Spirit of Burgas 2011

Now in its fourth year Spirit of Burgas takes place from Friday 12th to Sunday 14th August on the white sands of the Burgas' central beach, on Bulgaria's Back Sea Coast.

Line-up

Main Stage: Moby, Leftfield, Gotan Project, Skunk Anansie, Deftones, Suicidal Tendancies, Onyx, Skindred, Benga, Youngman, SHY FX Digital Soundboy, Stamina MC, Scratch Perverts, Bong, Tommy Gun, Tekniq, World Premiere, Logos, Fars, DJ Darkstep, The Top Stoppers, Wosh, Jamesbongg, Diwaddloe, Bashment, Soulization and more TBA.

Jack Daniel's Rock Arena; Mark Foggo's Skasters, Kultur Shock, Anneke van Giersbergen & band, Amplifer, Insane C4, Simb and more TBA.

Na Tamno Stage: Melina, The Pomorians, Obraten Efekt, 7edem, Mlyk!, La Muchedumbre (feat. 4efo The Machine), Bright Sight, Bee in the Bonet, Frontero, Mazut, Alkofilia, Siluet, Macrophone, Viperfish, No Values, Zion Lion Reggae Experience; Roots Rocket Sound, Jah Army freestyle riddim session, ZionLionz selectors and more TBA.

Jazz & Blues Stage: Ivo Papazov and his wedding band, Ruth Koleva, Zone C, Nedim Nalbantoglu, Koychev / Karageorgiev, Blues Traffic, Kottarashky Live Band, Acid Folk Five, Brasilacoustic, South Wick, Cuantune, Freestyle, Krapka Blues Band and more TBA.

Maxx Bass Stage hosted by MC Coppa: BigBud, Good Looking, Von D, Boka, Black Acre, Kelt, R.O.B.T.F Live, Targy, H.M.S.U, acidtrip, H.M.S.U, Kliment feat. Nambient, Artmosheric, Kliment feat. Nambient, Artmosheric, Gomez b2b Digital Soul, Bassline, Metafiziq, Daft Dub, Cinnamint, Artmospheric, Cinnamint, Artmospheric, Dynamic, Fortunah, Stelf feat. Magdalena Petrovitch, Hyperqube, Fai7h b2b Techdown, Chakradancer, Pool, Zion b2b Astrala, Zionlionz, Monk, BassWarrior, Stoyan Video Set, Play, NRG D, Disco Nutter b2b Rokah, Smile, kmn, and more TBA.

Tickets

A three day pass is priced at 120 Levs (approx £53), with an early bird one day pass priced at 50 Levs (approx £22). Sales at the door will be 140 levs (approx £62) for a 3 day pass, and 60 Levs (approx £27) for a day ticket. To buy tickets click here.

Location

Burgas is the country's fourth largest city being home to 250,000 residents and in the summer months the city swells to around 500,000 as the unique combination of sea, sun and nature make Burgas a favourite destination for holiday makers.

Campsite

Camping: This year the festival will host again a campsite, located right on the festival site - so you will be right there where all the action is, only minutes walk from all the stages. A 3 day camping pass costs 30Levas per person (approx £13) and it's valid ONLY if you have a 3 day festival ticket. The camping pass is only available in advance - no sales on the gate.

Other accommodation

The city has many hotels and private lodgings and two big camping sites close by. While some hotels offer top-quality service at high prices, cheaper accommodation can be found in small private hotels in the suburbs. Apartments can also be rent at moderate prices.

How to get there

By Plane

The city of Burgas is 15 mins by car from Burgas airport. Wizz Air flies direct from London Luton and Monarch Airlines fly direct from Manchester. There are also many charter flights during the summer season with Balkan Holidays. Burgas Airport also operates regular flights to Sofia every day during the summer season.

By Train

The railway station of Burgas has connections to all parts of the country and the express train to Sofia takes less than 6 hours. There are also trains other European destinations including Prague, Bratislava and Bucharest.

By Bus

The city's central bus station is located next to the railway station and buses to the country's largest cities, including Sofia start from there. There are also bus services from from Greece, Italy, Germany and France and private carriers that offer transport to towns and resorts to the north and south of Burgas along the coast. There are also regular city transport - buses, trolley-buses and route taxis.

More information will be here when available.

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