Artmania Festival
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Artmania Festival
| Location(s) | Sibiu, Romania |
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| Years active | 2006 - present |
| Date(s) | 6-12 August 2012 |
| Genre | Rock, Heavy metal |
| Website | www.artmaniafestival.ro |
The ARTmania Festival is an art festival, held in the Romanian town of Sibiu. The festival, one of the most important projects developed by ARTmania[1], was first organized in the summer of 2006 and it has been held every summer since.
The main attraction of the festival is the music: rock and metal bands perform in the Large Square (Piaţa Mare) during the first two days weekend days of the festival. Major bands have performed at the festival including Nightwish, HIM, Opeth, Amorphis, Anathema, Lacrimosa, Tiamat, My Dying Bride and Within Temptation and the festival grows each year[2].
In 2007, it reached a record attendance, with 15,000 people in the Large Square watching Jethro Tull[3]. A large number of participants come from Romanian towns and other European countries. The festival benefits from the support of local authorities, with funding from town and county councils and it is promoted at a large scale in the regional mass media.
Moreover, besides concerts, the ARTmania Festival features other cultural events, such as: visual art exhibitions in the cultural spaces of Sibiu, museum exhibitions, film screenings, classical music performances, lectures, workshops and parties in club cellars. This large range of cultural manifestations is opened to festival participants due to the partnership with the main cultural institutions of Sibiu, like Brukenthal National Museum and ASTRA National Museum Complex.
For the 2010 edition, ARTmania organized concerts both in the Large and the Small Square. The Sisters of Mercy and Kamelot played on the first festival day[2] while Serj Tankian and Sirenia performed during the second. The 2010 ARTmania Festival took place between the 13th to the 15th of August 2010.
The 2011, the 6th edition of ARTmania Festival will take place between the 8th and 14th of August, with Lacrimas Profundere, Tarja Turunen, Lacuna Coil, Republica and Sonata Arctica playing in the Large Square of Sibiu. This year, the festival brings something new, with four bands playing on stage in the Large Square instead of three.
Besides these concerts, the festival will continue offering a rich and diverse cultural program, adapted not only to the public, but also the medieval citadel. Thanks to their tickets or subscriptions, the festival's public will be able to enjoy seven days of exhibits and alternative events, as well as manifestations dedicated to belles arts.
The annual festival in Sibiu has become known over its six years of existence by promoting gothic metal artists or other metal genres, extending its coverage to heavy metal, punk and even alternative rock. Music represents the leitmotif of the festival, closely followed by visual arts, especially photography and painting. Promoted artists endorse the general concept of ARTmania through concert photography or festival related paintings. Indirectly linked projects are also welcomed since the festival’s mission is defined by drawing various contributions from the art domain, with a starting point in music. In this area one of the main concerns of the organizing party is facilitating the promotion of Romanian artist on the scene of an important international festival.
In 2012, ARTmania Festival Sibiu will take place between August 6 - 12 and its offer includes a varied cultural program with concerts, exhibitions, book launches, work shops and other events dedicated to the fine arts. All these will take place in the ARTmania special areas: the Large Square, the Small Square and ARTmania Festival Sibiu Arena (Camping and Entertainment). The first confirmations for the seventh edition of the ARTmania Festival are Die Toten Hosen, My Dying Bride, Edguy, Deathstars, Poets Of The Fall, Delain, Epica and Trail of Tears (band). The concerts in the Large Square will take place on Friday and Saturday, the 10th and 11th of August.
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Concerts along the years
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Literature events
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Classical music Concerts & other genre
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Workshops & other cultural manifestations
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Warm-up parties & After parties
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References
- ^ http://www.artmania.ro/en/all_events.html | ARTmania's Projects
- ^ a b "ARTmania Festival 2010 Announcement". Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5pQq7gpV0.
- ^ "Jethro Tull live in Sibiu". ARTmania website. 30 August 2007. Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5pQpmZC8o.
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