Photo Credit: Erik Moholdt and Øya Festival
The Scene
Øya Festival is the largest outdoor festival in Norway, taking place on the east side of Oslo at the beautiful Tøyenparken. 60,000 festies are drawn every August for four days of a wonderfully curated international lineup that pulls in some heavy hitters as headliners. Øya Festival also prides itself on its sustainability and their groundbreaking green initiatives.
Festival Info
2012 Artist Lineup
- A$AP Rocky (US)
- A-Laget
- Alan Braxe (FR)ØYANATT
- AmiraliØYANATT
- Amund Maarud
- Ane Brun
- Anthony Collins (FR)ØYANATT
- Ã…rabrot
- Baroness (US)
- Beglomeg
- Ben UFO (UK)ØYANATT
- Best Coast (US)
- Billy Bragg (UK)
- Björk (IS)
- Bob Mould performing Copper Blue (US)
- Bon Iver (US)
- Bowerbirds (US)ØYANATT
- Bushman’s Revenge
- Casa Murilo
- Ceremony (US)
- Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires (US)
- Chords + DJ Amato (SE)ØYANATT
- Chromatics (US)
- Cloud Nothings (US)
- DâM-Funk (US)
- Dâm-Funk, dj set (US)ØYANATT
- Death By Unga Bunga
- Die A Legend
- Dimitri From Paris (FR)ØYANATT
- Disclosure (UK) + Sei A (UK)ØYANATT
- El Doom & The Born Electric
- Entombed (SE) + LakeiØYANATT
- Factory Floor (UK)
- Fatboy (SE)ØYANATT
- Feist (CA)
- Fennesz (AT) + Stian WesterhusØYANATT
- First Aid Kit (SE)
- Florence + The Machine (UK)
- Frank Ocean (US)
- Friends (US)
- Get Dancy w/Familjen (SE)ØYANATT
- Get ReadyØYANATT
- HÃ¥kon Kornstad Tenor Battle
- Hedvig Mollestad Trio
- Heyerdahl
- Highasakite
- Hymns from nineveh (DK) + MaribelØYANATT
- Invasionen (SE) + Alberta Cross (US)ØYANATT
- Jacuzzi Boys (US)ØYANATT
- Jessie Ware (UK)
- John Maus (US)
- Jonas Alaska
- Joy Orbison (UK) + BoskaØYANATT
- Juan Atkins (US) + Darkside (US)ØYANATT
- Karpe Diem
- Karpe Diem + ESHM, Dj setØYANATT
- Kaveh
- Kindness (UK)
- Klubb Yacht RockØYANATT
- Lars Vaular
- Lightships (UK)
- Lindstrøm & Todd Terje
- Mam Live (UK)ØYANATT
- Martin Hagfors
- Mathias Eick
- Mathias Stubø Band
- Maya Vik
- Mazzy Star (US)
- Metronomy (UK)
- Mikhael Paskalev
- Mirror Lakes
- Nekromantheon
- Nicholas Krgovich (US)ØYANATT
- Nicolas Jaar — live in concert (US)
- Nite Jewel (US) + Holy Other (UK) + Foals (UK) Dj setØYANATT
- Oberhofer (US)
- Odd Nordstoga
- OFWGKTA (US)
- Papa MØYANATT
- Phil Asher (UK)ØYANATT
- Philco Fiction
- Purity Ring (CA) + Kindness (UK), DJ set + Daniel Avery (UK)ØYANATT
- Refused (SE)
- Reptile Youth (DK)
- Saint Etienne (UK)ØYANATT
- Savages (UK)
- SBTRKT (UK)
- Screaming Females (US)
- Siri Nilsen
- Sondre Lerche
- St. Vincent (US)
- STEVE MASON (UK) + AWESOME TAPES FROM AFRICA (US)ØYANATT
- Sudan Dudan
- Susanna
- Susanne Sundfør
- Sweden
- Tamikrest (ML)
- The Afghan Whigs (US)
- The Black Keys (US)
- THE CONGOS + LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY + MAX ROMEO (JM)
- The Defectors (DK) + The CavebonesØYANATT
- The Devil’s Blood (NL)
- The Glue + Terje Bakke + SanhuezaØYANATT
- The Good, The Bad And The Zugly
- The Stone Roses (UK)
- The Troubled ThreeØYANATT
- The War on Drugs (US)
- Theo Parrish (US)ØYANATT
- Thurston Moore (US)
- Thurston Moore (US)ØYANATT
- Ty Segall (US)ØYANATT
- Waters (US)ØYANATT
- Willis Earl Beal (US)
- Yelawolf (US)
- Yelawolf afterpartyØYANATT
- Young Dreams
- Zero BoysØYANATT