Bloodstock Open Air

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Bloodstock Open Air
Location(s)	Walton-upon-Trent, England
Years active	2005 - present Founded by Paul Gregory & Vince Brotheridg
Founded by
Date(s)	August
Genre(s)	Metal,
Website	www.bloodstock.uk.com

Bloodstock Open Air is a heavy metal festival held annually at Catton Hall in Walton-upon-Trent, England, since 2005. Previous line-ups have included bands such as Children of Bodom (2005), Edguy (2005/6), Turisas (2006), Ensiferum (2006), and Stratovarius (2006).

Band signing sessions take place regularly throughout the course of the festival, wherein fans can get their merchandise signed by performing artists. There is also a 'Metal Karaoke' each night after all of the bands have finished.

Contents 1 BOA 2005 2 BOA 2006 3 BOA 2007 4 BOA 2008 5 See also 6 External links 7 References

[edit] BOA 2005

Bloodstock Open Air 2005 took place from Friday 24th June to Saturday 25th June. The line up was as follows:-

Main Stage
Friday	Saturday
Panic Cell Gotthard Breed 77 Mostly Autumn Firewind Children of Bodom	Edguy Fourwaykill Masterplan Sebastian Bach Evergrey Humanity Paradise Lost

[edit] BOA 2006

Bloodstock Open Air 2006 took place from Friday 14th July to Saturday 15th July. The line up was as follows:-

Main Stage
Friday	Saturday
Atheist Metal Church Pyramaze Edguy Nocturnal Rites Rage	19th Century Bal-Sagoth Ensiferum Season's End Turisas Ashtar Callenish Circle Gorilla Monsoon Stratovarius

Unsigned Stage
Friday	Saturday
Evile Kingsize Blues Pitiful Reign Headless Cross Nephwrack	Beyond All Reason Deadweight Sicfelt State Of Serenity Deadeye Kyrbgrinder Solice

[edit] BOA 2007

Bloodstock Open Air 2007 took place from Thursday 16th August to Saturday 18th August. The line up was as follows:-

Main Stage
Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Chris Slade Sight of Emptiness Kiuas Head On Firewind Testament	Exploder Voodoo 6 Scar Symmetry Wolf Memfis Korpiklaani Epica Nevermore Dark Tranquillity Lacuna Coil	Beyond All Reason Rise to Addiction Freedom Call Benediction Legion of the Damned Finntroll Dream Evil Sabbat Arch Enemy In Flames

Unsigned Stage
Thursday	Friday	Saturday
stage closed	Mindflow The Omen Life Denied The Aftermath Enemo J Timefall Cerberal Fix Forever Never Sinoscence King Lizard Idiom Hexagram	Hanging Doll Kobrakai The Apostacy Hollow Earth Theory Sinnergod Nephwrack Speed Theory Nemhain Honey for Christ Trigger 9 Exit Ten Axis of Evil Terrathorn

[edit] BOA 2008

Bloodstock Open Air 2008 will take place from Friday 15th August to Sunday 17th August. The line up announced^[1] so far is as follows:-

Main Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Communic Evile Opeth Týr Eluveitie Destruction Akercocke Praying Mantis Helloween Primal Fear Saint Deamon	Moonsorrow Cloudscape Swallow The Sun Soilwork Eluveitie Dimmu Borgir Napalm Death Mob Rules Iced Earth	At the Gates Alestorm As I Lay Dying Nightwish Crowning Glory Grand Magus Kataklysm Overkill

Unsigned Stage
Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Pro-Jekt	Uniting The Elements	Keltic Jihad

[edit] See also

• Bloodstock
• List of music festivals in the United Kingdom

[edit] External links

• Official website

[edit] References

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