Way Out West

last updated: Tue 23rd Jan 2018

Way Out West, is a three day festival held in Sweden's second city, Gothenburg, started in 2007.

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.

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