The Quart Festival was an annual popular music festival that took place in Kristiansand, Norway in the beginning of July, from 1991 to 2008. It was the most visited music festival in Norway.
It was first named Qvadradurmusivalen in 1991, but changed into the more ear-catching Quart Festival the following year. For several years, Quart was the largest music festival in Norway, but went bankrupt in 2008 in part due to tough competition from the Hovefestivalen in Arendal and some Oslo-based festivals.
Scandals There have been some scandals during the years. A local band Flying Crap fired a shotgun from the stage in 1995. Marilyn Manson ripped a bible on stage in 1999. The Kovenant burned a bible on stage in 2000. Mayhem threw pigs' heads at the audience in 2001. Eight musicians from hiphop group Equicez were arrested for drug offences in 2003. Kristopher Schau attached an engine to a dead pig and used it as a boat in 2003. Two persons from rainforest charity group Fuck For Forest had live sex on stage during a concert with The Cumshots in 2004.
2008 cancelling and bankruptcy On the evening of 6 June, citing low ticket sales (14,000 against a budget of 30,000), the festival management officially decided to cancel the 2008 festival (due to start on 1 July) and as well file the managing company for bankruptcy. Following the 2007 festival, the company had a deficiency of roughly 16 million kroner.
2009 – The festival returns The Quart Festival was revived by one of the original organisers and was held on 30 June to 4 July 2009. Slash's performance was backed by Teddy Andreadis, Jason Bonham, Chris Cheney, John 5 and Frankie Perez, and included guest performances from Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie Wood and Fergie.
The festival was an economic disaster with low attendances and slow revenues. The festival was by mid-September 2009 still not able to pay their employees and is now threatened by bankruptcy.
Key performers 1992: Spiritualized, The Boo Radleys, Tom Russell, Bel Canto, Pogo Pops, Black Press,
1993: Motorpsycho, Seigmen, 808 State
1994: Elvis Costello, The Orb, Blur, Elastica
1995: The Black Crowes, Weezer, Lisa Germano, Morphine
1996: Motorpsycho, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Pulp, Ministry, Orbital, Underworld, Beck, Massive Attack, Black Grape
1997: Rage Against the Machine, Suede, Einstürzende Neubauten, Daft Punk, Aphex Twin, The Charlatans
1998: Beastie Boys, Portishead, Björk, Iggy Pop, Tori Amos, Teenage Fanclub, Wyclef Jean
1999: The Roots, Fatboy Slim, Happy Mondays, Garbage, Marilyn Manson, Blur, Massive Attack, The Cardigans, Skunk Anansie
2000: Sonic Youth, Oasis, Leftfield, Moby, Death in Vegas, Morten Abel, Madrugada, Nine Inch Nails, Counting Crows, Macy Gray
2001: Manic Street Preachers, Deftones, Beck, Alanis Morissette, PJ Harvey, The Dandy Warhols, Motörhead, Coldplay, Wyclef Jean, Mayhem
2002: David Bowie, Travis, Rammstein, No Doubt, Morten Abel, Belle and Sebastian, Turbonegro, Kent, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Kaizers Orchestra, Muse, White Stripes
2003: Massive Attack, Nas, Coldplay, The Flaming Lips, Queens of the Stone Age, Röyksopp, The Cardigans, Immortal, Mew, Tumi And The Volume
2004: Alicia Keys, The Black Eyed Peas, Sean Paul, The Darkness, Morrissey, Pixies, Franz Ferdinand, The Hives, !!!, Phoenix, Pleasure, The Cumshots, Slipknot, N.E.R.D.
2005: Audioslave, Green Day, Foo Fighters, Jimmy Eat World, Snoop Dogg, Thomas Dybdahl, The Game, Porcupine Tree, Stonegard, Fantômas
2006: Depeche Mode, Tool, Kanye West, Muse, Pharrell, Arctic Monkeys, Damian Marley, Devin the Dude, Placebo, Rufus Wainwright, Opeth, The Raconteurs, Wolfmother, Richard Hawley, Gogol Bordello, Flogging Molly, The Cat Empire, Death Cab for Cutie
2007: Turbonegro, The Who, Scissor Sisters, 50 Cent, BigBang, Chris Cornell, Motorpsycho, Black Debbath, The Roots, Mew, Talib Kweli
2009: Marilyn Manson, John 5, Slash, Ozzy Osbourne, Young Jeezy, The Black Eyed Peas, Placebo, Korn, Chris Cornell
Quart 1996 booking (as seen on official poster) Headliners: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Pulp, Ministry, Massive Attack, Coolio, Orbital, Leftfield, Underworld, Beck, Black Grape
Goldie/Metalheadz, The Presidents of the USA, Foo Fighters, The Amps, The Chemical Brothers, The Roots, Ocean Colour Scene, Fear Factory, Slayer, GZA, The Mike Flowers Pops
Ken Ishii, Nightmares on Wax, BT, Faithless, Lionrock, Moloko, Ash, Nicolette, Spring Heel Jack, Dog Eat Dog, Whipping Boy, Dirty Three, The Brotherhood, Morcheeba, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Hallucinogen, Super Furry Animals, Bis, Motorpsycho, Peltz, The Highrollers, Penthouse Playboys, Palace of Pleasure, Folk & Røvere, Gartnerlosjen, Turbonegro, Subgud, Kåre and the Cavemen, The 3rd and the Mortal, Alania, Tørst, Salida, Gluecifer, Mindstate, Red Cloud, Dryads, Silent, Ad Libitum, Groms, The Weeds, Cirkus Gilmour, Whipped Cream Royale.
25th anniversary festival 28 and 29 June 2016, the Quart Festival will be revived at Odderøya. The occasion is the 25th anniversary since the first festival. The organisers promise major Norwegian and International names.Quart Festival 25 års jubileum Official site Toffen gjenoppliver Quartfestivalen - har store planer til sommeren Dagbladet 11 november 2015
Quart 2000 line-up Tue 4 July Wed 5 July Thu 6 July Fri 7 July Sat 8 July Nine Inch Nails Macy Gray Oasis Leftfield Saint Etienne Counting Crows Hil St. Soul Morten Abel D'Angelo Groove Armada Eels Blackalicious Ian Brown Dead Prez Calexico Dipsomaniacs Oslo Fluid The Flaming Lips US HIP HOP feat. 3rd Bass, Missing Link, Mass Influence & Ill Bill Romanthony Melt Rollins Band Death in Vegas Soul Kitchen feat. Apollo, Whimsical and Tungtvann Perculator Moby The Facer Röyksopp Sonic Youth Madrugada Layo & Bushwacka! The Kovenant Kid Koala Elliott Smith Zeromancer Atakama Sona Fariq Briskeby Ben Christophers We Boy Black Debbath Påsan feat. Martine & Mirejam Monopot Seven A Perfect Circle Beth Orton Angel Moraes Ring Sylvia Wane Brassy Sondre Beatroute Yo La Tengo Number Seven Deli Muse Nitin Sawhney Satoshi Tomiie Mojave 3 Lambchop Kelis Aim Junior Sanchez Angie Stone Emmerhoff & The Melancholy Babies Tungtvann Little Louie Vega Animal House Noora Rinôçérôse David Morales Koot Xploding Plastix Roger Sanchez Cirkus Gilmour Thee Maddkatt Courtship François Kevorkian D'Sound
Quart 2001 line-up Tue 3 July Wed 4 July Thu 5 July Fri 6 July Sat 7 July Alanis Morissette Coldplay Manic Street Preachers Beck Briskeby Deftones The Dandy Warhols PJ Harvey Bob Hund Bertine Zetlitz LOK Sigur Rós JJ72 The Strokes Kinobe Goldfinger Ash Silver Starsailor Cosmic Rough Riders Cadillac Bad Boys Club James Band Common Brussel Wyclef Jean Motörhead Mayhem Big Daddy Kane Euroboys Stereo MCs Queens of the Stone Age In Flames Lootpack & Peanut Butter Wolf Bigbang Klovner i Kamp Gluecifer Opeth KutMasta Kurt Popium Salvador The Hives Zyklon Feven, Madcon & Gatas Parlament The Cumshots Cradle of Filth (cancelled) My Vitriol Einherjer Grandaddy Hangface Ram-Zet Håkan Hellström Jim White The Magnetic Fields Arab Strap Zero 7 Peel Tom McRae St. Thomas Anja Garbarek Sternklang Goldfrapp Vidar Vang Bent Cloroform Richard Scanty Talvin Singh Wookie Moon Orchestra Masta Ace Dave Clarke Ai Phoenix Palace of Pleasure Tony Touch Jaga Jazzist X-Press 2 Stanton Warriors Jazzy Jeff Turin Brakes Moodymann g-Ha Richard Scanty Kings of Convenience Erick Morillo Matthias Heilbronn Pete Francois K & Eric Kupper NOR A Man Called Adam DJ Phardin Stephan Grieder Peer + venner Little Louie Vega Stuart Patterson A Man Called Adam Jori Hulkkonen Nathan Haines Olanskii Terry Farley Bjørn Torske Olle Abstract g-Ha Doc L Junior Olle Abstract Olle Abstract KS Choice Nils Noah Si Long Dosertanker Experimental Pop Band Buzz Aldrin Band Håkan Lidbo Kango Stardustbreakers Jigsaw Puzzle Train Olle Abstract Olle Abstract Stereo 21 NUD Pagan's Mind Cadillac Scariot Miramis Grand Lux Stonegard Tonka Mantra Bronco Busters Tremolo Wankers Guardians of Time Shitzoo Bjorvands Java Junkies The Flush Pornshot
References
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