Way Out West 2012

Way Out West takes place in Gothenburg, Sweden from Thursday 9th until Saturday 11th August 2012.

The event hosts national and international acts at venues all over the city; rock clubs, nightclubs, churches, theaters and cultural centers are all used to showcase breaking and more established acts as part of the festivals club concept, Stay Out West.

The main festival takes place in the 137 hectare park of Slottsskogen in Gothenburg on the Friday and Saturday of the festival weekend. Other acts perform at various venues in and around central Gothenburg on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.

Line-up

Way Out West: Kraftwerk, Blur, The Black Keys, Refused, Bon Iver, Florence + The Machine, Hot Chip, The Afghan Whigs, Ane Brun, Ben Howard, Best Coast, Bobby Womack, Frida Hyvönen, I Break Horses, Jonathan Richman, Kraftwerk, Mark Lanegan Band, Miike Snow, Oberhofer, OFWGKTA, The Royal Concept, Feist, Frank Ocean, First Aid Kit, Thurston Moore, Wilco, St. Vincent, Billy Bragg, Azealia Banks, A$ap Rocky, The Field, Deportees, The Afghan Whigs, Yelawolf, The War On Drugs, and The Concept.

Stay Out West: Mazzy Star, Factory Floor, 7 Seconds, Adolescents, Alt-J, Bowerbirds, Boy & Bear, Ceremony, Cloud Nothings, El Perro Del Mar, Friends, Here We Go Magic, Jacuzzi Boys, John Maus, Kindness, Lower Dens, Megafaun, Memoryhouse, Purity Ring, Rodriguez, Sibille Attar, Swans, Zero Boys, Zhala, King Krule, Madeon, Iceage, Django Django, Josh T Pearson, Bob Mould plays Copper Blur, Haim, Korallreven, Papa M, Milagres, Solander, Lune, Swamp81 (Loefah, Boddika, Mickey Pearce plus Chunky), and Numbers (Jackmaster, Deadboy , Redinho, Spencer and Oneman).

Tickets

Tickets are priced at 1895 SEK (approx £180) for a weekend ticket. To buy tickets, click here

Getting there

Gothenburg has a range of accommodation options available, and is reachable by rail and plane networks.

More information will be here when available.

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