The Open'er Festival is a

music festival A music festival is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock, blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or ho ...

which takes place on the north coast of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

, in

Gdynia Gdynia ( ; ; german: Gdingen (currently), (1939–1945); csb, Gdiniô, , , ) is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With a population of 243,918, it is the 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in th ...

. It is one of the biggest annual music festivals in Poland. The first edition of the festival was organized in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...

in 2002 as ''Open Air Festival''. Open’er Festival won the ''Best Major Festival'' prize at the European Festivals Awards ceremony in 2009, 2010 and 2019.

History

The first Open Air Festival was held in Tor Stegny in Warsaw in 2002, with

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playing on the main stage. The festival then took place in Kościuszki Square in

from 2003 to 2005. The last festival in Kościuszki Square attracted over 50,000 people.Cultural Bulletin, Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
/ref> Since 2006, the festival has taken place in Kosakowo Airport (Babie Doły Military Airport) in Gdynia.

Timeline

Organization

The main organizer of the festival is the concert agency Alter Art. In 2016, there were 5 stages: Orange Main, Alter, Beat, Firestone and Tent. There are also other smaller stages run by sponsors and vendors. Artists also performed in the Silent Disco Area and at the seaside of Gdynia on Gdynia Open Stage, where events are free to attend.

External links

Open'er Festival Official WebsiteHeineken Music Official WebsiteKosakowo airport on Google Maps
;Photographs

* ttps://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=opener+festival&m=tags Flickr: Photos tagged with "opener" and "festival"br>Alex's photos of Open'er Festival 2007photos of Open'er Festival 2006 at clubbing.waw.plPiotr's photos of Open'er Festival 2006Golik's photos of Open'er Festival 2006 day 1

References

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