Magic Circle Festival

Magic Circle Festival

Location(s)	Bad Arolsen, Germany Lorelei, Germany Tolmin, Slovenia
Years active	2007 - present
Founded by	Joey DeMaio
Date(s)	2007-07-06 to 2007-07-07 2008-07-09 to 2008-07-12 2009-07-17 to 2009-07-18 2010-07-09 to 2010-07-11
Genre	Heavy metal
Website	http://www.magiccirclefestival.com/

Magic Circle Festival is an annual heavy metal festival organized by Magic Circle Music, it first took place in Bad Arolsen, Germany in 2007-2008 but moved to the Lorelei in 2009 .

The first festival took place on July 6 and 7 2007.

In 2008 the festival was extended to four days, from the 9th until the 12th of July.

The third installment of the festival saw a venue change to the Lorelei. It was also reduced to 2 days but only included one day of music.

The fourth Magic Circle Festival took place in Metalcamp in Slovenia at 11 July 2010.

Lineups

2007

• Black Situation
• David pen15 Group
• Gamma Ray
• Heavenly
• HolyHell
• Imperia
• Lion's Share
• Manowar
• Messiah's Kiss
• Mob Rules
• Mordeen
• Saidian
• Sixth sense (band)
• Stormwarrior

Summary

The 2007 festival was notable for costing only 10 Euro per day, and had an attendance of approximately 25,000 people. The headline event of this festival was a performance from Manowar over the 2 nights.

2008

• Alice Cooper
• Beloved Enemy
• Benedictum
• Brazen Abbot (with Joe Lynn Turner)
• Cassock (band) (Winner of the Battle of the bands contest)
• Def Leppard (canceled due to "contractual difficulties")
• Doro
• Gotthard
• HolyHell
• Jack Starr's Burning Starr
• KOBUS!
• Krypteria
• Majesty/Metal Force
• Manowar
• Michael Schenker Group
• Mob Rules
• Sixth Sense (band)
• Stormwarrior
• Ted Nugent
• Titanium Black
• W.A.S.P.
• Whitesnake (canceled due to "contractual difficulties")

Summary

The 2008 festival was the subject of some criticism owing mainly to the late cancellation of both Whitesnake and Def Leppard (Arguably 2 of the biggest acts of the festival). The festivals headline event was a performance from Manowar of their first 6 studio albums. Other highlights included a performance by Alice Cooper as well as Manowar giving away their 4 personally owned Choppers.

2009

• Age Of Evil
• Crystal Viper
• Domain
• Heatseeker (band) (Side stage)
• HolyHell
• Jack Starr's Burning Starr
• Kingdom Come
• Manowar
• Metal Force
• Ulytau
• Van Canto
• Wizard

Summary

The 2009 festival was located in Lorelei instead of Bad Arolsen, and lasted for only two days. The headline event of the festival was a performance from Manowar on the second day of the festival.

2010

• Arch Enemy
• Crosswind
• HolyHell
• Kamelot
• Manowar
• Metalforce
• Virgin Steele
• Who Was I

Summary

In 2010, the Magic Circle Festival took place on the last day of the Metalcamp Festival in Tolmin, Slovenia. As per usual, it was headlined by Manowar.

DVD

A 2 disc DVD package of the 2007 event was released in October 2007. It was produced by Manowar bassist Joey DeMaio and directed by Neil Johnson.

The DVD was also included as a free gift for a limited time to anyone who bought tickets for Magic Circle Festival 2008.

A DVD covering the 2008 festival was released in September 2008.^[1]

References

1. ^ http://www.magiccirclefestival.com/news.html

• Magic Circle Music news
• Magic Circle Festival news^{[dead link]}
• Hungarian Unofficial site of The Magic Circle Festival

Coordinates: 51°21′23.72″N 9°00′21.71″E / 51.3565889°N 9.0060306°E / 51.3565889; 9.0060306