Bråvalla festival

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Billie Joe Armstrong and Green Day at the Bråvalla festival in 2013
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Rammstein at the festival in 2013

Bråvalla Festival is a Swedish three-day music festival that is held annually. It's Sweden's biggest and most popular music festival. It is held at Bråvalla flygfottilj outside of Norrköping. The inaugural season of the festival was from 27 to 29 June 2013. It headlined Rammstein, Green Day and Avicii in additions to tens of artists and acts. The second season was held between the 26 June and 28 June 2014 and was headlined by Iron Maiden, Kanye West and Kings of Leon. The third season of the festival was held between 25–27 June in 2015. It was headlined by Robbie Williams, Muse and Calvin Harris. The fourth season will be held between 30 June – 2 July in 2016.[1][2]

German company FKP Scorpio is hosting the event. FKP Scorpio have great experience in organizing events including the Hultsfredsfestivalen since 2011 and the Getaway Rock Festival since 2012. The hosts estimated about 40,000 people would attend the festival in 2013 but eventually 51,590 tickets were sold.[3] This record was again broken in 2014 when 51,683 tickets were sold.[4][5]

On 27 June 2014, several people were injured during the festival when lightning struck and one person was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.[5][6]

Festival by year 2013-present

# Year Dates Guests Headliners Notable acts Ticket price in Swedish krona
1 2013 27–29 June 51 590 Avicii, Green Day and Rammstein Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, In Flames, A Day To Remember, Volbeat, Armin van Buuren, Paramore, The Gaslight Anthem, Mando Diao, Ghost, Bad Religion, Bullet For My Valentine
2 2014 26–28 June 56 071 Iron Maiden, Kanye West and Kings of Leon Imagine Dragons, Lana Del Rey, Axwell ^ Ingrosso, M.I.A., The Offspring, Alesso, Bring Me The Horizon, Jake Bugg, Bastille, Belle & Sebastian, Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman
3 2015 25–27 June 50 703 Calvin Harris, Muse and Robbie Williams In Flames, Kent, Sabaton, Deadmau5, Faith No More, All Time Low, Lars Winnerbäck, Wu-Tang Clan, A Day To Remember, Rise Against, Lamb of God, Major Lazer 2 290
4 2016 30 June - 2 July Rammstein, Mumford & Sons and Volbeat Tenacious D, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Hardwell, Veronica Maggio, Nightwish, Biffy Clyro, Bring Me The Horizon, Wiz Khalifa, Bullet For My Valentine, Afrojack, Lukas Graham, Editors, Five Finger Death Punch, The 1975, At The Drive-In, Bastille, August Burns Red

Stages

  • Panorama - The main stage of the festival.
  • Luna - A stage very similar to Panorama when it comes to size.
  • Juno - A smaller stage next to Panorama.
  • Sensation - This stage is the home of electronic dance music.
  • Pacific - A smaller music stage located inside a tent.
  • Norrköping Lounge - This stage is an indoor stand-up comedy stage.

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