Øyafestivalen is an annual

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music festival held in the Tøyen Park,

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. It has grown quickly since its modest start in 1999 and has become one of Norway's biggest and most important music festival

The festival has previously featured musicians like Sonic Youth,

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, Morrissey and Beck. The festival lasts for four days in the main park area, and is preceded by a club night where the festival holds concerts in more or less all of Oslo's central clubs.

History

For the first two years, the festival was held on Kalvøya, near

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just outside Oslo. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the same festival as the old Kalvøyafestivalen, which was also held at Kalvøya. After its first two years at Kalvøya, the festival was in 2001 moved to

Middelalderparken The Medieval Park ( no, Middelalderparken) is located in the borough of Gamle Oslo in Oslo, Norway. The park was opened in the year 2000 at Sørenga in what was once the southern part of the medieval city of Oslo. The park is located within an ...

in downtown Oslo, making it more of a central festiva

More tha
80 bands
played in the park in 2009. Then, in 2014, as construction works made it impossible to hold the festival in Middelalderparken, it was moved to the Tøyen Park. The festival was not arranged for the years 2020 and 2021 due to restrictions and the global pandemic.

History/Bookings

References

External links

* Music festivals in Oslo Summer events in Norway {{music-festival-stub