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Virgin Festival Wiki Information
The Virgin Festival
(known from 2008 as the Virgin Mobile Festival
in the United States) is a rock festival held in the United States and Canada, a spin-off from the V Festival held in the UK. In North America the Virgin name, and recently the Virgin Mobile brand, is used in full to increase brand association, compared with the UK and Australian festivals, where association is simply implied through the use of the V.
Like the other variants of the V Festival, the events are sponsored by Virgin Mobile, in this case, either the US or Canadian versions.
On June 30, 2006, Virgin Group chief Richard Branson announced the inaugural shows. The first, which took place September 9 and 10, 2006 at Toronto Islands Park, Toronto, Canada, featured over 40 artists. A single-day show also took place in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, on September 23, 2006, at the Pimlico Race Course with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Who.
Virgin Festival 2007 took place in Vancouver on May 20 and 21, as well as a return to Baltimore for an expanded two-day event on August 4 and 5 and Toronto on September 8 and 9. On October 16, 2007, an event was announced to take place in Calgary, Alberta on June 21 and 22, 2008. The festival also returned to Baltimore on August 9 and 10, 2008.
The shows in Baltimore have been put on by Seth Hurwitz's I.M.P. Productions, owner/operator of the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. and the former producer of the HFStival.
The 2009 Virgin Mobile Festival, dubbed the Virgin Mobile FreeFest, was held on August 30, 2009 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland.
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VIRGIN FESTIVAL TICKETS
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2009 line-up
Virgin Mobile FREEFEST (August 30th)
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The Virgin Mobile FREEFEST will be held at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. In an official statement released by Virgin Mobile, they state that due to the current economic status, they're having the festival free of charge for all concert goers. They are hoping that concert goers will donate $5 to youth homelessness through their charitable initiative known as "The ReGeneration". Concert goers can also purchase special packages that come with a t-shirt, as well as tickets and the donation.
Virgin Festival Montreal (June 19 & 20)
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Virgin Festival Nova Scotia (July 4)
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The venue is the Citadel Hill concert site, adjacent to the Halifax Common.
Virgin Festival British Columbia (July 25 & July 26)
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Virgin Festival Alberta (August 8th & 9th)
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Virgin Festival Ontario (August 29th & 30th)
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2008 line-up
Virgin Festival Calgary (June 21 & 22)
Virgin Mobile Festival Baltimore Day 1 (August 9)
Virgin Mobile Festival Baltimore Day 2 (August 10)
Virgin Festival Toronto Day 1 (September 6)
Virgin Festival Toronto Day 2 (September 7)
2007 line-up
Virgin Festival (Vancouver) Day 1
Virgin Festival (Vancouver) Day 2
Virgin Festival (Baltimore) Day 1
Virgin Festival (Baltimore) Day 2
Virgin Festival (Toronto) Day 1
Virgin Festival (Toronto) Day 2
2006 line-up
Virgin Festival (Toronto) Day 1
Virgin Festival (Toronto) Day 2
Massive Attack were originally scheduled to headline but three days before the concert, it was announced that they had to postpone the first four concerts of their North American tour, including the Virgin Festival appearance, due to delays in receiving U.S. visas. They were replaced by Broken Social Scene.
Virgin Festival (Baltimore)
See also
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