Skanderborg Festival
| Skanderborg Festival | |
|---|---|
 FestiWalther the mascot of Skanderborg Festival. | |
| Genre | Rock, heavy metal, pop, electronic, hip hop, blues and folk. |
| Dates | 5 days in August |
| Location(s) | Skanderborg, Denmark |
| Years active | 1980 - present |
| Attendance | 45,000+ |
| Website | Skanderborg Festival |
The Skanderborg Festival is an annual music festival, held during the second weekend of August in Denmark. Its location, in a beech forest in the vicinity of Skanderborg, has given rise to the slogan "Denmarks' Most Beautiful Festival" (Danish: Danmarks Smukkeste Festival) and is also referred to as SmukFest.
The festival covers many styles of music, such as rock, pop, folk, heavy metal, hip-hop and electronic.
The first festival was held in 1980, and was a one-day event with 7 bands and about 600 spectators.
In 2009, Skanderborg Festival was held for the 30th time and is today the second largest festival in Denmark, after the Roskilde Festival.[citation needed] The festival gathered more than 45,000 people for the concerts, including 8,500 workers, most of them volunteers and has reached the current site's maximum capacity.[1]
References
- ^ Maja Lærke Maach (10 August 2013). "Fra 600 til 50.000 gæster: Smukfest anklages for at skade historisk skov [from 600 to 50,000 guests: Smukfest accused of damaging historical forest]". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 29 December 2014.
External links
Media related to Skanderborg Festival at Wikimedia Commons- Smukfest Official Website of the Skanderborg Festival.
