Way Out West is an annual 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.
2007, August 9, 10, 11
...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
2008, August 7, 8, 9 Thursday Friday SaturdayClubs Four Tet The Mae Shi Silje Nes Health Ingrid Olava The High Hats Louis XIV Pacific! Buzzcocks The Gutter Twins Kleerup No Age Wildbirds & Peacedrums PetterSlottskogen Lightspeed Champion Buraka Som Sistema Christian Kjellvander Iron & Wine Kenge Kenge Mando Diao Looptroop Rockers The Sonics Franz Ferdinand Okkervil River Sonic Youth Grinderman The National Yeasayer Sigur Rós Broder Daniel
Clubs Ikons Kool DJ Dust DJ Timubktu Chords Henry Fiat's Open Sore Dengue Fever Faca Fanfarlo I Are Droid The Night Marchers Scott Matthew A.Human Dapuntobeat Dark Meat The Dodos Nina Ramsby & Ludvig BergheSlottskogen Joan As Police Woman José González Kelis The Bug Caesars Sahara Hotnights Frida Hyvönen Silverbullit N.E.R.D Fleet Foxes Lil' Kim Håkan Hellström Booka Shade The Flaming Lips Neil Young Lykke Li
Clubs All Out Dubstep Division of Laura Lee A Place to Bury Strangers Adam Tensta Les Big Byrd Park Hotell Familjen Hederos/Hellberg Holy Fuck Kristofer Åström & Rainaways
2009, August 13, 14, 15 Thursday Friday SaturdayClubs AC4 Blitzen Trapper The Bronx Bruket Crookers Deportees DJ Nibc El Perro del Mar Fontän Hajen Joel Alme Loney, Dear Rise Against Sonjagon St Vincent Theodor JensenSlottsskogen Antony and the Johnsons Arctic Monkeys Band of Horses Beirut Bon Iver Fever Ray Florence and the Machine Glasvegas Grizzly Bear Laakso Robyn Röyksopp Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80 Timo Räisänen Vivian Girls Wilco
Clubs Andreas Grega Andrew Bird Anna von Hausswolff The Big Pink Chairlift Crystal Antlers Echo & the Bunnymen Erol Alkan The Irrepressibles Jessica Lea Mayfield Kornél Kovács Mofeta & Jerre Monotonix The Morning Benders Promoe VetiverSlottsskogen Amadou & Mariam Asher Roth Basement Jaxx Calexico Dead Prez Florence Valentin ingenting Jenny Wilson Lily Allen My Bloody Valentine Nas Olle Ljungström Patrick Wolf Teddybears Vampire Weekend Wolfmother
Clubs Adolescents All Out Dubstep David Sandström Deerhunter Final Fantasy First Aid Kit Form One Fox Machine Gang Gang Dance Jay Reatard Ladyhawke Let's Wrestle Loosegoats L-Wiz Magnetic Man Max Peezay Peter Broderick Skriet WALE Woodpigeon
2010, August 12, 13, 14 Thursday Friday SaturdayClubs Almedal Bear in Heaven Caribou Division of Laura Lee The Early Days Felix Da Housecat Field Music Graveyard Harlem Anna Ihlis Ikons irK + Trickykid jj Junip Laidback Luke The Low Anthem Nettle Quest Rambling Nicholas Heron Ras G & The Afrikan Space Program Silkie Sleepy Sun Slow Club Steget The Tallest Man on Earth Tinie Tempah VillagersSlottsskogen Beach House Iggy & The Stooges Imperial State Electric Jónsi Jens Lekman The National LCD Soundsystem Local Natives M.I.A. Panda Bear Rango Miike Snow The Soundtrack of Our Lives with Gothenburg Symphony Paul Weller Wu-Tang Clan The xx
Clubs DJ Bacid Basia Bulat Cymbals Eat Guitars Den Svenska Björnstammen Ludwig Bell CIAfrica Jon Dasilva Fool's Gold Fulmakten7 Daniel Gilbert Glasvegas DJ-set The Isolation Kali Karlsson & Winnberg (Miike Snow) DJ-set Kasban Me and My Army Ulrik Munther Mary N'diaye Radio Slave DJ /rupture Rye Rye Sleigh Bells Spiders Surfer Blood Andreas Söderlund Taken by Trees Teddybears DJ-set Vit Päls Wild NothingSlottsskogen Broken Bells The Chemical Brothers The Drums Girls Anna von Hausswolff Håkan Hellström Konono N°1 La Roux Lykke Li Marina and the Diamonds Mumford & Sons Pavement The Radio Dept. Reflection Eternal Shout Out Louds Anna Ternheim
Clubs Axwell Bad Hands Bombus Chapel Club Dada Life Die Antwoord EF Mary Anne Hobbs I Blame Coco INVSN Kriget Anton Kristiansson Laura Marling MRTN STHLM BEAT Mutamassik Daniel Norgren Promoe & CosmiC aka Freedom Writers Samling Christopher Sander med vänner Shearwater Sås feat Carli, Marcus Price & Jexpert Trash Talk Tune-Yards VästKust Rockerz & Killa Clowns
2011, August 11, 12, 13
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/
2012, August 9, 10, 11
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 (med Meta Four) Zero Boys Zhala
Source: http://www.wayoutwest.se/sv/artister
2013, August 8, 9, 10
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