Area Festival

The tradition & historical record

The Area Festival was a music festival founded by popular electronic musician Moby, who asserted that he was "in large part, inspired by the ethos of Lollapalooza", and wished to create a similarly "genuinely eclectic, interesting, alternative music festival". Moby organized the first such festival, called Area:One in 2001, and the sequel tour Area2, in 2002. The festival is currently on indefinite hiatus. The festival featured diverse genres of music. Besides headliner Moby, the main stage mostly featured rock and pop acts. The second stage was an air-conditioned tent where electronic, dance and smaller bands performed. ¹

The 2001 Area:One acts included Moby, OutKast, The New Deal, Carl Cox, Nelly Furtado, Incubus, Paul Oakenfold, The Roots, The Orb, New Order, and Rinôçérôse. The 2002 Area2 acts included Moby and David Bowie in alternating headlining slots: as well as Ash, Blue Man Group, and Busta Rhymes. The festival also featured a DJ tent with a rotating list of artists. The main sponsors for the tour were Intel, KMX, and Pepsi. ¹

This concert in 2001 featured: ¹

Moby Jurassic 5 Outkast Kelis New Order Gwen Stefani Nelly Furtado Incubus The Roots Paul Oakenfold The Orb Carl Cox Rinôçérôse Timo Maas Kevin Saunderson Derrick May Juan Atkins ¹

Area:One was a three-and-a-half-week touring festival in the Summer of 2001. ¹

This concert in 2002 featured: Main Stage ¹

Moby David Bowie Billy Talent in Toronto Busta Rhymes Rhymes never played in Toronto - he was held up in immigration on the way in. Blue Man Group Ash Stage Two: ¹

Carl Cox John Digweed Tiësto DJ Dan The Avalanches Dieselboy DJ Tim Skinner ¹

Area was a three-week touring festival in the mid-2002. ¹

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Area Festival is former North American music festival, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. ²

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