The phenomenon of music festivals

Young people have enjoyed their life in many ways. They have searched for new ways of entertainment and sought more intense experiences. They have wanted to see amazing things, meet interesting people, discover pleasures that can be given only by certain things. For these purposes music festivals were created. They are the places where one can experience his life with every of his senses. The main goal of such initiatives is to create huge, modern music events of electronic and dance music, where people could enjoy the best the world can offer. They would over time become the biggest event of that type in Poland and eventually in the whole Europe. They are made to gather and concentrate enthusiasts of good music, supreme entertainment and large scale partying. The greatest and the most interesting artists appear there. The scenes are places where new artists are being discovered and new music streams created. Worth noticing is the fact that not only they are based on music, but also are complete multimedia experience, where a game of both audio and visual performances is being played only for audience’s delight. Festivals are also a special place for homeland artists, because often they are able to present themselves for the first time for such huge audience. There is no better promotion for them, because of the scale of the event and multinational receivers.

Heineken Music Open’er Festival


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Open’er is a festiwal which has taken place in Gdynia since 2003. The first edition however was performed in Warsaw, and was known as Open Air Festival. The main organizer of the event since then has been the concert agency Alter Art, while the main sponsor is the Heineken beer producer.

The beginnings of Open’er Festival date back to the year 2002. Back then it was a one day stunt, where the culmination point was the first performance in Poland, of the electronic group known as The Chemical Brothers.

Year later, in 2003 the festival was moved to Gdynia. The scene was set up at Kościuszko Square, where the music enthusiasts could experience the show for the whole two days. The place was filled to the brim because of growing popularity of the festival. Such stars as Cypress Hill, Goldfrapp, Massive Attack or Kosheen had their concerts there and were heavily applauded.

The festival has been since then a great success. It gathered more and more enthusiasts and eventually, after throwing out a party for over 25 thousand people in 2005, the Kościuszko Square became too tight. Year after the fest took place at nearly unlimited space, which was, and still is the airfield Babie Doły – Kosakowo. The organizers also prolonged it to a three day long party.

There were built seven stages: Main, Tent Stage, World Stage, Young Talent Stage, Alret Space and two electronic spaces, where for 50 thousand audience, simultaneously played the greatest music stars.

During the last, tenth, a 4 day long, edition of the festival, there were over 85 thousand auditors, and the event was being related by about 500 journalists. New attractions, such as Ferris Wheel or Silent Disco were introduced. Fans were having fun at Prince’s birthday concert, finalized with fireworks.

Heineken Open’er Festival not only is an example of scale, but also a pioneer of event organization solutions, such as badges or ticket distribution, copied by other parties of this type. The fame of the fest has made it so popular and desirable, especially by eager to party youth, that the tickets are being entirely sold long before the audience knows the first artist.

http://www.opener.pl/pl

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http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%27er_Festival


Coke Live Music Festival


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Coke Live Music Festival takes place in Cracow since 2006 and it was designed as a solid season closer and until now it continues to stay true to the festivals roots with a focus on Brit Rock and pop acts from around the world. It consists of a mix of top international acts and Polish artists over three main stages. It is organized by the concert agency called Alter Art, and mainly sponsored by Coca-Cola Company. The festival has achieved a huge media and commercial success. Each year it lasts longer – the first edition took only one day, while the fourth lasted the whole three days, more and more artists arrive to perform and the audience increases significantly each edition. The festival was nominated for the prestigious award UK Festival Awards 2009, as Best Overseas Festival, which means best festival taking place outside of Great Britain – in the European continent.

Coke Live Music Festival started as a festival of hip – hop, r’n’b and pop music. During next editions, rock music fans could find something more for themselves. Festival stages hosted the greatest stars. It’s the only one event, where such artists as Rihanna, Lily Allen, Kaiser Chiefs, Muse, 50 Cent or The Chemical Brothers could be seen together sharing stage.

The first edition of Coke Live was introduced in 2006 and took place in the boundaries of Crackow’s ‘Wisla’ club. The next editions occurred in the airfield of the Museum of Aviation. Each year the festival’s attendance grows: in 2008 there were 20 thousand participants, in 2009 ten thousand more, while the next year 45 thousand people were having fun to such bands as Jay-Z, Timbaland, 30 Seconds To Mars, Panic At The Disco and more.

The festival features also a project called Coke Live Fresh Noise – a multistage program of supporting new talents. Young producers, musicians, Dj’s and vocalists have an opportunity to meet the most recognizable characters of Polish music. The champion of the edition is able to perform his concert at the main stage of Coke Live Music Festival, he receives the musical equipment and has an opportunity to record his own material. So far there were five editions of the program.

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http://livefestival.pl/pl

Burn Selektor Festival

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Since 2009, for two days in a year, a part of Crackow’s Common becomes a festival center. The goal is to create a large, up-to-date event where thousands of electronic and dance music can enjoy the great performance and experience pleasure. If one’s favorite genre is Electro and Dance then that’s a place for him. Selector provides a mixture of mainstream and underground artists each year. The organizer is the concert agency Alter Art and the main sponsor the producer of Burn Energy Drink

Selector however, comparing to massive Open’er, is not that big. It consists of only two stages, but the quality of entertainment provided is quite similar. In the open, empty field, two huge tents are being set up for each stage. Such spacing ensures nice, concert atmosphere and provides good acoustic conditions so that the concerts sound even more extraordinarily.

The first edition was a success in both artistic and attendance conditions. It allowed to list Selector Festival as one of the greatest cultural events in Poland. In 2009 on the festival’s stage the greatest and the most interesting artists appeared. Stars of electronic music, fresh tones and new discoveries, such as Franz Ferdinand, Royksopp, Deadmau5, Busy P, Agoria, Fisherspooner or Orbital performed on two festival stages, creating an unforgivable and extremely fascinating audio visual experience only to please the audience.

The next scenes of the festival were nonetheless successful. Each year in Cracow almost 10 thousand people party for two nights, listening and watching the most prestigious and carefully selected Electro and Dance celebrities. The visuals are given to the professionals so the whole effect is even more breathtaking. The audience every time greets warmly both Electro and Rock artists. During all three editions of Selector Festival such celebrities as Klaxons, Ladytron, Royksopp, Last Blush, Yeah?, La Roux, Franz Ferdinand, Crystal Castles, The Orb, Fisherspooner or Deadmau5 could be seen and admired.


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