Parkenfestivalen is an outdoors festival that takes place in Bodø, Norway every year in August. This has been a tradition ever since 2006, and the festival only gets bigger every year. The festival is held in a park called RensÃÂ¥sparken. In the beginning the people organizing the festival only expected about 2500 paying visitors, but already the first year many more came. This year it was sold out about 8 months before it took place. The target group for the festival is mainly young adults and adults.
RensÃÂ¥sparken is a park close to the center of Bodø. During the year the park is a popular place where people have picnics, take walks and just hang out.
This festival has several stages, the main stage, the ëpark-stageû and the ëlairo-stageû. The main stage is the biggest, and it is here you will find the most known artists. At the ëlairo-stageû you will often find different djôs, this stage is located at the top of the park, here there is fewer people and the atmosphere is more intimate. At the ëpark-stageû local artists often perform, some of these are well known among the citizens of Bodø, whilst other might be performing for the first time.
The parkenfestival started in 2006, and has only gotten bigger since that. The first time the festival had hoped for about 2500 paying guests, but the first day over 5000 showed up, and on the second day 7500. During the years the artists has become more international, compared to the first years when they had a lot of Norwegian and Scandinavian artists.
Parken Livve is all part of the Park festival which holds concerts several times a year . Parken Live has hosted several major concerts with famous artists such as Circus Eliassen, Kaizers Orchestra and Karpe Diem . In 2013, Parken Live arrange concerts with famous artists like Wiz Khalifa, Lissie and Donkeyboy. The concerts are held on several premises like Sinus, Bodø Spektrum and Kulturhuset.
âÂÂParkenavisaâ is a newspaper that deals with everything that goes on during the upcoming Festival Park . Here can you find useful information about the various artists and bands, advertisements of sponsors, and interviews with some of the artists . âÂÂParkenavisaâ is published as an appendix in the newspaper âÂÂAvisa Nordlandâ around one month before the Park festival starts. In the âÂÂparkenavisaâ of 2013, you can find a lot of stuff, like interviews, the tradition with drink holders, advertisements from the various sponsor and some information about the various artists and bands.
âÂÂPark festivalâ is a major event that happened in Bodø. The newspapers âÂÂAvisa NordlandâÂÂand âÂÂBodø Nuâ are two of the biggest newspapers that write about everything that happens before, during and after the âÂÂPark festivalâÂÂ. They write about artists that are coming, reviews, and other stuff that is related to âÂÂPark festivalâ . The newspaper âÂÂAvisa Nordlandâ is one of the sponsors of the âÂÂPark festivalâÂÂ.