Festival Reports
On to the last day already. Time flies by when you’re having fun. Let’s take a look at what this day had in store for us!
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The rain didn’t fall yesterday, but was now predicted for today. Let’s see what today brings us, a little rain doesn’t ruin the fun!
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Graspop 2024, there was a moment where I thought this edition would be cancelled due to heavy rain fall. Just like what kind of happened to Wacken 2023, where people weren’t allowed to enter the festival anymore because there was so much mud, even the tractors would get stuck. Luckily, that didn’t happen. The festival continued, and it was a blast once again!
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So we are into the third and final day and it is promising to be the hottest one yet (temperature wise). By 10.00am the temperature is mid nineties.
We are lucky that where the Downtown Festival Grounds are located, affords a certain amount of shade which is a life saver!
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Last night I saw the Dwarves and The Queers on an outside stage at the Downtown Container Park, both bands were on top form. This morning I had been to the pool party at the Grand and had seen Madam Bombs, Doll Riot, The Inciters and Zeke. It was definitely hotter than yesterday, drinking lots of water was the order of the day. So into day 2 of the festival proper.
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I am in a very hot Las Vegas for this year’s Punk Rock Bowling Festival. This year there has been much fan discussion about the line-up and lack of big names, but this doesn’t seem to have affected the fan turnout, there are still a lot of people here. Punk Rock Bowling isn’t just about the music, it is about the people you meet, the friends you make and the experiences you have in this weird and wonderful place! It is not for the fainthearted, the days are long and hot (the sun can really take a toll on you), if you take in the aftershows you can be out until the early hours, then try to grab a couple of hours sleep before getting up for a pool party and starting all over again.
Viva Las Vegas!
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Black Box Mikkeli is a festival curated and organized by the Finnish melodeath act on the rise Bloodred Hourglass. So when they invited us to go to the already third edition of the fest, and looking at the solid lineup, we didn’t hesitate to make the long trip to Mikkeli for the second day of the event that had a promising collection of bands with Lastout, I Am Your God, Balance Breach, Gaerea, Insomnium, and of course Bloodred Hourglass themselves as the crowning act!
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This being the first ever edition of Hellsinki Metal Festival, they immediately impressed with a very interesting line-up which featured many bands that have never come to Finland or rarely get to the country, combined with some of Finland’s finest (underground) metal acts. And with its location being so close to the Helsinki city center, it feels like it’s giving Tuska Festival a run for its money… The event of course had its child diseases with it being the first time taking place, but overall, this felt like a really solid addition to the Finnish live event scene, and definitely one to stay! Since it was the very first edition, we thought it to be interesting to gather some of our impressions on what was really good, and what could be better in the future here:
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So here we are, the last day of the festival. Today I have no set programme and have decided to see whatever takes my fancy at any specific time, should be an interesting day!
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