Big Weekend

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Radio 1's Big Weekend (sometimes referred to as One Big Weekend) is a music festival run by BBC Radio 1. It is held once or twice or year, in a different location within the United Kingdom each time. It is the biggest free live music event in the UK and always includes a host of new artists.

[edit] Events

Venue	Date	Website
Manchester, England	3 - 4 May 2003	link
Cardiff, Wales	13 - 14 September 2003	link
Derry, Northern Ireland	24 - 25 April 2004	link
Birmingham, England	18 - 19 September 2004	link
Penshaw Monument, Herrington Park, Sunderland, England	7 - 8 May 2005	link
Camperdown Park, Dundee, Scotland	13 - 14 May 2006	link

[edit] 2006

The last event, held in Camperdown Park, Dundee took place on the 13th and 14th May 2006 and featured artists which included:

13 May 2006
- Main Stage:
  - Paolo Nutini
  - Corinne Bailey Rae
  - Gnarls Barkley
  - Orson
  - Razorlight
  - Muse
  - The Streets
  - Snow Patrol
  - Mylo
- In New Music We Trust Stage
14 May 2006
- Main Stage
  - The Feeling
  - The Ordinary Boys
  - Sugababes
  - Feeder
  - Editors
  - P!nk
  - Keane
  - Franz Ferdinand (Unannounced Surprise Guests)
- In New Music We Trust Stage

And many of the BBC Radio 1 DJ's including Pete Tong, Tim Westwood and Chris Moyles (who organised a number of competitions so that people could get tickets). In addition, Radio 1 also created a virtual festival experience in the virtual reality application Second Life. Avatars on the BBC Radio 1 islands could watch the event on live screens while the audience could see their virtual counterparts on massive stage side screens at the real event in Dundee. The event has been hailed as the world's largest ever virtual world music festival, the first in-world broadcast by a major media corporation and a defining moment in new media.^{[citation needed]}