Off Festival

OFF Festival
OFF FESTIVAL Main Stage
Genre Alternative, rock, pop, folk, electronic, indie, punk, jazz
Dates August
Location(s) Katowice, Poland, previously in Mysłowice, Poland
Years active 2006 – present
Website www.off-festival.pl

OFF Festival is an alternative music festival series held annually since 2006. Until 2009 it was held at Słupna Park in Mysłowice, Poland in August and lasts four days. OFF Festival from 2010 takes place in Katowice in Dolina Trzech Stawow.

The organizer and creative director of this festival is Artur Rojek, former leader of the bands Myslovitz and Lenny Valentino.

In addition to the music, the OFF Festival also support a variety of independent arts and culture events, like exhibitions,workshops and movie screenings. It is also connected with promotion of volunteer programs.

History

The first edition of OFF Festival was held from 1820 August 2006. About 11,000 people attended the three-day event with 30 bands performed on the 3 stages. OFF Festival 2009 was dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. The guest of honour was Sub Pop boss Jonathan Poneman. The 2010 edition of Off Festival was held from 5th to 8 August in Katowice. Festival was dedicated to the celebration of 200th birthday of Fryderyk Chopin and filled with concerts with the main theme being ‘Inspired by Chopin’.[1]

Venues

Most of the concerts of the first four editions of the festival were held in the area of Słupna watering place, but also in Evangelical Church, Local Culture Centre and many other places in the centre of Mysłowice.

In 2009 there were five stages: Main Stage, Forest, Experimental, "Trójka Offensywa" and "Miasto Muzyki".

From 2010 the festival is held in Dolina Trzech Stawów in Katowice.

Artists

Renton Off Festival 2006

2006

Iowa Super Soccer, Łąki Łan, Silver Rocket, Cracow Klezmer Band, Maria Peszek, Lenny Valentino, Banco De Gaia, Motyw, Őszibarack, Kanał Audytywny, Hurt, The Car Is on Fire, Bang Gang, Skalpel, Gutierez, Psychocukier, Apteka, John Porter & Nieprzyzwoity Zespół, Strachy na Lachy, T.Love, Sofa Surfers, I Am X, Plebiscyt, Delons, Lachowicz, Mitch&Mitch, Pustki, Lech Janerka, The White Birch, Graftman, Asi Mina, Muzykoterapia, Robotobibok

Dezerter Off Festival 2007

2007

Blue Raincoat, Lao Che, Dezerter, Ścianka, Low Frequency in Stereo, Architecture in Helsinki, 19 Wiosen, O.S.T.R, Tymon & Transistors, Bassisters Orchestra, Pogodno, Nosowska, Electrelane, Old Time Radio, Pink Freud, Generał Stillwell, Starzy Singers, Dick4Dick, Piano Magic, Komety, The Complainer, Kobiety, Cool Kids of Death, Kapela ze wsi Warszawa, Radian, iLiKETRAiNS, Punk.Discorporation, Muariolanza, Strings of Consciousness, PumaJaw, Port Royal, 100nka, The Syntetic, Mietall Waluś, L.Stadt

2008

Iron & Wine, Mogwai, of Montreal, Menomena, Caribou, British Sea Power, Clinic, Hey, Izrael, Muchy, Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Czesław Śpiewa, Max Tundra, Lao Che, James Chance & The Contortions, Dick4Dick, DAT Politics, Kawałek Kulki, Waglewski Fisz Emade, Homo Twist, Renton, Afro Kolektyw, Singapore Sling, Felix Kubin, Snowman, Jacaszek, So So Modern, L.U.C & Rah, Baaba, Bajzel, The Magic Carpathians Project, Broadway Taxi, New York Crasnals, Elephant Stone, The Poise Rite, Modified Toy Orchestra, Pchełki, Reuber, Polpo Motel, Shofar, Karol Schwarz All Stars, Plazmatikon, Klangwart, The Band of Endless Noise, Transkapela, Budyń & Sprawcy Rzepaku, Lutosphere

2009

The National, Final Fantasy, Wire, Spiritualized, El Perro del Mar, The Thermals, Frightened Rabbit, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Ólafur Arnalds, These New Puritans, The Field, Marissa Nadler, Maria Peszek, Handsome Furs, HEALTH, Fucked Up, Crystal Stilts, Mark Kozelek, Micachu, Komety, Cool Kids of Death, The Car Is on Fire, Armia, Pustki, Gabriela Kulka, Tiny Vipers, Wooden Shjips, Lucky Dragons, Dictaphone, Crystal Antlers, Karl Blau, Muzyka Końca Lata, Errors, Jeremy Jay, George Dorn Screams, Skinny Patrini, Lech Janerka, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Rolo Tomassi, Hatifnats, The Week That Was, Psychocukier, Loco Star, Mahjongg, Pawilon, Kumka Olik, Iowa Super Soccer, Monotonix, Von Zeit, Janek Samolyk, Biff, The Black Tapes, Miłość, KOT, Disasteradio, Ballady i romanse, Woody Alien, SenSorry, Paristetris, Andy Band, The Complainer & The Complainers, Muariolanza, LeeDVD, Ben Butler And Mouse Pad, Maria Celeste, White Rabbit’s Trip, Siupa

2010

The Flaming Lips, Mew, Lali Puna, The Fall, Tindersticks, Efterklang, Atlas Sound, Fennesz, The Tallest Man on Earth, O.S.T.R., Matmos, William Basinski, Antipop Consortium, Voo Voo, The Very Best, Lao Che, Memory Tapes, Philip Jeck, Something Like Elvis, Tides From Nebula, Lenny Valentino, 19 wiosen, Kucz/Kulka, Indigo Tree, Szelest Spadających Papierków, Lachowicz, Cieślak i Księżniczki, Pablopavo i Ludziki, Prawatt & Mirna Ray, Trans Am, No Age, Joker, The Horrors, Happy Pills, Nathalie and the Loners, Plum, Hey, Dinosaur Jr., The Radio Dept., Shearwater, Tunng, Toro Y Moi, Darkstar, Ecstatic Sunshine, Raekwon, A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Pulled Apart By Horses, Digital Mystikz, Taken By Trees, These Are Powers, Zu, Shining, The Raveonettes, Art Brut, Archie Bronson Outfit, Mouse on Mars, The Black Heart Procession, Dam Mantle

2011

Primal Scream plays Screamadelica, Mogwai, Low, Public Image Ltd. Gang Of Four, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Deerhoof, Liars, Meshuggah, Blonde Redhead, dEUS, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Polvo, Current 93, Destroyer, Junior Boys, Sebadoh, Junip, Oneida, Konono no.1, Abradab, Tesco Value, Warpaint, Xiu Xiu, Glasser, Igor Boxx, Oneohtrix Point Never, Factory Floor, Bielizna plays "Taniec Lekkich Goryli", Abradab plays Kaliber 44, L.Stadt, Lech Janerka, Dezerter Matthew Dear, Actress, Omar Souleyman, Gablé, Gangpol & Mit, YACHT, Hype Williams, Emeralds, Anna Calvi D4D, Kury, Dan Deacon, Kyst, Kode9 DJ set, Liturgy, Barn Owl, AIDS Wolf, Dry the River, Neon Indian, How To Dress Well, Twin Shadow, Male Bonding, Olivia Anna Livki, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Ringo Deathstarr, Frankie & the Heartstrings DVA, Blindead, The Car Is on Fire, Moja Adrenalina, Miss Polski Kamp!, Tres. b, Muariolanza, Kapela ze wsi Warszawa, Paris Tetris, Ballady i Romanse Mikrokolektyw, Asia i Koty, Mołr Drammaz, Asi Mina, Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet, Twilite, Baaba Kulka, Tryp, Karbido performs "Stolik", BiFF, The Lollipops

2012

The Stooges, Swans, Thurston Moore, Suicide, Death In Vegas, The House of Love, Converge, Bardo Pond, Battles, The Antlers Baroness, Atari Teenage Riot, Fennesz, Metronomy, Kurt Vile, Ty Segall, High Places, Charles Bradley, Baxter Dury, Kim Gordon & Ikue Mori, Nosowska, Akron/Family, Shabazz Palaces, Das Racist, Forest Swords, Andy Stott Apteka, Papa M, Other Lives, Josh T.Pearson Megafaun, Jacaszek, Colin Stetson Kirk, Africa Hitech, Connan Mockasin, Henry Rollins (spoken word), Spectrum, Retro Stefson, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Kanał Audytywny, Afro Kolektyw, Nerwowe Wakacje Iceage, Piętnastka, Dominique Young Unique, ANBB, ContaineR Mordy, Beneficjenci Splendoru, Mokołaj Trzaska, Shangaan Electro

2013

My Bloody Valentine, The Smashing Pumpkins, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Deerhunter, The Walkmen, The Pop Group, Bohren & der Club of Gore, Austra, Patrick Wolf, Skalpel, Fucked Up, AlunaGeorge, Autre Ne Veut, Jens Lekman, Mykki Blanco, John Grant, Japandroids, Goat, Rebeka, Merchandise, Metz, Thee Oh Sees, The Soft Moon, Blondes, Dope Body, Girls Against Boys, Holy Other, Julia Holter, UL/KR, John Talabot

2014

The Jesus and Mary Chain, Slowdive, Neutral Milk Hotel, Belle and Sebastian, Deafheaven, Chelsea Wolfe, 65daysofstatic, Glenn Branca, Holden, Fuck Buttons, Perfume Genius, John Wizards, The Dumplings[2]

2015

Patti Smith performing Horses, Ride, The Residents, Run The Jewels, Sunn O, Susanne Sundfor, Songhoy Blues, Mick Harvey, Young Fathers, Xiu Xiu performing Xiu Xiu Plays The Music of Twin Peaks, Sun Kil Moon, Future Brown, Son Lux [3]

2016

Devendra Banhart, Thundercat, Lush, Clutch, Mudhoney, GusGus, Derrick May, DJ Koze, Kiasmos, Willis Earl Beal, Brodka, Sleaford Mods, Napalm Death, SBB, Minor Victories Jenny Hval, Yung Lean, FIDLAR, Islam Chipsy, Ata Kak, Beach Slang, Pantha Du Prince, Lightning Bolt, Kaliber 44

The Kills, GZA, Wiley, ANOHNI and Zomby cancelled scheduled appearances.[4]

2017

PJ Harvey, Feist, Swans, Shellac, Talib Kweli Live, Conor Oberst with band, PRO8L3M, Kwadrofonik & Artur Rojek playing to Industrial Symphony No. 1, Łoskot, Arab Strap, The Oh Sees, Silver Apples, Beak>, Michael Gira, Boris performing Pink, Jessy Lanza, Preoccupations, Wolves in the Throne Room, This Is Not This Heat, Batushka, Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, Anna von Hausswolff, Mitch & Mitch, The Black Madonna, Moor Mother, Royal Trux, HEXA plays Factory Photographs Soundtrack, Kobieta z Wydm, Żywizna, Kornel Kovacs, Ryley Walker, Made in Poland playing Martwy Kabaret, Circuit Des Yeux, Oliver Coates, Trupa Trupa, Anna Meredith, Raphael Rogiński, Wrekmeister Harmonies, Helado Negro, Kikagaku Moyo, Frankie Cosmos, The Men, L.Stadt, Mapa, Carla Bozulich, Phurpa, Group A, Shame, C Duncan, Richard Dawson, IDLES, Sheer Mag, Ulrika Spacek, Bitamina, Duży Jack, Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang, Mirt + Ter, Wilcze Jagody, Siksa, Salk, Bastard Disco, New People, Noura Mint Seymali, Guiding Lights, Spoiwo, Bluszcz, Mateusz Franczak, Lor, Frele, The Fruitcakes, Ralph Kaminski

2018

M.I.A, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Grizzly Bear, John Maus, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah performing Some Loud Thunder, Marlon Williams, Turbonegro, Big Freedia, Egyptian Lover, Oxbow, Bishop Nehru, King Ayisoba, Jacques Greene, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Jon Hopkins Live, Moses Sumney, The Como Mamas, Hańba, Furia, Coals, Aurora, Yellow Days, Yasuaki Shimizu, Legendarny Afrojax, Sorja Morja, Ariel Pink, Housewives, Or:la., Bass Astral x Igo, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Wednesday Campanella, Nanook of the North, Zola Jesus, Chastity Belt, Warsaw Village Band, The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices - Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, David August, Sonbird, Muchy, Fontaines D.C., Skalpel Big Band, The Mystery Lights, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, DJ Paypal & DJ Taye, dam Strug, Daniel Spaleniak, ARRM, Wojciech Bąkowski, Sensations Fix, Harry Merry, Gary War, coL, Kult performing Spokojnie, Unsane, Good Night Chicken, MIN t, tęskno, No Age, Khidja, Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek, Pokusa, Lonker See, Panieneczki, Meek, Oh Why?, Sierść

OFF Festival Club

Artur Rojek as the art director

It is a series of club concerts started in 2008 by OFF Festival.

I edition

Deerhoof, Contemporary Noise Sextet, Emiter, Kristen

II edition

Butthole Surfers, Materac, Plum

III edition

Monotonix, Mitch and Mitch with Igor Krutogolov play Zelig Rabitchnyak, Bajzel

Monotonix, Mitch and Mitch with Igor Krutogolov play Zelig Rabitchnyak, Bajzel

IV edition

Mount Eerie, Chain and The Gang, No Kids

  • 2 December 2010 - Katowice at Jazz Club Hipnoza

Scout Niblett, Cieślak i Księżniczki, Ed Wood

V edition

Merzbow, Zs, Kid606, Niwea

References

  1. ‘Inspired by Chopin'
  2. "OFF Festival Katowice 2014, 1-3.08.2014". Off Festival. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  3. "Off Festival 2015 Clashfinder". Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  4. "festivus.pl | OFF Festival 2016". Retrieved 2016-08-09.

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