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The Quart Festival was an annual popular music festival that took place in Kristiansand, Norway in the beginning of July. It was the most visited music festival in Norway.

It was first named Qvadradurmusivalen, but changed into the more ear-catching Quart Festival the following year. For several years Quart was the largest music festival in Norway, but went bankrupt in 2008 in part due to tough competition from the Hovefestivalen in Arendal and some Oslo-based festivals.

There have been some scandals during the years.

- A local band Flying Crap fired a shotgun from the stage in 1995.

- In 1999 Marilyn Manson was supposed to have a concert at Quart. With Kristiansand being located in the middle of the Norwegian Bible Belt, many religious forces joined together in prayer. Manson had to cancel the show. He returned the next year.

- Covenant burned the bible on stage in 2000.

- Mayhem threw pigheads at the audience in 2001

- Eight musicians from hiphop group Equicez were arrested for drug offences in 2003

- Two persons from rainforest charity group Fuck For Forest had live sex on stage during a concert with The Cumshots in 2004.

2008 cancelling and bankruptcy

- On the evening of June 6, citing low ticket sales (14 000 against a budget of 30 000), the festival management officially decided to cancel the 2008 festival (supposed to start on July 1) and as well file the managing company for bankruptcy. Following the 2007 festival, the company had a deficiency of roughly 16 million kroner.

Key performers

1992: Spiritualized, The Boo Radleys, Tom Russell, Bel Canto, Pogo Pops

1993: Motorpsycho, Seigmen, 808 State

1994: Elvis Costello, The Orb, Blur, Elastica

1995: The Black Crowes, Weezer, Lisa Germano, Morphine

1996: Motorpsycho, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Pulp, Ministry, Orbital, Underworld, Beck, Massive Attack, Black Grape

1997: Rage Against the Machine, Suede, Einstürzende Neubauten, Daft Punk, Aphex Twin, Charlatans UK

1998: Beastie Boys, Portishead, Björk, Iggy Pop, Teenage Fanclub, Wyclef Jean

1999: The Roots, Fatboy Slim, Happy Mondays, Garbage, Marilyn Manson, Blur, Massive Attack, The Cardigans

2000: Sonic Youth, Oasis, Leftfield, Moby, Death in Vegas, Morten Abel, Madrugada, Nine Inch Nails, Counting Crows, Macy Gray

2001: Manic Street Preachers, Deftones, Daft Punk, Beck, Alanis Morissette, PJ Harvey, The Dandy Warhols, Motörhead, Coldplay, Wyclef Jean, Mayhem

2002: David Bowie, Travis, Rammstein, No Doubt, Morten Abel, Belle & Sebastian, Turbonegro, Kent, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Kaizers Orchestra, Muse, White Stripes

2003: Massive Attack, Nas, Coldplay, The Flaming Lips, Queens of the Stone Age, Röyksopp, The Cardigans, Immortal, Mew

2004: Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas, Sean Paul, The Darkness, Morrissey, Pixies, Franz Ferdinand, The Hives, !!!, Phoenix, Pleasure, The Cumshots, Slipknot, N.E.R.D.

2005: Audioslave, Green Day, Foo Fighters, Jimmy Eat World, Snoop Dogg, Thomas Dybdahl, The Game, Porcupine Tree, Stonegard, Fantômas

2006: Depeche Mode, Tool, Kanye West, Muse, Pharrell, Arctic Monkeys, Damian Marley, Devin the Dude, Placebo, Rufus Wainwright, Opeth, The Raconteurs, Wolfmother, Richard Hawley, Gogol Bordello, Flogging Molly, The Cat Empire, Death Cab for Cutie

2007: Turbonegro, The Who, Scissor Sisters, 50 Cent, Bigbang, Chris Cornell, Motorpsycho, Black Debbath, The Roots, Mew, Talib Kweli

Quart 2008 program

Quart 2008 is cancelled

Real Ones
Rockettothesky
Röyksopp
Saul Williams
Shining
~~Spank Rock~~ - cancelled
The Streets
Surgeon Live
Taxi Taxi
Three Trapped Tigers
Totalt Jävla Mörker
Trentemøller in concert
UNKLE
~~Vincent Vincent and the Villains~~ - cancelled
Wildbirds & Peacedrums
Yolz in the Sky
Young Knives

KlubbQuart 2008

Röyksopp - John Digweed - Justice - Digitalism - Trentemøller - 2 Many DJs - Faithless DJ Set ft Sister Bliss and Maxi Jazz - Datarock - Alter Ego - Audion - Cobblestone Jazz - DiskJokke - Surgeon - Holy Fuck - Kool Keith - Lykke Li - Mathew Jonson - Mental Overdrive - Ost & Kjex - Skatebård - Bjørn Torske - Nils Noa - Olle Abstract - Ralph Myerz DJ Set - UNKLE - Sunkissed DJs: G-Ha & Olanskii - Hot!Hot!Hot! DJs: Mikal Tellé & Asel - Arildo Dildo - Bendiks - Doc L. Jr - DJ Friendly - Emmtee - Lil' Wolf - Martyn Reed - Molo Mekaniske - Nemis - Roland Lifjell - Thomas Urv - DJ Trulz - DJ Twomass - Tilt & Thomas Danger

External links

Official site (mostly in Norwegian)
Official Site: English (Limited pages)

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-The '''Quart Festival''' was an annual popular music festival that takes place in [[Kristiansand]], [[Norway]] in the beginning of July. It is the most visited music festival in Norway.
+The '''Quart Festival''' was an annual popular music festival that took place in [[Kristiansand]], [[Norway]] in the beginning of July. It was the most visited music festival in Norway.
-It was first named Qvadradurmusivalen, but changed into the more ear-catching Quart Festival the following year. For several years Quart was the largest music festival in Norway, but has gained some competition lately from [[Hovefestivalen]] in [[Arendal]] and some [[Oslo]]-based festivals.
+It was first named Qvadradurmusivalen, but changed into the more ear-catching Quart Festival the following year. For several years Quart was the largest music festival in Norway, but went bankrupt in 2008 in part due to tough competition from the [[Hovefestivalen]] in [[Arendal]] and some [[Oslo]]-based festivals.
 There have been some scandals during the years.
-- Local band [[Flying Crap]] fired a shotgun from the stage in [[1995]].
+- A local band [[Flying Crap]] fired a shotgun from the stage in [[1995]].
-- In [[1999]] [[Marilyn Manson]] was supposed to have a concert at Quart. With Kristiansand being the center of the Norwegian Bible Belt, many religious forces joined together in prayer. Manson had to cancel the show. He returned the next year.
+- In [[1999]] [[Marilyn Manson]] was supposed to have a concert at Quart. With Kristiansand being located in the middle of the Norwegian Bible Belt, many religious forces joined together in prayer. Manson had to cancel the show. He returned the next year.
-- [[Covenant]] burns the bible on stage in [[2000]].
+- [[Covenant]] burned the bible on stage in [[2000]].
-- [[Mayhem]] throws pigheads at the audience in [[2001]]
+- [[Mayhem]] threw pigheads at the audience in [[2001]]
-- Eight musicians from hiphop group [[Equicez]] is arrested for drug offences in [[2003]]
+- Eight musicians from hiphop group [[Equicez]] were arrested for drug offences in [[2003]]
-- Two persons from rainforest charity group [[Fuck For Forest]] has live sex on stage during a concert with [[The Cumshots]] in [[2004]].
+- Two persons from rainforest charity group [[Fuck For Forest]] had live sex on stage during a concert with [[The Cumshots]] in [[2004]].
 ===2008 cancelling and bankruptcy===