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Open'er Festival

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The Open'er Festival is a music festival which takes place on the north coast of Poland, in Gdynia. It is one of the biggest annual music festivals in Poland.

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The Open'er Festival is a music festival which takes place on the north coast of Poland, in Gdynia.

01 · What it is
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02 · Where & name
Poland

Placed on record in Poland.

03 · How it is doing
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HistoryThe first Open Air Festival was held in Tor Stegny in Warsaw in 2002, with The Chemical Brothers playing on the main stage.
OrganizationThe main organizer of the festival is the concert agency Alter Art.
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What is Open'er Festival in plain words?

The Open'er Festival is a music festival which takes place on the north coast of Poland, in Gdynia.

Where is Open'er Festival practised or documented?

Sources on this page place Open'er Festival in Poland.

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The Open'er Festival is a music festival which takes place on the north coast of Poland, in Gdynia. It is one of the biggest annual music festivals in Poland. The first edition of the festival was organized in Warsaw in 2002 as Open Air Festival. Open’er Festival won the Best Major Festival prize at the European Festivals Awards ceremony in 2009, 2010, 2019, and 2024. 1

History

The first Open Air Festival was held in Tor Stegny in Warsaw in 2002, with The Chemical Brothers playing on the main stage. The festival then took place in Kościuszki Square in Gdynia from 2003 to 2005. The last festival in Kościuszki Square attracted over 50,000 people. Since 2006, the festival has taken place in Kosakowo Airport (Babie Doły Military Airport) in Gdynia. 1

Organization

The main organizer of the festival is the concert agency Alter Art. In 2016, there were 5 stages: Orange Main, Alter, Beat, Firestone and Tent. There are also other smaller stages run by sponsors and vendors. Artists also performed in the Silent Disco Area and at the seaside of Gdynia on Gdynia Open Stage, where events are free to attend. 1

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Open'er Festival”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1

Open'er Festival is contemporary music festival held in Gdynia, Poland, 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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