'Hove Festival' (norwegian name: Hovefestivalen) is a
music festival held on the island
Tromøy outside of
Arendal in southern
Norway. It was held for the first time from 26th June to the 30th June 2007.
The Hove Festival is a new festival for all people believing that combining the best artists with on site camping, nature, beaches, water and idyllic surroundings for the ultimate festival experience. Hove Festival will be setting new standards for environmental awareness. Not only because they want to preserve the beautiful nature that surrounds the festival, but because they believe that a music festival can make for an interesting way to increase environmental awareness, both with their audience and their partners.
Pictures:
2007
Lineup (among others):
Slayer,
Clipse,
The Killers,
Arcade Fire,
Keep of Kalessin,
Cynic,
Interpol,
Sivert Høyem,
My Chemical Romance,
Amy Winehouse,
Chamillionaire,
Damien Rice,
Papoose,
Hatebreed,
Ludacris,
Queens of the Stone Age,
Lamb of God and
Kaiser Chiefs.
72,000 tickets was sold which includes 7,700 week passes making this Norway's largest music festival in 2007
'Partners'
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MTV
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MSN
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Fairtrade
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Bellona Foundation
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Amnesty International
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Pepsi
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Levis
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HP
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Djuice
2008
June 24-28, 2008
Lineup:
The Teenagers,
The Wombats,
Kim Hiorthøy (more to come)
External links
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Official website in English
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Official website in Norwegian
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Official 30 sec 2007 TV-Promo
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Amnesty - Make Some Noise Campaign