Jelen Pivo Live

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Jelen Pivo Live


location = Belgrade, Serbia
years_active = 2006 – present
founders = Apatinska pivara
dates =
genre = Rock
website = [http://www.jelenpivo.com/live Official page]

Jelen Pivo Live is a musical festival held since 2006 in order to promote the Apatin brewery brand Jelen pivo. The organizers had the idea gather the finest Serbian rock bands at one place, but the following year beside Serbian bands, foreign acts were also included in the festival lineups.

2006

In 2006 the festival was held for the first time in Belgrade's SKC (Students Cultural Centre) on December 15 and 16. The festival had two stages. The first night the lineup featured Partibrejkers, Sunshine, Eyesburn, Orthodox Celts on the main stage and Škabo, Straight Jackin', Discord, Irie FM and Flip Out on the second stage. The second night the main stage featured Disciplin A Kitschme, Obojeni Program, Darkwood Dub and Neočekivana Sila and on the second stage appeared Intruder, Popečitelji, Repetitor i Supernaut.

2007

Due to large popularity of the festival, Apatin brewery decided to organize the festival at the larger venue and include foreign acts in the lineup beside the Serbian rock acts. The festival was held at the Kalemegdan Fortress and lasted for three days, from September 7 to September 9.

The lineup featured Ian Brown, Happy Mondays, Gary Moore, Hladno Pivo, Let 3, Disciplin A Kitschme, Partibrejkers, Plejboj, Darkwood Dub, Obojeni Program, Marčelo, Dado Topić & Time, Darko Rundek, and Laibach. As a special feature, the festival gave opportunity to young musicians to show their onstage ability. The festival proved to be one of the best regional festivals in South-Eastern Europe.

2008

In 2008 the festival moved to Tašmajdan Open Air Sports Centre. This time the festival was chosen to last for only two days, September 5 and 6. The first evening on the festival appeared Repetitor, Jarboli, Hypnotized, Električni Orgazam, Dinosaur Jr and The Stooges. The second night featured Strip, Shiroko, Majke, Disciplin A Kitschme, The Lemonheads and Partibrejkers. This year the festival was dealing with ecology problems and started an action of tin recycling with the moto "Reciklirajte i Vi!" ("You too should recycle").

External references

* [http://www.jelenpivo.com/live/ Official page]