NorthSide Festival (Denmark)

NorthSide Festival
Interpol performing at NorthSide Festival 2011.
Genre	Rock, Alternative rock, Pop, Synthpop, Hip hop, Indie, Electronic music
Dates	17–19 June 2016
Location(s)	Aarhus, Denmark
Years active	2010–present
Founded by	Brian Nielsen and Flemming Myllerup
Website
www.northside.dk

NorthSide Festival is a commercial festival, held every year in June at Ådalen in Aarhus, Denmark. The first festival was held in 2010 and it has grown from a one-day event to a three-day festival in three years. The festival now goes by the name NorthSide to avoid confusion with the Northside Festival in Brooklyn. Beside its goal of creating profit for its owners, the festival has a mission statement focused on innovation, sustainability, and user involvement.

The festival was initiated by Danish promoter Brian Nielsen, who then approached German concert-company FKP Scorpio. This company is owned by the Germen businessman Folkert Koopmans, who also owns the Southside, Hultsfred and Hurricane festivals, and owns 50 percent of the NorthSide. The other 50 percent is owned by a holding-company under Flemming Myllerup and Brian Nielsen.

The festival launched in 2010 at Tangkrogen in Aarhus as a one-day event featuring five Danish acts (Nephew, Turboweekend, Mew, Selvmord, and Veto).  However, in 2011 the festival moved to its current location and expanded into a two-day event, which was sold out.  The second edition of the festival featured acts such as Band of Horses, Suede, White Lies, Interpol, and Elbow.

In 2013, the festival was expanded into a three-day event, which ran from 15 to 17 June. The event was completely sold out two weeks prior to the event selling 25,000 tickets in total.

2010: Nephew, Turboweekend, Mew, Selvmord, Veto.

2011: Band of Horses,Suede, White Lies, Interpol, Elbow, The Streets, Editors, The Naked & Famous, The Vaccines, Jamie Woon, Crystal Castles, Thomas Dybdahl, Tina Dickow, De Eneste To, Søren Huss, Fallulah, The Floor is Made of Lava, Turboweekend, The Rumour Said Fire, Veto, Boho Dancer, Asbjørn & The Strange Ears.