# Øyafestivalen

Øyafestivalen is an annual Norwegian music festival held in the Tøyen Park, Oslo. It has grown quickly since its modest start in 1999 and has become one of Norway's biggest and most important music festivals.
The festival has previously featured musicians like Kanye West, Sonic Youth, Iggy and The Stooges, Arctic Monkeys, Babyshambles, Morrissey, and Beck.
The festival lasts for four days in the main park area, and is preceded by a club night where the festival holds concerts in more or less all of Oslo's central clubs.

## History

For the first two years, the festival was held on Kalvøya, near Sandvika just outside Oslo. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the same festival as the old Kalvøyafestivalen, which was also held at Kalvøya.
After its first two years at Kalvøya, the festival was in 2001 moved to Middelalderparken in downtown Oslo, making it more of a central festival. More than 80 bands played in the park in 2009.
Then, in 2014, as construction works made it impossible to hold the festival in Middelalderparken, it was moved to the Tøyen Park. The festival was not arranged for the years 2020 and 2021 due to restrictions and the global pandemic.

## History/bookings

| Year | Visitors | Artists and bands |
| 1999 | 1.200 | Big Bang (NO), Bronco Busters (NO), Cato Salsa Experience (NO), Gluecifer (NO), Jaga Jazzist (NO), Madrugada (NO), Midnight Choir (NO), P.I.K.E (NO), Palace of Pleasure (NO), Ricochets (NO), We (NO) |
| 2000 | 4.000 | The Soundtrack Of Our Lives (SE), Kings Of Convenience (NO), Number Seven Deli (NO), Emily Lang (NO), Gluecifer, Cloroform (NO), Briskeby (NO), Asian Dub Foundation (UK), Amulet (NO), Planet Derrick |
| 2001 | 7.500 | Blonde Redhead (US), Danko Jones (CA), The Hives (SE), Cato Salsa Experience, Warlocks (NO), Backyard Babies (SE), Silver (NO), Team Spirit (NO), Faze Action Live (NO), Frank Znort Quartet (NO), Thulsa Doom (NO) |
| 2002 | 16.000 | Motorpsycho (NO), The New Pornographers (CA), Nancy Sinatra (US), Will Oldham aka Bonnie Prince Billy (US), St. Etienne (UK) Kaizers Orchestra (NO), Supervixen (NO), Ralph Myers and the Jack Herren Band (NO), Spiritualized (UK), Gatas Parlament (NO) |
| 2003 | 24.000 | Calexico (US), Mogwai (UK), Yeah Yeah Yeahs (US), The International Tussler Society, Cinnamoon, Mando Diao (SE), Röyksopp (NO), Sister Rain (NO), Thomas Dybdahl (NO), Turbonegro (NO), The Mormones (No), Union Carbide Productions (SE) |
| 2004 | 38.000 | Air (FR), The Streets (UK), Your Enemies Friends (US), Lemonheads (US), Velvet Revolver (US), Mark Lanegan Band (US), Underbyen (DK), The Unicorns (CAN), Kim Hiortøy, The National Bank, Pleasure, Amulet, Animal Alpha |
| 2005 | 45.000 | Wolf Parade (CA) Sonic Youth (US), Dinosaur Jr (US), Madrugada, Franz Ferdinand (UK), Fischerspooner (US), Hot Hot Heat (CAN), Death From Above 1979 (CAN) Babyshambles (UK), DeLillos, Datarock, Paperboys, Shining, El Caco |
| 2006 | 50.000 | Brut boogaloo (NO) Yoko Ono (US), Beck (US), Morrissey (UK) Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet m/ Steve Reid (UK/US), Hot Chip (UK), Les Savy Fav (US), Black Mountain (CA), dEUS (BE), Heroes and Zeros, 120 Days, The Whitest Boy Alive, Motorpsycho, The Fall (UK), The Cramps (US), Enslaved |
| 2007 | 73.000 | …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead (US), The Jesus and Mary Chain (UK), Devendra Banhart (US), Primal Scream (UK), Tool (US), Familjen (SE), Justice (FR), Rockettothesky, Thomas Dybdahl m/KORK, Bare Egil Band, Roky Erickson (US), Anja Garbarek, Woven Hand (US), Tinariwen (ML), Susanne Sundfør, Melvins (US), Ida Maria, Boredoms (JP) |
| 2008 | 77.500 | Sigur Rós (IS), José Gonzáles (SE), Mogwai (UK), Iron & Wine (US), N*E*R*D (US), Fleet Foxes (US), Booka Shade (DE), Sonic Youth (US), The National (US), Cut Copy (AU), Yeasayer (US), Lykke Li (SE), Okkerville River (US), My Bloody Valentine (IE), Casiokids, Turbonegro, Tommy Tokyo & Starving For My Gravy, Janelle Monáe (US) |
| 2009 | 85.000 | Arctic Monkeys (UK), Rise Against (US), Lily Allen (UK), Wilco (US), Doves (UK), Vampire Weekend (US), Röyksopp, Band of Horses (US), Crystal Castles (CA), Florence and The Machine (UK), Grizzly Bear (US), Mew (DK), Beach House (US), Jay Reatard (US), bob hund (SE) Bon Iver (US), Thåström (SE), Datarock, Ulver, Beirut (US), Madness (UK), Fever Ray (SE), Junior Boys (CA), Jaga Jazzist, Ladyhawke (NZ), Glasvegas (UK), Kråkesølv, The Bronx (US), Satyricon, John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen |
| 2010 | 85.000 | Air (FR), The Flaming Lips (US), LCD Soundsystem (US), Motorpsycho, M.I.A (UK), Pavement (US), The National (US), La Roux (UK), Iggy & The Stooges (US), Robyn (SE), Four Tet (UK), The XX (UK), The Specials (UK), Caribou (CA), Yeasayer (US), Converge (US), Miike Snow, Broken Bells (US), The Whip (UK), The Gaslight Anthem (US), Against Me! (US), Paul Weller (UK), Panda Bear (US), Big Boi (US), Surfer Blood (US), Jónsi (IS), Kitchie Kitchie Ki Me O, Moddi, Shining, Serena Maneesh, Karpe Diem |
| 2011 | N/A | Kanye West (US), Fleet Foxes (US), Aphex Twin (UK), Pulp (UK), Lykke Li (SE), Håkan Hellström (SE), Kaizers Orchestra (NO), Wiz Khalifa (US), Eye Emma Jedi (NO) |
| 2012 | N/A | Florence and the Machine (UK), Björk (IS), The Stone Roses (UK), Refused (SE), Bon Iver (US), Ane Brun, Feist (CA), ASAP Rocky (US) |
| 2013 | N/A | Blur (UK), Kendrick Lamar (US), Kraftwerk (DE), The Knife (SE), Tame Impala (AU), Godspeed You! Black Emperor (CA), Rodriguez (US), Cat Power (US), Solange (US), Local Natives (US), James Blake (UK), Beach House (US), Disclosure (UK), Slayer (US) |
| 2014 | N/A | Todd Terje (NO), OutKast (US), Queens of the Stone Age (US), Röyksopp & Robyn (NO/SE), The National (US), Janelle Monáe (US), Slowdive (UK), Thomas Dybdahl, Stein Torleif Bjella, Neutral Milk Hotel (US), Deafheaven (US), Darkside (US), Blood Orange (UK), Omar Souleyman (SY), Joey Badass (US), Bombino (NG), The Julie Ruin (US), Jonathan Wilson (US), King Midas, Highasakite |
| 2015 | N/A | Wednesday: Chic feat. Nile Rodgers (US), In Flames (SE), The War on Drugs (US), Belle & Sebastian (UK), Sondre Lerche (NO); Thursday: Florence and the Machine (UK), Flying Lotus (US), Ride (UK), Father John Misty (US), Bad Religion (US); Friday: Beck (US), Alt-J (UK), Lars Vaular (NO), Ida Jenshus (NO), Jaga Jazzist (NO); Saturday: Susanne Sundfør (NO), Thåström (SE), Emilie Nicolas (NO), deLillos (NO) |
| 2016 | N/A | Massive Attack (UK), The Last Shadow Puppets (UK), PJ Harvey (UK), Jamie xx (UK), Eagles of Death Metal (US), Highasakite (NO), New Order (UK), Haim (US), Foals (UK) |
| 2017 | 18.500 | Lana Del Rey (US), Hurray for the Riff Raff (US), Colter Wall (US), Migos (US) |
| 2018 | N/A | Arctic Monkeys (UK), The Comet is Coming (UK), Brockhampton (US), Grizzly Bear (US), Goldie (UK), Arcade Fire (CAN), Jenny Lewis (US), The Lemon Twigs (US), Phoebe Bridgers (US), King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (AUS), Wolf Alice (UK), Moses Sumney (US), Sleaford Mods (UK), Yaeji (US), 6lack (US), Fever Ray (SE), High on Fire (US), Kendrick Lamar (US), Behemoth (POL), Lykke Li (SE), Tangerine Dream (GER), St. Vincent (US), Charlotte Gainsbourg (F), Cezinando (NOR), Patti Smith (US) |
| 2019 | N/A | Karpe, The Cure, Robyn, Motorpsycho , Silvana Imam, Tame Impala, Christine & the Queens, Erykah Badu, Sigrid, Ricochets, James Blake, Blood Orange, Earl Sweatshirt, Rex Orange County, Hot Snakes, Jonathan Wilson, IDLES, Razika , Cult of Luna, Big Thief, Girl in Red, Protoje, Turnstile, Pom Poko, slowthai, Sushi x Kobe, Hellbillies, Pen Gutt, Golden Core |
| 2022 | 20.000 | AURORA, Gorillaz, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Florence + The Machine, Emilie Nicolas, Michael Kiwanuka, girl in red, Kvelertak, Dagny, Arif, H.E.R., First Aid Kit, Sondre Lerche |
| 2023 | | Håkan Hellström, Sigrid, Veps, boygenius, Snail Mail, Caroline Polachek, Shygirl, Lorde |
2024 - Pulp, The National, PJ Harvey, Janelle Monaé, Arca, Raye, Jorja Smith
2025 - Charli xcx, Chappell Roan, Queens of The Stone Age, Girl In Red, Yung Lean & Bladee, Lola Young, Beth Gibbons, Fontaines D.C