Carlos Santana and more added to B'estfest 2009
11.03.2009
South East Europe is the place to be for music festivals this year as there are some amazing festivals, with massive lines up, cheap ticket prices, cheap drinks and you don't have to worry about being stung by the strong Euro rate when you get there! B'estfest is one such festival with confirmed artists including: The Killers, Moby, Orbital, Franz Ferdinand, Santana, Motorhead, The Charlatans and many more.

Now in its third year, B’ESTFEST has come a long way since its launch and is now the biggest multi genre music festival in Romania. Taking place at the Romexpo grounds in the capital city Bucharest, B'estfest offers a multitude of artists across 5 days from the 1st – 5th July, and this year’s line up is bigger, bolder and better. The confirmed artists include: The Killers, Moby, Orbital, Franz Ferdinand, Santana, Motorhead, The Charlatans, Klaxons, Thievery Corporation and the Ting Tings, with more to be announced.

B'ESTFEST has 3 stages (2 open air and one tent) and also includes a VIP Hospitality Village, Games & Entertainment area, Corporate responsibility area (ONGs), Food & drinks area and chill-out and lounge areas with special green and beach zones.

Launched in 2007, the first edition of B’ESTFEST included a line up of over 30 artists with headliners such as Faithless, Kasabian, Morcheeba, Pink, Marilyn Manson, Alice Cooper, Wu-Tang Clan and drawing a crowd of 50,000 during the three day event.

2008 saw the festival grow with the addition of an extra stage and an extra day with performances from 36 artists and headliners including: Alanis Morissette, Cypress Hill, UNKLE, Kaiser Chiefs, Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics, Nelly Furtado, Manu Chao, Roisin Murphy, Judas Priest.

FULL LINE UP TO DATE (more artists to be confirmed):
1st of July: The Killers, Thievery Corporation, Patrice
2nd of July: Moby, Motorhead, Ayo
3rd of July: Orbital, Franz Ferdinand, Klaxons, The Faint
4th of July: Santana, The Charlatans, The Ting Tings
5th of July: Manowar, Holyhell

TICKETS:
Three day tickets (2, 3 and 4 July) - 270 RON (approx: €62 / £57) are available for presale only on www.myticket.ro and in Diverta outlets.

Day Zero tickets (valid for 1st of July), one day tickets (valid for 2, 3 or 4 July) and B’ESTFEST AFTERSHOCK tickets (valid for 5 July) are available on www.myticket.ro and in Diverta outlets, prices starting from 100 lei to 150 lei (from approx £23/£21 to €35/£31)
(Details on www.bestfest.ro / www.myticket.ro).

€1 = approx. 4.3 RON
£1 = approx. 4.7 RON

11.03.2009, 14:38 von Tobias Haslinger