Bråvalla festival

Billie Joe Armstrong and Green Day at the Bråvalla festival in 2013

Rammstein at the festival in 2013

Bråvalla Festival is a Swedish three-day music festival that is held annually. It's Sweden's biggest and most popular music festival. It is held at Bråvalla flygfottilj outside of Norrköping. The inaugural season of the festival was from 27 to 29 June 2013. It headlined Rammstein, Green Day and Avicii in additions to tens of artists and acts. The second season was held between the 26 June and 28 June 2014 and was headlined by Iron Maiden, Kanye West and Kings of Leon. The third season of the festival was held between 25–27 June in 2015. It was headlined by Robbie Williams, Muse and Calvin Harris. The fourth season will be held between 30 June – 2 July in 2016.^[1][2]

German company FKP Scorpio is hosting the event. FKP Scorpio have great experience in organizing events including the Hultsfredsfestivalen since 2011 and the Getaway Rock Festival since 2012. The hosts estimated about 40,000 people would attend the festival in 2013 but eventually 51,590 tickets were sold.^[3] This record was again broken in 2014 when 51,683 tickets were sold.^[4][5]

On 27 June 2014, several people were injured during the festival when lightning struck and one person was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.^[5][6]

Festival by year 2013-present

#	Year	Dates	Guests	Headliners	Notable acts	Ticket price in Swedish krona
1	2013	27–29 June	51 590	Avicii, Green Day and Rammstein	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, In Flames, A Day To Remember, Volbeat, Armin van Buuren, Paramore, The Gaslight Anthem, Mando Diao, Ghost, Bad Religion, Bullet For My Valentine
2	2014	26–28 June	56 071	Iron Maiden, Kanye West and Kings of Leon	Imagine Dragons, Lana Del Rey, Axwell ^ Ingrosso, M.I.A., The Offspring, Alesso, Bring Me The Horizon, Jake Bugg, Bastille, Belle & Sebastian, Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman, Netsky
3	2015	25–27 June	50 703	Calvin Harris, Muse and Robbie Williams	In Flames, Kent, Sabaton, Deadmau5, Faith No More, All Time Low, Lars Winnerbäck, Wu-Tang Clan, A Day To Remember, Rise Against, Lamb of God, Major Lazer	2 290
4	2016	30 June - 2 July		Rammstein, Mumford & Sons and Volbeat	Tenacious D, Nightwish, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Bring Me The Horizon, Wiz Khalifa, The 1975, Bastille, Editors, Five Finger Death Punch, Biffy Clyro, Bullet For My Valentine

Stages

• Panorama - The main stage of the festival.

• Luna - A stage very similar to Panorama when it comes to size.

• Juno - A smaller stage next to Panorama.

• Sensation - This stage is the home of electronic dance music.

• Pacific - A smaller music stage located inside a tent.

• Norrköping Lounge - This stage is an indoor stand-up comedy stage.

References

1. "Maggio slår Bråvalla-rekord - Bråvalla Festival - Norrköpings Tidningar". Nt.se. 2014-06-09. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
2. "Bråvalla festival 2014 - Upplev Norrköping". Upplev.norrkoping.se. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
3. "Nyheter - Norrköpings Tidningar". Nt.se. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
4. "Bråvalla slår publikrekord igen | Rockbjörnen | Musik | Nöjesbladet | Aftonbladet". Aftonbladet.se. 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
5. "Lightning strikes Bråvalla music festival - The Local". Thelocal.se. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
6. "Festival-goer 'critical' after lightning strike - Göteborg Daily". Goteborgdaily.se. Retrieved 2014-06-27.