Stare Misto (Festival)
| Stare Misto Lviv Rock Fest | |
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| Genre | Rock, ethnic, electronic |
| Dates | One day, usual near the end of May |
| Location(s) | Lviv, Ukraine |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Founded by | First Private Brewery |
| Website | |
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stare-misto | |
Stare Misto Lviv Rock Fest is an international music festival which takes place in Lviv, Ukraine annually since 2007. It is organized by the First Private Brewery (Преша Приватна Броварня), a local brewery. Despite its small scale, it is often considered one of the best festivals in Ukraine.[1] It attracts both Ukrainian and European bands, such as Kaiser Chiefs, Esthetic Education, Gogol Bordello, IAMX, Archive and The Subways among others.
History
2007
The first Stare Misto Festival took place on 10 June 2007 at the Bohdan Khmelnitsky Culture and Leisure Park. It was organized as a free event. The line-up consisted of:
Bozhychi- Karpatiyany
Pivo Vdvoem- Lilya Vavrin
- VovaZIL’Vova (Headliner)
2008
The second Stare Misto Festival became a two-day event, taking place on 31 May to 1 June 2008, at the same venue. Due to the high costs of the festival, it was decided that this was the last time it would be organized for free.[2] The line-up consisted of:
First day:
- Serebryanaya Svadba
- Pivo Vdvoem
Zdob si Zdub- Vopli Vidopliassova (Headliner)
Second Day:
- S.K.A.Y.
- Esthetic Education
- Okean Elzy (Headliner)
2009
From 2009 the festival was held at a new venue, the Ukraina Stadium in Lviv. This was also the first year tickets were enforced. The line-up consisted of:
2010
The 2010 edition took place once again on the Ukraina Stadium, on 22 May 2010. The line-up consisted of:
DJ Scratchy- The Urban Voodoo Machine
The Dreadnoughts- IAMX
Goran Bregovic Wedding and Funeral Band- Okean Elzy (Headliner)
2011
The festival took place on 28 May 2011 on the Ukraina Stadium. The line-up consisted of:
La Phaze
Talco- Perkalaba (Unannounced)
Rotfront
Poets of the Fall- IAMX
- Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra (Headliner)
2012
The festival didn't take place in 2012 due to Lviv's hosting the Euro 2012.
2013
The latest edition of the festival took place on 8-9 June on the Ukraina Stadium. The festival, for the first time since 2008, became a two-day event. The line-up consisted of:
First Day:
- Epolets
- Lyapis Trubetskoy
Che Sudaka- Archive
- IAMX (Headliner)
- Goran Bregovic
Second Day:
- Mufftrain
- Fiddler's Green
- Leningrad Cowboys
- The Subways
- Kaiser Chiefs (Headliner)
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