Nashestvie

Нашествие
Hundred of thousands Russian rockers waving National flag, Jolly Roger and Confederate flag at Nashestvie-2008.
Genre	Rock Music
Location(s)	Russia
Years active	since 1999
Founded by	Nashe Radio
Website
http://nashestviefest.ru/

Nashestvie (Russian: Нашествие) is one of the largest open-air festivals of Russian rock, organized by Nashe Radio station. It is held annually during the first weekend of July (until 2006: first weekend of August) somewhere in the environs of Moscow, Russia, since 1999 (open air since 2000) to this day with the exception of 2007. Nashestvie changed its venue several times: it was initially set in Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast, but recently it moved northwest to Tver Oblast.

The festival's name is a word play in Russian: it literally means "invasion", but is also derived from the name of Nashe Radio (Our Radio). Media also dubbed it "Russian Woodstock".^[1]^[2]^[3]

Format

Nashestvie is participated by majority of Russia's most popular rock artists (such as Aria, Alisa, Agatha Christie, Splean, Korol i Shut), as well as bands from Ukraine and Belarus, such as Okean Elzy or Lyapis Trubetskoy. Most of the headliners represent usual Nashe Radio playlist.

Bands are not paid for participating in Nashestvie (unlike those participating in rival Krylya Festival). Instead the festival is used as a free promotion for them. Young and obscure bands can participate in Nashestvie too,^[4] they play in the mornings or, since 2005, on special separate stages. Some of the bands, namely Epidemia and Melnitsa, that begun their Nashestvie history in "genre ghettos", recently started to play on the main stage.

History

Year	Date and venue	Audience	Notes	Headliners
Nashestvie-1999	10-11 December, Gorbunov Palace of Culture, Moscow	10,000	This first festival was the only to be held indoor, not counting "virtual" Nashestvie-2003.	Bi-2, Zemfira, Okean Elzy, Zdob si Zdub, Linda
Nashestvie-2000	19-20 August, Ramenskoye Hippodrome, Moscow Oblast	60,000^[5]	First of the classical open-air Nashestvies.	Agatha Christie, Korol i Shut, Bi-2, Zemfira, Leningrad, Lyapis Trubetskoy, Tarakany!, Kirpichi
Nashestvie-2001	4-5 August, Ramenskoe Hippodrome, Moscow Oblast	100,000 to 120,000		Aria, Korol i Shut, Splean, Bi-2, Leningrad, Nogu Svelo!, Nochniye Snaiperi
Nashestvie-2002	10-11 August, Ramenskoe Hippodrome, Moscow Oblast	180,000	Nashestvie's audience record to date.	Aria, Korol i Shut, Aquarium, Agatha Christie, Splean, Nogu Svelo!, Bi-2, Zemfira, Dolphin, Piknik
Nashestvie-2003	2-3 August, Moscow, Nashe Radio studio	Radio audience	The open air performance was cancelled after terrorist attacks at the Krylya Festival the same year. Instead, there was a "virtual festival" with bands performing live on air in the Nashe Radio studio.^[2]	Mashina Vremeni, Aria, Agatha Christie, Splean, Nogu Svelo!, Bi-2, Zemfira, Dolphin, Leningrad.
Nashestvie-2004	7-8 August, Emmaus, Tver Oblast	50,000	New venue in Tver suburbs, farther from Moscow. It will host Nashestvie for the next several years.	Nautilus Pompilius (special one-concert reunion), Aria, Bravo, Splean, Nogu Svelo!, Bi-2, Zemfira, Okean Elzy, Mumiy Troll, Epidemia
Nashestvie-2005	5-7 August, Emmaus, Tver Oblast	53,000	First Nashestvie to last for three days. Three scenes were built, and performance continued simultaneously. The major scene was for mainstream classic rock, second for punk and heavy metal bands, and the third for "unconventional" styles such as reggae, ska, folk.	Alisa, Korol i Shut, Agatha Christie, Kipelov, DDT, Splean, Nogu Svelo!, Bi-2, Zemfira, Dolphin, Leningrad, Lyapis Trubetskoy, Melnitsa, Amatory.
Nashestvie-2006	4-6 August, Sredizemny Mys near Ryazan, Ryazan Oblast	100,000	This year the festival split into official Nashe Radio's Nashestvie in Ryazan, and rival Emmaus Festival, held on the same site in Tver Oblast as in 2004-05 but without Nashe Radio promotion.	Aria, Alisa, Korol i Shut, Agatha Christie, Splean, Nogu Svelo!, Bi-2, Melnitsa, Bravo, Lyapis Trubetskoy, Okean Elzy, Epidemia, Amatory.
Nashestvie-2007 was cancelled because of a conflict over organisational problems between Nashe and the Ryazan Oblast administration. Emmaus Festival was held on the old venue without Nashe license, attracting 40,000 and featuring Aria, Alisa, Agatha Christie, Chayf.
Nashestvie-2008	4-6 July, Emmaus, Tver Oblast	100,000	Nashestvie and Emmaus Festival reunited again under the moniker of Nashestvie. This particular festival received much criticism. It rained during performance, and the field turned out to be not prepared to heavy rain, which resulted in areas of wet mud. Next year Emmaus venue was finally abandoned by any of the festivals.	Aria, Alisa, DDT, Korol i Shut, Agatha Christie, Splean, Bi-2, Bravo, Lyapis Trubetskoy, Epidemia.
Nashestvie-2009	10-12 July, Bolshoe Zavidovo, Tver Oblast	80,000 to 100,000	Festival moved to a larger venue several kilometres southeast from Emmaus, due to the number of visitors.	Alisa, Kipelov, Korol i Shut, Splean, Melnitsa, Mumiy Troll, Bravo, Lyapis Trubetskoy, Piknik, Flëur
Nashestvie-2010	9-11 July, Bolshoe Zavidovo, Tver Oblast	130,000		Aria, Alisa, Korol i Shut, DDT, Agatha Christie, Splean, Nogu Svelo!, Okean Elzi, Lyapis Trubetskoy, Melnitsa, Epidemia.
Nashestvie-2011	8-10 July, Bolshoe Zavidovo, Tver Oblast	173,000	Also broadcast live via internet. Festival featured an additional "theatrical scene", where stanup artists performed. Among them Mikhail Yefremov and Ivan Okhlobystin.	Aria, Alisa, Korol i Shut, DDT, Splean, Okean Elzi, Lyapis Trubetskoy, Epidemia.