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The Parkpop festival is a free music festival held annually on the last Sunday of June in the city of The Hague, The Netherlands/Holland.

It was first held in 1981 and attended by 35,000 visitors. Today almost 350,000 people visit the festival every year. They claim the title for largest free pop festival in Europe, but accually Przystanek Woodstock is even bigger. It is held at Zuiderpark in The Hague.

The 30th edition of Parkpop will be held Sunday June 27th, 2010.

[edit] History

[edit] 2009

The 29th edition of Parkpop was held Sunday June 28th and featured: Ed Kowalczyk (Live), Boris, Skatalites, The Pretenders, Milow, Sabrina Starke, Dio & Sef, Maikal X, Guus Meeuwis, Buzzcocks, Dana Fuchs Band, Habib Koite & Bamada and Magic System a.o. Good weather and about 275.000 visitors.

[edit] 2008

The 28th edition of Parkpop took place on Sunday June 29th, 2008 and featured Kula Shaker, Jason Mraz, Monte Montgomery, Orishas, Moke, Mala Vita, Kleine Jay and was headlined by Sheryl Crow. Visitors 250.000.

[edit] 2007

The 27th edition of Parkpop took place on Sunday 24th 2007 and featured Kim Wilde, Maria Mena en Johan.

[edit] 2006

The 26th edition featured The Kooks, Kelis, Ronnie Spector, Garland Jeffreys and was headlined by Di-rect and Melanie C.

With heavy rain that year the number of visitors was 175,000

[edit] 2005

The 25th edition featured De Dijk, Typhoon, Elvis Costello & the Imposters and was headlined by Within Temptation

Attendance: 350,000

[edit] 2004

The 24th edition of Parkpop on 27 June 2004 featured The Gathering, Beth Hart, The Nits, Outlandish and was headlined by The Stranglers

Attendance: 350,000

[edit] 2003

Line-up of this edition 23: 16 Down, A Day's Work, An Pierle & White Velvet Luka Bloom Blues Brother Castro, Brainpower, Corey, De La Soul, Kathleen Edwards, Fools Fatal , Kouwe Makkers, Morgan Heritage, Ozomatli, Rapid Notion, Silverlake, Ska-p, VanKatoen, Wowbeggar, Krezip, Youssou N'Dour

[edit] 2002

The 22nd edition of Parkpop on 30 June 2002 featured Bintangs, Dandy Warhols, Enrico Riva, Hans Vandenburg, Kareem Raihani, Kirsten, Levellers, Mimezine, Ozark Henry, Suzanne Vega and was headlined by three popular Dutch bands Kane, Di-rect and Within Temptation.

Attendance: 400,000

[edit] External links

Parkpop homepage (dutch)

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