Poolbar Festival

The poolbar festival is an annual music and culture festival in the city of Feldkirch in Vorarlberg with 20,000 annually visitors each year.[1]

Placed at the geographical interface between Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, the "alte Hallenbad" (old indoor pool) in Feldkirch becomes a cross-border hotspot every summer, when the poolbar festival opens its doors to all its visitors, cultural disputes and events for several weeks during July / August. It was first held in 1994 as a cultural summer-academy and is through organization and implementation of landscape and architecture very different to other open-air events.

In addition to concerts and parties, the festival offers for six weeks a broad variety of cinema & short films, cabaret, poetry slam, pop quiz, fashion performances, discussions, etc. It takes place in the city center in the former indoor pool of the Stella Matutina in the Reichenfeld Park. The furniture, which is renewed every summer, is determined by an international architecture competition. The competition is organized by the VAI (Institut of Vorarlberg architecture / Vorarlberger Architekturinstitut) as well as the local Chamber of Commerce.[2] Art and fashion competitions are also held at the festival.[3][4][5]

Line-Ups

  • 2018: Eels, Ziggy Marley, Shout Out Louds, The Subways, Seasick Steve[6]
  • 2017: Pixies, Jake Bugg, Sohn, The Naked And Famous, HVOB, Leyya, Conor Oberst
  • 2016: Nada Surf, Travis, Dispatch, Peaches, Lola Marsh, Bilderbuch
  • 2015: Patrice, Wanda, William Fitzsimmons, Elektro Guzzi, Dillon, Darwin Deez, Colour Haze
  • 2014: Shout Out Louds, Bonaparte, The Dandy Warhols, Anna Calvi, Maximo Park
  • 2013: My Bloody Valentine, Frank Turner, Young Rebel Set, Casper, Bad Religion, Kate Nash
  • 2012: Marilyn Manson, Regina Spektor, Yann Tiersen, Theophilus London, The Whitest Boy Alive, Gogol Bordello
  • 2011: Portugal The Man, The Subways, Molotov, Kettcar, dEUS, Hercules & Love Affair
  • 2010: Nada Surf, Juliette Lewis, Flogging Molly, Ebony Bones, Die Goldenen Zitronen
  • 2009: Dropkick Murphys, Anti-Flag, Morcheeba, Art Brut
  • 2008: The Wombats, The Notwist, Friska Viljor, Modeselektor, Iron and Wine
  • 2007: Shout Out Louds, Kosheen, Final Fantasy, Slut, IAMX
  • 2006: Calexico, Vendetta, Trail of Dead, Attwenger, Eagle*Seagull

References

  1. ↑ "Poolbar Festival 2017 Facts & Figures".
  2. ↑ "Poolbar-Festival / Architecture". poolbar.at. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  3. ↑ bernadettebiedermann. "poolbar-Festival". www.feldkirch.at (in German). Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  4. ↑ "Klein und fein: Das Poolbar-Festival feiert das erste Vierteljahrhundert - derStandard.at". DER STANDARD. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  5. ↑ "Poolbar-Festival: Das Beste im Westen". Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  6. ↑ "Poolbar-Festival 2018: Erste Bands stehen fest". vol.at. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
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