Park Live Festival

Park Live
Genre	Rock · Alternative rock · Pop · Indie · Electronic · Synth-pop · Heavy metal · Psychedelic rock · Punk rock
Dates	The last weekend in June; (2013–2015); July 9, July 10, 2016; (2016); July 5, 2017; (2017); July 27, July 28, July 29, 2018; (2018); July 12, July 13, July 14, 2019; (2019); July 17, July 18, July 19, 2020; (2020)
Location(s)	Russia, Moscow, Gorky Park (2018 — ); Russia, Moscow, Arena CSKA (2017); Russia, Moscow, Otkrytie Arena (2015–2016); Russia, Moscow, All-Russia Exhibition Centre (2013–2014); ; Ukraine, Kiev, concert clubs "Stereo plaza", "SENTRUM" (2014)
Years active	2013–present
Founded by	CA "Melnitsa"
Website	park.live

Park Live (Russian: Парк Лайв) is an annual international music festival, which takes place in Moscow, Russia. The main point of festival is to bring "pop-culture heroes of our time" to Russia.

A lot of artists who have played concerts at Park Live were in Russia for the first time.

2013

The first festival was held at the All-Russia Exhibition Centre for three days from June 28 to 30. The event was headlined by Limp Bizkit, The Killers, and Zemfira.[1] In addition, on the night of June 29–30, Park Live Night was held at the Chemical Stage, located in the pavilion of VDNKh No. 20 "Chemical Industry" from 23 p.m. to 6 a.m. the next day.

The festival attracted around twenty-five to thirty thousand visitors.[2]

	Moscow
Year	Date	Headliner	Cosmos Stage Acts	Chemical Stage Acts
2013	Friday, June 28	Limp Bizkit	Limp Bizkit Louna Poets of the Fall	–
	Saturday, June 29	The Killers	The Killers Mumiy Troll Justice White Lies Crystal Fighters Anna Pingina	Everything Is Made in China Tomorrow's World Ladytron
	Saturday, June 29, Night	Pendulum	–	Pendulum (DJ-set & Verse) DJ Fresh & Messy MC Robin Axford Denis A
	Sunday, June 30	Zemfira	Zemfira Paramore Crystal Castles Within Temptation NOFX	Biting Elbows Emika Iamamiwhoami Trentemøller Moremoney

2014

Moscow

The 2014 festival was held at All-Russia Exhibition Centre for three days from the June 27 to 29. The event was headlined by Marilyn Manson, The Prodigy, and Deftones.[3]

	Moscow
Year	Date	Headliner	Cosmos Stage Acts	Chemical Stage Acts
2014	Friday, June 27	Marilyn Manson (cancelled)	Marilyn Manson Skillet The Hardkiss	DJ Kazaryan
	Saturday, June 28	The Prodigy	The Prodigy Enter Shikari Hollywood Undead Anacondaz Морекорабли	Die Antwoord Savant Dope D.O.D. Therr Maitz DJ Oguretz Каспий Volga Robin Axford DJ Algorythmik
	Sunday, June 29	Deftones	Deftones Mastodon Wolfmother Karnivool Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals Sedmaya Rasa	Lykke Li Moderat Yann Tiersen Wild Beasts SunSay

Kyiv

Kyiv held its own event in-line with the Park Live festival on the same dates. Initially, the festival was planned to be held at the Expocenter of Ukraine 3 days in a row, but due to the unfavorable political situation in the city, then a decision was made to change the format of the festival in Kyiv. The event was to be held at the Stereo Plaza concert club on June 26 and 27. The headliner of the first day was to be the Deftones and the headliners of the second day were to be Enter Shikari and Wolfmother.

Also on June 28 and 29 concerts of two previously planned groups(Wild Beasts and Skillet), as well as a special guest deTach, were to be held at the Sentrum and Stereo Plaza clubs as part of the Park Live Kyiv festival.

On June 13, 2014 organisers, Russian concert agency "Melnitsa", announced the cancellation of the festival in Kyiv due to the 2014 Ukrainian crisis. The agency stated that the holding of a festival "was entirely appropriate at this stage" and they believes "that the situation in the country will be resolved peacefully."[4].

	Kyiv
Year	Date	Headliner	Acts
2014	Thursday, June 26	Die Antwoord	Die Antwoord
	Friday, June 27	Deftones	Deftones Enter Shikari Wolfmother
	Saturday, June 28	Wild Beasts	Wild Beasts
	Sunday, June 29	Skillet	Skillet Detach

2015

In 2015, Park Live festival was held in Moscow at the Otkritie Arena stadium on June 19. The headliner of the day was the famous British band Muse. This was the first time the festival has reduced the number of days from three to one.

	Moscow
Year	Date	Headliner	Acts
2015	Friday, June 19	Muse	Muse Incubus Triggerfinger Jack Action

2016

Moscow

In 2016, the festival was again held in Moscow at the Otkrytie Arena stadium on July 9 and 10. The American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers became the headliner of the first day of the festival, and the American singer Lana Del Rey became the headliner on July 10.

	Moscow
Year	Date	Headliner	Acts
2016	Saturday, July 9	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Red Hot Chili Peppers Splean The Kills Nothing But Thieves
2016	Sunday, July 10	Lana Del Rey	Lana Del Rey John Newman Passenger Two Door Cinema Club

Kyiv

In 2016, Kyiv held its own festival on similar dates with the Park Live festival. The event was called UPark Festival and organized by the same organiser – Russian concert agency "Melnitsa".

2017

In 2017, the festival was held in Moscow at the VEB Arena stadium on July 5. The headliner of the day was the American rock band System of a Down.

	Moscow
Year	Date	Headliner	Acts
2017	Wednesday, July 5	System of a Down[5]	System of a Down Three Days Grace Twin Atlantic[6] Louna

2018

In 2018, the festival changed its venue again. This time it was held on the territory of the Gorky Park on July 27, July 28 and 29. The headliner of the first day was a French DJ and producer David Guetta, the headliner of the second day was the British band Gorillaz (for the first time in Russia), the headliner of the third was Massive Attack. Ticket sales began on November 30, 2017.

On the second day of the festival, Gorillaz's performance was interrupted due to a thunderstorm and heavy rain.

	Moscow
Year	Date	Headliner	Acts
2018	Friday, July 27	David Guetta	David Guetta Sofi Tukker
	Saturday, July 28	Gorillaz[7]	Gorillaz Kaleo Tove Lo Little Dragon
	Sunday, July 29	Massive Attack	Massive Attack Bonobo Tricky Young Fathers

2019

In 2019, the festival was held on the territory of the Gorky Park on July 12–14. The headliner of the first day was the British rock band Bring Me the Horizon, the headliner of the second day was Thirty Seconds to Mars, the headliner of the third was Die Antwoord. Ticket sales began on December 14, 2018.

On March 5, 2019, The Prodigy, which was supposed to become the headliner of the third day, announced the cancellation of all its concerts, including in Russia, in connection with the death of lead singer Keith Flint. On March 15, Park Live festival organisers announce new festival headliner – band from South Africa Die Antwoord.

	Moscow
Year	Date	Headliner	Acts
2019	Friday, July 12	Bring Me the Horizon	Bring Me the Horizon Nothing But Thieves SWMRS
	Saturday, July 13	Thirty Seconds to Mars[8]	Thirty Seconds to Mars Rag'n'Bone Man Pale Waves
	Sunday, July 14	Die Antwoord	Die Antwoord Fever 333 Missio MØ

2020

The 2020 edition of the festival was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[9]

The festival was originally scheduled to be held on July 17–19. My Chemical Romance was announced as headliners as part of their worldwide reunion tour.

Due to the cancellation, the 2021 edition was scheduled to take place over 8 days, with artists originally announced for 2020 to perform in 2021 if possible.[9]

References

"PARK LIVE " LINEUP 2013" (in Russian). parklive. 2013. Archived from the original on November 16, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
"Земфира, The Killers, White Lies, Limp Bizkit — хедлайнеры стартующего в Москве фестиваля Park Live" (in Russian). РБК daily. June 28, 2013. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
"PARK LIVE " LINEUP 2014". parklive. 2014. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
"Руководство фестиваля Park Live отменило его проведение в Киеве" (in Russian). Мельница. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2014. Unknown parameter |deadlink= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
"Park Live 2017". parklive. 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
"Park Live 2017". parklive. 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
"Park Live 2018". parklive. 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
"Park Live 2019". parklive. 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
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External links

Official website

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[1] "PARK LIVE " LINEUP 2013" (in Russian). parklive. 2013. Archived from the original on November 16, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.

[2] "Земфира, The Killers, White Lies, Limp Bizkit — хедлайнеры стартующего в Москве фестиваля Park Live" (in Russian). РБК daily. June 28, 2013. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.

[3] "PARK LIVE " LINEUP 2014". parklive. 2014. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2014.

[4] "Руководство фестиваля Park Live отменило его проведение в Киеве" (in Russian). Мельница. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2014. Unknown parameter |deadlink= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[5] "Park Live 2017". parklive. 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2016.

[6] "Park Live 2017". parklive. 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

[7] "Park Live 2018". parklive. 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2017.

[8] "Park Live 2019". parklive. 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2018.

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