Antifest was a
punk rock
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festival taking place in
Svojšice in the
Czech Republic
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.
History
Antifest was organised in the middle of summer, and the first one took place in 1995. In the beginning the full title was Anti-society Fest, but later Antifest came in common use. Beside
punk rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music. They typically produced sh ...
bands a significant number of
ska
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,
psychobilly
Psychobilly (or punkabilly) is a rock music fusion genre that fuses elements of rockabilly and punk rock. It has been defined as "loud frantic rockabilly music", it has also been said that it "takes the traditional country rock, countrified rock ...
and
rockabilly
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bands appeared during the fest.
Major European bands were appearing during the festival, performing on two stages. Visitors also came from different parts of Europe, mainly from the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland.
2005 edition (11th) was the first one to last for three days, previously the festival took two days. This event was organised by Agency 92. The last edition took place in 2007.
An unofficial edition (Tribute to Antifest) took place in 2020.
See also
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List of punk rock festivals
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List of historic rock festivals
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References
External links
Festival's official websiteAgency 92 official website
Punk rock festivals
Rock festivals in the Czech Republic
Music festivals established in 1995
Summer in the Czech Republic
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