# Arsenal Fest

Arsenal Fest (Serbian Cyrillic: Арсенал Фест) is a summer music festival held in Kragujevac, Serbia. It is staged annually since 2011 and occurs for three days every late June.

## History

When it started in 2011, the festival had only a single stage. The next year, 2012. the festival got its second stage – "Zastavina bašta", later renamed as "Garden Stage". The third one, "Red Bull Stage" was put in use in 2013, but renamed next year as "Explosive DJ Stage".
In 2011, the festival had 14,000 visitors. In 2012, it was visited by 15,000 people. In 2013 and 2014 it was visited by approximately 25,000 people.
The visitors of Arsenal Fest with tickets also have a possibility of having accommodation in the festival camp named "Arsenal Rock Camp" which is situated near the main city stadium “Čika Dača”.

## Location

It is held in the historical place where the Serbian industry revolution has started in the mid-19th century by opening a gun factory which later led to opening automotive facility Zastava Automobiles. The festival is famous for offering extraordinary mixture of modern sound and light systems and specific 19th century industrial architecture. The location of Arsenal Fest is a huge advantage of the festival, because it is situated just a few hundred meters from the downtown Kragujevac, but is, at the same time, completely isolated from the tumult of the city that has 175,000 residents.

## Festival by year

| # | Year | Dates | Guests | Headliners | Ticket price in RSD |
| 1 | 2011 | 16–18 June | 14,000 | Jinx, S.A.R.S., Čovek Bez Sluha, Orthodox Celts, Hladno Pivo, Del Arno Band, Partibrejkers, Dubioza Kolektiv, The Dibidus, Rambo Amadeus. | 1000 |
| 2 | 2012 | 14–16 June | 15,000 | Stereo MCs, Therapy?, Psihomodo Pop, Eyesburn, Block Out, LUR, Disciplin A Kitschme, Pips, Chips & Videoclips, Dubioza Kolektiv, Marčelo, Darko Rundek, Darkwood Dub, Zemlja Gruva. | 1900 |
| 3 | 2013 | 27–29 June | 24,000 | Smak, Babe, KBO!, Partibrejkers, Bajaga i Instruktori, Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša, E-Play, Pero Defformero, Ritam Nereda, Goblini, Hladno Pivo, Repetitor, Popečitelji, Eva Braun, Zaa. | 1800 |
| 4 | 2014 | 26–28 June | 25,000 | Čovek Bez Sluha, Dubioza Kolektiv, Ničim Izazvan, Vlatko Stefanovski, Gibonni, Brainwashed, Atheist Rap, Bad Copy, Goblini, Sajsi MC & B.K.O, Marčelo & Iskaz, Violet. | 1800 |
| 5 | 2015 | 25–27 June | 21,000 | Debela Nensi, Babe, Elemental, Hladno Pivo, Orthodox Celts, Ritam Nereda, Brkovi, S.A.R.S., Zabranjeno Pušenje, Forever Storm, Van Gogh, Goran Bregović & Weddings and Funerals Orchestra, Let 3. | 1800 |
| 6 | 2016 | 24–26 June | 23,000 | Bajaga i Instruktori, Skunk Anansie, DJ David Lesse, Obojeni Program, Ničim Izazvan, Massimo Savić, KBO!, Eyesburn, Neno Belan, E-Play, Siddharta, Partibrejkers, Atheist Rap, Asian Dub Foundation, Beogradski Sindikat, Irish Stew of Sindidun. | 1900 |
| 7 | 2017 | 22–24 June | 30,000 | Anthrax, Buzzcocks, Dub FX, Skindred, Thievery Corporation, Ana Popović, Rambo Amadeus, Damir Urban, Darko Rundek, Forever Storm, Goblini, Kerber, Orthodox Celts, Repetitor, Ritam Nereda, Brkovi, Elvis Jackson. | 2300 |
| 8 | 2018 | 21–23 June | 22,000 | YU Grupa, The Kills, Editors, Marky Ramone, Dub Inc, Viva Vox, Jinx, Bad Copy, Kultur Shock, Plavi Orkestar, Enter Shikari, Morcheeba, Disciplin A Kitschme, Čovek Bez Sluha, Kolja, Let 3, Mortal Kombat, E-Play, Letu štuke, Nikola Vranjković, Nipplepeople. | 3000 |