Arsenal Fest

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Arsenal Fest
Арсенал Фест
Dates3 days, late June
Location(s)Kragujevac, Serbia
Years active2011–present
Websitewww.arsenalfest.rs

Arsenal Fest (Serbian Cyrillic: Арсенал Фест) is a summer music festival held in Kragujevac, Serbia. It is staged annually since 2011 and occurs for three days every late June.

History

When it started in 2011, the festival had only a single stage. The next year, 2012. the festival got its second stage – "Zastavina bašta", later renamed as "Garden Stage". The third one, "Red Bull Stage" was put in use in 2013, but renamed next year as "Explosive DJ Stage".

In 2011, the festival had 14,000 visitors. In 2012, it was visited by 15,000 people. In 2013 and 2014 it was visited by approximately 25,000 people.

The visitors of Arsenal Fest with tickets also have a possibility of having accommodation in the festival camp named "Arsenal Rock Camp" which is situated near the main city stadium “Čika Dača”.

Location

It is held in the historical place where the Serbian industry revolution has started in the mid-19th century by opening a gun factory which later led to opening automotive facility Zastava Automobiles. The festival is famous for offering extraordinary mixture of modern sound and light systems and specific 19th century industrial architecture. The location of Arsenal Fest is a huge advantage of the festival, because it is situated just a few hundred meters from the downtown Kragujevac, but is, at the same time, completely isolated from the tumult of the city that has 175,000 residents.

Festival by year

Main Stage, 2016
# Year Dates Guests Headliners Ticket price in RSD
1 2011 16–18 June 14,000
Dubioza Kolektiv, The Dibidus, Rambo Amadeus.[1]
1000[2]
2 2012 14–16 June 15,000
Dubioza Kolektiv, Marčelo, Darko Rundek, Darkwood Dub, Zemlja Gruva.[3]
1900
3 2013 27–29 June[4] 24,000
Hladno Pivo, Repetitor, Popečitelji, Eva Braun, Zaa.[4]
1800[4]
4 2014 26–28 June 25,000
Gibonni, Brainwashed, Atheist Rap, Bad Copy, Goblini, Sajsi MC & B.K.O, Marčelo & Iskaz, Violet.[5]
1800
5 2015 25–27 June 21,000 Debela Nensi, 1800
6 2016 24–26 June 23,000 Bajaga i Instruktori, Skunk Anansie, DJ David Lesse, Obojeni Program, Ničim Izazvan, Massimo Savić, KBO!, Eyesburn, Neno Belan, E-Play, Siddharta, Partibrejkers, Atheist Rap, Asian Dub Foundation, Beogradski Sindikat, Irish Stew of Sindidun.[7] 1900
7 2017 22–24 June 30,000 2300
8 2018 21–23 June 22,000[9] 3000

Notes and references

  1. ^ ":: Arsenal Fest ::". Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  2. ^ "ARSENAL FEST". CS Eventim. Archived from the original on 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
  3. ^ ":: Arsenal Fest ::". Archived from the original on 2016-05-15. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  4. ^ a b c "Arsenal Fest 3: Poznati satnica i program", balkanrock.com Archived June 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ ":: Arsenal Fest ::". Archived from the original on 2017-05-29. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  6. ^ ":: Arsenal Fest ::". Archived from the original on 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  7. ^ "Bajaga, BG sindikat, Obojeni, Ateisti…kompletirali najjači Arsenal do sada!". www.facebook.com.
  8. ^ "Buzzcocks, Urban, Rambo and Elvis at Arsenal 07!". www.facebook.com.
  9. ^ a b "Arsenal Fest 08 finale: "Muzika je moćan alat, koji povezuje ljude!" / FOTO".

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