Off Festival, the Glossary
OFF Festival is an alternative music festival series held annually since 2006.[1]
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35 relations: Alternative rock, Artur Rojek, Butthole Surfers, Deerhoof, Ed Wood (film), Electronic music, Emiter, Folk music, Frédéric Chopin, Igor Krutogolov, Indie rock, Jazz, Jonathan Poneman, Katowice, Kid606, Kraków, Lenny Valentino, Merzbow, Monotonix, Mount Eerie, Music festival, Mysłowice, Myslovitz, No Kids (band), Poland, Pop music, Punk rock, Rock music, Scout Niblett, Sub Pop, Valley of Three Ponds, Warsaw, World War II, Wrocław, Zs (band).
- Culture in Katowice
- Music festivals in Poland
- Mysłowice
- Recurring events disestablished in 2006
- Summer events in Poland
Alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s.
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Artur Rojek
Artur Marcin Rojek (born May 6, 1972) is the former guitarist and lead singer of the Polish alternative rock group Myslovitz.
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Butthole Surfers
Butthole Surfers are an American rock band formed in San Antonio, Texas, by singer Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary in 1981.
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Deerhoof
Deerhoof is an American musical group formed in San Francisco in 1994.
Ed Wood (film)
Ed Wood is a 1994 American biographical comedy-drama film directed and produced by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as Ed Wood, the eponymous cult filmmaker.
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Electronic music
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation.
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Emiter
Emiter (мак. Емитер) is a Macedonian magazine for the popularization of science.
Folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.
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Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano.
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Igor Krutogolov
Igor Krutogolov (born 1976, Tashkent, Uzbekistan) is an Israeli musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer, graphic designer, artist, the founder and the leader of the bands Kruzenshtern & Parohod (KIP) and Igor Krutogolov's Toy Orchestra.
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Indie rock
Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s.
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.
Jonathan Poneman
Jonathan Poneman is an American record executive and co-founder of two record labels: Sub Pop and Hardly Art.
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Katowice
Katowice is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. Katowice is a central part of the Metropolis GZM, with a population of 2.3 million, and a part of a larger Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area that extends into the Czech Republic and has a population of around 5 million people, making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the European Union.
Kid606
Miguel Trost De Pedro (born July 27, 1979), better known by his stage name Kid606, is an electronic musician who was raised in San Diego and later moved to San Francisco.
Kraków
(), also spelled as Cracow or Krakow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland.
Lenny Valentino
Lenny Valentino was a Polish dream pop band from Mysłowice that formed in 1998. Off Festival and Lenny Valentino are Mysłowice.
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Merzbow
is a Japanese noise project started in 1979 by, best known for a style of harsh, confrontational noise.
Monotonix
Monotonix were a garage rock band from Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Mount Eerie
Mount Eerie is the musical project of American songwriter and producer Phil Elverum.
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Music festival
A music festival is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock, blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or holiday.
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Mysłowice
Mysłowice (Myslowitz; Myslowicy) is a city in Silesia in Poland, bordering Katowice.
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Myslovitz
Myslovitz is a Polish rock band. Off Festival and Myslovitz are Mysłowice.
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No Kids (band)
No Kids is a Canadian indie pop band from Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
Pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Punk rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s.
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Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Scout Niblett
Emma Louise Niblett (born 29 September 1973), better known by the stage name Scout Niblett, is an English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
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Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman.
Valley of Three Ponds
Valley of Three Ponds Dolina Trzech Stawów) is a large park and wooden area in the southern part of the city of Katowice, Poland. The name comes from the existence of three large ponds in the park area. Category:Parks in Katowice Category:Reservoirs in Poland Category:Landforms of Silesian Voivodeship.
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Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Wrocław
Wrocław (Breslau; also known by other names) is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia.
Zs (band)
Zs (pronounced) is a Brooklyn, New York-based experimental band.
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See also
Culture in Katowice
- Grzegorz Fitelberg International Competition for Conductors
- International Congress Centre in Katowice
- International Cycling Film Festival
- Katowice International Fair
- Kopalnioki
- Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School
- Metalmania
- Off Festival
- Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Rawa Blues Festival
- Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library
- Silesian Philharmonic
Music festivals in Poland
- Chopin Festival
- Eurovision Young Musicians 1994
- Game Music Festival
- Halfway Festival
- International Festival of Kraków Composers
- Jarocin Festival
- Komeda Jazz Festival
- Komorniki Festival of Organ and Chamber Music
- Live Music Festival
- Metalmania
- National Festival of Polish Song in Opole
- Off Festival
- Open'er Festival
- Orange Warsaw Festival
- Piknik Country
- Pol'and'Rock Festival
- Rawa Blues Festival
- Sopot Hit Festival
- Sopot International Song Festival
- Soundedit Festival
- Universitas Cantat
- Unsound Festival
- Ursynalia
- Warsaw Autumn
- Wratislavia Cantans
- Złota Tarka
Mysłowice
- Brzezinka, Mysłowice
- Brzęczkowice, Mysłowice
- Dziećkowice
- FM- and TV-mast Kosztowy
- Kosztowy
- Krasowy
- Lenny Valentino
- Morgi, Mysłowice
- Myslovitz
- Mysłowice
- Off Festival
- Three Emperors' Corner
- Upper Silesian Railway
- Wesoła, Mysłowice
Recurring events disestablished in 2006
- Aberdeen Cup
- AmsterJam
- Cardiff Marathon
- Ciutat de Barcelona Tennis Tournament
- CzechTek
- ECW December to Dismember
- Evropesma
- Festival International de Films de Montréal
- Gaz de France Stars
- IWA Christmas in PR
- Korean Super Cup
- Linucon
- Metal for the Brain
- Miss Yugoslavia
- Off Festival
- Peace Race
- Portland Grand Prix
- Ringfest
- Second League of Serbia and Montenegro
- Tokers Bowl
- Tokyo International Marathon
- Tribal Gathering
- Uxfest
- Velvet Nation
- Wizards of OS
Summer events in Poland
- Armed Forces Day (Poland)
- Baltic Days of Jewish Culture
- Brave Festival
- Chopin Festival
- Coupe des Carpathes
- Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques
- Dookoła Mazowsza
- Festival of Good Beer
- Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival
- Grand Prix Doliny Baryczy Milicz
- Halfway Festival
- Janusz Kusociński Memorial
- Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków
- Korona Kocich Gór
- Kupala Night
- Live Music Festival
- Malta Festival Poznań
- Memorial Grundmanna I Wizowskiego
- Memoriał Henryka Łasaka
- National Day of the Rebirth of Poland
- National Festival of Polish Song in Opole
- New Horizons Film Festival
- Off Festival
- Open'er Festival
- Piknik Country
- Pol'and'Rock Festival
- Radom Air Show
- Sea Holiday
- Tour de Pologne
- Universitas Cantat