page_title: Demofest
section_title: 2011
hierarchical_section_title: Demofest / History / 2011
caption_attribution_description: Day 1 - 27 July 2011
context_page_description: Demofest is an annual music festival held at the Kastel Fortress in Banja Luka, the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded in 2008 with the aim to provide young unsigned bands with an opportunity to develop and revive the rock scene of former Yugoslavia. Today, it is the biggest festival of unsigned bands in Southeastern Europe and one of the biggest festivals in this region.
  Demofest consists of competitive and non-competitive program. Competition is open to all unsigned rock, punk, pop, metal, hip hop or reggae bands originating from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro or North Macedonia. Regional and world music stars are featured in non-competitive program and some of the biggest hosted names include Guano Apes, Kosheen, Gentleman, Stereo MCs, Kelis, Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Triggerfinger, Asian Dub Foundation, Kiril Džajkovski, Dubioza kolektiv, Majke, Psihomodo pop, Damir Urban, S.A.R.S and Partibrejkers.
  From 2008 to 2018, over 4,000 unsigned bands applied for the competition and 61 performers played in the non-competitive program.
context_section_description: Fourth edition of the festival took place from July 27 to July 29 . 438 unsigned bands applied and 24 performed in the competition.
  Winning band was Plišani mališan (Gornji Milanovac, Serbia), second placed was Big Bug (Pirot, Serbia) and third placed was Aesthetic Empathy (Sarajevo, BiH). Fourth placed bands were also awarded and Most Promising Banja Luka Band award was introduced.
  Headliners were Kelis, Skindred, Tricky, Threesome, Kuriri and Prežderani.
  The day program featured comic workshops, book promotions, trainings for musicians of books and music events.
caption: Demofest 2011
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