time, the festival was held on two stages, as a new secondary stage was added (exclusive to Portuguese bands). It was held on Friday, 4 August, Saturday, 5 August and Sunday, 6 August.

Palco Principal (Main Stage)
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
The Charm The Fury Insomnium Epica Carcass	Death Angel Venom Apocalyptica	Obituary The Dillinger Escape Plan Trivium

Palco LOUD! (LOUD! Stage)
Friday	Saturday	Sunday

2019[]

The 2019 edition will return once again to a two-day format. Renamed to VOA – Heavy Rock Festival, it will be held on Estádio do Restelo, in the city of Lisbon, on Thursday, 4 July and Friday, 5 July.^{[needs update]}

Thursday	Friday
While She Sleeps Trivium Arch Enemy Slipknot	Cane Hill Moonspell Gojira Lamb of God Slayer

External links[]

• Prime Artists official website

References[]