Grape Festival is an open-air summer music festival in

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, first organized in 2010. The current venue is

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. The festival features alternative music, rock, pop, dance music, world music, house, techno, drum and bass, hip hop.

History

2010

The first festival took place on 13 and 14 August 2010 at Piešťany Airport. Notable artist included Röyksopp, The Subways,

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, Robots In Disguise. About 7,000 people attended the festival.

2011

In 2011, the festival took place from 12 to 13 August 2011 at Piešťany Airport. Notable artist included

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, Hurts,

The Wombats The Wombats are an English indie rock band formed in Liverpool in 2003, consisting of Matthew Murphy (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Tord Øverland Knudsen (bass, backing vocals, keyboards), and Dan Haggis (drums, backing vocals, keyboards). ...

Marina & The Diamonds Marina Lambrini Diamandis (; el, Μαρίνα-Λαμπρινή Διαμάντη; born 10 October 1985), known mononymously as Marina (often stylised in all caps), and previously by the stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer and ...

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, The Sounds, N.O.H.A, Kormac´s Big Band. About 9,000 people attended the festival.

2012

On the 2012 festival, which took place from 10 to 11 August 2012, performed

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, Morcheeba, The Subways,

Modestep Modestep is a dubstep and electronic rock band from London consisting of Josh Friend. Their debut album ''Evolution Theory'' was released on 11 February 2013, including its five singles: " Feel Good", "Sunlight", " To The Stars", "Show Me a Sig ...

, The Bloody Beetroots,

Wolf Gang Wolf Gang was a British alternative and symphonic rock band with Max McElligott as lead vocalist. Having played with different musicians, McElligott settled on a live set up in late 2009 which included Lasse Petersen (drums) previously of The R ...

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, New Ivory, The Twilight Sad, and

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. Almost 10,000 people attended that year.

2013

The festival took place on 9 and 10 August, featuring

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, The Drums, The Big Pink, Sunflower Caravan,

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, Puding pani Elvisovej, PSH,

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, Luno, Korben Dallas,

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, Freaks On Floor, Evelynne, Dub FX,

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, Bad Karma Boy, Strapo and other acts.

2014

The festival took place on 15 and 16 August, featuring

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The Prostitutes The Prostitutes are an indie rock band formed in 2004 in Prague, Czech Republic. The original members were singer Adrian T. Bell, guitarist Martin Destroyer (Martin Přikryl), keyboard player Stevie LFO (Martin Převrátil), bass-guitarist Mark ...

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, Rangleklods, Papyllon, Palma Violets, Modré hory, Le Payaco, La Roux, Korben Dallas, Klaxons,

Flux Pavilion Joshua Steele (born 15 January 1989) better known by his stage name Flux Pavilion, is an English EDM producer, DJ, singer-songwriter and label owner who has been performing since 2008. Flux Pavilion has headlined three US tours, two UK tours, ...

, Fiordmoss, Editors, Bombay Bicycle Club, Billy Barman, and other acts.

2015

The festival took place on 14 and 15 August, featuring Triggerfinger, The Maccabees, The Drain, Tata Bojs, Selah Sue, Rebeka, Puding pani Elvisovej, Para, My Baby,

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, Le Payaco,

Kadebostany Kadebostany (stylized in all caps) is a Swiss electronic band formed by DJ/producer Guillaume de Kadebostany, also known as President Kadebostan. They achieved chart success with their song "Castle in the Snow". The band have also become know ...

, José González,

Intergalactic Lovers Intergalactic Lovers is a Belgian indie rock band consisting of Lara Chedraoui, Brendan Corbey, Maarten Huygens and Raf De Mey. History Intergalactic Lovers was founded in the summer of 2008. A couple of its members already participated in th ...

, Gramatik,

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Carnival Youth Carnival Youth is a Latvian indie band formed in Riga in 2011. The band consists of twins Edgars Kaupers (guitar, vocals) and Emīls Kaupers (drums, vocals), Roberts Vanags (keyboards, vocals) and Kristiāns Kosītis (bass). On May 26, 2014, t ...

, Balthazar, Billy Barman and other acts. Around 10,000 people attended the festival.

2016

The festival took place on 12-13 August and featured

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, Skyline,

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, Puding pani Elvisovej, Para,

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, Netsky, MØ, Milky Chance, Midi lidi, Medial Banana, Luno, Longital,

Kaytranada Louis Kevin Celestin (born August 25, 1992), known professionally as Kaytranada (stylized as KAYTRANADA, shortened as KAYTRA), is a Haitian-Canadian record producer and DJ. Celestin rose to prominence after releasing a series of mixtapes, remixes, ...

, Jana Kirschner, Jake Bugg, Jan Blomqvist & Band,

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, Dub FX, Crystal Castles, Chiki liki tu-a,

Camo & Krooked Camo & Krooked are an electronic music duo from Vienna, Austria with their musical roots embedded in drum and bass, consisting of Reinhard "Camo" Rietsch (born 12 November 1983 in Salzburg) and Markus "Krooked" Wagner (born 31 July 1989 in Lilie ...

, Bokka,

Bloc Party Bloc Party are an English Rock music, rock band, composed of Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, sampler), Russell Lissack (lead guitar, keyboards), Justin Harris (bass guitar, keyboards, saxophones, backing vocals) and Loui ...

, Billy Barman,

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and other acts. Around 20,000 persons attended the festival.

2017

The festival took place on 11-12 August and featured

Zola Jesus Nika Roza Danilova (born Nicole Rose Hummel; April 11, 1989), known professionally by her stage name Zola Jesus, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her music has been noted for combining elements of electronic, industrial, ...

, Vladimir 518, Ventolin, Vec, Twelve (Yanko Kral x Inkwall), Tono S., The Temper Trap, The Naked and Famous, The Drain, Supa,

Sub Focus Nicolaas Douwma (born 13 April 1982), better known by his stage name Sub Focus, is an English DJ, record producer, songwriter, musician and sound engineer from Guildford, Surrey. He has been releasing records since 2003. On 12 October 2009, ...

, Seafret, Puding pani Elvisovej, Paulie Garand,

Metrik Tom Mundell, better known as Metrik, is an English electronic music producer from London. He has been releasing records since 2007 and currently is one of the top drum and bass producers in the world, with 650,000 monthly listeners on Spotify a ...

, Medial Banana,

Little Hurricane Little Hurricane is an American dirty blues band based in San Diego, California. Formed in 2010, the band consists of front man Anthony "Tone" Catalano and drummer Celeste "C.C." Spina. History In 2010, Chicago-born Spina (a cook and bartender) ...

, Lenny, Korben Dallas,

Kollektiv Turmstraße Kollektiv Turmstraße is a German musical project. Originally established as a duo by Nico Plagemann and Christian Hilscher in 1998, in Hamburg, it released tracks on various compilation albums before producing their own album ''Verrückte Wel ...

Katarzia Katarzia (born 9 February 1989) is a Slovak artist, singer-songwriter and producer. Her song "Kde sa slzy berú" was named best single of 2017 at the Radio Head Awards. Her songwriting has also been recognised; alongside Jonatán Pastirčák she ...

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, George FitzGerald, Dirtyphonics, De Staat,

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, Billy Barman,

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B-Complex Matia Lenická (born 9 May 1984), also known by the stage name B-Complex, is a drum and bass producer and DJ from Bratislava, Slovakia. In 2015, she came out as bi-gender. Career B-Complex began producing music in 1996 at the age of 12, bei ...

, Aurora, Two Door Cinema Club,

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, Metronomy and other acts. Around 20,000 persons attended the event.

2018

The festival took place on 10–11 August and featured Yungblud,

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, Wolf Alice,

Warhaus Maarten Devoldere (born in 1988) is a Belgian singer-songwriter and music producer. Devoldere began his career through his band Balthazar at age 22 with ''Applause'' (2010), the first album released by the band formed in 2004. In 2016, Maarten ...

, Vypsaná fiXa, Ventolin, Tata Bojs, Skyline,

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, San Holo, PSH, Para, Papyllon,

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, Nick Murphy fka Chet Faker, Modré hory,

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, Midi lidi, Medial Banana, MC Gey, Lamb,

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, Gleb,

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, Dirtyphonics, Chiki liki tu-a,

Charlotte de Witte Charlotte de Witte (born 21 July 1992) is a Belgian DJ and record producer, best known for her "dark and stripped-back" brand of minimal techno and acid techno music. She has previously performed under the alias Raving George. She is the founder ...

, Billy Barman, Bad Karma Boy,

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, Wilkinson, Kodaline,

Alt-J Alt-J (stylised as alt-J, real name Δ) are an English indie rock band formed in 2007 in Leeds. Their lineup includes Joe Newman (guitar/lead vocals), Thom Sonny Green (drums), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards/vocals), and formerly Gwilym Sainsbur ...

and other acts. Around 20,000 persons attended the event.

2019

The festival took place on 9-10 August and featured Yeasayer,

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, Superorganism, Puding pani Elvisovej, Para, Medial Banana,

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, Katarzia, Joyce Muniz, Jon Hopkins, IAMDDB, Dub FX, Daniel Avery, Black Honey, Billy Barman, Bad Karma Boy, APRE,

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, Andy C,

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, Tove Lo, The Vaccines,

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and other acts. Around 20,000 persons attended the festival.

2020

The 2020 edition of the festival was meant to take place on 7 and 8 August but was cancelled due to

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restrictions.