Virgin Festival

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Virgin Festival
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Virgin Festival logo
Location(s) Canada, United States
Years active 2006 - present
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Genre(s) Rock, Pop
Website http://www.virginfestival.ca http://www.virginfestival.com
For the original rock festival held in England, see V Festival

Virgin Festival is a rock festival held in the United States and Canada, a spin-off from the V Festival held in the UK. In North America the Virgin name is used in full to increase brand association, compared with the UK and Australian festivals, where association is simply implied through the use of the V.
On June 30, 2006, Virgin Group chief Richard Branson announced the inaugural shows. The first, which took place September 9 and 10, 2006 at Toronto Islands Park, Toronto, Canada, featured over 40 artists. A single-day show also took place in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, on September 23, 2006, at the Pimlico Race Course with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Who.

Virgin Festival 2007 took place in Vancouver on May 20 and 21, as well as a return to Baltimore for an expanded two-day event on August 4 and 5 and Toronto on September 8 and 9. On October 16th, 2007, an event was announced to take place in Calgary, Alberta from June 21-22, 2008.

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Virgin Mobile Stage Future Shop Stage
Budweiser Stage B-Live Stage

Virgin Mobile Stage Future Shop Stage
Budweiser Stage B-Live Stage

Massive Attack were originally scheduled to headline but three days before the concert, it was announced that they had to postpone the first four concerts of their North American tour, including the Virgin Festival appearance, due to delays in receiving U.S. visas. They were replaced by Broken Social Scene.

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Notable rock concerts
Woodstock Woodstock Festival (1969) • Woodstock '79 • Woodstock '89 • Woodstock '94 • Woodstock 1999
Other early festivals Monterey Pop Festival (1967) • Schaefer Music Festival (1967-1976) • Atlanta International Pop Festival (1969) • Atlantic City Pop Festival (1969) • Isle of Wight Festival 1969 • Altamont Free Concert (1969) • Festival Express (1970) • Bath Festival (1970) • Atlanta International Pop Festival (1970) • Isle of Wight Festival 1970 • Wattstax (1972) • Summer Jam at Watkins Glen (1973) • California Jam (1974) • World Series of Rock (1974-1979) Rock Concert at Poconos raceway, July 8, 1972 (1972) •
Benefit concerts The Concert for Bangladesh (1971) • Concerts for the People of Kampuchea (1979) • Party in the Park (annual from 1982) • Live Aid (1985) • Farm Aid (1985) • Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (1988) • The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (1992) • NetAid (1999) • The Concert for New York City/America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001) • Party at the Palace (2002) • Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto (2003) • Tsunami Aid/WaveAid (2005) • Live 8 (2005) • A Concert for Hurricane Relief / Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast / From the Big Apple to the Big Easy (2005) • Concert for Diana (2007) • Live Earth (2007) • World Peace One (2007)
Benefit/political tours No Nukes (1979) • A Conspiracy of Hope (1986) • Human Rights Now! (1988) • Vote for Change (2004)
Other festivals and tours All Tomorrow's Parties • The Bamboozle • Big Day Out • Bonnaroo • Coachella • Download • Edgefest • Electric Picnic • Eurockéennes • EXIT • Family Values • Festival Internacional de Benicàssim • Festival Sudoeste • Fuji Rock • G3 (tour) • Glastonbury • Graspop Metal Meeting • H.O.R.D.E • Hellfest Summer Open Air • Hurricane Festival • Isle of Wight • Lilith Fair • Lollapalooza • Lowlands • Metal Camp • Monsters of Rock • Montreux Jazz Festival • NEARfest • Open'er Festival • Oxegen • Ozzfest • Paléo Festival • Pentaport Rock Festival • Pinkpop • Projekt Revolution • Przystanek Woodstock • Pukkelpop • Radio 1's Big Weekend • Reading and Leeds Festivals • Rock am Ring • Knebworth Festival • Rock in Rio • Rock Werchter • Roskilde Festival • Sasquatch! Music Festival • Slane • Summer Sonic Festival • Sziget • T in the Park • T On The Fringe • US Festival • V Festival (UK, Australia) • Virgin Festival • Voodoo Music Experience • Vive Latino • Wacken Open Air • Warped Tour • Wave-Gotik-Treffen • Witnness • WOMAD
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