Peninsula / Félsziget Festival
Introduction '''Peninsula''' was a summer music festival taking place annually in Transylvania, Romania. It was one of Romania's largest music festivals.
Festival '''Peninsula''' was an eclectic festival, with stages for different musical styles: rock, metal, pop, electro, world music, folk, hip-hop, blues and jazz. The festival gathered yearly up to 10–15 major bands, and up to 40–70 Central and Eastern European bands which are more or less known outside their countries' borders.Besides, the festival featured a number of other activities: about 30 sports (football, table tennis, badminton, beach volleyball, chess, sumo, paintball, karting, archery, zip-line, kayaking, swimming etc.) including some extreme sport facilities (bungee jumping, climbing, paragliding etc. ), movie projections in partnership with the Transilvania International Film Festival, theatre shows and workshops, stand-up comedy shows, graffiti contests and other creative activities, ecological workshops, volunteering workshops and training etc.Volunteering was another important aspect of this festival. Annually, hundreds of youngsters from all over Romania gathered at this event and enhanced their experience by volunteering activities within the festival.
History The first edition of the festival goes back to 2003.Organised by some members of the team of Sziget Festival, '''Peninsula''' (in Romanian) has grown steadily in terms of audience (from 20,000 in 2003 to 60,000 in 2009) as in the number, the variety and the quality of the bands: at the first edition there were Romanian bands, but in later editions bands from all over the world were invited.In 2013, the organisers have decided to move the festival to a different city, namely Cluj-Napoca. As the city was chosen as the 2015 European Youth Capital, it only seemed as a strategical move. However, participants experienced a number of loopholes, from smaller location to a smaller number of bands. Initially, the line-up featured well-known bands such as Kaiser Chiefs, who eventually had to cancel.After 2013, the festival was cancelled. Since 2017, VIBE festival is held in the location of the old Peninsula / Félsziget.
Line-ups  Year Main artists '''2014''' '''2013'''*  Paul Kalkbrenner*  Alborosie*  Emir Kusturica*  The No Smoking Orchestra*  Ska-P*  Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg*  Modestep*  N.O.H.A. *  Camo & Krooked*  Benga*  Pete Tong*  Umek*  RotFront*  Șuie Paparude*  The Sweet Life Society*  Utah Jazz & Stamina MC *  Ocho Macho*  Utah Jazz & Stamina MC*  Lemon Bucket Orkestra*  Sarmalele Reci*  Negură Bunget*  Luna Amară*  Acapella WindSingers *  Mango aka Modul*  Subotage*  Magda Puskas & friends*  Mushroom Story*  Kistehén*  Subscribe*  Julian*  Intim Torna Illegál*  The Amsterdams*  Traff!c*  Robin And The Backstabbers*  Guilty Lemon*  Niște Băieți*  Ada Milea*  Hot Club de Cluj*  GoodBye To Gravity*  Roadkill Soda*  Breathelast*  Scars of a Story*  Rock'n ghenă*  Divided By Perception*  Face Today*  Tboys – Missile & Goranga*  That Couch Funk Collective*  Neatbik*  Saboar*  Ugly Astronaut 32 '''2012'''*  Children of Bodom*  Tinie Tempah*  The Straits*  Ákos*  Netsky*  Dirtyphonics*  N.O.H.A. *  Emalkay*  Subscribe*  Zdob și Zdub*  Republic*  Vama*  Vița de Vie*  New Model Army*  Besh o droM*  Șuie Paparude*  Babylon Circus '''2011'''*  Guano Apes*  Foreign Beggars*  K's Choice*  Kasabian*  Danko Jones*  Markus Schulz*  Grimus*  Iggy Pop & The Stooges*  Within Temptation*  HammerFall*  Dub FX*  Tiga '''2010'''* Dub FX* Tricky* KoЯn* The Rasmus* Europe* Fedde le Grand* Ska-P* Above and Beyond* Sub Focus* Noisia* Babylon Circus* Hernan Cattaneo* Parov Stelar* Gorillaz* Nero (band)* Therapy? * Félix Lajkó* Phoenix* Omega* Tankcsapda* Zdob si Zdub* Quimby* Vama* Subscribe* PASO* Suie Paparude* Puya* Grimus* Beatrice* Charlie* Irie Maffia* Pokolgép* Taxi (Romanian band)* Sarmalele Reci '''2009'''* The Prodigy* Nine Inch Nails* Tiësto* Freestylers* Tankcsapda* Neo* Primal Scream* Kispál és a Borz* Grimus* Blank & Jones* Chase & Status* Kaukázus* Grimus* DJ Gojira* Sarmalele Reci '''2008'''* Avantasia* Morcheeba* Beatsteaks* Epica* LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad* Tankcsapda* Subscribe* Kispál és a Borz* Republic* 30Y* Kalapács* The Mushroom Story* Ektomorf* Vama* Fading Circles* Vita de Vie* Altar '''2007'''* Theatre of Tragedy* Kosheen* Pendulum (band)* Gojira* The Exploited* Tankcsapda* Kispál és a Borz* Vita de Vie* Altar* Ossian* Depresszió* Ákos* Quimby* Gogol Bordello* The Booze Brothers '''2006'''* The Rasmus* Moby Dick* Bikini* Tankcsapda* Phoenix* Altar* Alvin es a mokusok '''2005'''* Apocalyptica* Freestylers* Tankcsapda* Ossian '''2004'''* Chumbawamba* Republic (band)* Moby Dick* Tankcsapda '''2003'''
See also *Gărâna Jazz Festival - Gărâna, Caraş-Severin
References
External links *  Félsziget Official homepage ('''English''')