| Location(s) | Hultsfred, Sweden |
|---|---|
| Years active | 1986 - present |
| Founded by | Putte Svensson, Håkan Waxegård, Per Alexanderson, Kerstin Carlsson |
| Date(s) | Mid June |
| Genre | Pop, Alternative music, Hip Hop, Metal, Rock, World music, Electronic music, Indie music |
| Website | www.rockparty.se |
The Hultsfred Festival (Hultsfredsfestivalen in Swedish) is an annual music festival held in Hultsfred, Sweden. It takes place at the lake Hulingen during three days in the June or July, from Thursday to Saturday. Since the first festival in 1986, its attendance has increased from 7,500 visitors to approximately 32,000 people in 2005. Due to an increase of ticket pricing and what the public recognized as a poor lineup in 2007, festival attendance has been declining in recent years. The festival went bankrupt in 2010 and the whole event was cancelled that year, but it was resurrected already by 2011.
With its five different stages, the Hultsfred Festival hosts a large number of bands per year (154 in 2007) from all over Scandinavia and the world alike.
Due to declining ticket sales, the festival was cancelled 2010 and the company behind it, Rockparty, filed for bankruptcy.
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At the 1999 festival, a 19-year-old woman died of suffocation during a concert with Hole. [1]
In 2006, the festival booked Babyshambles, the band fronted by Pete Doherty. Because of Doherty's widely reported drug addiction, the arrangers of the festival were criticized even before the festival had begun, as the festival profiles itself as being anti-drugs. The arrangers defended the booking by saying that the band was booked for its music and not its members' personal lives. After being delayed for more than an hour, the concert took place with Doherty attacking photographers, throwing a guitar at the audience and finally falling off stage in a failed attempt at stage diving. Immediately after the concert Doherty was arrested by the Hultsfred police and fined for drug possession.[2]
Rockparty revealed that the 2009 festival will be held during four days instead of the regular three.
On June 30, 2010, Rockparty reported that due to bad ticket sales, Hultsfredsfestivalen AB would file for bankruptcy, and that the 25th annual Hultsfred festival would not be held. [3] The festival made a come-back the next year, however.[4]
| Name | Capacity | Active | Notable bands |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 25,000 | 1988 - | Ozzy Osbourne, The Prodigy, The Ramones, Roxette, Oasis, Marilyn Manson, System of a Down, Slipknot, Slayer, HIM, 50 Cent, Korn, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Iggy Pop, Bloodhound Gang, Pet Shop Boys, Black Sabbath, Limp Bizkit, Queens of the Stone Age, Alicia Keys, In Flames, The Killers, Kings Of Leon, Franz Ferdinand |
| Pampas | 18,000 | 1994 - | Rammstein, HIM, In Flames, Tori Amos, Lordi, Simple Plan, The Donnas, Ice Cube, Ludacris |
| Atlantis | 5,000 | 2003 - | Moneybrother, Lamb of God, Dark Tranquillity, Paramore, Jimmy Eat World, Justice |
| Teater | 1,500 | 1986 - | The Verve, Bullet for My Valentine, Cult of Luna, Danko Jones, Black Label Society |
| Stora Dans | 650 | 1986 - | |
| Rookie | 650 | 2003 - | Alice in Videoland, Dead by April |
2010 (cancelled)
Scissor Sisters - NAS & Damian Marley - Deftones - Erykah Badu - Empire of the Sun - Kent - The Hives - 30 Seconds to Mars - Killswitch Engage - The Ting Tings - We Are Scientists
2009
Madness - The Killers - Regina Spektor - Lenka - Lars Winnerbäck (x4) - Maia Hirasawa - Timbuktu - Takida - Anna Ternheim - Kings of Leon - Franz Ferdinand - Dropkick Murphys - Ice Cube - Ludacris
2008
Rage Against the Machine - Serj Tankian - Babyshambles - Blood Red Shoes - Håkan Hellström - The Hives - Danko Jones - Robyn - HIM -The Donnas - Mustasch - Paramore - The Haunted - Linkin Park (cancelled) - Dead by April
2007
Ozzy Osbourne - Korn - 50 Cent - Petshop Boys - Velvet Revolver - Black Label Society - Turbonegro - The Ark - Manic Street Preachers - Wolfmother - Evanescence - Amy Winehouse - Sahara Hotnights
2006
The Strokes - Kent - Lou Reed - Deftones - Pharrel - The Cardigans - In Flames - Gnarls Barkley - Soundtrack of our Lives - The Sounds - Alice in Chains - Blindside - Backyard Babies - Korn
2005
Marilyn Manson - Snoop Dogg - System of a Down - Nine Inch Nails - Slipknot - Slayer - The Hives - The Mars Volta - Millencolin - Tori Amos - The Hellacopters - Turbonegro
2004
Morrissey - Alica Keys - Mary J Blige - Kris Kristofferson - Hatebreed - 3 Doors Down - Pixies - PJ Harvey - Soulfly - Scissor Sisters - Weeping Willows - Danko Jones
2003
Radiohead - Audioslave - Queens of the Stoneage - Massive Attack - Stereophonics - The Dandy Warhols - The Streets - Counting Crows - Badly Drawn Boy - The Datsuns - Strapping Young Lad - Linkin Park(cancelled In Flames acted instead)
2002
Suede - Rammstein - New Order- Chemical Brothers - Slayer - Sonic Youth - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Bob Hund - Agnostic Front - Arch Enemy - Starsailor - Ed Hacourt
2001
Iggy Pop - Manic Street Preachers - Weezer - TOOL - Faithless - Limp Bizkit - Jello Biafra - The Hives - The Nomads (20th anniversary) - Godsmack - Håkan Hellström - Outkast (cancelled)
2000
Oasis - Rage Against the Machine - Primal Scream - Thåström - Mikael Wiehe - Suicidal Tendencies - Kelis - Deftones - Lars Winnerbäck - Asian Dub Foundation - Muse - Travis (cancelled)
1999
Hole - Suede - Marilyn Manson - Joe Strummer - Monster Magnet - Goo Goo Dolls - Fu Manchu - Bloodhound Gang - HammerFall - Manic Street Prachers - Meshuggah - Orgy (cancelled)
1998
Black Sabbath - garbage - Eagle Eye Cherry - Bob Hund - Wilmer X - Rancid - Kent - NOFX - Turbonegro - The Soundtrack of our Lives
1997
The Prodigy - Suede - Rage Against the Machine - Wu Tang Clan - Daft Punk - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Stereophonics- The Cardigans - Placebo - The Hellacopters - Millencolin - Marilyn Manson (cancelled) - Supergrass (cancelled)
1996
Blur - Björk - Ministry - The Cure - Iggy Pop - Pulp - Bad Religion - The Prodigy - Bruce Dickinson - Fear Factory - Emmylou Harris - Frank Black - Skunk Anansie (cancelled)
1995
Pantera - Slayer - Nationalteatern - Chemical Brothers - Supergrass - the Cardigans - Kent - Millencolin - Beastie Boys (cancelled) - Chris Isaak (cancelled)
1994
Motörhead - Oasis - Blur - Midnight Oil - Die Totenhosen - The Prodigy - Primal Scream - The Verve - Refused - Meshuggah - Bob Hund
1993
The Ramones - Iggy Pop - Rollins Band - Stero MC's - Manic Street Preachers - Sick of it All - Ulf Lundell - Wilmer X - Bob Hund
1992
Gary Moore - The Pretenders - Primal Scream - Blur - The Creeps - Candlemass - Meshuggah - The Ramones (cancelled)
1991
The Black Crowes - Thåström - Sven Ingvars - Staus Quo (cancelled) - PJ Harvey (cancelled) - Stereo MC's (cancelled)
1990
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Nick Lowe - Jungle Brothers - Buzzcocks - Wilmer X - Soul Asylum - The Charlatans - Sator - The Sinners
1989
Van Morrison - Motörhead - Disneyland After Dark (Now D-A-D) - Katrina and the Waves - Chris Bailey - Jacob Hellman - Candlemass
1988
Joe Strummer and the Latino Rocakabilly War - Eldkvarn - Tone Norum - Stonefunkers - Big Country
1987
Public Image Ltd - Screamin Jay Hawkins - Dr. Feelgood - Latin Quarter - The Jesus and Mary Chain
1986
Nils Lofgren - New Model Army - Erasure - Reeperbahn - The Triffids