What's B'ESTFEST? It's a (people say) wonderful festival based in Bucharest, Romania. B'ESTFEST was born in 2007, and now reached its the third edition, bigger, bolder, better. If you don't believe our words, come and see it for yourself: this year B'ESTFEST will take place on Romexpo grounds, in Bucharest , over a period of five days : 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th of July 2009. You're more than welcome!
The 2009 line-up looks like this:
July 1st (DAY ZERO): THE KILLERS (US), White Lies (UK), Patrice (D), Snails (MD)
July 2nd: MOBY (US), MOTORHEAD (UK), Polarkreis 18 (D), Ayo (D), Grimus (RO), Les Elephants Bizarres (RO)
July 3rd: ORBITAL (UK), FRANZ FERDINAND (UK), Klaxons (UK), Gabriella Cilmi (A), Alternosfera (MD), Oceana (D), AB4 (RO)
July 4th: SANTANA (US), The Charlatans (UK), The Ting Tings (UK), Looptroop Rockers (SE), The MOOoD (RP), Gravity Co. (BG), Persona (RO)
July 5th (AFTERSHOCK): MANOWAR (US), Holyhell (US), Trooper (RO), Thunderstorm (RO), Nexus (RO), Ulytau (KZ)
Just to give you the short story of B'ESTFEST, we can say that in 2007 the first edition of the festival had a line-up of 30 artists, was headlined by Morcheeba, Faithless, Kasabian, Pink, Marilyn Manson, Alice Cooper, Wu-Tang Clan, and enjoyed an audience of 50.000 during the three days.
2008 brought an extra stage, an extra day (AFTERSHOCK), a few more bands in the line-up (36 in total), and a nice pool of headliners for you to choose: Alanis Morissette, Cypress Hill, UNKLE, Kaiser Chiefs, Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics, Nelly Furtado, Manu Chao, Roisin Murphy, Judas Priest.
Also, we're proud to be among the members of Yourope, an association of the most important European festivals (among which: Exit in Serbia, Lowlands in Holland, Nova Rock in Austria, Rock Werchter in Belgium, Oxegen in Irland, T in the Park in Scotland), and also to be a part of ETEP (European Talent Exchange Program), which helps with promoting new European artists within top international festivals.
What more can we say?
Keep an eye on us for the latest news on the festival and… come visit! B'ESTFEST 2009, between the 1st and 5th July, Bucharest, Romania.
Cheers! |
