Parkenfestivalen
Parkenfestivalen is an outdoors festival that takes place in Bodø, Norway every year in August. This has been a tradition ever since 2006, and the festival only gets bigger every year. The festival is held in a park called Rensåsparken. In the beginning the people organizing the festival only expected about 2500 paying visitors, but already the first year many more came. This year it was sold out about 8 months before it took place. The target group for the festival is mainly young adults and adults.
== About Rensåsparken ==
Rensåsparken is a park close to the center of Bodø. During the year the park is a popular place where people have picnics, take walks and just hang out.
== Stages ==
This festival has several stages, the main stage, the «park-stage» and the «lairo-stage». The main stage is the biggest, and it is here you will find the most known artists. At the «lairo-stage» you will often find different dj´s, this stage is located at the top of the park, here there is fewer people and the atmosphere is more intimate. At the «park-stage» local artists often perform, some of these are well known among the citizens of Bodø, whilst other might be performing for the first time.
== Development ==
The parkenfestival started in 2006, and has only gotten bigger since that. The first time the festival had hoped for about 2500 paying guests, but the first day over 5000 showed up, and on the second day 7500. During the years the artists has become more international, compared to the first years when they had a lot of Norwegian and Scandinavian artists.
== Parken Live ==
Parken Livve is all part of the Park festival which holds concerts several times a year . Parken Live has hosted several major concerts with famous artists such as Circus Eliassen, Kaizers Orchestra and Karpe Diem . In 2013, Parken Live arrange concerts with famous artists like Wiz Khalifa, Lissie and Donkeyboy. The concerts are held on several premises like Sinus, Bodø Spektrum and Kulturhuset.
== Media ==
“Parkenavisa” is a newspaper that deals with everything that goes on during the upcoming Festival Park . Here can you find useful information about the various artists and bands, advertisements of sponsors, and interviews with some of the artists . “Parkenavisa” is published as an appendix in the newspaper “Avisa Nordland” around one month before the Park festival starts. In the “parkenavisa” of 2013, you can find a lot of stuff, like interviews, the tradition with drink holders, advertisements from the various sponsor and some information about the various artists and bands.
“Park festival” is a major event that happened in Bodø. The newspapers “Avisa  Nordland”and “Bodø Nu” are two of the biggest newspapers that write about everything that happens before, during and after the “Park festival”. They write about artists that are coming, reviews, and other stuff that is related to “Park festival” . The newspaper “Avisa Nordland” is one of the sponsors of the “Park festival”.
== Headliners 2013 ==
 USA 50 Cent
 NOR Halvdan Sivertsen
 AUS Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
 USA Monster Magnet
 NOR Kvelertak
 USA Woven Hand
 NOR Vamp
 USA Rival Sons
 SWE Graveyard
 NOR Morten Abel
 NOR Christel Alsos
== Headliners 2012 ==
 NOR Jarle Bernhoft
 NOR Hurra Torpedo
 USA The Presidents
 NOR Seigmenn
 SWE Roxette
 SWE Daniel Nordgren
 NOR Hellbillies
 NOR Sirkus Eliassen
 SWE Opeth
 NOR Kaizers Orchestra
 ENG The Prodigy
== Headliners 2011 ==
 UK Lissie
 SWE Robyn
 SWE Håkan Hellström
 NOR Motorpsycho
 NOR Sepultura
 NOR Ida Maria
 NOR Åge & Sambandet
 USA E-40 & Droop-E
 USA The Hooters
 USA Live's Ed Kowalczyk
 USA Iggy & the Stooges
== Headliners 2010 ==
 USA Kelis
 NOR Thomas Dybdahl
 NOR Karpe Diem
 USA Alberta Cross
 NOR DumDum Boys
 UK Buddies
 NOR Joddski
 FRA Gojira
 SWE The Soundtrack of Our Lives
 NOR Sivert Høyem
 UK Suede
== Headliners 2009 ==
 WAL Manic Street Preachers
 USA N.E.R.D.
 SWE The Hives
 USA Grant-Lee Phillips
 NOR Röyksopp
 NOR BigBang
 NOR Noora Noor
 NOR deLillos
 CAN Danko Jones
 NOR Joddski
 NOR Kråkesølv (band)
== Headliners 2008 ==
 NOR Madrugada
 USA The Roots
 UK The Waterboys
 NOR Kaizers Orchestra
 USA Clutch
 NOR Raga Rockers
 UK 1990s
 NOR Superfamily
 NOR Halvdan Sivertsen
 NOR Audrey Horne
 NOR Lukestar
== Headliners 2007 ==
 NOR Odd Nordstoga & Allstars
 NOR 120 Days
 NOR CC Cowboys
 NOR Tungtvann
 NOR Timbuktu & Damn
 USA CunninLynguists
 NOR El Caco
 SWE Bo Kaspers Orkester
 DEN Nephew
 SWE The Ark
 USA Chris Cornell
== Headliners 2006 ==
 NOR Manna
 NOR Tungtvann
 NOR Mira Craig
 SWE The Sounds
 NOR DumDum Boys
 NOR Magnus Eliassen
 NOR Elvira Nikolaisen
 NOR Minor Majority
 SWE Atomic Swing
 DEN Kashmir
 NOR Turboneger
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== External links ==
Parkenfestivalen's website
Parkenfestivalen's forum