Hevy Music Festival

Hevy Music Festival is a rock festival that takes place annually near Folkestone in the UK. It was originally held on 1 August 2009 on Folkestone seafront as a one-day festival with Feeder, Gary Numan and Ash as headliners. In 2010 it moved to Port Lympne Wild Animal Park and grew to a weekend camping festival held from 6–8 August. The headline artists included Glassjaw, Gallows, Sepultura and The Subways and the festival provided a variety of music genres including rock, punk, hardcore and metal along with extreme sports displays and state-of-the-art thrill rides.

History

2009

Dates: 1 August 2009
Venue: Folkestone Seafront
Attendance: ~2000
Headline bands: Feeder, Gary Numan, Ash
Other bands: Attack! Attack!, The Blackout, Hundred Reasons, Cancer Bats, We Are the Ocean, The Ghost of a Thousand, Heartbreak, Sharks, In Case of Fire, Sonic Boom Six, Flood of Red, The Xcerts, Elephants, Lightsgoblue, Kingskin, One Day Elliott, Eleven Eleven, Amber Room, The Startover, After the Ordeal, More Than Normal, Farewell City, Mexico Fallz

In spite of a freak storm which flattened the security fencing two days before and some torrential downpours on the day itself, the 2009 Hevy Music Festival was a resounding success. Feeder performed brand a new song from their album Renegades for the first time, with this one being "Sentimental", although the title track was soundchecked, it wasn't performed for the main show. Gary Numan performed a typically energetic set including the classics "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars". Rainwater damage to his guitar amplifier caused a delay which shortened the subsequent sets but all were completed before the 11 pm curfew.

2010

Dates: 6–8 August 2010
Venue: Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
Attendance: 3000
Glassjaw flew over from New York to make an exclusive UK appearance at the 2010 festival which was a larger event lasting over a weekend with onsite camping. The media response was very positive: "A stellar line up all around.....it'll be hard to see another festival match up in terms of experience and value this year." and "Innovative, fresh and dedicated festival.....putting on a joyous choice of alt music this summer."
The festival saw a fresh start, with new promoters, for live music at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park and is expected to continue to grow in future years. In the words of one reviewer: "From the triumph of this weekender, we expect an even better Hevy Festival (in) 2011."

Main Stage
Saturday	Sunday
Gallows Comeback Kid Fucked Up Rolo Tomassi Trash Talk Dead Swans TRC Feed the Rhino	Glassjaw The Subways The King Blues Madina Lake Young Guns Canterbury Failsafe Me Vs Hero

Rock Sound Stage
Saturday	Sunday
Dananananaykroyd Sucioperro Hexes Pulled Apart By Horses March of the Raptors Turbowolf Cerebral Ballzy Eaststrikewest	Sepultura Napalm Death The Black Dahlia Murder Despised Icon Devil Sold His Soul Sylosis Bury Tomorrow Chickenhawk

Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage
Saturday	Sunday
Twin Atlantic Deaf Havana Outcry Collective Blitz Kids Hearts Under Fire Heights Never Means Maybe Scared Betrayal	Polar Bear Club The Plight Lower Than Atlantis Throats You And What Army No Mean City Stand Up Guy This Is Devine

Local Heroes Stage
Saturday	Sunday
Pay No Respect Breaking the Day Alaska Still Dreaming Santa Karla Jairus Take Courage Predicting the Fall	The James Cleaver Quintet Tyrannosaurus Alan Bareface Adelaide Lost In Colour Pharoahs The Startover As Worlds Collide

2011

Dates: 5–8 August 2011
Venue: Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
Attendance: 4000
Saturday headliners The Dillinger Escape Plan and Architects were announced in early March, along with 23 of the planned 80 bands across four stages. On 1 April the Sunday headliners were revealed to be pop punk heroes – Four Year Strong. They were joined by Welsh rockers Funeral for a Friend. Saturday’s line up additions included the last ever show for The Ghost of a Thousand who announced they were calling it a day after 7 years. In early May eight more bands were announced including Trash Talk (band) who have risen to prominence following their first ever festival appearance at Hevy last year, although they pulled out at the last minute, with TRC and Feed the Rhino stepping in to perform mini-sets in Trash Talk's slot. Rot in Hell were forced to cancel due to the departure of vocalist Nathan Bean. Press reviews were universally positive; from Trebuchet magazine: "Hevy is the right sort of festival to really get into music. Talking to production staff, bands, bookers, punters and security there is a strong feeling of community amongst everyone that they are doing this because they love it. Long live Hevy fest see you next year!"

Main Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
	The Dillinger Escape Plan Architects The Ghost of a Thousand TRC Feed the Rhino The Carrier November Coming Fire Gold Kids Hang the Bastard	Four Year Strong Funeral For A Friend We Are the Ocean Zebrahead Capdown Polar Bear Club Man Overboard Hildamay

Rock Sound/Macbeth Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sonic Boom Six Flood of Red Straight Lines Steel Rules Die The First Turbogeist The Bottlenex	The Bouncing Souls Off! Title Fight The Xcerts Make Do And Mend Me Vs Hero Spy Catcher Arcane Roots	The Bronx Ceremony Defeater Strife While She Sleeps Touché Amoré Bastions

etnies/FRONT Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Tek One Lower Than Atlantis Carcer City Giants Revoker Basement Crossbreaker Departures Harbours Max Raptor	Rise to Remain Awaken Demons Brutality Will Prevail All Teeth Heart In Hand Heart of a Coward Grieved Brotherhood of the Lake	Your Demise Stick to Your Guns More Than Life La Dispute Living With Lions Paige The Marmozets Loose Cannons

Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Daniel P Carter Don Bronco Lost Boys You And What Army Never Means Maybe	Acoda The Ocean Between Us Page 44 Floods If Heroes Should Fail Mishkin Collapse the Control Our People Versus Yours	Autumn In Disguise Makethisrelate Hill Valley High The Hype Theory The Headstart The Debut Show It Off The Afterparty

2012

Dates: 3–6 August 2012
Venue: Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
Attendance: NA
The 2012 dates were announced on December 2, 2011, with the first announcement made on January 27, 2012 and the second on March 16, 2012.

Main Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
	Andrew W.K. Meshuggah Municipal Waste TBA This Is Hell Bury Tomorrow Feed the Rhino Campus	Descendents Madball H2O Ignite 7 Seconds TBA TBA Mallory Knox

Rock Sound Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Deaf Havana Lower Than Atlantis Sharks The James Cleaver Quintet Mixtapes The Bots	Glassjaw TBA A Wilhelm Scream Set Your Goals Pianos Become the Teeth Balance & Composure Seahaven The Social Club	Converge Will Haven Verse The Chariot Rise and Fall Lewd Acts Worms Feed Attack! Vipers!

Punktastic Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Deez Nuts Trapped Under Ice Shai Hulud Reign Supreme Bleed From Within Last Witness	Norma Jean Rolo Tomassi War From a Harlots Mouth Devil Sold His Soul The Safety Fire Marmozets Veils Crocus	Hundred Reasons Vinnie Caruana Lemuria Listener Suis La Lune Hawk Eyes &U&I Blacklisters

Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
	TBA Martyr Defiled Landscapes The Long Haul Dead Harts Golden Tanks Adelaide Strangle Kojak	Pacer The Smoking Hearts Our Time Down Here Gnarwolves I Divide Reachback Mechanical Smile The Jellycats

External links

• Hevy Music Festival Website