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[branvan]

Has anyone ever been to this festival? Line up for this year is looking very gorgeous.

http://www.hultsfredsfestivalen.se/

[mattias]

branvan, on 24 January 2012 - 05:08 PM, said:

Has anyone ever been to this festival? Line up for this year is looking very gorgeous.

http://www.hultsfredsfestivalen.se/

Line-Up:

The Cure
The Stone Roses
The XX
The Cardigans
Justice
Kasabian
Marina and the Diamonds
Anna Ternheim
Garbage
The Kooks
M83
James Blake
Noah and the whale
Future Islands
Stay+
Sleep Part people

AMAZING!! And it will be around 50-60 bands in total!!

Hultsfred is a great festival in Sweden!! Beautiful location beside a lake at the countryside, 3-4 hours drive from Stockholm. Last year it only came around 10000(?) visitors. But I think it will grow this year and have around 20000(?) visitors....

Hultsfred is an old and respected festival in Sweden, but in 2009 the festival went bankrupt. In 2011 it started again with new owners and is now expanding!

Edited by mattias, 26 January 2012 - 11:34 AM.

[branvan]

what about prices, it is expensive in Scandinavia I think? what is the price of a normal (not light) beer?

can you get a (normal, not light) beer at the festival?

Edited by branvan, 27 January 2012 - 03:52 PM.

[mattias]

branvan, on 27 January 2012 - 11:37 AM, said:

what about prices, it is expensive in Scandinavia I think? what is the price of a normal (not light) beer?

can you get a (normal, not light) beer at the festival?

It is not cheap in Sweden. Much like in the UK I believe? A beer will cost between 35-55 Swedish crowns, 4-6 Euro (don´t know the exact price). You can buy beer at the festival area and I think it is normal beer, not light beer!

On other festivals in Sweden, it is special "beer-areas". But at the Hultsfred you can walk around with your beer wherever you want, but you must be 18 years of age to buy one. You can not bring alcohol from the campsite to the festival area!

Other drugs are completely banned and you do not see much of them at festivals in Sweden.

[mattias]

Classic clips from the good old days... You can see the wonderful environment and atmosphere

[mattias]

New bands today:

Mumford & Sons
Frank Turner
Bear In Heaven
French Films

[Em Littler]

If your flying from the U.K to get to the festival, wheres the closest airport to fly to ? Is it easy to get airport-festival transfers?

[mattias]

Em Littler, on 31 January 2012 - 07:32 PM, said:

If your flying from the U.K to get to the festival, wheres the closest airport to fly to ? Is it easy to get airport-festival transfers?

I think the closest and cheapest is to fly with Ryanair to Skavsta [NYO]. From the airport you go to Nykoping which is the nearest town. From there you can book tickets with a bus company called "festivalbussen" that runs to various festivals in Sweden. The bus company website is http://www.festivalbussen.com/ Unfortunately, they have bad information in English, but they go from most major cities in Sweden. If you fly to Stockholm or Malmö instead, you can go with festivalbussen to Hultsfred Festival.


Other ways to travel in Sweden:

Train: www.sj.se
  http://www.veolia-transport.se

Bus: www.swebus.se

Or, rent a car. It is about 20 mil (120 english mile?) from Skavsta to Hultsfred Festival -  2,5 hours drive.

Edited by mattias, 15 February 2012 - 12:18 PM.

[mattias]

New band:

Joker

[mattias]

New bands:

The Bronx
Errors
AlunaGeorge
Rising

[Wearewhatwebelieve]

Does anyone know whether bands start on Thursday (14th) or Friday? Cheers!

[mattias]

More bands!!

Bat For Lashes
Azure Blu
Au Palais
Willy Moon


Bands start to play on thursday 14th and the campsite will probably open on tuesday or wednesday!

[mattias]

[branvan]

_{this is my favourite line up of this summer. tickets and flights bought. flying to kopenhagen and from there by train...
hoping to have Noel G and New Order on the line up as well and some nice bands from Sweden (Little Dragon, I Break Horses, Korallreven) and then I'm totally happy with it}

[Thowky]

Really great lineup.  I don't have a clue how to get there and would end up travelling alone so I think I'll be sticking to UK festivals this year but this is still really tempting.

[mattias]

New bands added to the line-up:

The Gaslight Anthem
Penguin Prison
Spector
Miles Kane

[mattias]

More bands!!

Noel Gallagher´s High Flying Birds
The Vaccines
Feed Me
Far & Son
Miles Kane
Big Deal
Breton
Ewert & The Two Dragons


The Line-Up is amazing!!!
http://www.hultsfred...len.se/artister

Edited by mattias, 07 March 2012 - 01:09 PM.

[Mirko]

Slash and Eagles of Death Metal confirmed.

[Ben Holland]

Cracking Line up and for a decent price too (165 quid for camping)......

However a major pain in the backside to get to. From UK you're talking 2hr flight plus about 3-5 hours either train or bus ride to the festival site. Plus on the train you have to change trains. Then the same on the way back.

That's a lot of travel for a Festival.

We're going to Sziget in Hungary this summer. 2 hr 30 mins flight straight into Budapest and then next to no extra travelling time required, 20 min cab ride to our digs and straight on it!

[mattias]

Added to the Line-Up:

Gorillaz Sound System
Bombay Bicycle Club
S.C.U.M.
Porcelain Raft