Sonisphere Festival - Knebworth
Photo credits: See Practical information below
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Country and Region | United Kingdom — England |
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Type of Festival | Music |
Location of Festival | Knebworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK |
Festival Contact Information | Online email: |
Festival Description | SONISPHERE Festival was established in 2009 and received the award “Best New Festival’ at the 2009 UK Festival Awards. SONISPHERE visited six different European countries, taking in Holland, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Finland and England, making it the world’s largest internationally touring festival. The Sonisphere Festival - Knebworth takes place at the historic ground of Knebworth Estate in Hertfordshire. The festival program features a stellar line-up of established acts at the open air venue. |
Festival Dates | 2013 -- postponed |
Festival Links | http://www.sonispherefestivals.com/ |
Practical Info:
Photo slideshow credits:
- In order of appearance
- Biffy Clyro
- Slayer, photo by PG Brunelli
- Slayer on Stage, photo by PG Brunelli
- Motörhead, photo by Robert John
Venue:
- Knebworth House
http://www.knebworthhouse.com/
Global venues:
- Sonisphere Festival - Warsaw, Poland
http://kadmusarts.com/festivals/2027.html - Sonisphere Festival - Mimoň, Czech Republic
http://kadmusarts.com/festivals/773.html - Sonisphere Festival - Wil, Switzerland
http://kadmusarts.com/festivals/2093.html - Sonisphere Festival - Knebworth, England, UK
http://kadmusarts.com/festivals/3591.html - Sonisphere Festival - Stockholm, Sweden
http://kadmusarts.com/festivals/4369.html
FINAL WINNERS: THE GREENER FESTIVAL AWARD 2009:
- The organisers of the Award, campaign and advice group AGreenerFestival.com said that they were particularly pleased with the number of outstanding festivals in 2009 with twelve festivals being awarded very high marks. The Award is based on a 56 part questionnaire which covers office management, greenhouse gas emissions, supporting green initiatives, travel and transport, waste and recycling, water management, environmental protection and noise reduction and almost all the festivals will receive a visit from an independent auditor to assess their green efforts. http://agreenerFestival.com
- All winning Festivals will receive a special trophy designed by competition winner Sade Goddard from Keswick School in Cumbria whose winning design features a Red Kite motif and is made from recycled plastic bottles, crushed CDs and remoulded Wellington boots.
- The winner of the overall Greener Festival Award 2009 will be announced at the UK Festival Awards which will be held at the O2 Arena in London on November 19th 2009. The following winners are…
- OUTSTANDING GREENER FESTIVALS
- BONNAROO (USA)
- BIG TENT (Scotland)
- BLUESFEST (Australia)
- CROISSANT NEUF (England)
- ELOICA (Spain)
- ISLE OF WIGHT (England)
- PEATS RIDGE (Aus)
- ROTHBURY (USA)
- SOUTHBOUND (Australia)
- SUNRISE (England)
- WAVEFORM (England)
- WORKHOUSE (Wales)
- THE GREENER FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS
- BESTIVAL
- BIG SESSION (England)
- CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL (England)
- CAMP BESTIVAL (England)
- THE CITY OF LONDON FESTIVAL
- THE FALLS FESTIVAL (Australia)
- GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL (England)
- FIREGATHERING (England)
- MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL (England)
- OYA FESTIVALEN (Norway)
- ROTOTOM SUNSPLASH (Italy)
- SONISPHERE (England)
- SUMMER SUNDAE WEEKENDER (England)
- SZEGED (Hungary)
- T-IN-THE-PARK (Scotland)
- WEST BEACH (USA)
- WOMADelaide (Australia)
- IMPROVING GREENER FESTIVALS
- ATLANTA JAZZ FESTIVAL (USA)
- BIG CHILL (England)
- DOWNLOAD (England)
- THE GLADE (England)
- HYDE PARK CALLING (England)
- STANDON CALLING (England)
- WIRELESS (England)
- Y-NOT (England)
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