Zaxidfest (Ukrainian: Західфест [ˌzɑxidˈfɛst]; previously known as Zaxid) is an annual international music and art festival held in the middle of August near Lviv, Ukraine. ZAKHID was founded in 2009 as a festival of Ukrainian rock and ethno music.[1][2] Later it has lost an attachment to some concrete music genre and was expanded by different foreign artists (including Anti-Flag, Caliban, Clawfinger, Ektomorf, Everlast, Ill Niño, Kreator, Oomph!, Zdob şi Zdub and others).[3]
| Zaxidfest Західфест | |
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| Genre | Rock, ethnic, indie, electronic |
| Dates | 3 days in the middle of August |
| Location(s) | Lviv oblast, Ukraine |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Founded by | Yakiv Matviichuk |
| Website | zaxidfest |
Every year organizers conduct online-survey where anybody can propose and vote for artist. In this way the list of participants is formed. Also some artists are invited based on organizers' initiative and their names are hidden until the tickets sales start.[4]
The festivals name "Zakhid" means in Ukrainian equivocally West (or Western, meaning western part of Ukraine) and Event.
Location edit
In 2009 and 2010 Zakhid was held in towns of Zvenyhorod and Stare Selo[5] respectively (around 20 km from Lviv). Since 2011 the festival has been relocated to the village of Rodatychi (around 40 km from Lviv).
Participants edit
There is a list of some Zakhid participants:
- Alina Orlova
- Anti-Flag
- Atmasfera
- Balthazar
- Behemoth (cancelled)
- BoomBox
- Braty Hadiukiny
- Breaking Benjamin (cancelled)
- Bullet for my Valentine
- Caliban
- Chelsea Grin
- Clawfinger
- Crystal Castles
- Dakh Daughters
- Dark Tranquility
- DevilDriver
- Dymna Sumish
- Editors
- Ektomorf
- Enter Shikari
- Everlast
- Flit
- Flunk
- Guano Apes
- Hollywood Undead
- IAMX
- Ill Niño
- In Extremo
- Jayce Lewis
- Kadebostany
- Krambambula
- Kreator
- Krykhitka Tsakhes
- Khors
- Luk
- Liapis Trubetskoi
- Miss May I
- Noize MC
- Oomph!
- Pain
- Perkalaba
- Qarpa
- Sepultura
- Skriabin
- Tartak
- The Qemists
- Therion
- Tin Sontsia
- TNMK
- Vopli Vidopliasova
- Brutto
- Zdob şi Zdub
- Zhadan i Sobaky
- We Butter the Bread with Butter