Way Out West (festival)



Way Out West is a three-day music festival held in Gothenburg, Sweden, during August that plays host to a variety of popular music artists mainly from the rock, electronic and hip-hop genres. The main festival is complemented with the club concept Stay Out West which features after-hours gigs at various venues around the city.

History
The first festival was held in August 2007 in Slottsskogen on Friday and Saturday and at club venues on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. In 2012 the festival became a full-fledged three-day festival with live music in Slottsskogen even on Thursday. In addition to music, the festival has also grown to incorporate other cultural activities such as art exhibitions in Slottsskogen and film showings at cinemas around the city.

The festival has had a strong focus on being environmentally friendly and was the first festival in Sweden to become KRAV-certified. Citing environmental reasons, the festival announced on the evening before the first day of the 2012 festival that all food served to artists, staff and visitors during the festival would be vegetarian. This decision led to a furor of reactions, both positive and negative. The debate culminated with the Gothenburg tabloid GT giving away free sausages and meatballs outside the festival entrance – a move that resulted in a Twitter dispute between the festival's press chief Joel Borg, co-founder of the festival, and GT editors that was highlighted by the Swedish media.

The festival has won both national and international awards including: Gyllene Hjulet's 2012 Rights Holder for the Way Out West brand, Résumé's Monthly Outdoor Marketing Campaign, as well as the Most Innovative Festival at the MTV O Music Awards.

Location
The main festival takes place in the 137 hectare Slottsskogen park in central Gothenburg. When the festival area closes for the night there are more performances at various venues in and around central Gothenburg for example Gothenburg Studios.

Line-up

 * ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
 * Albert Hammond Jr.
 * Architecture in Helsinki
 * The Ark
 * The Besnard Lakes
 * Big Bird
 * Boredoms
 * Brian James Gang
 * CocoRosie
 * Devendra Banhart
 * Eagles of Death Metal
 * Erykah Badu
 * Florence Valentin
 * Franke
 * Function
 * The Go! Team
 * The Hellacopters
 * Hello Saferide
 * The Hives
 * Jonas Game
 * Juliette and the Licks
 * Kanye West
 * Koop
 * Laakso
 * Lady Sovereign
 * Laleh
 * Last Days of April
 * Lily Allen (Show Cancelled (throat infection), Teddybears were the last minute replacement)
 * Low
 * Lykke Li
 * Malajube
 * Manu Chao
 * Molotov Jive
 * Moneybrother
 * New Young Pony Club
 * Patrick Watson
 * Peter Bjorn and John
 * The Pogues
 * Primal Scream
 * Regina Spektor
 * Salem Al Fakir
 * Shout Out Louds
 * Sparta
 * Spoon
 * Säkert!
 * Teenage Bad Girl
 * Teddybears (last-minute replacement of Lily Allen)
 * Those Dancing Days
 * Thunder Express
 * Timo Räisänen
 * The Tough Alliance
 * Voxtrot
 * Wovenhand

Line-up
Slottsskogen
 * Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
 * The Avett Brothers
 * Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
 * Empire of the Sun
 * Explosions in the Sky
 * Fleet Foxes
 * Fake Blood
 * Anna von Hausswolff
 * The Hives
 * Noah and the Whale
 * iamamiwhoami
 * Anna Järvinen
 * The Jayhawks
 * Christian Kjellvander
 * Loney Dear
 * MF Doom
 * Janelle Monáe
 * Prince
 * Pulp
 * Robyn
 * Säkert!
 * Santigold
 * The Tallest Man on Earth
 * Thåström
 * Tiësto
 * Twin Shadow
 * Kanye West
 * Jenny Wilson & Tensta Gospel Choir
 * Wiz Khalifa
 * Jamie Woon

Stay Out West (Clubs)


 * About Group
 * Mattias Alkberg
 * Aloe Blacc
 * James Blake
 * Butch
 * Felix Cartal
 * Russ Chimes
 * Cloud Control
 * D/R/U/G/S
 * Dante
 * Matthew Dear
 * Deathcrush
 * Dem Slackers
 * Den stora vilan
 * Destroyer
 * The Don Darlings
 * Dundertåget
 * Nicolai Dunger
 * Simon Emanuel
 * Fibes, Oh Fibes
 * Fucked Up
 * Wolfgang Gartner
 * Glass Candy
 * Glasser
 * Idiot Wind
 * Jonathan Johansson
 * Kissy Sell Out
 * Koreless
 * Les Big Byrd
 * Little Dragon
 * Low
 * Jonas Lundqvist
 * Masquer
 * Me and My Army
 * Nina Natri
 * Off!
 * Okkervil River
 * Owl Vision
 * Pascal
 * PH3
 * Planningtorock
 * Marcus Price (DJ-set)
 * Puro Instinct
 * The Radio Dept.
 * Rebecca & Fiona
 * Ringo Deathstarr
 * Safehouse Staff
 * SBTRKT
 * Simian Ghost
 * Heidi Spencer & The Rare Birds
 * Style of Eye
 * Syket
 * Team Rockit
 * Those Dancing Days
 * Thulebasen
 * Timber Timbre
 * Top Hawk
 * Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
 * Hanna Turi
 * Twinflower Band
 * Chad Valley
 * Chad Vangaalen
 * Warpaint
 * Alexis Weak
 * White Denim
 * WU LYF
 * Yuck
 * Zola Jesus

Source: http://www.wayoutwest.se/

Line-up
Slottsskogen
 * Afghan Whigs
 * ASAP Rocky
 * Best Coast
 * The Black Keys
 * Blur
 * Bon Iver
 * Billy Bragg
 * Ane Brun
 * Common
 * De la Soul
 * Deportees
 * Feed Me
 * Feist
 * The Field
 * First Aid Kit
 * Florence + The Machine
 * I Break Horses
 * Jean Grae
 * Anna von Hausswolff
 * Hot Chip
 * Ben Howard
 * Frida Hyvönen
 * King Krule
 * Kraftwerk
 * Laleh
 * Looptroop Rockers
 * Mogwai
 * Nneka
 * Mark Lanegan Band
 * Miike Snow
 * Thurston Moore
 * Oberhofer
 * OFWGKTA
 * Refused
 * Jonathan Richman
 * The Royal Concept
 * St. Vincent
 * The War on Drugs
 * Wilco
 * Yelawolf

Stay Out West (Clubs)


 * 7 Seconds
 * Alberta Cross
 * Adolescents
 * Aleks
 * Alt-J
 * Love Antell
 * Hans Appelqvist
 * Araabmuzik
 * Sibille Attar
 * Bassjackers
 * Bellaboo
 * Bobby Tank
 * Bowerbirds
 * Boy & Bear
 * Ceremony
 * Nadja Chatti
 * Chromatics
 * Cloud Nothings
 * Death Grips
 * Christian Dinamarca
 * Division of Laura Lee (DJ-set)
 * Django Django
 * Duvchi
 * Effektverket
 * Beatrice Eli
 * Elliphant
 * El Perro del Mar
 * The Embassy
 * Femtastic DJs
 * Femtastic Soundsystem (Cleo, Frida Scar, Sabina Ddumba)
 * F.O.O.L.
 * The Frederik
 * Friends
 * Fritjof & Pikänen
 * Leo Forssell & William Hamilton
 * Galantis
 * Genius of Time
 * Gnucci & VAZ
 * Grillat & Grändy
 * Haim
 * How to Dress Well
 * Iceage
 * Anna Ihlis
 * INGRID
 * Jacuzzi Boys
 * Adam Kanyama
 * Kellermensch
 * Kill FM
 * Kill the Noise
 * Kindness
 * Kingdom of Evol
 * King Krule
 * Korallreven
 * Lady Chann
 * Lång-Kalle
 * Lightships
 * Lower
 * Lower Dens
 * Jonas Lundqvist
 * Lune
 * Leo Netz & Noah Gibson
 * Madeon
 * John Maus
 * Mazzy Star
 * Megafaun
 * Memoryhouse
 * Milagres
 * Sandra Mosh
 * Bob Mould
 * MRTN
 * Museum of Bellas Artes
 * Nause
 * Niki & the Dove
 * Nite Jewel
 * Noisia
 * Numbers (Deadboy, Redinho, Oneman, Spencer, Jackmaster)
 * Owl Vision
 * Papa M
 * Josh T. Pearson
 * Pjotr & Staffan
 * Purity Ring
 * Marcus Price
 * Promoe & Cosmic (DJ-set)
 * Rambling Nicolas Heron
 * Refused
 * Rodriguez
 * Rudimental
 * Safari Sound
 * Sameblod
 * Sankt Göran
 * Savages
 * Sei A
 * Skriet
 * John de Sohn
 * Solander
 * Stage of Drama
 * Studio Barnhus
 * Summercamp
 * The Suzan
 * Swedish Tiger & Toffer
 * Swamp 81 (Pinch, Mickey Pearce, Loefah & McChunky, Boddika)
 * Swans
 * Tennis Bafra
 * TNGHT
 * Oliver Twizt
 * Out of Vogue
 * Vondelpark
 * Waters
 * Wayne & Woods
 * Well Rounded (Donga, James Foxx, XXXY, Leon Vynehall)
 * Rico Won
 * Zero Boys
 * Zhala

Source: http://www.wayoutwest.se/sv/artister

Line-up
Slottsskogen


 * Daniel Adams-Ray
 * Alabama Shakes
 * Amason
 * Sibile Attar
 * Bat for Lashes
 * Beach House
 * James Blake
 * Danny Brown
 * Crystal Fighters
 * Cat Power
 * Ravi Coltrane
 * Iris Dement
 * Disclosure
 * Dungen
 * Goat
 * Godspeed You! Black Emperor
 * Grimes
 * Haim
 * Angel Haze
 * Håkan Hellström
 * Johnossi
 * Junip
 * Jupiter and Okwess International
 * Alicia Keys
 * The Knife
 * Kendrick Lamar
 * La Yegros
 * Little Boots
 * Cheikh Lô
 * Local Natives
 * Miguel
 * Of Monsters and Men
 * Phosphorescent
 * Public Enemy
 * Quadron
 * Rodriguez
 * Omar Souleyman
 * Tame Impala
 * Ben Zabo

Stay Out West (Clubs)


 * 1991
 * Acronym
 * Airhead
 * AKA
 * All That Is
 * Allah-Las
 * Austra
 * Autre Ne Veut
 * Badin
 * Basement Space
 * Rikard "Skizz" Bizzi
 * Mykki Blanco
 * Zacharias Blad
 * Bogl & Myka 9
 * Fabian Bruhn
 * Cake
 * Cashmere Cat
 * Kim Cesarion
 * Nadja Chatti
 * Channel 3
 * Sousou & Maher Cissoko
 * Maya Jane Coles
 * Colors
 * Henric de la Cour
 * Mikal Cronin
 * Darwin & Backwall
 * Deptford Goth
 * DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn
 * Ducktails
 * Easy October
 * El Perro del Mar (twice)
 * Electric Wire Hustle
 * Ulf Eriksson
 * Evian Christ
 * Frak
 * Gerilja
 * Gnucci
 * Goran Kajfes Subtropic Arkestra
 * Graveyard
 * HKOCHD
 * Julia Holter
 * Honningbarna
 * Daniel Hunt of Ladytron
 * Jenny Hval
 * Indians
 * Ingrid Disco (Lykke Li, Miike Snow, Peter Bjorn and John etc.)
 * Jagwa Music
 * Jesaja & Lazee
 * jj
 * Johanna Ritscher
 * Kaah
 * Kate Boy
 * Kill FM
 * Koreless
 * Kwaai
 * Kärleksklubben
 * Könsförrädare
 * André Laos
 * Little Jinder
 * Looptroop Rockers
 * Lorentz & Sakarias
 * Lucy Love (twice)
 * Lune
 * Mack Beats
 * Makthaverskan
 * Mariam the Believer
 * Steve Mason
 * Mattias Alkbergs begravning
 * Max Peezay
 * Megatron
 * Merchandise
 * MF/MB/
 * Minilogue
 * Money
 * Mount Kimbie
 * Mr. Tophat & Art Alfie
 * Nils Berg Cinemascope
 * Norma
 * The Order
 * Pissed Jeans
 * Postiljonen
 * Taragana Pyrajama
 * Quiltland
 * Abdulla Rashim
 * Porter Robinson
 * Samlingen (thrice)
 * Sand Circles
 * Sankt Göran
 * Sasha
 * Say Lou Lou
 * Shout Out Louds
 * Skaters
 * Slugabed
 * Sohn
 * Spectrals
 * Squarehead
 * The Staves
 * Stay Positive
 * Stor, Linda Pira & Salazar Brothers
 * Studio Barnhus
 * Summer Heart
 * Svensk bas
 * Swim Deeo
 * Syket
 * Taken by Trees
 * These New Puritans
 * Tigers of the Temple
 * TM404
 * Tokimonsta
 * Trappmusik
 * Tsol
 * Unknown Mortal Orchestra
 * Urban Cone
 * Varg
 * Venus X
 * Villagers
 * Jenny Wilson
 * Yast

Azealia Banks, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, and Solange were booked but cancelled their shows.

Line-up
Slottsskogen


 * Joey Badass
 * Blood Orange
 * Brody Dalle
 * Mark Ernestus presents Jeri-Jeri
 * The Julie Ruin
 * Les Ambassadeurs feat Salif Keita, Amadou Bagayoko & Cheick Tidiane Seck
 * Little Dragon
 * Janelle Monáe
 * MØ
 * The National
 * Neutral Milk Hotel
 * Outkast
 * Pusha T
 * Queens of the Stone Age
 * Röyksopp & Robyn
 * Jenny Wilson

Stay Out West (Clubs)


 * Circa Waves
 * Deafheaven
 * Ella Eyre
 * Forest Swords
 * Holly Herndon
 * Chlöe Howl
 * Hozier
 * I Break Horses
 * Jungle
 * Lorentz
 * Machinedrum (DJ-set)
 * Mighty Oaks
 * Nguzunguzu
 * Shlohmo
 * Jonathan Wilson

2015
Way Out West 2015 was held on August 13 to 15.

2016
Way Out West 2016 was held on August 11 to 13.

2017
Way Out West 2017 was held on August 10 to 12.

2018
Way Out West 2018 was held on August 9 to 11.

2019
Way Out West 2019 was held on August 8 to 10.

2022
Way Out West 2022 was held on August 11 to 13.