Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Music Festivals in Europe, Drop Dead Festival, Amphi Festival, Tuborg Greenfest, Kilkim aibu, Ladyfest, Deconstruction Tour, Detali Zvuku Festival, Nordic Student Singers Summit, Kvitnu Fest, Demofest. Excerpt: The Drop Dead Festival is the largest Gothic Punk themed festival, it books as many as sixty five bands per event, and have been known to attract attendees from over 30 countries. DDF is a post-punk, Deathrock multiple day festival, annually held in New York, NY and Europe with additional smaller events having formerly been held in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, and New Jersey. Musical styles typically featured at Drop Dead include post-punk, deathrock, synthpunk, psychobilly, punk, experimental, gothic rock, horror punk, dark cabaret and more. The festival is also notable for its elaborate stage designs, bazaar of vendors of scene paraphernalia, movie screenings, and a dance floor featuring underground djs from around the world. Lene Lovich at the Drop Dead FestivalThe first Drop Dead Festival was held in August 2003, after the success of a series of smaller events put on by NY Decay Productions at the Pyramid in New York. The festival was originally held at the world (in)famous CBGBs punk rock club, but subsequent Drop Dead Festivals moving to the much larger Knitting Factory, also in lower Manhattan. Although the main event moved to larger locations CBGB's traditionally held pre-parties and after-parties for the festival, until it closed. In 2005, the Drop Dead Festival grew to four days, during Halloween week. Three of the days were in the Knitting Factory and one in the old Limelight club. over all about 5,000 people attended this event, featuring headliner Nina Hagen. In 2006 the Drop Dead Festival was held at the Knitting... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1631886