Norway Rock Festival

HISTORY

Norway Rock Festival is arranged by the foundation Norway Rock Kvinesdal.

The foundation was founded November 11th 2008 and consists mainly of the same people who started Kvinesdal Rock Festival and changed the name to Norway Rock Festival. We chose to be a foundation to show everyone that we are doing this for fun, and not in order to make money off it. Any surplus will stay in the foundation.

The festival is mainly arranged by volunteers who think it’s cool to have world stars play in a field in Kvinedsdal. We are always on the lookout for more people who share our interest and who are willing to help make the festival even better.

Contrary to many other festivals Norway Rock Festival have chosen a rather narrow scope when it comes to type of music. In order to offer something to the youngsters we have no age limit on the Thursday, where they choose mainly bands for young rockers.

This way they hope that you as a part of the audience experience as many favourite bands as possible in addition to new bands up the same alley. The arena itself has a long history as a place for parties – big and small. 2009 is the fourth year the festival has been arranged in the same arena.

TRAVELLING TO NORWAY ROCK FESTIVAL

TRAVELLING TO NORWAY

There are several ways of getting to Norway, depending on which country you travel from. We recommend flying, and if possible, landing at either Kjevik Airport (Kristiansand) or Sola Airport (Stavanger). Gardermoen Airport (Oslo) is also a possibility. It is also possible to take the ferry from Hirtshals (Denmark) to Kristiansand or from Copenhagen to Oslo. Trains run from northern stations in Sweden.

TRAVELLING BY CAR

If you choose to drive, simply follow E39 until you see a sign with Kvinesdal inside a tunnel and take the exit. Make a left in the roundabout (into the valley). In about 10 minutes you will be at the festival area. The trip takes about 6,5 hours from Oslo, 1,5 hours from Kristiansand and 1 hour 45 minutes from Stavanger.

GETTING TO THE FESTIVAL AREA

The easies way to get to the festival area is by train from any of the major cities. If you land in Oslo, Stavanger or Kristiansand, get to the nearest trainstation and head for a place called "Storekvina". The time to get to Storekvina will take 1 hour from Kristiansand, 1 hour 10 minutes from Stavanger and 6 hours from Oslo.

Then you can take the bus (10 min) from Storekvina to Liknes and another bus (5 min) from Liknes to the festival area. It is also possible to use the Train-taxi, which will take you from Storekvina directly to the festival area. Call 0047 383 51 085