Mighty Sounds

Mighty Sounds
Genre	Ska, punk rock, reggae, hardcore punk, rock and roll, psychobilly, drum and bass
Dates	3 days, 3rd week in July 2015: 24–26 July
Location(s)	Airport Capuv dvur, Tábor
Years active	8
Founded by	HPK Production
Website
www.mightysounds.cz

Mighty Sounds is one of the biggest ska and punk rock festivals in Europe. The festival, located in the Czech Republic, first took place in 2005, in the village of Olší near Opařany, remaining at that location for its first five years. In 2010 it was moved to the disused airport of Tábor. In 2007 the festival attracted around 10,000 people, and in 2010 its attendance exceeded 12,000 people.

Festival

Mighty Sounds festival originated as a small three-day event at the village of Olší near Tábor. The event became quickly popular among fans of punk and ska music in the Czech Republic and neighbouring countries too. Originally the festival featured one big stage and a second smaller one plus a smaller stage called Theatre tent. A smaller tent called "Sado maso stage" featured techno and drum'n'bass DJs during the festival. After heavy rain in 2009 the area of the festival and a nearby campsite for visitors was damaged by loads of mud, and the owner of the festival site didn't want to renew the contract for next event. Mighty Sounds moved to an unused grass-covered airfield in Tábor for the 2010 event. The festival now featured two big stages for the first time, called the Jan Hus and Jan Zizka stages. There is also a Theater tent where less-known bands perform, the Radio 1 stage, which features electronic music DJs, and the Rudeboy Rhythm stage, which features DJs playing variety of genres, usually older ska, reggae, rocksteady and punk music. Festival also features lots of food and drink stands, merchandise, a u-ramp for skateboarders and BMX riders, workshops, and special events.

Lineups

Year	Date	Visitors	Main artist
2005	8–10 July	4,500	New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble Yellow Umbrella Persiana Jones Elvis Jackson Skarface Irie Revoltes Polemic Moon Invaders Fast Food Orchestra Tleskač N.V.Ú. and more
2006	14–16 July	6,000	The Hotknives Panteón Rococó Desorden Público The Toasters Polemic Sto Zvířat Open Season Jesse James Mark Foggo's Skasters Fast Food Orchestra N.V.Ú. and more
2007	13–15 July	10,000	Derrick Morgan Skalariak Mad Sin The Slackers Dr. Ring-Ding The Peacocks Karamelo Santo Polemic Sto Zvířat Fast Food Orchestra Tleskač and more
2008	18–20 July	12,000	Doreen Schaffer The Real McKenzies Obrint Pas Mad Caddies Denis AlCapone Irie Revoltes Demented Are Go Sonic Boom Six Vice Squad Subhumans The Turbo A.C.'s The Toasters Yellow Umbrella Born to Lose Polemic Sto Zvířat Fast Food Orchestra and more
2009	18–20 July	9,000	Buzzcocks Backyard Babies Pat Kelly Dave Barker Chris Ellis NoMeansNo Dub Inc. The Aggrolites The World/Inferno Friendship Society Koffin Kats New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble The Peacocks Talco Deadline Elvis Jackson Liberator Polemic Sto Zvířat Fast Food Orchestra and more
2010	16–18 July	9,000	Ska-P Mad Sin Donots Pauline Black H2O Third World Irie Revoltes Sworn Enemy The Busters Civet Russkaja Skarface The Klingonz Polemic Sto Zvířat Fast Food Orchestra and more
2011	15–17 July	12,000	Anti-Flag Anthony B The Casualties Demented Are Go! Dreadnoughts Dub Pistols Feher Fekete Kerek Karamelo Santo Los Fastidos Madball Obrint Pas Pennywise Ska2tonics The Creepshow The Koffin Kats Fast Food Orchestra The Skatalites The Toasters and more
2012	13–15 July	over 10,000	Adolescents Alborosie Biohazard Bloodsucking Zombies from Outer Space The Carburetors The Chancers The Crimson Ghosts The Detectors Discharge Distemper Frank Turner Gallows Graveyard Johnnys Inner Circle Irie Révoltés The Locos Los de Abajo The Meteors The Peacocks Pipes and Pints Poison Idea Rat City Riot The Real McKenzies The Skints Sonic Boom Six Street Dogs The Varukers and more
2015	24–26 July		8°6 Crew Architects Batmobile Bombs from Heaven Bombshell Rocks Booze and Glory Boss Capone Call Tracy Carlos and His Coyotes China Shop Bull Circus Problem Cockney Rejects Conflict Defeater DiscoBalls Domi Dub Incorporation Dubioza kolektiv Eastern Standard Time Eat Me Fresh Empty Hall of Fame Enter Shikari Expire Fast Food Orchestra Funeral for a Friend Gone Hempshville Graveyard Johnnys Green Småtroll Gypsy Ska Orquesta Ignite Iron Reagan Jaya the Cat King Kurt Larika Los de Abajo Medial Banana Nano NH3 Off! Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra Passafire Peshata Pipes and Pints Polemic Protoje & the Indiggnation Queens of Everything Rabies Random Hand Rattus Red Fang Rezurex Rolling Bowling Scheisse Minnelli Seaside Rebels Sick of It All Skywalker Strung Out Terror The Blind Daters The Carburetors The Creepshow The Drain The Inciters The Moonshine Howlers The Prague Conspiracy The Rocket Dogz The Spankers The Train Robbers The Uprising Washington Dead Cats The World/Inferno Friendship Society United Flavour Vanessa Versus the World Yellow Cap

See also

• List of punk rock festivals
• List of reggae festivals

External links

• Official last.fm