V Festival
| V Festival | |
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Music festival |
| Frequency | Annually (penultimate weekend in August) |
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| Years active | 20 |
| Inaugurated | 17 August 1996 |
| Founder | Richard Branson |
| Most recent | 20 August 2016 – 21 August 2016 |
| Next event | 19 August 2017 – 20 August 2017 |
| Participants | See lineups |
| Attendance | 270,000 (2015) For full attendance, see here |
| Organised by | Virgin Group |
| Sponsor | Virgin Media |
| Website | |
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V Festival, often referred to simply as V Fest or VF is an annual music festival held in England during the penultimate weekend in August. The event is held at two parks simultaneously which share the same bill; artists perform at one location on Saturday and then swap on Sunday. The sites are located at Hylands Park in Chelmsford and Weston Park in South Staffordshire.
The "V" represents the Virgin Group, with the event being sponsored by Virgin Media.
It was originally televised by Channel 4 from 1997 to 2013, predominantly on their sister channel 4 Music, it was then televised by MTV from 2014 to 2015 and for the 2016 edition of the festival it was televised by Channel 5.
The idea for V came in 1996 when Pulp's front man Jarvis Cocker said that he would love to play two outdoor venues in two days. Pulp's promoters got together and came up with the idea of putting the gig into Victoria Park Warrington and Hylands Park Chelmsford giving fans in both the North and South a chance to see the band. Then came the idea of adding more bands to the bill, putting on a second stage and letting people camp for the weekend. In the end Victoria Park was just too small for 3 stages and camping. So in August 1996 there was one day of artists in Victoria Park and 2 days at Hylands Park with camping. The northern leg of V97 was switched to Temple Newsam, Leeds to provide room for camping and three stages. In 1999 the Northern leg of the festival was moved to Weston Park in Staffordshire, and has remained there since.
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