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, Ukraine. ZAKHID was founded in 2009 as a festival of Ukrainian rock and ethno music. Later it has lost an attachment to some concrete music genre and was expanded by different foreign artists (including

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, Caliban, Clawfinger, Ektomorf,

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, Ill Niño, Kreator, Oomph!, Zdob şi Zdub and others). Every year organizers conduct online-survey where anybody can propose and vote for artist. In this way the list of participants is formed. Also some artists are invited based on organizers' initiative and their names are hidden until the tickets sales start. The festivals name "Zakhid" means in Ukrainian equivocally ''West'' (or ''Western'', meaning western part of Ukraine) and ''Event''.

Location

In 2009 and 2010 Zakhid was held in towns of

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and

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). Since 2011 the festival has been relocated to the village of Rodatychi (around 40 km from

Participants

There is a list of some Zakhid participants: * Alina Orlova *

* Atmasfera * Balthazar *

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(cancelled) * Bullet for my Valentine * Caliban *

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* Clawfinger * Crystal Castles *

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* DevilDriver * Dymna Sumish * Editors * Ektomorf *

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* IAMX * Ill Niño * In Extremo *

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* Kadebostany * Krambambula * Kreator * Krykhitka Tsakhes *

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* Liapis Trubetskoi * Miss May I *

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* Oomph! *

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* Perkalaba * Qarpa * Sepultura * Skriabin *

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* Therion * Tin Sontsia * TNMK * Vopli Vidopliasova * Brutto * Zdob şi Zdub * Zhadan i Sobaky * We Butter the Bread with Butter

References

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External links

Official website
Lviv Oblast Rock festivals in Ukraine Summer events in Ukraine 2009 establishments in Ukraine Music festivals established in 2009