aaamusic | On 26, Jul 2011

Øya Festival 2011 sells out!

– Late confirmations include Guided By Voices, Sebadoh, White Denim

Øya is delighted to announce 2011’s festival has completely sold out.

Final confirmations include a very special performance from Guided by Voices – the band’s first performance in Europe since 2002, and their only planned reunion date in Europe in 2011; alt-rock legend, Lou Barlow’s Sebadoh (who replace Fang Island); plus White Denim who are playing music from their critically acclaimed forth album, D.

They join previously confirmed headliners, Kanye West and Pulp, plus other acts including Fleet Foxes, Wiz Khalifa, Lykke Li, The Jayhawks, Aphex Twin, Janelle Monáe, Jamie xx, Q-Tip and James Blake.

Final line up:

KANYE WEST (US) / PULP (UK) / KAIZERS ORCHESTRA performing Violeta Violeta vol 2 / HÅKAN HELLSTRÖM (SE) / 120 DAYS / FLEET FOXES (US) / APHEX TWIN (UK) / THE JAYHAWKS (US) / KITCHIE KITCHIE KI ME O / KVELERTAK / LYKKE LI (SE) / JANELLE MONÁE (US)

STEIN TORLEIF BJELLA / JAMES BLAKE (UK) / MARI BOINE / BRING ME THE

HORIZON (UK) / EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY (US) / FJORDEN BABY! / GRANT LEE BUFFALO (US) / GUIDED BY VOICES (US) / HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR (US) / HURRA TORPEDO / IDA JENSHUS / SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS (US) / WIZ KHALIFA (US) / KYUSS LIVES! (US) / LUKESTAR / MARIA MENA / MONTÉE / NOAH AND THE WHALE (UK) / OFF! (US) / OSLO ESS / THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART (US) / PANTHA DU PRINCE (DE) & THE BELL LABORATORY / Q-TIP (US) / REAL ONES / SÄKERT! (SE) / WANNSKRÆKK / JAMIE XX (UK)

JONAS ALASKA / KHAIRA ARBY (ML) / ARISTILLUS / THE AVETT BROTHERS (US) / THE BUDOS BAND (US) / CANCER BATS (CA) / JENS CARELIUS / COMEBACK KID (CA) / CRYSTAL FIGHTERS (ES) / MATTHEW DEAR (LIVE BAND) (US) / DEATHCRUSH / DESTROYER (CA) / EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS (US) / ENVY / EYE EMMA JEDI / FANG ISLAND (US) / GHOST (SE) / GIVERS (US) / GRAVEYARD (SE) / MAYER HAWTHORNE & THE COUNTY (US) / HONNINGBARNA / KAIA / HILDE MARIE KJERSEM / SANDRA KOLSTAD / HANNE KOLSTØ / MONGO NINJA / MUNGOLIAN JET SET / PHAEDRA / PRINS THOMAS ORKESTER / RAZIKA / RUMBLE IN RHODOS / TEAM ME / TôG / TURNS / TWIN SHADOW (US) / VREID / WARPAINT (US) / WHITE DENIM (US) / WOLVES LIKE US

PLUS ØYANIGHT:

(Club shows in Oslo – separate tickets from the festival)

Okkervil River (US) / Low (US) / Glasser (US) / DJ Cassidy (US) + Patski Love & Chris Stallion + Jaywalkers / Daniel Nordgren (SE) / James Blake DJ set (UK) / The Antlers (US) / Q-Tip DJ-set (US) + Patski Love & Chris Stallion / Navigators / Wolfram (AT) + DJ Andy Butler (US) / Mayer Hawthorne DJ-set (US) + Patski Love & Chris Stallion + The Beauty & The Beast / Endless Boogie (US) / Puro Instinct (US) + Chad Valley (UK) / 6th Borough Project (UK) + Brokesteady & Cravings / D/R/UG/S (US) / How To Dress Well (US) / STEPHEN O’MALLEY (US) / THE LIONHEART BROTHERS / MAGDA (DE) / JOHNNY D (DE) / G-HA & OLANSKII / VINNY VILLBASS / JOSH T. PEARSON (US) / SAMLING (SE) / HEIDI SPENCER & THE RARE BIRDS (US) / DIPPER (SE) / KING SALAMI & THE CUMBERLAND 3 (UK) /THE DRAGTONES (US/SE) / THEE GRAVEMEN (SE) / BEDROOM EYES (SE) /HONEYTRAPS /RINGO DEATHSTARR (US) / MARIBEL BÄDDAT FÖR TRUBBEL (SE) / KAMIKAZE A GO GO / LARRY HEARD (US) / DMX KREW (UK) / ACTRESS (UK) /PARIAH (UK) / PRINS THOMAS / BLACKBELT ANDERSEN

The ClubDay – AUGUST 9th – 80 acts in 21 venues;
A-Laget, Jennie Abrahamson (SE), Agent Cooper, The Apricot, Therese
Aune, Baba Raku Orchestra, Baertur, Bankmenn, Bellow, Bendik,
Bloksberg, Bloody Beach, Bøygard, The Captain & Me, Casa Murilo, CCTV,
Cold Mailman, Le Corbeau, Mats Dawg, Death By Unga Bunga, Devil & The
Almighty Blues, Die! Die! Die! (NZ), Dig Deeper, Dråpe, Duel In The
Sun, Earlybird Stringband, Easy & Center Of The Universe, Friends Of
The Dude, Guro Von Germeten, Goonfight, Kaja Gunnufsen, Monica Heldal,
Herreløse, The Hex, Hiawata!, honeytraps, Hope I Die Virgin, Anne Lene
Hägglund, Kalashnikov, Klisne Fingra, The Last Heat, Ledfoot, Legs 11,
Liliedugg, Lonely Kamel, Lucky Lips, Machine Birds, The Megaphonic
Thrift, Mhoo, Milenasong, Morudes, Mykland, Now We?ve Got Members, Of
Grace And Hatred, OMA, Mikhael Paskalev, Paranoid James, Philco
Fiction, Pirate Love, Los Plantronics, Pristine, Proviant Audio, Pumba
& Dannyboy, Radio 9, The Retardos, Reverend Chicken Head Morton & The
Kosmik Boogie Tribe, Stina Stjern, Supermale, Lucy Swann, The
Terrifieds, This Is Music Inc, Two Fighters Against A Star Destroyer,
Ungdomskulen performing Gimme Ten, Roar Vangen, VOM, Wholy Martin,
Chelsea Wolfe (US), Young Dreams, Youth Pictures Of Florence Henderson

9th–13th August 2011

Middelalderparken, Oslo

Tickets:

5 DAY FESTIVAL PASS: 1940, – NOK + tax

Day tickets also available

Ticket sale: www.billettservice.no

Phone: +47 815 33 133

www.facebook.com/oyafestivalen#!/pages/The-%C3%98ya-Festival/182562838456115?sk=wall

Øya festival is the largest outdoor music festival in Oslo, the capital of Norway and one of the most discerning in Europe.

Øya is held in a medieval park, a picturesque spot surrounded by sandy beaches, the Oslo Fjords, the green Ekeberg Hill and the Oslo skyline. Rooted deep in history, the medieval park is also the place where the capital of Norway was founded a thousand years ago. For 4 days in the middle of August, the Medieval Park in Oslo is transformed into an arena for musical, visual and cross-cultural performances. The Øya Festival is an energetic and symbiotic experience with a unique atmosphere and audience that bares resemblance to no other.

Amidst the festival area of trees, green grass and water, the festival is well equipped with stages, shopping streets and small shops serving food (almost 100% organic and locally sourced) and drink. The site creates an exciting rendezvous between nature and culture, being just a short walk from the city centre of Oslo.

Øya Festival is officially recognised as one of the greenest festivals in Europe, having won the “Greenest Festival in Europe” at the European Festival Awards 2010 and also the ”Green ’n’ Clean” award.

“One of the most discerning music programmes on offer anywhere in Europe” – The Guardian Guide

“It´s the line-up of Primavera but without the scorching heat, the good-spirited nature of Glastonbury without the tumults of people, the eclecticism of Bestival without

15 middle-aged men dressed as Duracell bunnies; Øya is essentially, pretty much all the good bits rolled into one glorious bundle” – NME

“A beautiful setting” – The Daily Telegraph

“A huge four-day spectacular” – The Guardian

“One of Europe’s premier festivals” Time Out

“An immensely enjoyable festival ” – Drowned in Sound

“Bears a close resemblance to Paradise when sunny” – The Quietus

“A gorgeous location” Notion

“Oya Festival, the greenest festival this side of Uranus” The Fly

“Basically Øya is a dream-come-true for music fans” Gigwise

www.Øyafestivalen.com

www.myspace.com/Øyafestival