INmusic festival

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INmusic Festival
Rokia Traoré with a guitar.jpg
Rokia Traoré performing in 2009.
Genre Rock, World, Electronic, Reggae, Folk, Hip Hop, Dance
Dates Late June (2–3 days)
Location(s) Lake Jarun, Zagreb, Croatia
Years active 2006–present
Attendance c. 70,000 (2014)[1]
Website
www.inmusicfestival.com/en/

INmusic festival is Croatia's biggest international open-air festival. The festival is held annually in June in Zagreb and takes place on Youth Island (Croatian: Otok hrvatske mladeži) in the middle of Zagreb's Lake Jarun.

The festival was started in 2006 and is usually held over two or three days. It includes several genre-specific stages with internationally renowned indie rock, heavy metal and electronica artists. In 2008 The Times included INmusic among the top 20 European summer festivals.[2]

History

Obojeni Program perform in 2007
File:Tricky @ INmusic festival.jpg
Tricky performing at the 2009 INmusic festival.
Anthrax performing in 2009
Lily Allen in 2009.
Arctic Monkeys in 2013.

2006

The festival's first edition was held as "INmusic festival" 4–6 July 2006. It was organized by Multikultura, a non-governmental organisation, and held at Šalata.[3]

2007

Second edition was held 27–28 August 2007. The festival acquired sponsorship by Vipnet, a mobile network operator, and was dubbed "Vip INmusic". Also, this was the first edition which took place at Jarun.[4]

2008

Third edition, also titled "Vip INmusic", was held 3–4 June 2008 at Jarun.[5]

2009

For the 2009 edition, held 24–25 June 2009 at Jarun, Vipnet's competitors T-Mobile took over as main sponsors and the festival was renamed "T-Mobile INmusic". Scottish band Franz Ferdinand made their second appearance at the event.[6]

2010

Fifth edition was held 21–23 June 2010 at Jarun.[7]

2011

The festival's sixth edition was held 21–22 June 2011.[8]

2012

The festival's seventh edition was held 29–30 June 2012. The festival went back to its original name, "INmusic festival", as T-Mobile withdrew its sponsorship in early 2012.[9] INmusic festival was selected in the Top 50 World's best music festivals according to CNN International.

2013

The festival's eighth edition was held from 24th till 26 June 2013.

  • Headliners: Arctic Monkeys, Iggy & The Stooges
  • Also performed: Basement Jaxx, Bloc Party, Editors, NOFX, Airbourne, Stealing Sheep, A Toys Orchestra, Mile Me Deaf, Rangleklods, Conquering Lion, Dikta, Roger the Mascot
  • Local artists: Atheist Rap, Team Ghost, Dža ili Bu, S.A.R.S., Frenkie, Moveknowledgment, Pozdrav Azri, Gatuzo, Dosh Lee, She Loves Pablo, Radio Aktiv, Barbari, Antenat, Mašinko, Cherkezi United, D Elvis, B and the Boops, Achromatic Attic, Udriground

2014

Ninth edition was held from 23rd till 25 June 2014. Festival got even bigger by expanding its camp on the neighboring Island of Trešnjevka which was connected to the Island of Croatian Youth by a 100 meters long pontoon bridge.

2015

The tenth INmusic festival was held from 22nd till 25 June 2015.[needs update]

  • Headliners: Placebo, FFS (Franz Ferdinand & Sparks), Rudimental, Paolo Nutini
  • Also performed: Of Monsters and Men, La Roux, Future Islands, Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, Death Cab for Cutie, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Eagles of Death Metal, Kate Tempest, Mike Skinner, Batida, Aziza Brahim, Katalina Kicks, The Mirror Trap, Royal Prospect, Comminor, Among Souls, Northlight, Telephonehookers, John Bull Gang, Dum i Huet, Charlie Harlow, Neweva, In Hours, Decaville, Antrox
  • Local artists: Halka, Rambo Amadeus, Zadruga, Repetitor, Ljetno Kino, Jonathan, Ludovik Material, Sassja, Them Moose Rush, Killed a Fox, Muscle Tribe of Danger and Excellence, Ashes You Leave, NLV, Mnogi Drugi, Mel Camino, Clone Age, Mel & Django Jet, Čao Portorož, Jardier, And the Kid, Human, The Belle Infidels, Plastic Knives, Discohernia, DJ Ilko, YEM kolektiv...

INmusic festival was nominated for European Festival Award,[10] in the Best Medium Sized Festival Category.

2016

INmusic festival #11 will take place on 20-22 June, 2016 in Zagreb, Croatia, in the isles of lake Jarun.[11] [12]

Monday, June 20th: Gutterdämmerung ft. Henry Rollins, Jake Bugg, The Coral, Django Django, Pennywise, Monoswezi, Nikki Louder, FùGù MANGO, The Bambi Molesters, Chui...

Tuesday, June 21st: Florence + The Machine, Skunk Anansie, Barns Courtney, Kawasaki 3p, Orkesta Mendoza, My Baby, Gretta, Spleen G...

Wednesday, June 22nd: PJ Harvey, The Kooks, Wilco, Yeasayer, Pat Thomas & The. Kwashibu Area Band, Shearwater, Gustafi, Žen...

Notes

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  9. ↑ http://trend.seebiz.eu/glazba/ht-zbog-stednje-odustaje-od-inmusic-festivala/ar-25109/ (Croatian)
  10. ↑ http://eu.festivalawards.com/
  11. ↑ https://www.inmusicfestival.com/en/news/11th-inmusic-festival-edition-dates-are-out
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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