Heineken Music Festival

In the early to mid-1990s the Heineken Brewery sponsored a number of free live music festivals each year in the United Kingdom. Taking place in venues such as Avenham Park^[1] in Preston and Roundhay Park in Leeds, the Heineken Music Festival featured Britpop acts such as Oasis, Pulp, Manic Street Preachers, Blur, Inspiral Carpets, The Boo Radleys and Catatonia. Also long-established bands including The Stranglers, Jools Holland, The Pogues, Saw Doctors, Tom Robinson Band and Mike + The Mechanics. In total there were thirty events over six years, all of four days duration. The last event was in Leeds in July 1995, which attracted 110,000 fans on the Saturday, and 300,000 over four days after which Heineken withdrew their sponsorship. Various events still continue under different names.

1994

In 1994 there were six free festivals taking place at various locations in the United Kingdom featuring the following artists:

Preston (9–12 June) Inspiral Carpets[1] The Boo Radleys Pulp Shed Seven[1] The Christians Sister Sledge Back to the Planet Baby Chaos[1] Gateshead (23–26 June) The Pogues The Stranglers Tom Robinson Jools Holland Toyah Nine Below Zero

Leeds (7–10 July) The Saw Doctors The Stranglers The Wedding Present Chumbawamba Kingmaker Shed Seven replaced the billed Elastica Back to the Planet Siouxsie and the Banshees Buzzcocks Mike + The Mechanics The Pogues Nottingham (21–24 July) Blur Plymouth (4–7 August) Portsmouth (18–21 August)

References

1. "Entertainment, Rock/Jazz". The Guide (June 4–10, 1994): 6.