Øyafestivalen

Øyafestivalen
Status	Active
Genre	Music Festival
Date(s)	Mid August
Begins	11 August 2015 (2015-08-11)
Ends	15 August 2015 (2015-08-15)
Frequency	Annually
Location(s)	Oslo
Country	Norway
Years active	1999 – present
Website
oyafestivalen.com

Øyafestivalen is an annual Norwegian music festival held in Middelalderparken (lit. the Medieval Park), Oslo. It has grown quickly since its modest start in 1999 and has now become one of Norway's biggest festivals [1].

History

The festival area in Middelalderparken consists of four main stages (Sjøsiden, Enga, Vika, Odden). More than 80 bands played in the park in 2009.

The festival has previously featured musicians like Sonic Youth, Iggy and The Stooges, Arctic Monkeys, Babyshambles, Morrissey and Beck. The first two years, the festival was held on Kalvøya, near Sandvika just outside Oslo (however, contrary to popular belief, it is not the same festival as the old Kalvøyafestivalen, which was also held at Kalvøya).

After the two initial years, Øyafestivalen was moved to Middelalderparken, downtown Oslo, making it more of a central festival [2]. The festival lasts for four days in Middelalderparken. These days are preceded by a club night where the festival holds concerts in more or less all of Oslo's central clubs.

History/Bookings

Year	Visitors	Artists and bands
1999	1.200	Big Bang (NO), Bronco Busters (NO), Cato Salsa Experience (NO), Gluecifer (NO), Jaga Jazzist (NO), Madrugada (NO), Midnight Choir (NO), P.I.K.E (NO), Palace of Pleasure (NO), Ricochets (NO), We (NO)
2000	4.000	The Soundtrack Of Our Lives (SE), Kings Of Convenience (NO), Number Seven Deli (NO), Emily Lang (NO), Gluecifer, Cloroform (NO), Briskeby (NO), Asian Dub Foundation (UK), Amulet (NO), Planet Derrick
2001	7.500	Blonde Redhead (US), Danko Jones (CA), The Hives (SE), Cato Salsa Experience, Warlocks (NO), Backyard Babies (SE), Silver (NO), Team Spirit (NO), Faze Action Live (NO), Frank Znort Quartet (NO), Thulsa Doom (NO)
2002	16.000	Motorpsycho (NO), The New Pornographers (CA), Nancy Sinatra (US), Will Oldham aka Bonnie Prince Billy (US), St. Etienne (UK) Kaizers Orchestra (NO), Supervixen (NO), Ralph Myers and the Jack Herren Band (NO), Spiritualized (UK), Gatas Parlament (NO)
2003	24.000	Calexico (US), Mogwai (UK), Yeah Yeah Yeahs (US), The International Tussler Society, Cinnamoon, Mando Diao (SE), Röyksopp (NO), Sister Rain (NO), Thomas Dybdahl (NO), Turbonegro (NO), The Mormones (No), Union Carbide Productions (SE)
2004	38.000	Air (FR), The Streets (UK), Your Enemies Friends (US), Lemonheads (US), Velvet Revolver (US), Mark Lanegan Band (US), Underbyen (DK), The Unicorns (CAN), Kim Hiortøy, The National Bank, Pleasure, Amulet, Animal Alpha
2005	45.000	Wolf Parade (CA) Sonic Youth (US), Dinosaur Jr (US), Madrugada, Franz Ferdinand (UK), Fischerspooner (US), Hot Hot Heat (CAN), Death From Above 1979 (CAN) Babyshambles (UK), DeLillos, Datarock, Paperboys, Shining, El Caco
2006	50.000	Brut boogaloo (NO) Yoko Ono (US), Beck (US), Morrissey (UK) Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet m/ Steve Reid (UK/US), Hot Chip (UK), Les Savy Fav (US), Black Mountain (CA), dEUS (BE), Heroes and Zeros, 120 Days, The Whitest Boy Alive, Motorpsycho, The Fall (UK), The Cramps (US), Enslaved
2007	73.000	…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead (US), The Jesus and Mary Chain (UK), Devendra Banhart (US), Primal Scream (UK), Tool (US), Familjen (SE), Justice (FR), Rockettothesky, Thomas Dybdahl m/KORK, Bare Egil Band, Roky Erickson (US), Anja Garbarek, Woven Hand (US), Tinariwen (ML), Susanne Sundfør, Melvins (US), Ida Maria, Boredoms (JP)
2008	77.500	Sigur Rós (IS), José Gonzáles (SE), Mogwai (UK), Iron & Wine (US), N*E*R*D (US), Fleet Foxes (US), Booka Shade (DE), Sonic Youth (US), The National (US), Cut Copy (AU), Yeasayer (US), Lykke Li (SE), Okkerville River (US), My Bloody Valentine (UK), Casiokids, Turbonegro, Tommy Tokyo & Starving For My Gravy, Janelle Monáe (US)
2009	85.000	Arctic Monkeys (UK), Rise Against (US), Lily Allen (UK), Wilco (US), Doves (UK), Vampire Weekend (US), Röyksopp, Band of Horses (US), Crystal Castles (CA), Florence and The Machine (UK), Grizzly Bear (US), Mew (DK), Beach House (US), Jay Reatard (US), bob hund (SE) Bon Iver (US), Thåström (SE), Datarock, Ulver, Beirut (US), Madness (UK), Fever Ray (SE), Junior Boys (CA), Jaga Jazzist, Ladyhawke (NZ), Glasvegas (UK), Kråkesølv, The Bronx (US), Satyricon, John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen
2010	85.000	Air (FR), The Flaming Lips (US), LCD Soundsystem (US), Motorpsycho, M.I.A (UK), Pavement (US), The National (US), La Roux (UK), Iggy & The Stooges (US), Robyn (SE), Four Tet (UK), The XX (UK), The Specials (UK), Caribou (CA), Yeasayer (US), Converge (US), Miike Snow, Broken Bells (US), The Whip (UK), The Gaslight Anthem (US), Against Me! (US), Paul Weller (UK), Panda Bear (US), Big Boi (US), Surfer Blood (US), Jónsi (IS), Kitchie Kitchie Ki Me O, Moddi, Shining, Serena Maneesh, Karpe Diem
2011	N/A	Kanye West (US), Fleet Foxes (US), Aphex Twin (UK), Pulp (UK), Lykke Li (SE), Håkan Hellström (SE), Kaizers Orchestra (NO), Wiz Khalifa (US), Eye Emma Jedi (NO)
2012	N/A	Florence and the Machine (UK), Björk (IS), The Stone Roses (UK), Refused (SE), Bon Iver (US), Ane Brun, Feist (CA), ASAP Rocky (US)
2013	N/A	Blur (UK), Kendrick Lamar (US), Kraftwerk (DE), The Knife (SE), Tame Impala (AU), Godspeed You! Black Emperor (CA), Rodriguez (US), Cat Power (US), Solange (US), Local Natives (US), James Blake (UK), Beach House (US), Disclosure (UK), Slayer (US)
2014	N/A	Todd Terje (NO), OutKast (US), Queens of the Stone Age (US), Röyksopp & Robyn (NO/SE), The National (US), Janelle Monáe (US), Slowdive (UK), Thomas Dybdahl, Stein Torleif Bjella, Neutral Milk Hotel (US), Deafheaven (US), Darkside (US), Blood Orange (UK), Omar Souleyman (SY), Joey Badass (US), Bombino (NG), The Julie Ruin (US), Jonathan Wilson (US), King Midas, Highasakite

External links

• Official website