Way Out West (festival)
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Way Out West is a three-day music festival held in Gothenburg, Sweden, during August that plays host to a variety of popular music artists mainly from the rock, electronic and hip-hop genres.[1] The main festival is complemented with the club concept Stay Out West which features after-hours gigs at various venues around the city.
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| Genre | Rock, alternative rock, electronic, hip hop, world |
| Dates | Second weekend in August (3 days) |
| Location(s) | Slottsskogen, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Website | www |
The first festival was held in August 2007 in Slottsskogen on Friday and Saturday and at club venues on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. In 2012 the festival became a full-fledged three-day festival with live music in Slottsskogen even on Thursday. In addition to music, the festival has also grown to incorporate other cultural activities such as art exhibitions in Slottsskogen and film showings at cinemas around the city.[2]
The festival has had a strong focus on being environmentally friendly and was the first festival in Sweden to become KRAV-certified.[3] Citing environmental reasons, the festival announced on the evening before the first day of the 2012 festival that all food served to artists, staff and visitors during the festival would be vegetarian.[4] This decision led to a furor of reactions, both positive and negative.[5] The debate culminated with the Gothenburg tabloid GT giving away free sausages and meatballs outside the festival entrance – a move that resulted in a Twitter dispute between the festival's press chief Joel Borg, co-founder of the festival, and GT editors that was highlighted by the Swedish media.[6]
The festival has won both national and international awards including: Gyllene Hjulet's 2012 Rights Holder for the Way Out West brand,[7] Résumé's Monthly Outdoor Marketing Campaign,[8] as well as the Most Innovative Festival at the MTV O Music Awards.[9]
The main festival takes place in the 137 hectare Slottsskogen park in central Gothenburg. When the festival area closes for the night there are more performances at various venues in and around central Gothenburg for example Gothenburg Studios.
2007, August 9, 10, 11
- ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
- Albert Hammond Jr.
- Architecture in Helsinki
- The Ark
- The Besnard Lakes
- Big Bird
- Boredoms
- Brian James Gang
- CocoRosie
- Devendra Banhart
- Eagles of Death Metal
- Erykah Badu
- Florence Valentin
- Franke
- Function
- The Go! Team
- The Hellacopters
- Hello Saferide
- The Hives
- Jonas Game
- Juliette and the Licks
- Kanye West
- Koop
- Laakso
- Lady Sovereign
- Laleh
- Last Days of April
- Lily Allen (Show Cancelled (throat infection), Teddybears were the last minute replacement)
- Low
- Lykke Li
- Malajube
- Manu Chao
- Molotov Jive
- Moneybrother
- New Young Pony Club
- Patrick Watson
- Peter Bjorn and John
- The Pogues
- Primal Scream
- Regina Spektor
- Salem Al Fakir
- Shout Out Louds
- Sparta
- Spoon
- Säkert!
- Teenage Bad Girl
- Teddybears (last-minute replacement of Lily Allen)
- Those Dancing Days
- Thunder Express
- Timo Räisänen
- The Tough Alliance
- Voxtrot
- Wovenhand
2008, August 7, 8, 9
2009, August 13, 14, 15
2010, August 12, 13, 14
2011, August 11, 12, 13
Source: http://www.wayoutwest.se/
2012, August 9, 10, 11
2013, August 8, 9, 10
Azealia Banks, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, and Solange were booked but cancelled their shows.
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Way Out West 2015 was held on August 13 to 15.[10]
Way Out West 2016 was held on August 11 to 13.[11]
Way Out West 2017 was held on August 10 to 12.[12]
Way Out West 2018 was held on August 9 to 11.[13]
Way Out West 2019 was held on August 8 to 10.[14]
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Way Out West 2022 was held on August 11 to 13.[15]
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- ^ "Way Out West utökas med film". Göteborgs-Posten. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ "Sustainability". Way Out West. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ Genborg, Linda. "Way Out West Goes Veggie". Göteborg Daily. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ "Köttfri festival väcker känslor". Expressen. Archived from the original on 11 August 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ Dalén, Karl (14 August 2012). "Tidning i 'köttbråk' med Way out west". Dagens Nyheter. Archived from the original on 18 November 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ "Grattis till vinnarna av Gyllene Hjulet 2012!". Gyllene Hjulet. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ Thambert, Fredrik. "Månadens Utomhus". Resumé. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ Jedvik, Hanna. "Way out west får internationellt pris". Göteborgs-Posten. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ Studarus, Laura (10 December 2014). "Florence and the Machine, Flying Lotus and More to Play Way Out West 2015". Under the Radar. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (15 August 2016). "Way Out West festival – Morrissey rocks the meat-free world". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 October 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ Beaumont, Mark (14 August 2017). "Way Out West 2017 in pictures". NME. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ Meijer, Jakob (6 December 2017). "Här är artisterna som är klara för Way Out West". Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ Rikken, Cornelis (9 August 2019). "Här är artisterna som uppträder på Way Out West 2019". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ Pedder, Alan (17 August 2022). "Way Out West comes roaring back with a record-breaking, sun-scorched success". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.