- Hove Festival
infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Hove Festival
location =Tromøy ,Arendal ,Norway
years_active= 2007 - present
founders = Toffen Gunnufsen
dates = 23-27 June (2008)
genre =Indie rock , Pop, Hip Hop, Metal
website = [http://www.hovefestival.com/ www.hovefestival.com]Hove Festival ( _no. Hovefestivalen) is a
music festival held on the islandTromøy outside ofArendal in southernNorway . It was held for the first time from 26th June to30 June 2007 . [ [http://www.last.fm/event/79571 Last FM Calendar] ]The Hove Festival is a new festival for all people believing that combining the best artists with on site camping, nature, beaches, water and idyllic surroundings for the ultimate festival experience. Hove Festival will be setting new standards for environmental awareness. Not only because they want to preserve the beautiful nature that surrounds the festival, but because they believe that a music festival can make for an interesting way to increase environmental awareness, both with their audience and their partners. [ [http://www.hovefestivalen.com/Default.aspx?articleID=49 Hove Festival official website] ]
There is no age limits on any arrangements, kids under age 12 together with parent have free admittance. [ [http://www.hovefestivalen.no/Default.aspx?articleID=50 Hove Festival official website in Norwegian] ]
2007
72,000 visitors and 53.000 sold tickets which includes 7,700 week passes making this Norway's largest music festival in 2007 [ [http://www.hovefestivalen.no/Default.aspx?articleID=49 Hove Festival official website in Norwegian] ]
Program 2007 [ [http://www.hovefestivalen.com/Default.aspx?CatID=Artister07 Hove Festival official website] ]
Tuesday 26th June
*Hovescenen:
**Queens of the Stone Age / Incubus / CSS /My Midnight Creeps /Hangface *Amfiscenen:
**Amy Winehouse /Clipse /Stephen Marley /Darkside of the Force *Amfiscenen, klubb:
**Kaiser Chiefs /King Midas *Teltscenen:
**Klaxons /The Twang /65 Days of Static /Junior Boys /Sunkissed Wednesday 27th June
*Hovescenen:
**The Killers /Arcade Fire /The Hold Steady /Me First and the Gimme Gimmes /X-Queen of the Astronauts *Amfiscenen:
**Lamb of God /Chimaira /Unearth /Gojira /Dimension F3H *Amfiscenen, klubb:
**Bright Eyes /Susanne Sundfør *Teltscenen:
**The View /The Noisettes /The New Violators / Bite /Sunkissed Thursday 28th June
*Hovescenen:
**Dipset (with Jim Jones andJuelz Santana ) /Chamillionaire /Ludacris / Papoose /Akala / Venom*Amfiscenen:
**Interpol /TV on the Radio /120 Days /Tokyo Police Club *Amfiscenen, klubb:
**Neurosis /Hatebreed /She Said Destroy *Teltscenen:
**Oh No Ono /The Presets /The Lionheart Brothers /Brightblack Morning Light /Sunkissed Friday 29th June
*Hovescenen:
**Slayer / Cynic /Keep of Kalessin *Amfiscenen:
**Damien Rice /Nellie McKay / Pleasure /Ingrid Olava / Mastodon*Amfiscenen, klubb:
**Omar /Remy Ma *Teltscenen:
**The Long Blondes / 1990s /Moving Oos /Violent Years /Sunkissed Saturday 30th June
*Hovescenen:
**My Chemical Romance /Billy Talent /Flying Crap /Pale Kids *Amfiscenen:
**Sivert Høyem & The Volunteers /Modest Mouse /William Hut /Heroes & Zeroes *Amfiscenen, klubb:
**Gossip /The Horrors *Teltscenen:
**Devastations /Patrick Wolf /Rockettothesky /Kate Hanevik /Sunkissed Partners
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MTV
*MSN
*Fairtrade
*Bellona Foundation
*Amnesty International
*Pepsi
*Levis
*HP
*Djuice 2008
Price: Daypass: Not available yet. 5-day Pass: 1890 NOK [ [http://www.hovefestivalen.com/Default.aspx?articleID=50 Hove Festival official website] ]
June 23-27, 2008, Lineup: [ [http://www.hovefestivalen.com/Default.aspx?CatID=Artister Hove Festival official website] ]
External links
* [http://www.hovefestivalen.com Official website in English]
* [http://www.hovefestivalen.no Official website in Norwegian]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n46VkgPJtps Official 30 sec 2007 TV-Promo ]
* [http://rita.nrk.no/community/hove07/ NRK P3 Videos from '07]
* [http://www.amnesty.org/noise/language.html Amnesty - Make Some Noise Campaign]
* [http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2185591 Hove Festival 2007: the DiS review]
* [http://festivals.musicomh.com/hove-1_0707.htm musicOMH reviews Hove Festival 2007]
* [http://www.thrashhits.com/2008/06/in-photos-hove-festival-2008/ Thrash Hits photo gallery from Hove Festival 2008]References
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