Skanderborg Festival
Skanderborg Festival | |
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File:FestiWalther.jpg
FestiWalther the mascot of Skanderborg Festival.
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Genre | Rock, heavy metal, pop, electronic, hip hop, blues and folk. |
Dates | 5 days in August |
Location(s) | Skanderborg, Denmark |
Years active | 1980 - present |
Attendance | 45,000+ |
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Skanderborg Festival |
The Skanderborg Festival is an annual music festival, held during the second weekend of August in Denmark. Its location, in a beech forest in the vicinity of Skanderborg, has given rise to the slogan "Denmarks' Most Beautiful Festival" (Danish: Danmarks Smukkeste Festival) and is also referred to as SmukFest.
The festival covers many styles of music, such as rock, pop, folk, heavy metal, hip-hop and electronic.
The first festival was held in 1980, and was a one-day event with 7 bands and about 600 spectators.
In 2009, Skanderborg Festival was held for the 30th time and is today the second largest festival in Denmark, after the Roskilde Festival.[citation needed] The festival gathered more than 45,000 people for the concerts, including 8,500 workers, most of them volunteers and has reached the current site's maximum capacity.[1]
References
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External links
- Media related to Skanderborg Festival at Wikimedia Commons
- Smukfest Official Website of the Skanderborg Festival.
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- Rock festivals in Denmark
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- Skanderborg Municipality
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- Music festivals established in 1980
- Pop music festivals
- Folk festivals in Denmark