Ieper Festival
| General information | |
| genre | Hardcore punk and sub-genres, metal |
| Website | http://www.ieperfest.com/ |
The Ieperfest (or Ieper Hardcore Fest ) is a multi-day music festival in the Belgian city of Ieper . It has taken place regularly in the last week of August since 1992 and is described as the largest hardcore festival in Europe. The Ieperfest is a DIY event. Since the first edition of the festival, several big names from the hardcore punk scene and their subgenres such as Agnostic Front , Terror , Unearth , Sick of It All , Raised Fist , The Black Dahlia Murder and Shai Hulud have played . Lesser-known bands from South America, Asia and Australia also performed at the festival, for example Still X Strong and Bandanos from Brazil , Nueva Ética from Argentina , Suckinim Benaim from Israel and An Emerald City from New Zealand .
The festival attracts up to 10,000 visitors annually and is considered to be the largest and longest-serving underground festival in the world. In an interview with the German Ox-Fanzine , the organizers announced that they hardly do any sponsoring because the festival wants to get by without sponsorship from large companies. Only a few local companies support the festival. The organization team of the festival consisted of 15 people at times and can fall back on 120 voluntary helpers. According to the organizer, the festival should be as ecological as possible. In 2010 the festival won the Flemish Greenevent Award . The Ieperfest is not a pure music festival. The “More Than Music” stage has existed for a number of years, where discussions about animal rights, anarchism, DIY and politics take place.
Web links
- ieperfest.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Joachim Hiller: Ox-Fanzine : Interview with the organizer
- ↑ a b allschools.de: 13.08-15.08.2010: Ieper Fest - Festival area - Ieper
- ↑ songkick.com: Ieperfest 2012
- ↑ allschools.de: Ieperfest 2009 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
