Weekend Festival

Weekend Festival


Genre EDM
Dates mid-August
Location(s) Espoo, Finland (2012)
Helsinki, Finland (2013–)
Pärnu, Estonia (2015–)
Stockholm, Sweden (2016–)
Years active 2012-present
Attendance 60,000 (2015)
Website
wknd.fi

Weekend Festival is a Finnish music festival taking place in the mid-August in Helsinki capital area. The festival was organised for the first time in Luukki, Espoo (about 25 km from the centre of Helsinki), Finland on the 17 and 18 of August 2012.[1] In 2013 the festival location was changed to its current location at Kyläsaari/Kalasatama in Helsinki. Weekend Festival artist line up has mainly consisted of EDM artists but there have also been artists from other music genres present.[2] The festival has been attended by more than 40,000 people on both years. Every year the festival has a different theme which reflects mainly in the visual side of the festival. In 2013 the festival theme was Space and Future while for 2014 the organisers decided to go with Electro Disco theme. The festival lineup has featured various internationally acclaimed artists including Skrillex, David Guetta, Calvin Harris etc. and Finland's own popular artists. Weekend Festival has sold out in advance on both years. In 2013 Weekend Festival was voted as the best summer festival by the listeners of Finnish radio station YleX. In 2015, Weekend Festival expanded to Pärnu, Estonia.

Festival area

The first Weekend Festival took place in Luukki, Espoo in 2012.[3] Luukki Recreational Area is located 23 km from the centre of Helsinki, Finland. The heart of Luukki, which is one of the most popular outdoor recreation areas in the Helsinki region, is an old manor. The area includes 20 hectares of forest inhabited by flying squirrels.[4] The festival area featured three stages: NRJ Stage, Weekend Stage and Party Stage. There was also a camping area.

Following the traffic difficulties in 2012, the festival was moved from the green Luukki forests to a more urban Kyläsaari/Kalasatama Festival area in 2013. The festival area in Kyläsaari/Kalasatama is four metro stops away from the Helsinki Railway Station and also easily reachable on bus, bike or foot. Kalasatama Festival area has hosted in past various bigger concerts and festivals including Sonisphere 2011, Foo Fighters and Green Day.[5] Weekend Festival 2013 had four stages: NRJ Stage, Weekend Stage (tent), Future Stage and Galaxy Stage. Future Stage was located at the Kyläsaari harbour. The festival area in Kyläsaari does not feature a camping ground.

In 2015, Weekend Festival Baltic also took place on Pärnu beach, Estonia, with three stages.

Artist line-up

2012

NRJ Stage Weekend Stage Party Stage
Friday, 17 August David Guetta
Skrillex
Axl Smith
Nimetön
OFWGKTA
Cheek
Stig
Cityflash
Grind
DJ Sampl
DJ Taste
Maison & Dragen
Sergei Shkuroff
Housemotion
Saturday, 18 August Hurts
Carpark North
Donkeyboy
Poets of the Fall
Jukka Poika
Sebastian Ingrosso
Summer Sound Special
Haloo Helsinki!
Breathe Carolina
Redrama
Michael Gray
HeavyWeight DJ's
Mixxed DJ's
DJ Mio & Upi
Smith & Mellin
DJ Toinen Minä

2013 (Future Space Edition)

NRJ Stage Weekend Stage Future Stage Galaxy Stage
Friday, 16 August Armin van Buuren
Example
Cheek
Justimus
Calvin Harris
Sub Focus DJ set
Redrama
Far East Movement
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
Zedd
Orkidea & friends
Porter Robinson
Nause
Darude
Rony Rex
Another Me
Cityflash
Rno
Sergei Shkuroff
Optimus Krime
Dosse
Saturday, 17 August David Guetta
Juno (rapper)
Inna
Karri Koira
Sebastian Ingrosso
Heavyweight DJ's
Aste
Pendulum DJ set
Feed Me
Cazzette
Gwise
K-System
Jeremy Folderol
DJ Ton-E
DJ Spinny
Mixxed DJ's
Housemotion
DJ Sampl
Rahim
Elukka

2014 (Electro Disco Edition)

NRJ Stage Future Stage WKND Stage / Orkidea & Friends Stage
Friday, 15 August Calvin Harris
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
Afrojack
Martin Garrix
Showtek
Redrama
Headhunterz
R3hab
Brennan Heart
Borgore
Wolf Pack
Nöstravë
Zomboy
DJ Bl3nd
Apster
Gwise
K-System
Joonas Hahmo
The Second Level
Jeremy Folderol
Tom Dostinov
Cityflash
Saturday, 16 August Deadmau5
Hardwell
Knife Party
Heavyweight
JVG
Nopsajalka
Borgeous
Deorro
Alex Kunnari
Dyro
Contiez
Michael Calfan
Proteus & J7
Orkidea
Super8 & Tab
Lenno
Heikki L
Rico Tubbs
Orion
Rony Rex

2015 (Super Digital Edition)

Loop Stage Future Stage WKND Stage Digital Stage
Friday, 7 August Hardwell
David Guetta
Showtek
Chase & Status
Felix Jaehn
Robin Schulz
Rudimental
Infected Mushroom
Heavyweight
DJ Bl3nd
Milla Lehto
Ousnap
Super8 & Tab
JS16
Modestep
Sanni
Temper 2
TCT
Sasha F
Ninth Floor
Wasted Penguinz
Proteus
Wildstylez
Coone
Zatox
Angerfist
Saturday, 8 August Avicii
Armin van Buuren
Martin Garrix
W & W
Tungevaag & Raaban
R3hab
Headhunterz
Brennan Heart
Atmozfears
Astrix
Darude
Orkidea
The Second Level
Example & DJ Wire
Sini Sabotage
Tippa-T
Nikke Ankara
Chris Lake
Pep & Rash
Henry Krinkle
Yas Lo
Lenno
Orion
Tom Dostinov
Laz Perkins
Alora & Senii

Awards

Weekend Festival was nominated for Best Festival award in Music & Media Industry Awards in 2013.[6]

Finnish radio station YleX listeners voted Weekend Festival as the best festival of the summer in Finland in 2013. Weekend Festival gathered 25% of the total votes.[7]

Weekend Festival was also nominated as the Best Medium-sized Festival in 2013 at European Festival Awards.[8]

See also

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References

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