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Vagos Open Air

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VOA – Heavy Rock Festival
GenreHeavy metal, hard rock and all its sub-genres
DatesJune–August
Location(s)Lisbon, Portugal
Years active2009–2017, 2019–2022
Websitevoa.rocks

VOA – Heavy Rock Festival (formerly VOA Fest and Vagos Open Air) is an open-air heavy metal/hard rock festival held annually in Lisbon, Portugal. The festival is being held since 2009 in four different locations: the first four editions, from 2009 to 2012, were held in Calvão (a small town in the municipality of Vagos, near Aveiro), the next three (2013 to 2015) were held in the town of Vagos, the following two editions (2016 and 2017) were held in Corroios, a city in the municipality of Seixal, and after a year break the festival is scheduled to return in 2019 in Lisbon. It is organized by Prime Artists, a Portuguese event promoter.

The origins of a music festival in the Aveiro region are traced to a small event, called Rock in Ria, featuring a few Portuguese and international bands, but in 2009 that event gave way to a new full-fledged international festival which turned out to be one of the biggest heavy metal festivals in Portugal.

In late 2015, it was then announced the festival would relocate from Vagos to the city of Corroios. The name of the festival was also changed from Vagos Open Air to VOA Fest.[1]

A few months later, the municipality of Vagos ensured the creation of a new heavy metal festival in the city, named Vagos Metal Fest.[2] The new festival held the first edition in 2016, featuring Dark Funeral and Helloween as headliners. It is organized by Amazing Events, a Portuguese event promoter.

In 2018, after a sabbatical year, Prime Artists announced on their Facebook page the return of the event for 2019. It will return to a two-day festival, on July 4 and 5, change name (to VOA – Heavy Rock Festival), change location and venue (moving to Estádio do Restelo in city of Lisbon) and have Slipknot – one of the biggest names to ever perform in the festival – as one of the headliners.[3]

In 2022, the final festival took place in Estádio Nacional, in Oeiras.

Lineups

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2009

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The year of 2009 saw the first incarnation of the festival, a two-day event held on Friday, 7 August and Saturday, 8 August at GD Calvão's football ground (Campo de Futebol Padre Batista) in the village of Calvão, near Vagos.

Friday Saturday

F.E.V.E.R.
Process of Guilt
Kathaarsys
Epica
Katatonia
The Gathering

Echidna
Thee Orakle
Dawn of Tears
Cynic
Dark Tranquillity
Amon Amarth

2010

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The 2010 edition was held on Friday, 6 August and Saturday, 7 August.

Friday Saturday

Prayers of Sanity
Miss Lava
Gwydion
Ensiferum
My Dying Bride
Meshuggah

The Firstborn
Oblique Rain
Ghost Brigade
Amorphis
Kamelot
Carcass

2011

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The 2011 edition was held on Friday, 5 August and Saturday, 6 August.

Friday Saturday

Revolution Within
Crushing Sun
Essence
Anathema
Tiamat
Opeth

We Are the Damned
Malevolence
Kalmah
Ihsahn
Devin Townsend Project
Morbid Angel

2012

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The 2012 edition was held on Friday, 3 August and Saturday, 4 August.

Friday Saturday

Disaffected
Northland
Eluveitie
Enslaved
Arcturus
At the Gates
Nasum [Special guests]

Mindlock
Chthonic
Textures
Coroner
Overkill
Arch Enemy

2013

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The 2013 edition was held on Friday, 9 August and Saturday, 10 August. The festival was moved to Quinta do Ega, a place in the city of Vagos.

Friday Saturday

Secret Lie
Bizarra Locomotiva
Moonsorrow
Evergrey
Sonata Arctica
Lacuna Coil

Web
Tarantula
Rotting Christ
Iced Earth
Gamma Ray (replacing Saxon)
Testament

2014

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The 2014 edition saw Vagos Open Air became a three-day festival with the addition of Sunday. It was held on Friday, 8 August, Saturday, 9 August and Sunday, 10 August.

Friday Saturday Sunday

Gates of Hell
Kandia
Sylosis
Soilwork
Epica
Kreator

Requiem Laus
Angelus Apatrida
The Haunted
Behemoth
Annihilator
Opeth

Opus Diabolicum
Murk
Vita Imana
The Quartet of Woah!
Paradise Lost
Gojira

2015

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The 2015 edition was held on Friday, 7 August, Saturday, 8 August and Sunday, 9 August. It was the final edition in the municipality of Vagos.

Friday Saturday Sunday

Scar for Life
Moonshade
Vildhjarta
Heaven Shall Burn
Amorphis
Within Temptation

W.A.K.O.
Mutant Squad
Destruction
Triptykon
Black Label Society
Venom
Filii Nigrantium Infernalium [Special guests]

Midnight Priest
Ne Obliviscaris
Alestorm
Orphaned Land
Overkill
Bloodbath
Ironsword [Special guests]

2016

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The 2016 edition was held on Friday, 5 August and Saturday, 6 August, returning to a two-day lineup. The festival was renamed VOA Fest and moved to Quinta da Marialva, a place in the city of Corroios, Seixal. A new festival called Vagos Metal Fest was created exactly on the same location of the past editions.

Friday Saturday

Dark Oath
Adimiron
Mantar
Katatonia
Anathema
Opeth

Soldier
Equaleft
Schammasch
Abbath
Paradise Lost
Kreator

2017

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The 2017 edition returned to a three-day format. For the first time, the festival was held on two stages, as a new secondary stage was added (exclusive to Portuguese bands). It was held on Friday, 4 August, Saturday, 5 August and Sunday, 6 August.

Palco Principal (Main Stage)
Friday Saturday Sunday

Process of Guilt
The Charm The Fury
Insomnium
Epica
Carcass

Terror Empire
Childrain
Death Angel
Venom
Apocalyptica

Colosso
Killus
Obituary
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Trivium

Palco LOUD! (LOUD! Stage)
Friday Saturday Sunday

Névoa
Earth Drive
The Black Wizards

Adamantine
Cruz de Ferro
Rasgo

Don't Disturb My Circles
Grog
The Ominous Circle

2019

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The 2019 edition will return once again to a two-day format. Renamed to VOA – Heavy Rock Festival, it will be held on Estádio do Restelo, in the city of Lisbon, on Thursday, 4 July and Friday, 5 July.[needs update]

Thursday Friday

Rasgo
While She Sleeps
Thormentor
Trivium
Arch Enemy
Slipknot

W.A.K.O.
Cane Hill
Moonspell
Gojira
Lamb of God
Slayer

2022

The last and final 2022 edition happened in Estádio Nacional, in Oeiras, on Thursday, 30 Jun, Friday, 1 July and Saturday, 2 July[needs update]

Thursday Friday Saturday

BIZARRA LOCOMOTIVA

KVELERTAK

KREATOR

MEGADETH

GOJIRA

ALIEN WEAPONRY

GAEREA

CROSSFAITH

PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS

MASTODON

BRING ME THE HORIZON

DEADLY APPLES

THE RAVEN AGE

ME AND THAT MAN

EPICA

RISE AGAINST

SABATON

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References

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  1. ^ "Vagos Open Air muda-se para Corroios e anuncia os primeiros nomes", Wav Magazine, 14 January 2016. Retrieved on 22 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Realização de Festival Heavy Metal Vagos 2016", Município de Vagos. Retrieved on 22 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Slipknot atuam em julho em Lisboa no Voa - Heavy Rock Festival" [Slipknot will perform in July in Lisbon at Voa - Heavy Rock Festival] (in Portuguese), Diário de Notícias, 23 October 2018. Retrieved on 23 October 2018.