Rebellion Festival

Rebellion Festival
Genre	Punk rock
Location(s)	Blackpool (1996, 2002, 2006–present) / Morecambe (1997–2001, 2003–2005), Lancashire, England, UK
Years active	1996–present

The Rebellion Festival, formerly Holidays in the Sun and the Wasted Festival is an English punk rock festival first held in 1996.

The first festival in 1996 was held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool England. It is still held there now, although on some years the festival has been held in nearby Morecambe. Festivals have also been held under the Rebellion and earlier brandnames in Australia, United States, Japan, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, the Basque Country, Ireland and Austria.

It is still a family-run, family-orientated event which celebrates Punk in all its forms, but also puts on bands from other alternative genres plus some Glam Rock artists and seminal bands from the 1960s and 1970s . There are up to seven music stages plus also an acoustic stage, a literary stage and a Punk Art gallery along with many workshops, and stalls for clothes, music and other products.

Each year, over 300 acts perform at the festival over a four day period, usually spread over the first weekend in August from Thursday to Sunday. The festival maintains a positive relationship with Blackpool Council and the people of Blackpool in general and has been commended for its involvement with local charities.

The Boomtown Rats' performance at the 2015 festival made national headlines after lead singer Bob Geldof derided all the other bands and the festival audience on account of their fashion preferences .

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