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Kavarna Rock Fest

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Genre
  
Heavy metal Rock

Location(s)
  
Kavarna, Bulgaria

Dates
  
June or July

Years active
  
2006 – 2016

Kavarna Rock Fest

Kavarna Rock Fest is a Bulgarian rock/metal festival. Kavarna Rock Fest takes place every year at the Kavarna Stadium in Kavarna. Until 2010 the festival's name was Kaliakra Rock Fest.

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2006

The first edition of the festival was on the 25 August 2006. The festival was in one day and featured:

Testament, Helloween and Twisted Sister.

2007

The next edition was in 2007. This edition of the fest continued for three days and featured:

28 June — Heaven and Hell 29 June — Motörhead 30 June — Manowar

The concert of Manowar was filmed for an official DVD released by the band. Furthermore, it was marked by the band singing the Bulgarian national anthem in Bulgarian, much to the delight of the audience.

2008

The third edition took place in 2008 and featured:

5 July — Holy Hell and Manowar 6 July — Sixth Sense and Alice Cooper 7 July — Slayer and In Flames

The official calendar of municipality Kavarna was with photos of Manowar. Manowar made their record-long concert in that day featuring 5 hours.

2009

The fourth edition of the festival took place in 2009 and the headliners (support) were:

1 July - Mötley Crüe (Lauren Harris) 2 July - Scorpions (Edguy, Blind Guardian) 3 July - Dream Theater, Cynic

2010

In 2010 the festival's name was changed to Kavarna Rock Fest.The festival is organised by The municipality of Kavarna and Loud Concerts and here's the lineup:

23 July - Tarja, Doro, Epica, Leaves' Eyes, Atrocity 24 July - Destruction, Sodom, Kreator, Korpiklaani 25 July - Accept, Primal Fear, Annihilator, Voivod

The official festival radio of Kavarna Rock Fest 2010 was radio Tangra

2011

The sixth edition of the festival took place in 2011 and featured:

15 July - Paradise Lost, Sonata Arctica, Katatonia, Dreamshade 16 July - Opeth, Moonspell, Tiamat, Sylosis 17 July - Arch Enemy, Lake of Tears, Suicidal Angels

2012

The seventh edition of the festival took place in 2012 and featured:

13 July - Dio Disciples, Glenn Hughes, Michael Schenker Group, B.T.R. 14 July - Stryper, Dokken, Big Noize (feat Sebastian Bach), D2&Dicho 15 July - Lizzy Borden, Kamelot, Rhapsody of Fire, Ahat, Renagat

2013

The eighth edition of the festival took place in June, 2013 and featured:

1 June - Accept, Thunder, Аria, Cherno Feredzhe 2 June - Deep Purple, Doro Pesch, Alisa, Analgin

2014

The ninth edition of the festival took place in June, 2014 and featured:

27 June - Signal, Black Sea Battle Of The Bands 28 June - Europe, Krokus, Pretty Maids, Uli Jon Roth 29 June - Helloween, Sabaton, Gotthard, Jorn

2015

The tenth edition of the festival will take place in June, 2015 and will feature:

26 June - Jägermeister Battle of the Bands 27 June - Within Temptation, Unisonic, Kamelot, Delain, A winner band from Jägermeister Battle of the Bands 28 June - Twisted Sister, Hammerfall, UFO, Candlemass, A winner from Jägermeister Battle of the Bands

2016

The eleventh edition of the festival will take place in July, 2016 and will feature:

2 July - Axel Rudi Pell, Therion, Varg, Odd Crew, E-an-na 3 July - Avantasia, Soilwork, Myrath, Last Hope, Thiarra

References

Kavarna Rock Fest Wikipedia