norway rock

09 - 12 July 2009

Kvinesdal, Norway

08 - 11 July 2010

background

Starting out in 2006 Kvinesdal Rock Festival will be held annually with this year's event taking place between 12 - 15 July. Formed by a handful of idealists who had money to invest in the festival, it is run completely with the help of volunteers with no one actually hired to work fulltime.

Norway Rock Festival is arranged by the foundation Norway Rock Kvinesdal.

The foundation was founded on 11 November 2008 and consists mainly of the same people who started Kvinesdal Rock Festival and changed the name to Norway Rock Festival. We chose to be a foundation to show everyone that we are doing this for fun, and not in order to make money off it. Any surplus will stay in the foundation

Contrary to many other festivals they have chosen a rather narrow scope when it comes to type of music. In order to offer something to the youngsters they have no age limit on the Thursday, where they choose mainly bands for young rockers.

This way Norway Rock hopes that you as a part of the audience experience as many favourite bands as possible in addition to new bands up the same alley. The arena itself has a long history as a place for parties – big and small. 2009 is the fourth year the festival is being arranged here.

Visit the official site for more information.

line up

2009

Arch Enemy

Backyard Babies

Doro

In Flames

K[nine]

Manowar

Mustasch

Nightwish

Sahg

Satyricon

Sirenia

Sister Sin

Skambankt

Sonata Arctica

Testament

Thunderbolt

U.D.O.

WASP

Zerozonic

Previous bands by year

2008

Alice Cooper, Audrey Horne, Backstreet Girls, Dumdum Boys, Hayseed Dixie, Hardcore Superstar, Helloween, Insense, K[nine], The Last Rock'n'Roll Band, Motörhead, Pagans Mind, Pain, The Quireboys, Ronnie Le Tekro, Soilwork, Stage Dolls, Turboneger, Volbeat, WE

2007

Anthem, Breed, Carburetors, Circus Maximus, Communic, Crucified Barbara, The Cumshots, DAD, Freak Kitchen, Ingenting, Jorn, Kamelot, The Kids, Luxus, Leverpostei, Lowdown, Mayah, Moonchild, Paperback Freud, Sabaton, Sebastian Bach, Skambankt, TNT, Wig Wam

2006

Udo, Paul Dianno, Pagan's Mind, Backstreet Girls, Carnivora, Tömmermenn, Thunderbolt, Turboneger, Zerozonic, Emathea, Ozzmosis, Heatseekers, Trendkill, Overhead, Dust N' Bones, Elevation, Dry County, Absinth, Diesel Dahl & Friends, Playboys

information

tickets

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camping / accommodation

You can camp at the festival or alternatively there are hotels available in the surrounding area. Although this in Norwegian it is easy to get the information you require.

age limit

Thursday: Free age limit (alcohol is served in a limited area)

Friday / Saturday: 18+ - this is a strict age limit and anyone under this age CAN NOT attend with a guardian or parent.

location

Kvinesdal is approximately 100km from Kristiansand. This was chosen because for a number of years it has been an arranged meeting place for parties and motorcycle clubs. It is situated nearby to the 'main road' from Kristiansand to Stavanger and is quite accessible. There are alternatives for traveling to Kvinesdal and these can be found on the official site although you made need to ask for help with translation.

Information regarding the area of Kvinesdal can be found here.

Flights to Oslo, Stavanger, Kristiansand.