Lowlands 2011

An outdoor three day festival focusing on alternative music, as well as a complete programme of stand-up comedy, film, visual arts, literature and (street) theatre. The event is held from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st August and goes under the longer title of A Camping Flight To Lowlands Paradise. It is situated in Biddinghuizen, which is a town in the Dutch province of Flevoland.

The festival plays host to 55,000 attendees, several hundred performances divided over three areas and eight stages, many bars and global restaurants, a market, hippie hangouts, campsites with showers, a radio station, a daily newspaper, and a unique currency.

Line-up

Agnes Obel, Anna Calvi, Arctic Monkeys, Budzillus, Junip, Matthew Dear, Mayer, Hawthorne & The County, Miles Kane, Paul Kalkbrenner, Rise Against, Skunk Anansie, Warpaint, Will And The People, Aphex Twin, Le Butcherettes, Crystal Castles, Happy Camper, Jungle by Night, Lykke Li, Naked And Famous, The Nationaal, Jeugd Jazz Orkest o.l.v. Benjamin Herman, The Offspring, Underoath, Within Temptation, Chef'Special, Bullet for my Valentine, Fleet Foxes, Interpol, Jeugd van Tegenwoordig, Omar Souleyman, Residentie Orkest, Trentemøller, and The Wombats.

VAT increase

The Dutch government have made a VAT increase on the arts increasing it from 6% to 19%, it looks as though this could effect the line-up of much of the smaller culture events happening alongside the music.

Tickets

Tickets sold out in 2 hours, and were priced at 165 euros, with a campervan ticket priced at 49.50 euros.

More information will be here when available.

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