Arvika Festival
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| Location(s) | Arvika, Sweden |
| Years active | 1992 - present |
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| Date(s) | Three days, second week of July |
| Genre(s) | Alternative Rock, Pop, Electronic Music, Metal |
| Website | www.arvikafestivalen.se |
Arvika Festival (Swedish: Arvikafestivalen) is an annual music festival held in Arvika, Sweden. It takes place during three days in the middle of July, from Thursday to Saturday, with camping available from the beginning of the week. The non-profit association "Galaxen" (Swedish for "The Galaxy") arranges the festival.
Since the nineties, the festival has built up a tradition of booking many big synth-pop bands. However, along with the synth bands, internationally and nationally famous rock and pop acts visit the festival every year, attracting people not only interested in synth pop.
In 2006, somewhere between 15000 and 16000 people visited the festival, breaking a new record in ticket sales, and confirming the festival's spot as one of the big ones in Sweden.
Some of the most famous bands that have visited the festival include (in reverse chronological order):
- Interpol, Slayer (2008)
- Bloc Party (2007)
- Franz Ferdinand (2006)
- New Order (2005)
- Kraftwerk (2004)
- HIM (2003)
- Björk (2003)
- Soft Cell, The Cure, Primal Scream, Muse (2002)
- Motörhead (1999)
- The Prodigy (1995)
- Einstürzende Neubauten (1993)
