For four days in the middle of August, the Medieval Park in Oslo is transformed into an arena for musical, visual and cross-cultural performances. The Øya Festival is an energetic, symbiotic & liminal experience with a unique atmosphere and audience that bares resemblance to none other.
The Øya Festival is a festival put together by music lovers, for music lovers, and with a focus on presenting a cutting-edge bill with a big, Scandinavian heart. Where else would you find such great and diverse artists as The Knife, Band Of Horses, High On Fire, Beck, and Yoko Ono all sharing the same backstage?
The Øya Festival is held in what is called the Medieval Park in Oslo, Norway – a beautiful spot surrounded by white, sandy beaches, the Oslo Fjord to the south, and the Oslo skyline to the west. The Medieval Park is also the site on which the capital of Norway was founded a thousand years ago – and it’s only a short walk to the city center of Oslo, which creates an exciting rendezvous between nature and culture.
Audience and artists are presented with a festival area consisting of trees, green grass, and water, accompanied by stages, shopping streets, and small shops serving drink and food (prepared – in fact! – by the best young chefs of Oslo). The Eastside, where the Medieval Park is located, is undoubtedly where the action is when it comes to Norwegian music, and the area is also the nation’s primary cultural melting pot. In the years to come, several hundred million Norwegian “kroner”, both state and private, will be invested here, for the development of new housing areas, and the new Opera House, which will be the Medieval Park’s closest neighbor in the Harbor area.
THE ØYA FESTIVAL 2009
Oslo, August 11-15
Open air site: August 12 + 13 + 14 + 15
Arena capacity : 16.000 pr. day
Stages : 4 (Enga – capacity: 11000, Sjøsiden – cap.: 6000, Vika, cap.: 3500, – Odden cap.: 2000)
Club shows: August 11-15
25 clubs in the Oslo city center, with a total capacity of 6000 people.
SOME THINGS WE ARE PROUD OF:
The 2002 – 2008 festivals were all sold out in advance!
We had 77.500 visitors in 2008, but there wasn’t a single arrest!
We’re the largest and coolest outdoor music festival in Oslo, the capital of Norway.
The Øya Festival is among the group of Norwegian festivals that receives the most media coverage.
We are the first Scandinavian festival boasting 100% organic food.
We are the most environmentally friendly festival in Norway.
Higlights from the Øya Festival 2009
Watch more videos from the Øya Festival at our videos section.
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SAM KARPIENIA (ex leader de Dupain) en concert LUNDI 12 OCT. - PARIS XXè - STUDIO DE L'ERMITAGE SAMEDI 24 OCT. - MARSEILLE - FIESTA DES SUDS
WORLD SOUND L'un des OVNIs de cette rentrée musicale et une réussite incontestable... ROCK'N'FOLK Porté par une voix éraillée et fascinante, le résultat ne ressemble a rien de connu, brassant poésie, rock, musiques méditerranéennes traditionnelles et d'influences occitanes dans des chansons mutantes à fort pouvoir évocateur. VIBRATIONS L'album Extatic Malancòni , manifeste poignant, s'ouvre part un riff "stoogien" à la mandole et la tension ne retombe jamais. Sans doute le chant de Karpienia y est-il pour beaucoup, si dense qu'on encaisse physiquement le poids des textes rageurs. MONDOMIX Après quelques courts bruissements de mandole, dès les premières minutes de cet album, la voix de Sam Karpienia est déjà au zénith. Musicalement, les paysages dévoilés sont racés et cohérents ils semblent vierges, ou offrent tout du moins une hybridation originale, entre transe méditerranéenne, urgences rock et lyrisme occitan.
- À la Maison du Temps Libre à Vouneuil sous Biard (86) le 17 octobre à 20h30
Puis en trio ...
- Intégrale Brassens, Paris, Mairie du 9ème le 25 octobre à 17h00
Amis parisiens ... vous pouvez d'ores et déjà noter sur votre agenda trois dates en novembre, en trio, le 19 aux Cariatides, le 20 à l'Abracadabar et le 21 au Z'indems
- Ô Goulajus à St secondin (86) le 3 octobre à 20h30 - À la Maison du Temps Libre à Vouneuil sous Biard (86) le 17 octobre à 20h30
Puis en trio ...
- Intégrale Brassens, Paris, Mairie du 9ème le 25 octobre à 17h00
Amis parisiens ... vous pouvez d'ores et déjà noter sur votre agenda trois dates en novembre, en trio, le 19 aux Cariatides, le 20 à l'Abracadabar et le 21 au Z'indems
petCast05 mixed by MARY VELO is now on iTunes podcast!! .......... Track List: 1. Trust feat. Seth Troxler (Audion remix)- Tiefschwarz 2. Charma Doll (AKA AKA remix)- Nicone, Phillip Bader 3. Funk Some Thoughts (Lemos remix)- V-Sexion, Arnaud Le Texier 4. Jazzy Stuff- Doomwork, Neuroxyde 5. Granada (Butch remix)- A.D.M. 6. Deliric- Jonas Kopp 7. On My Way To The Center- Audion 8. 11000a- Jorg Henze 9. Kiss- Daniel Sanchez 10. Day 1- Marcin Czubala 11. Saxtrack (Reeboot twisted Fist remix)- Metro, Sebo K 12. What is- youANDme 13. Coming Down- Mary Velo 14. To The Core (Alan Fitzpatrick remix)- Fergie 15. My Time (Rekids Tribe mix)- Radio Slave .......... Subscribe to the petCast iTunes podcast @ http://bit.ly/UO138 or listen directly @ http://soundcloud.com/maryvelo
petCast05 mixed by MARY VELO is now on iTunes podcast!! .......... Track List: 1. Trust feat. Seth Troxler (Audion remix)- Tiefschwarz 2. Charma Doll (AKA AKA remix)- Nicone, Phillip Bader 3. Funk Some Thoughts (Lemos remix)- V-Sexion, Arnaud Le Texier 4. Jazzy Stuff- Doomwork, Neuroxyde 5. Granada (Butch remix)- A.D.M. 6. Deliric- Jonas Kopp 7. On My Way To The Center- Audion 8. 11000a- Jorg Henze 9. Kiss- Daniel Sanchez 10. Day 1- Marcin Czubala 11. Saxtrack (Reeboot twisted Fist remix)- Metro, Sebo K 12. What is- youANDme 13. Coming Down- Mary Velo 14. To The Core (Alan Fitzpatrick remix)- Fergie 15. My Time (Rekids Tribe mix)- Radio Slave .......... Subscribe to the petCast iTunes podcast @ http://bit.ly/UO138 or listen directly @ http://soundcloud.com/maryvelo
Come see us on our "Dirty Drinks and One-Night Stands Tour" all over Germany/Scandinavia in October!
Oct 7th: Copenhagen (DK), Lades kælder Oct 8th: Hamburg (DE), Kaiserkeller Oct 9th: tba Oct 10th: Bingen (DE), JUZ Oct 12th: tba Oct 13th: Chemnitz (DE), Subway to Peter Oct 14th: tba Oct 15th: tba Oct 16th: tba Oct 17th: Stockholm (S), Snöhvit "Club Probation" Oct 24th: Oslo (N), Elm Street "Releaseparty!"
petCast05 mixed by MARY VELO is now on iTunes podcast!! .......... Track List: 1. Trust feat. Seth Troxler (Audion remix)- Tiefschwarz 2. Charma Doll (AKA AKA remix)- Nicone, Phillip Bader 3. Funk Some Thoughts (Lemos remix)- V-Sexion, Arnaud Le Texier 4. Jazzy Stuff- Doomwork, Neuroxyde 5. Granada (Butch remix)- A.D.M. 6. Deliric- Jonas Kopp 7. On My Way To The Center- Audion 8. 11000a- Jorg Henze 9. Kiss- Daniel Sanchez 10. Day 1- Marcin Czubala 11. Saxtrack (Reeboot twisted Fist remix)- Metro, Sebo K 12. What is- youANDme 13. Coming Down- Mary Velo 14. To The Core (Alan Fitzpatrick remix)- Fergie 15. My Time (Rekids Tribe mix)- Radio Slave .......... Subscribe to the petCast iTunes podcast @ http://bit.ly/UO138 or listen directly @ http://soundcloud.com/maryvelo
Hej Nu kör vi igång vår HÖSTKAMPANJ 09 med riktigt bra priser på bland annat: tröjpaket och mössor med brodyr. Vi har ett mycket stort sortiment av merchandise till ert band eller bolag! Besök vår webbsida redan idag för mer info. www.vodrecords.se Vi önskar alla våra vänner på MySpace en riktigt rockig höst! Vod Printings ------------- We print & supply t-shirts, merchandise & backdrops to the independent music scene, contact us for more info! www.vodrecords.se
September 1:st our 1:st single, Dare To Lick (Hunter's Red Sleeve), from our upcoming album SILENT REVOLUTION,was released and is available on iTunes but also on our MySpace of course!
The album will be released October 1:st and later that month we go on tour in Germany with The Movements.
Keep blooming! www.lafleurfatale.com
PS. You can still download our debut album for free on our US fansite - www.swedishinvasion.com DS.
Sale Petit Bonhomme sera en concert en trio en septembre à Paris ! - A Culture Rapide (20ème) le 23 à 21 h30 - A la Locandiera (11ème) le 24 à 21h00 - A Comédie Nation (studio 77) (11ème) le 25 à 20h30 - Au Centre Cerise (2ème) le 26 à 20h30
Et puis en octobre Sale Petit Bonhomme sera aussi en concert : - Ô Goulajus à St Secondin (86), le 3 à 20h30 - A la Maison du Temps Libre à Vouneuil sous Biard (86), le 17 à 20h30