Flevo Festival

Flevo Festival

The Flevo Festival is an open air Christian music festival held each August in The Netherlands. This years' edition will take place 14-17 August 2008 at a recreation area near Apeldoorn. The festival was first organized as [http://www.mijneersteflevo.nl/welkom.html Kamperland Festival] in 1978 by the Dutch arm of Youth for Christ and became a private foundation in 2002.

The festival attracts approximately 10,000 people each year. It highlights all musical styles, but especially Rock. and is considered by some to be the most important European Christian festival. Previous headline bands have included Stryper, dc talk, Jars of Clay, Sixpence None the Richer, Bride, Audio Adrenaline, Switchfoot and Five Iron Frenzy.

External links

* [http://www.flevofestival.nl Official website]
* [http://www.mijneersteflevo.nl/welkom.html Historical site about Kamperland 1978 (first Flevo festival)]


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