Electric Castle Festival

Electric Castle Festival
Genre Electronic music  · Electronica  ·  · Rock  ·  · Reggae  ·  · Tech House  · Experimental  · Alternative
Location(s) Banffy Castle, Cluj, Romania
Years active 2013 – present
Website
http://electriccastle.ro

Electric Castle Festival is a four-day music festival that takes place on the spectacular Transylvanian domain of the Bánffy Castle, near Cluj-Napoca in Romania. The festival is a unique, mind-blowing experience that shakes up the way people interact with music by combining a visually innovative concept with an eclectic musical line-up, breaking the boundaries between electronic music and reggae, mainstream and subculture genres. It is the only music festival in Romania to offer a complete and authentic experience through notorious international artists, a vast camping area, a diverse food court and an exceptional scenery. Electric Castle Festival is committed to be environmentally sustainable and takes the role of educating the youth and involve everyone in concrete actions to reduce the carbon footprint before, during and after the festival.

History


Main Stage Show

2013

The first edition of Electric Castle Festival took place from June 21 to 23. More than 32.000 people passed through the festival’s gates and on the 4 stages over 90 artists performed. [1]

2013 Lineup:

Morcheeba, Pendulum DJ Set, Feed Me, James Zabiela, Fritz Kalkbrenner, Dope DOD, Dub Pistols, Stanton Warriors, A Skillz, Krafty Kuts, Wankelmut and Telepopmusik and many others.

2014

The second edition of the Electric Castle Festival took place from June 19 to 22. It had an audience of 79,000 (11,000 only in the camping area), becoming the biggest Romanian music event ever.[2] The 2014 edition went under the slogan of "bigger, stronger, better", with 4 festival days, 5 stages and over 130 artists.[3]

One of the first headliners of the festival, Rusko, was announced in December 2013.[4] Rusko was about to perform for the first time in Romania. The list continued with artists like Thievery Corporation, DJ Fresh and Bonobo. Due to medical reasons Rusko had to cancel the concert being replaced by Dub FX.[5]

Die Antwoord were announced as the headliner in March 2014,Gramatik and Sasha being the last names announced to perform this year. Die Antwoord have included Romania in their world tour for the first time as well. Their concert will represent the release of their new album called Donker Mag.[6]

The number of the artists invited was 130, the number of stages on which the artists performed was 5.[7]

2014 Lineup:

Die Antwoord, Thievery Corporation, Bonobo, Dub FX, DJ Fresh, Gramatik, Chris Liebing, Kraak and Smaak, Wilkinson, Foreign Beggars, Delta Heavy, Oliver Koletzki, Dub Pistols, Akua Naru, DJ EZ, Suie Paparude, Notes and Ties Orchestra, The Correspondents, Adam Freeland, Fred V & Grafix, Gramophonedzie and many others.

2015

The third edition of Electric Castle took place from June 25 to 28. It had an audience of 97.000 people, 6 musical stages and over 150 performing artists. The festival spread on 10.000 square meters surface. [8]

2015 Lineup:

The Prodigy, Rudimental, Fatboy Slim, The Parov Stelar Band, The Cat Empire, The Glitch Mob, Maya Jane Coles, Sub Focus, Sigma. Netsky Live, The Subways, Nouvelle Vague, Roni Size Reprazent and many others.

The castle

Bánffy Castle (or Bonţida Bánffy Castle) is an architectonic Baroque monument situated in Bonţida, a village in the vicinity of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It was built during the 15th century and was owned by the Bánffy family (of which Miklós Bánffy was a member). The owner is Katalin Banffy.

The castle was desecrated during World War II by German troops and neglected by the communist regime in Romania; it is currently being restored by the Transylvania Trust as a cultural center. Through the presence of the Transylvania Trust and the Institute of Historic Building Conservation, who are the organizers of the International Built Heritage Conservation Training Centre set up within the Castle, the high quality restoration and long term protection can be ensured.

Through a partnership between festival's organisers and the authorities, the castle is going to get connected to the national electricity network.[9] Also Electric Castle Festival is supporting the restoration process by donating an amount of the money earned from the tickets sale.[10]

Awards

2013 - After the first edition in 2013, the festival was nominated by European Festivals Awards for the Best New Festival and Best Medium Size Festival titles,[11] later on being shorlisted at the Best Medium Size Festival among festivals such as Melt!, Balaton Sound, I Love Techno or Volt.[12]

2014 - The festival was again shortlisted among the best European festivals by European Festivals Awards

2015 - Electric Castle was shortlisted for the third time for the Best Medium Sized Festival by European Festivals Awards

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Electric Castle Festival.

References

  1. ↑ "Peste 32.000 de spectatori, la Electric Castle. Vezi cifrele evenimentului". Ziua de Cluj. 2013-06-27.
  2. ↑ "Record de spectatori la Festivalul Electric Castle de la Bontida". Gandul.info. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  3. ↑ Osan, Adina. "Peste 130 de trupe şi artişti vor concerta la Festivalul Electric Castle de la Bonţida". Mediafax. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
  4. ↑ http://muzica.metropotam.ro/stiri-evenimente-muzicale/rusko-primul-headliner-de-la-electric-castle-2014-art1414230058/
  5. ↑ "Rusko nu mai vine la Electric Castle". Ziua de Cluj. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  6. ↑ http://highsound.ro/die-antwoord-headliner-ul-festivalului-electric-castle/
  7. ↑ http://highsound.ro/doua-luni-pana-la-electric-castle-au-mai-ramas-5-000-de-abonamente-disponibile/
  8. ↑ http://www.digi24.ro/Stiri/Digi24/Timp+liber/Stiri/Oficial+Numar+record+de+spectatori+la+Electric+Castle+2015
  9. ↑ "Consiliul Judetean Cluj conecteaza castelul Bánffy la curent, pentru Festivalul Electric Castl". Stirile Pro TV. 11.04.2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ↑ "Organizatorii Electric Castle: O parte din vanzarea de bilete merg la restaurarea castelului". Ziua de Cluj. 2013-06-22.
  11. ↑ "Electric Castle nominalizat la European Festival Awards". Ziar de Cluj. 2013-10-15.
  12. ↑ "Electric Castle și Fusion, nominalizate la European Festival Awards 2013". Infomusic. 09.12.2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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