Elevation Music Festival is a music festival

Music festival

A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...

 to be held in Razlog

Razlog

Razlog is a town and ski resort in Razlog Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province in southwestern Bulgaria. It is situated in the Razlog Valley and was first mentioned during the reign of Byzantine emperor Basil II....

, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

, for the first time on 24th and 25th of June 2011. Headliners for the 2011 edition are Jamiroquai

Jamiroquai

Jamiroquai is a British jazz funk and acid jazz band formed in 1992. Jamiroquai were initially the most prominent component in the early-1990s London-based acid jazz movement, alongside groups such as Incognito, the James Taylor Quartet, and the Brand New Heavies. Other Acid Jazz artists such as...

, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Hurts

Hurts

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, Morcheeba

Morcheeba

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, Cypress Hill

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, Stereo MC's, Dog Eat Dog

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, Gentleman

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, Delinquent Habits

Delinquent Habits

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, Sepuko 6, Odd Crew, Sorgente, Parov Stelar Band, Ostava

Ostava

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, Tri o Five, Monyx and Jeremy.

Location

Elevation 2011 is located in a primarily winter resort area - Razlog

Razlog

Razlog is a town and ski resort in Razlog Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province in southwestern Bulgaria. It is situated in the Razlog Valley and was first mentioned during the reign of Byzantine emperor Basil II....

 and Bansko

Bansko

Bansko is a town and a popular ski resort in southwestern Bulgaria, located at the foot of the Pirin Mountains at an elevation of 925 m above sea level....

. It is located where three Bulgarian mountains meet: Rila

Rila

Rila is a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria and the highest mountain range of Bulgaria and the Balkans, with its highest peak being Musala at 2,925 m...

, Pirin

Pirin

The Pirin Mountains are a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, with Vihren the highest peak, situated at . The range extends about 40 km northwest-southeast, and about 25 km wide. Most of the range is protected in the Pirin National Park...

 and Rhodope mountain.

Accommodation and attractions

All the hotels in Razlog, Bansko, and the vicinity, many of which are closed during the summer, will be opened and running especially for Elevation. During the festival there will be attractions like food court, bars and entertainment corners. Also during the whole time of the Festival there will be free of charge shuttle service secured on frequent intervals of time from Bansko and Razlog, which will take visitors from where they are accommodated to the grounds of Elevation 2011 and back.
All fans can buy tickets and other fun stuff from an online shop.

First year

The first event was blighted by the headline artist pulling out of the festival.

On the first day of the festival, headline act Jamiroquai pulled out of the festival due to Jay Kay having sustained a sprained ankle in a previous concert.

The second day of the festival was fated by bad weather with winds in the region of 80-100 kph, parts of the site infrastructure sustained damage and access to the site was blocked until 2pm, by this time the site was still not safe and organisers delayed the opening until 4pm, at around this time a decision was taken by festival organisers and the local mayor to cancel the festival on safety grounds.

External links

• Elevation Music Festival website