Zaxidfest

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 (among them such bands as Anti-Flag, Caliban, Clawfinger, Ektomorf, Everlast, Ill Niño, Kreator, Oomph!, Zdob şi Zdub and others).[3]

Zaxidfest
Західфест

GenreRock, ethnic, indie, electronic
Datesthree days in
the middle of August
Location(s)Lviv oblast, Ukraine
Years active2009–present
Founded byYakiv Matviichuk
Websitezaxidfest.com

Every year organizators 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 organizators' initiative and their names are hidden until the tickets sales start.[4]

The event name means in Ukrainian equivocally West (or Western, meaning western part of Ukraine) and Festival.

Location

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

There is a list of some Zakhid participants:

References
  1. У Звенигородці на Львівщині відбудеться фестиваль "ЗахіД"
  2. Захід-2009
  3. Фестиваль Захід 2014
  4. Кого би хотіли чути-бачити на #zaxidfest?
  5. Фестиваль ЗАХІД 2010
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