Avant Festival

Avant Festival (Avantfest, Avant Fest, Фестиваль Авант) is an annual international music festival, which takes place in Russia.

Overview and history

Avantfest was held for the first time in Moscow in May of 2004. The headliners for the 2004 festival were Russian band Tequilajazzz and American band Xiu Xiu.[1]

The festival hosted numerous Russian indie bands and foreign acts, including Mudhoney, Explosions in the Sky, The Horrors, Yann Tiersen, Devendra Banhart, Swans, Mudhoney, Liars, Patrick Wolf, Spiritualized, Chinawoman, Jamie Lidell, Arab Strap, Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof, Notwist, Lali Puna, And you will know us by the trail of dead, Lou Rhodes, 65daysofstatic, Yoav, Silver Apples, I Am Kloot, Jarboe, We Have Band, CocoRosie, Why?, Oceansize, etc. 2013 was the 10th year in a row that the festival was staged.

Avantfest 2016

In 2016 Avantfest was held in the cultural centre TEXTIL in the city of Yaroslavl.[2][3]

References
  1. "ФЕСТИВАЛЬ - Avante, AVANT! - Звуки.Ру". Zvuki.ru.
  2. "Музыкальный фестиваль AVANT - TEXTIL". textil.in.
  3. "В Ярославле прошёл музыкальный фестиваль AVANT". www.yar.aif.ru.
  • Report on Avantfest 2016 on TEXTIL official webpage
  • BBC article about TEXTIL centre in Yaroslavl
  • Official page of the festival
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