Way Out West 2024

[ParanoidTourist]

+ AIR!

[branvan]

The Line Up of the year... 😃 Is there eveything in walking distance? Can you walk from the sation to the park? I suggest there are trams and busses too?... 

[WFD]

35 minutes ago, branvan said:

The Line Up of the year... 😃 Is there eveything in walking distance? Can you walk from the sation to the park? I suggest there are trams and busses too?... 

 

Trams go from the centre to the park, but they get very busy coming back after the headliners.  It is walkable (and mostly downhill) back into the centre afterwards, maybe 30-40 minutes to the area round the station.  There are "Stay Out" shows after the music in the park ends, and some of the venues for those are walkable from the park.

[ParanoidTourist]

Jessie Ware and Tems added to the line-up! 

[Marty76]

Just bought my tickets, first time I'll be in Sweden. Looking forward to it very much, especially the Thursday has an amazing set of headliners! Does anyone know capacity of the festival?

 

[Olivedal 1904]

I think last year capacity was 30 000 visitors per day. 

 

Can sometimes feel a bit crowded in some bottlenecks of the area but usually not that hard to get a decent spot in front of the stages. 

[ParanoidTourist]

1 hour ago, Marty76 said:

Just bought my tickets, first time I'll be in Sweden. Looking forward to it very much, especially the Thursday has an amazing set of headliners! Does anyone know capacity of the festival?

 

 

Great, welcome to Sweden!

 

I agree with what is written above concerning capacity. If I compare with Rock Werchter it´s easier to get a good spot during the concerts at WOW. 

[fightoffyour]

Seriously considering coming to this. I've got a flight landing at about 2pm, so potentially could get on site at 4pm. I am likely to miss anything?

 

Also, what's the difference between acts like Maisie Peters being listed as playing 'Way Out West' vs. those as 'Slottsskogen'? Is that just a quirk of the lineup page? I know there's the late night 'Stay Out West', but this is not that.

[ParanoidTourist]

7 hours ago, fightoffyour said:

Seriously considering coming to this. I've got a flight landing at about 2pm, so potentially could get on site at 4pm. I am likely to miss anything?

 

Also, what's the difference between acts like Maisie Peters being listed as playing 'Way Out West' vs. those as 'Slottsskogen'? Is that just a quirk of the lineup page? I know there's the late night 'Stay Out West', but this is not that.

 

The line-up is indeed very good this year. I think the concerts start around 2-2.30 pm so you might miss the first 1 or 2 acts of the day. 

 

About the Way Out West vs Slottsskogen venue I think it means the same place since "Slottsskogen" is the actual festival location. 

[ParanoidTourist]

Fever Ray confirmed!

 

 

[ParanoidTourist]

The latest poster: 

 

Edit: sorry if the picture is a bit small. 

 

 

Edited May 24 by ParanoidTourist

[Olivedal 1904]

18 new acts confirmed, mainly for the club program Stay out West. 

Arooj Aftab, Thurston Moore, The Kills, Yard Act and English Teacher are the ones that I might wanna see among the new announcements. 

 

#oh and Yves Tumor of course! 

Edited May 29 by Olivedal 1904

[gigi21]

6 hours ago, Olivedal 1904 said:

18 new acts confirmed, mainly for the club program Stay out West. 

Arooj Aftab, Thurston Moore, The Kills, Yard Act and English Teacher are the ones that I might wanna see among the new announcements. 

 

#oh and Yves Tumor of course! 

amazing lineup

[Olivedal 1904]

Extra club show with Big Thief on August 6th is now available for 275 SEK for festival ticket holders. 

[matrainertje]

On 5/29/2024 at 4:33 PM, gigi21 said:

amazing lineup

Best one of the year. Yes, I’m counting the likes of Primavera and Glasto.

[ParanoidTourist]

The schedule is out now! Amazingly, The Smile/PJ Harvey/AIR/Queens of the stone age do not clash;) 

 

Also some new acts are announced for WOW and Stay out west:

Icona Pop, Arc de Soleil, Olof Dreijer (from the Knife), Diva Cruz, Alba August, Ayla, MRCY, Stella Explorer, Diane Emerita, Jackie Mere and Full Body 2.  

[ElGanzo]

Lineup is great. Though a lot of what I want to see is on at Stay Out West, which is a little concerning as I've been reading about it being tricky to access these concerts. As a newbie, anyone able to advise? Been holding off booking my ticket until the timetable though it's worked out pretty clash-free so far for me. I think they've forgotten to include Slowdive's time though?

[ParanoidTourist]

2 hours ago, ElGanzo said:

Lineup is great. Though a lot of what I want to see is on at Stay Out West, which is a little concerning as I've been reading about it being tricky to access these concerts. As a newbie, anyone able to advise? Been holding off booking my ticket until the timetable though it's worked out pretty clash-free so far for me. I think they've forgotten to include Slowdive's time though?

I don´t have that much experience with Stay Out West but last year it seemed that many people went there after the last gig so I guess a general rule is to be there earlier before the concerts end on the festival site. 

 

I also cannot find Slowdive but there´s a gap in the schedule after Limperatrice at the Linné stage on Friday so perhaps that´s where they fit in. 

[Olivedal 1904]

I don't think they have ever been this early to release the schedule. There might be some smaller names to be added for Höjden stage for Slottsskogen by the looks of it. And a couple of gaps on Friday for Linné stage (one of them probably gonna fit Slowdive as mentioned). 

 

Stay Out West lineup far from complete. How early one needs to leave Slottsskogen to get in at Stay out west of course depends on which venue and how popular the club show is. But generally it is enough to leave Slottsskogen right before the last couple of songs of the headliners. 

[ParanoidTourist]

Slowdive now has a time slot: 11.00-11.59 pm on Friday (colliding with Fred again...)

[Marty76]

Sad to see The Smile dropping off, let's hope QOTSA will be recovered in time as it would be a massive hit if both were cancelled.

 

[ParanoidTourist]

4 hours ago, Marty76 said:

Sad to see The Smile dropping off, let's hope QOTSA will be recovered in time as it would be a massive hit if both were cancelled.

 

Yes! Utterly sad news. Hope Jonny recovers soon. 

[ElGanzo]

Sad news about The Smile for sure. I wonder will there be a replacement, I know it can be very difficult to organise one so close to the festival but hopefully they can find someone.

 

I see today they have announced the Stay Out West lineup along with some new additions. Friday at Stay Out West for me is crazy, I have to figure out what is going to be possible realistically. Conversely I am not familiar with anyone at all except Mount Kimbie on the Sunday Stay Out West so open to recommendations for late on Saturday night!

[Olivedal 1904]

Mount Kimbie is a nice addition. But overall the Stay Out West lineup is weaker than normal. 

Also a bit weird to have Slowdive closing Slottsskogen and then have Hotline TNT on short after at a club, given the overlapping fan base. 

I hope they will find a strong replacement for the Smile!

[ParanoidTourist]

I'm also extremely gutted about the Smile not appearing but it's the same in every European August festival. 

 

Hope they will find a good replacement. Oya festival in Norway replaced the Smile with Air but they are already on WOWs lineup so it should be someone else.