Butserfest
Butserfest is a festival created by East Hampshire District Council.[1] This music festival is targeted at young people aged 14–20 and is an alcohol/drug-free event. It has become an annual event due to its success in 2007. It is held on Butser Hill opposite Queen Elizabeth's Country Park near Petersfield. Bob Coleman East Hampshire District Council Community and Youth Democracy was one of the key organisers of Butserfest: "The festival ... is aimed mainly at teenagers, those in bands who want a chance to play, and those who love music and find it difficult to travel to other events." The festival supports new upcoming bands but also has some big names.
| Butserfest | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Music festival |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Location(s) | Butser Hill, England |
| Inaugurated | 15 September 2007 |
| Founder | Ferris Cowper |
| Most recent | 12 September 2015 |
| Next event | 10 September 2016 |
| Organised by | East Hampshire County Council |
| Website | www |
Previous notable acts that played Butserfest and then went on to make it big include You Me At Six, Bury Tomorrow, Deaf Havana, Lower Than Atlantis, Young Guns, Funeral For A Friend, Mallory Knox, Don Broco, Feed The Rhino, Marmozets, Hacktivist, Astroid Boys, Heck, Boston Manor, Create To Inspire, The One Hundred, Crossfaith, Zoax, Our Hollow Our Home, Shields, Wars and Creeper
2007
The debut of Butserfest attracted 700 youths to Butser Hill.
Line up 2007
| Main Stage |
|---|
| Elliot Minor |
| Furthest Drive Home |
| Linchpin |
| Moma Jest |
| Day of Rising |
| Pickled Dick |
| Vallenbrosa |
| Alternative Carpark |
| Oblivion |
| Waking Jayne |
| Splendid Eddie |
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| The Weather Committee |
| Hayley Harland |
2008
Line up 2008
| Main Stage |
|---|
| You Me at Six |
| Tonight is Goodbye |
| Not Advised |
| The Wide Eyes |
| Plastic Toys |
| Mike TV |
| Vallenbrosa |
| ACP |
| Shrub Rocketeers |
| Saxon Black |
| Introduce Your Icon |
| The Unsubscribed |
| The Weather Committee |
| Flexibility |
2009
The 2009 festival saw the introduction of the new Butserquests. This was a series of shows across East Hampshire looking for the best local bands to play on the main stage at Butserfest. Over 70 local bands registered an interest in playing the festival this year with only a few getting the lucky chance, but other bands were able to play on the ButserQuest Stage who did not win.
Line up 2009
| Main Stage | LeCarlaButserquest Stage |
|---|---|
| The Blackout | Vallenbrosa |
| Go:Audio | As Gods |
| We Are the Ocean | Forever Wednesday |
| Attack! Attack! | Luke Ferre |
| Save Your Breath | The Theory of 6 Degrees |
| Malefice | The Meakins |
| All Forgotten | Chemical Sunset |
| Alzir | Thursday's Bad Luck |
| The Light Divided | A Thousand Ways to Fall |
| Reduced to Ashes | The Zed Men |
| Lecarla | Flexability |
| We Push Buttons | Hardly Heroes |
| The Frisbys | Switch Transmission |
| What Is Life For? |
2010
Butserfest 2010 took place on Saturday 11 September, tickets were £15 and bands included The King Blues as headliners on the main stage, along with We Are The Ocean, My Passion and Young Guns. Deaf Havana were headliners on the Butserquest stage. The logo colour for 2010 was green. In 2009 it was yellow and in 2008 red.
Line up 2010
| Main Stage | Butserquest Stage |
|---|---|
| The King Blues | Deaf Havana |
| We Are The Ocean | Lecarla |
| My Passion | The City Calls |
| Young Guns | Tonight We Fly |
| Bury Tomorrow | Mr Temper |
| Fei Comodo | Precilla Broke |
| Shadows Chasing Ghosts | Jonny Black |
| Mike TV | Luke Ferre Band |
| The Theory of 6 Degrees | Thursdays Bad Luck |
| 3 Ways of Thinking | |
| We Start Partys | |
| As We Climb | |
| The Light Divided | |
| The Famous Class |
2011
Butserfest 2011 took place on Saturday 17 September.
2011 line up
| Main Stage | The Lounge Bar Stage |
|---|---|
| Funeral for a Friend | Alternative Carpark |
| Young Guns | Entro-P |
| Deaf Havana | Cubrik |
| Lower Than Atlantis | Big Red Ass |
| Bury Tomorrow | Sinuism |
| We Start Partys | Capital Fuzz |
| Heart in Hand | Forever Can Wait |
| Kill Em Dead Cowboy | Lost Souls Club |
| The Valiant | K'Junga |
| Follow Wyliss | Skaraman |
| The Dirty Tricks | In Perfect Silence |
| The Fringe | |
| This Way Up |
2012
Butserfest 2012 took place on Saturday 15 September.
Line up 2012
| Main Stage | Small Town Records and Friends Stage |
|---|---|
| Kids in Glass Houses | Feed the Rhino |
| Lower Than Atlantis | Shadows Chasing Ghosts |
| Yashin | Heart in Hand |
| Futures | Polar. |
| Canterbury | The Elijah |
| Don Broco | Violet |
| Mallory Knox | Floods |
| Mike TV | Death of An Artist |
| Burn The Fleet | Housefires |
| Contraband | Prolong the Agony |
| Spartan | |
| England Road | |
| Midday Committee |
2013
Butserfest 2013 took place on Saturday 14 September
Lineup of 2013
| Main Stage | Glory Or Death Stage |
|---|---|
| We Are The Ocean | Bleed From Within |
| Mallory Knox | Heights |
| FVK (band) | Hacktivist |
| Natives | Marmozets |
| Arcane Roots | Hildamay |
| Attention Thieves | Continents |
| Max Raptor | Palm Reader |
| Subsource | The Valiant |
| We Start Partys | Now Voyager |
| A Tale Of Two Cities | Aurora |
| The Bottom Line | Set Your Sails |
| 13:32 | The Call Back Academy |
2014
Butserfest 2014 took place on Saturday 13th and was co-headlined by The Blackout and Kids In Glass Houses
Lineup of 2014
| Main Stage | Alternative Stage |
|---|---|
| The Blackout | Sonic Boom Six |
| Kids In Glass Houses | Gnarwolves |
| Feed The Rhino | Astroid Boys |
| George Barnett | Baby Godzilla |
| Blitz Kids | Black Futures |
| Tek-One | The Catharsis |
| I Divide | Our Hollow, Our Home |
| The Hype Theory | Emp!re |
| Aurora | When We Were Wolves |
| Create To Inspire | Saint[The]Sinner |
| Bourne | Gone By Tomorrow |
| At The Lighthouse |
2015
Butserfest 2015 took place on Saturday 12 September with Don Broco as the main headline act. Bands on the main stage included artists such as Funeral For A Friend, Hackivist and The Qemists. Other acts included The One Hundred, Our Hollow Our Home and special guests, The Lounge Kittens. A competition ran that allowed ticket holders the chance to win a place to watch bands perform at the Backstage Unplugged Acoustic stage – an exclusive gig for a select group of fans to enjoy their own personal acoustic set by the acts.
Lineup of 2015
| Main Stage | Alternative Stage |
|---|---|
| Don Broco | Heck |
| Funeral For A Friend | Fathoms |
| Hacktivist | Carcer City |
| The Qemists | Zoax |
| The Xcerts | Lock and Key (band) |
| The One Hundred | Create To Inspire |
| Our Hollow, Our Home | Shields (Band) |
| DIRT | Shvpes |
| Boston Manor | Prolong The Agony |
| Waking Angel | Lost Atlanta |
| Cardinal Bay | Vanity Draws Blood |
| Wars | |
| Networks | |
| The Lounge Kittens |
2016
Butserfest 2016 took place on Saturday 10 September. This year marked the festival's 10 year anniversary, with Mallory Knox and Young Guns as joint headliners.
Lineup of 2016
| Main Stage | Alternative Stage | Introducing Stage |
|---|---|---|
| Mallory Knox | Creeper | A.R.K |
| Young Guns | Blood Youth | Cavalier |
| The Qemists | The One Hundred | City of Ashes |
| As It Is | Ashestoangels | High Down |
| Zoax | Casey | Home for the Weekend |
| ROAM | Seething Akira | Loyd |
| WSTR | Area 11 | Moralist |
| Our Hollow Our Home | Tigress | Reventure |
| The Gospel Youth | Faultlines | T.E.S.S |
| Flashfires | Fort Hope | Treasures |
| Room 94 | Griever | We Deny |
References
- "Making music? Any music. You could play Butserfest 2014". East Hampshire District Council. Retrieved 1 July 2014.