Off Festival 2007 takes place in Poland
{{date|August 22, 2007}}
[[Image:Artur Rojek Off Festival p 068.jpg|thumb|200px|Artur Rojek]]
[[Image:Off Festival p 096.jpg|thumb|200px|Publicity in front of the big scene]]
Between August 17 and August 19, 2007 in Słupna Park in [[w:Mysłowice|Mysłowice]], [[Poland]], the second edition of [[w:Off Festival|Off Festival]] had place. Art director of the edition was [[w:Artur Rojek|Artur Rojek]], the leader of [[w:Myslovitz|Myslovitz]] band.

Beside concerts, the main attraction of the festival, [[w:Indie rock|Indie]] Label plants, hosted by Philippe Petit and Markus Detmer, took place along with Children's Happiness Feast (Święto Radości Dzieci) with 400 children playing and the Second International Volunteer Work Expo (II Międzynarodowe Targi Wolontariatu). At the event came around 8 thousand people. Along the VIPs there was former Prime Minister of Poland, [[w:Jerzy Buzek|Jerzy Buzek]] reading the storybooks for children. On the volunteer work expo came around 200 people from various organizations.

== Concerts ==
Around 40 bands have performed on three stages. The largest scene was placed by the swimming pool. Following bands have performed their music on that stage: 
* On Friday - [[w:Blue Raincoat|Blue Raincoat]], [[w:Lao Che|Lao Che]], [[w:Dezerter|Dezerter]], [[w:Ścianka|Ścianka]], [[w:Low Freqency in Stereo|Low Freqency in Stereo]] and [[w:Architecture in Helsinki|Architecture in Helsinki]]
* On Saturday - [[w:19 Wiosen|19 Wiosen]], [[w:O.S.T.R|O.S.T.R]], [[w:Tymon & Transistors|Tymon & Transistors]], [[w:Bassisters Orchestra|Bassisters Orchestra]], [[w:Pogodno|Pogodno]], [[w:Nosowska|Nosowska]] i [[w:Electrelane|Electrelane]]. Kasia Nosowska had singing the tracks from her new album ''UniSexBlues''.

On the forest scene, near the park entrance, following band have been performing:
* On Friday - [[w:Old Time Radio|Old Time Radio]], [[w:Pink Freud|Pink Freud]], [[w:Generał Stillwell|Generał Stillwell]], [[w:Starzy Singers|Starzy Singers]], [[w:Dick4Dick|Dick4Dick]] i [[w:Piano Magic|Piano Magic]]
* On Saturday - [[w:Komety|Komety]], [[w:The Complainer|The Complainer]], [[w:Kobiety|Kobiety]], [[w:Cool Kids Of Death|Cool Kids Of Death]], [[w:Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa|Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa]], [[w:Radian|Radian]] and [[w:iLiKETRAiNS|iLiKETRAiNS]].

Concerts on the both scenes took place alternatively.

On the smaller "Machina scene" following music groups have been performing:
*On Friday - Punk.Discorporation, Muariolanza, Phillipe Petit Dj set, Strings of Consciousness, PumaJaw and Port Royal
*On Saturday - Dj Hrd & Dj Chine vs. Jd Video, [[w:100nka|100nka]], [[w:The Syntetic|The Syntetic]], [[w:Mietall Waluś Magazine|Mietall Waluś Magazine]] and Markus Detmer dj Set.

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Image:Bassisters Orchestra Off Festival p 183.jpg|Bassisters Orchestra
Image:Pogodno Off Festival 2007 p 222.jpg|Pogodno
Image:Cool Kids od Death Off Festival p 156.jpg|[[w:Cool Kids of Death|Cool Kids of Death]]
Image:100nka Off Festival p 298.jpg|100nka 
Image:Off Festival duża scena p 032.jpg|The big scene
Image:Dezerter Off Festival p 107.jpg|Robert Matera from Dezerter band
Image:Nosowska Off Festival 2007 p 260.jpg|Kasia Nosowska
Image:Off Festival Label p 070.jpg|Recording Label. Philippe Petit and Markus Detmer (in the left)
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== Sources ==
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* {{source
|author=Marcin Babko
|url=http://miasta.gazeta.pl/katowice/1,35019,4400523.html
|title=Off Festival będzie już tylko lepszy
|pub=gazeta.pl
|date=August 19, 2007}}
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|author=
|url=http://www.gazetawyborcza.pl/1,75475,4400267.html
|title=Mysłowice to nie supermarket
|pub=gazeta.pl
|date=August 19, 2007}}
* {{source
|author=
|url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/off/1591170,news.html
|title=Artur Rojek: druga edycja Off Festivalu była bardzo udana
|pub=onet.pl
|date=August 19, 2007}}
* {{source
|author=
|url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/off/1591131,news.html
|title=Tymon Tymański: Off Festival to święto muzyki alternatywnej
|pub=onet.pl
|date=August 19, 2007}}

==External links==
*[http://www.off-festival.pl/Aktualnosci Off Festival]

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[[pl:Off Festival 2007]]
Artur Rojek
Publicity in front of the big scene
Between August 17 and August 19, 2007 in Słupna Park in Mysłowice, Poland, the second edition of Off Festival had place. Art director of the edition was Artur Rojek, the leader of Myslovitz band.

Beside concerts, the main attraction of the festival, Indie Label plants, hosted by Philippe Petit and Markus Detmer, took place along with Children's Happiness Feast (Święto Radości Dzieci) with 400 children playing and the Second International Volunteer Work Expo (II Międzynarodowe Targi Wolontariatu). At the event came around 8 thousand people. Along the VIPs there was former Prime Minister of Poland, Jerzy Buzek reading the storybooks for children. On the volunteer work expo came around 200 people from various organizations.

On the forest scene, near the park entrance, following band have been performing:
* On Friday - Old Time Radio, Pink Freud, Generał Stillwell, Starzy Singers, Dick4Dick i Piano Magic
* On Saturday - Komety, The Complainer, Kobiety, Cool Kids Of Death, Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa, Radian and iLiKETRAiNS.

Concerts on the both scenes took place alternatively.

On the smaller "Machina scene" following music groups have been performing:
*On Friday - Punk.Discorporation, Muariolanza, Phillipe Petit Dj set, Strings of Consciousness, PumaJaw and Port Royal
*On Saturday - Dj Hrd & Dj Chine vs. Jd Video, 100nka, The Syntetic, Mietall Waluś Magazine and Markus Detmer dj Set.

Image:Bassisters Orchestra Off Festival p 183.jpg|Bassisters Orchestra
Image:Pogodno Off Festival 2007 p 222.jpg|Pogodno
Image:Cool Kids od Death Off Festival p 156.jpg|Cool Kids of Death
Image:100nka Off Festival p 298.jpg|100nka 
Image:Off Festival duża scena p 032.jpg|The big scene
Image:Dezerter Off Festival p 107.jpg|Robert Matera from Dezerter band
Image:Nosowska Off Festival 2007 p 260.jpg|Kasia Nosowska
Image:Off Festival Label p 070.jpg|Recording Label. Philippe Petit and Markus Detmer (in the left)
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