Lowlands (festival)
campingflight lowland paradise commonly called lowland lowland festival annual threeday music performing art festival held netherlands festival held kilometre mi east amsterdam biddinghuizen spijk en bremerberg adjacent walibi holland although main focus music rock pop dance hip hop alternative lowland also offer indoor outdoor cinema street theatre cabaret standup ballet literature comic strip recent year festival attended around visitor feature act ten stage every year named according nato phonetic alphabet apart heineken stage named beer brewer heineken main sponsor festival since majority stage inside large tent protect spectator inclement weather largest approximately size regulation football pitch festival successor one first dutch pop festival flight lowland paradise organised november utrechtbased artist painter bunk bessel festival took place margriethal jaarbeurs utrecht entry fee dutch guilder approximately € including breakfast hourlong event top act included experimental theatre dancing poetry film body painting massage december festival held second time postponed month original date november attempt get jimi hendrix attend event could arranged large act jeff beck jethro tull cancelled however pink floyd remained bill end show sold capacity visitor though many attendee unable get inside resulting unrest police intervention august first edition campingflight lowland paradise take place willem venema revived weather condition moderate barely degree celsius rain friday sunday best day maximum degree celsius ticket bought entrance guilder people receive drawn floor plan people allowed put tent left entrance behind camping shop festival site consists nothing small stage tent larger one people visit festival rage machine saturday urban dance squad organizer mojo concert aim visitor finally visit festival month prior festival almost canceled messy organization slow ticket sale however mojo continued made sure lineup consisted big name partly possible lowland programmed weekend pukkelpop belgium reading great britain big american rock band didnt come across one performance first edition certain thing would become characteristic following decade tent named nato phonetic alphabet alpha bravo charlie peter te bos singer rock band claw boy claw graphic designer take care design mascot rapid razor bob razor mouth style would stay appearance lowland twenty year collaboration ended october partly due extra tent people come lowland five thousand people year rapid growth continues next year people visit festival different year becomes broader cultural festival three tent music year alpha bravo charlie back new tent theatre called delta echo comedy first time ever festival sold electricity issue prodigy performance delayed till later evening amsterdam hip hop group osdorp posse performance early saturday evening charlie tent frontman def p shout fucking put u big tent pull fucking tent peg ground let cancer ceiling collapse security people headed towards charlie tent keep order according def p miracle death lowland becomes big crossover festival showcasing many different type genre like pop rock grunge dance house hiphop lot side programming consisting film cabaret also expands festival grows visitor price ticket doubled since guilder euro act tent two new tent introduced foxtrot golf different type food introduced something distinguishes lowland festival instead fry burger people choose mexican spanish italian surinam cuisine even separate stand vegetarian sunday evening visitor pull container squeezed orange behind juice stall start big meanwhile iconic fight orange peel gabber popular lowland decided make place dj dano however quickly got beer thrown stopped performance alpha early showed visitor lowland drew line term variety music genre punkband pennywise stop performance minute crowdsurfing girl fall get angry security shouting didn’t catch girl saw breaking arm damned motherfucker security leaf fan climb stage anarchy edition received visitor paying guilder five year time festival grew fivefold almost big older pinkpop infrastructure cant keep people complain crowded however people newspaper still praised festival life agony released cd unplugged set lowland festival entitled unplugged lowland festival instead growing amount tent lowland needed grow surface area order crossed trunk road building improvised bridge hosted camping side bridge nowadays nickname bridge death hard visitor cross bridge packaging became icon lowland also first time ever lowland stopped using nato phonetic alphabet tent name give priority commercial party delta became dommelsch named beer supplier edition received visitor friday evening many people headed alpha stage see beastie boy worldwide hit song intergalactic however crowded people front came pressure show got stopped temporarily order band ask people stop pushing help people get lowland reach state show many thing terrain remain year ahead maximum use capacity new mediumsized tent called india introduced smaller pop rock band dommelsch becomes outdoor cinema night programming becomes important almost tent dj party keep going till late lowland also expands cultural side serious theatre standup comedy literature people visit festival pay guilder ticket camping visitor climb light pole fall doesnt survive ninth edition lowland start minute silence strict crowdsurfing prohibition roskilde incident people died pearl jam performance even people visit festival maximum capacity seems reached people time edition warmest ever till beat record degree celsius sunday introduction euro price lowland went guilder euro however price raised anyway euro didnt much impact people visit festival seems much people complain crowdedness weather condition bad festival director eric van eerdenburg appointed see something need change order make lowland festival people always loved festival director eric van eerdenburg take measure lowland crowded many people disappointing lineup first time ever festival sell fewer people visited festival ticket pricing go euro euro might crossed psychological limit first time biodegradable plastic used charlie tent disappears large dommelsch stage exchanged covered tent name tent later renamed grolsch heineken also silent disco headphone introduced running gag take entire lowland year earlier boy named theo vlaar stepped line entrance pee upon return lost friend kept calling people took continued year come shouting theo random name became part lowland subculture like lowland sell nonetheless people show people visit festival first time deposit plastic cup handing people earn coin euro lowland better make good progress also festival shifted week forward last third weekend august major international act nearby lowland sell door year later lowland even better ticket sell month prior xray introduced dome corrugated galvanised iron experimental borderseeking act programmed also magneetbar magnet bar introduced small tent visitor perform festival sell take week longer magneetbar get bigger popularity year later ticket sold june festival never sold quick first last time ever ticket sale start launch party seemed effective took week february sell ticket according organization intention loyal visitor didnt fair chance financial crisis still partly going first rutte cabinet appointed october make major cut culture sector one main victim including increase vat concert ticket january lowland took measure started ticket sale way earlier november success within hour ticket sold vat increase delayed month fall first rutte cabinet april vat increase reversed first time decade lowland change terrain bravo tent moved make room something new titty twïster strip club literature day striptease performer night degree celsius friday even warmer temperature saturday sunday lowland becomes warmest lowland ever foo fighter programmed give hour lasting performance stopped hour warm january booking office friendly fire competitor lowland organiser mojo announces new threeday music festival called best kept secret first four name arctic monkey portishead altj sigur rós show lowland longer place indie music however effect edition like year ticket euro sold within two hour monday festival message follows amsterdam visitor found comatose state remote part ground first night later died hospital used ecstasy clear cause death following year took many time longer lowland sold according festival director eric van eerdenburg seemed part older generation dropping big dance act like skrillex major lazer disclosure create new kind audience time repel rock lover mainly intended long time ago another explanation declining interest group may lowland organizer mojo setting new festival called rabbit hole cuddlier version attention alternative music lowland abolishes depositreturn system plastic mug year complaint people mainly come festival collect mug allegedly use collect around euro day case also guilty pickpocketing theft advance predicted rd edition crucial future lowland loyal visitor dropping festival end quarterlife crisis domestic foreign competition festival market causing audience stay away big act charge ever higher amount money make festival director eric van eerdenburg terribly worried lowland sell first time since people come festival capacity people small change take place site smaller tent charlie lima swap place tïtty twïster disappears four year two largest tent alpha bravo made bit smaller make cosy third beer supplier lowland history make appearance dommelsch – grolsch – organisation sign contract heineken hansje van halem appointed head designer lowland festival identity year collaboration designer peter te bos lowland note organization lowland mark official first edition price prior introduction euro january converted guilder euro edition lowland cancelled due covid pandemic official website