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For|the original rock festival held in England|V Festivalinfobox music festival || music_festival_name = Virgin Mobile Fest| caption = Virgin Mobile Fest logo| location = United States , Canada | years_active= 2006 - present| dates =| genre = Rock music|Rock , Pop music|Pop | website = http://www.virginfestival.co.za http://www.virginfestival.ca http://www.virginmobilefestival.comThe Virgin Fest (known from 2008 as the Virgin Mobile Festival in the United States ) 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 Group|Virgin name, and recently the Virgin Mobile USA|Virgin Mobile brand, is used in full to increase brand association, compared with the V Festival|UK and V Festival (Australia)|Australian festivals, where association is simply implied through the use of the V. As of 2010 it is known as Virgin Mobile Fest

Like the other variants of the V Festival, the events are sponsored by Virgin Mobile , in this case, either the Virgin Mobile USA|US or Virgin Mobile Canada|Canadian versions.

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|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 16, 2007, an event was announced to take place in Calgary, Alberta on June 21 and 22, 2008. The festival also returned to Baltimore on August 9 and 10, 2008.

The shows in Baltimore have been put on by Seth Hurwitz's I.M.P. Productions, owner/operator of the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. and the former producer of the HFStival .

In 2007, Richard Branson was encouraged by Daryl Hannah to green the Baltimore festival by bringing in zero waste event producers The Spitfire Agency.

The 2009 Virgin Mobile Festival, dubbed the Virgin Mobile FreeFest, was held on August 30, 2009 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland . The festival returned to Merriweather on Saturday, September 25, 2010 http://www.virginmobilefestival.com/#/home/, and was once again a free event. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-md.briefs16mar16,0,7214588.story. The Virgin Mobile FreeFest is also returning to Merriweather Post Pavilion on September 10th, 2011. The tickets were reported to have "Freed out" in just over five minutes after being available. The Headliners for the 2011 Virgin Mobile FreeFest were Deadmau5 (House), Cee Lo Green (Hip-Hop/Pop), and The Black Keys (Indie).

2011 line-up


Virgin Mobile FreeFest (Saturday September 10th)


Acts Start at 11A.M.











Pavilion Stage West Stage Dance Forest

  • Bombay Bicycle Club

  • Okkervil River

  • Grace Potter & the Nocturnals

  • Patti Smith

  • TV on the Radio Returning for a Second Time (2007)

  • The Black Keys Returning for a Second Time (2008)


  • Alberta Cross

  • Two Door Cinema Club

  • Big Sean

  • Cut Copy

  • Cee Lo Green Returning for a Second Time (2006 as Gnarls Barkley)

  • Empire of the Sun (band)

  • Deadmau5 Returning for a Second Time (2008)


  • Eclectic Method

  • Porter Robinson

  • Calvin Harris

  • !!!

  • James Murphy (electronic musician)|James Murphy

  • Teddybears

  • Ghostland Observatory

    • Cite web|title=virginmobilefestival.com|url= http://virginmobilefestival.com/#/home

    2010 line-up


    Virgin Mobile FreeFest (September 25th)


    The Virgin Mobile Freefest line-up was announced at 11AM on July 20, 2010.Cite web|title=virginmobilefestival.com|url= http://virginmobilefestival.com/#/home















    Pavilion Stage West Stage Dance Forest

  • Brite Lite Brite

  • Jimmy Eat World

  • Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

  • tea (meal)|High tea toast with Jeremiah Weed

  • Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

  • Matt and Kim

  • Pavement (band)|Pavement

  • LCD Soundsystem


  • The Temper Trap

  • Trombone Shorty

  • Yeasayer

  • Thievery Corporation

  • Ludacris

  • Bindlestiff Family Cirkus

  • M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.

  • Fire show by Therm


  • Will Eastman

  • Wolfgang Gartner

  • Neon Indian

  • David Andrew Sitek|Maximum Balloon

  • Chromeo

  • Sleigh Bells

  • Modeselektor

  • Sharam



    • Artist T.I. canceled his performance due to ongoing legal issues.Cite web|title=Midnight Sun: Virgin Mobile FreeFest Schedule|url= http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/midnight_sun/blog/2010/09/virgin_mobile_freefest_schedul_1.html

    2009 line-up


    Virgin Mobile FREEFEST (August 30th)



    As per http://www.virginmobilefestival.com/ official site.

    The Virgin Mobile FREEFEST was held at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD . In an official statement released by Virgin Mobile, it was stated that due to the current economic status, admission to the festival would be free of charge for all concert goers. The sponsor hoped that concert goers would donate $5 to youth homelessness through its charitable initiative known as "The ReGeneration". Concert goers could also purchase special packages that came with a t-shirt, as well as tickets and the donation. http://www.virginmobilefestival.com/#/whyfree/ http://www.virginmobilefestival.com/#/tickets/karma/










    Sunday, August 30

  • Blink-182

  • Weezer

  • Taking Back Sunday

  • Jet (band)|Jet

  • Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand

  • Mates of State

  • The Hold Steady

  • Wale (rapper)|Wale

  • Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy

  • The Bravery

  • St. Vincent (musician)|St. Vincent

  • Girl Talk (musician)|Girl Talk

  • The National (band)|The National

  • Danny Howells

  • Holy Fuck (band)|Holy Fuck

  • Lee Burridge

  • Pete Tong

  • The Birthday Massacre



    • Virgin Festival Montreal (June 19 & 20)


    As per http://www.virginfestival.ca/montreal/ official site.













    Friday, June 19 Saturday, June 20

  • The Black Eyed Peas

  • Simple Plan

  • Hedley (band)|Hedley

  • Kreesha Turner

  • The New Cities

  • Carly Rae Jepsen

  • Eva Avila

  • Stereos

  • Ten Second Epic

  • Sam Bradley


  • New Kids on the Block

  • Akon

  • David Usher

  • Live (band)|Live

  • Karl Wolf

  • Jesse McCartney

  • Lights (musician)|Lights

  • Divine Brown (singer)|Divine Brown

  • Jonathan Roy

  • JabbaWockeeZ

  • 2AM Club



    • Virgin Festival Nova Scotia (July 4)


    As per http://www.virginfestival.ca/novascotia/ official site.

    The venue is the Citadel Hill concert site, adjacent to the Halifax Common .











    Saturday, July 4


  • The Offspring

  • Metric (band)|Metric

  • Handsome Furs

  • Dinosaur Jr

  • Hey Rosetta!

  • Plants and Animals

  • Arkells

  • In-Flight Safety

  • Dog Day (band)|Dog Day

    • Tragically Hip cancelled due to family medical issues and the concert is being provided free of charge, ticket-holders get their money refunded and concert capacity is now limited only by space, Citadel Hill above the concert site allows for viewing in case the site fills up.


    Virgin Festival British Columbia (July 25 & July 26)


    As per http://www.virginfestival.ca/bc/ official site.













    Saturday, July 25 Sunday, July 26

  • The Roots

  • Our Lady Peace

  • Broken Social Scene

  • K-OS

  • Mutemath

  • Spinnerette

  • Plants and Animals

  • Chris Velan


  • Ben Harper & Relentless7

  • Metric (band)|Metric

  • Sonic Youth

  • Jarvis Cocker

  • De La Soul

  • Gomez (band)|Gomez

  • Future of the Left

  • Awesome Color

  • Carly Rae Jepsen

  • Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros



    • Virgin Festival Alberta (August 8th & 9th)


    As per http://www.virginfestival.ca/alberta/ official site.













    Saturday, August 8 Sunday, August 9

  • Pearl Jam

  • Wintersleep

  • K-OS

  • Thunderheist

  • Arkells

  • Mother Mother

  • The Cliks


  • Billy Talent

  • Metric (band)|Metric

  • Tokyo Police Club

  • White Lies (band)|White Lies

  • Secret Broadcast

  • Shout Out Out Out Out



    • Virgin Festival Ontario (August 29th & 30th)


    As per http://www.virginfestival.ca/ontario/ official site.

































    Saturday, August 29
    Virgin Mobile Stage Virgin Radio Stage Boardwalk Stage

  • Ben Harper & Relentless7

  • The Pixies

  • Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand

  • Paolo Nutini

  • Sloan (band)|Sloan

  • Grizzly Bear (band)|Grizzly Bear

  • Lights (singer)|Lights

  • Mates of State


  • Daniel Merriweather

  • Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull

  • Down With Webster

  • Thunderheist

  • Anjulie

  • Candy Coated Killahz


  • The Rural Alberta Advantage

  • Iglu and Hartly

  • The Superstitions

    • Sunday, August 30
    Virgin Mobile Stage Virgin Radio Stage Boardwalk Stage

  • Nine Inch Nails

  • Pet Shop Boys

  • Our Lady Peace

  • N.E.R.D.

  • Cold War Kids

  • Mutemath

  • Mew (band)|Mew

  • Datarock

  • Cœur de pirate


  • Sean Kingston

  • The New Cities

  • Melanie Fiona

  • Hyper Crush

  • Fritz Helder & The Phantoms

  • Trouble Andrew


  • Plants and Animals

  • The Von Bondies

  • The D'Urbervilles

  • Silver Starling



    • 2008 line-up


    Virgin Festival Calgary (June 21 & 22)



























    Saturday, June 21 Sunday, June 22
    Virgin Mobile Stage TD Music Stage Virgin Mobile Stage TD Music Stage

  • Kilbourne (band)|Kilbourne

  • The Fratellis

  • Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face

  • Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans|Corb Lund

  • Three Days Grace

  • The Flaming Lips

  • Stone Temple Pilots


  • The Fast Romantics

  • Michael Bernard Fitzgerald

  • Secret Broadcast

  • Carolina Liar

  • Crash Parallel

  • Hey Ocean

  • The Dudes

  • Grand Theft Bus


  • Chixdiggit

  • Attack in Black

  • Constantines

  • Stars (Canadian band)|Stars

  • City and Colour

  • Matthew Good

  • The Tragically Hip


  • The Summerlad (band)|The Summerlad

  • Said The Whale

  • The Whitsundays (band)|The Whitsundays

  • The Spades

  • Ten Second Epic

  • Ladyhawk (band)|Ladyhawk

  • Cadence Weapon

  • The New Pornographers



    • Virgin Mobile Festival Baltimore Day 1 (August 9)

















    South Stage North Stage Dance Tent

  • KT Tunstall

  • Gogol Bordello

  • Lupe Fiasco

  • Bloc Party

  • The Offspring

  • Chuck Berry and the Silver Beats

  • Foo Fighters


  • Cat Power

  • Duffy (singer)|Duffy

  • The Swell Season

  • Sharon Jones (singer)|Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings

  • Rodrigo y Gabriela

  • Citizen Cope

  • Wilco

  • Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson


  • JDH & Dave P

  • Erol Alkan

  • DJ Dan & Donald Glaude

  • Soulwax

  • Steve Lawler

  • Ferry Corsten

  • Underworld



    • Virgin Mobile Festival Baltimore Day 2 (August 10)

















    South Stage North Stage Dance Tent

  • Hollywood Undead

  • The Go& #33; Team

  • Andrew Bird

  • She & Him

  • Lil Wayne

  • The Black Keys

  • Bob Dylan

  • Kanye West


  • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

  • Shudder to Think

  • Paramore

  • Taking Back Sunday

  • Iggy and the Stooges

  • Stone Temple Pilots

  • Nine Inch Nails


  • Chromeo

  • Rabbit in the Moon

  • Deadmau5

  • Richie Hawtin

  • Moby (DJ set)

  • Armin Van Buuren



    • Virgin Festival Toronto Day 1 (September 6)



















    Virgin Mobile Stage TD Music Stage

  • Foo Fighters

  • Bloc Party

  • Against Me!

  • MGMT

  • Constantines

  • Tito Santana

  • The Airborne Toxic Event

  • Mark Robertson (musician)|Mark Robertson


  • The Kooks

  • Wintersleep

  • The Fratellis

  • Spiritualized

  • Shudder to Think

  • The Midway State

  • Mardeen

    • Oh Henry& #33; Stage Bacardi B-Live Stage

  • The Waking Eyes

  • Bad Flirt (band)|Bad Flirt

  • Lights (singer)|Lights

  • Flash Lightnin

  • The Saint Aliva Cartel

  • We Are the Take


  • MSTRKRFT (special, un-announced guest)

  • Flosstradamus

  • Thunderheist

  • Lets Go to War

  • Drop the Lime

  • Mario J

  • Nasty Nav


    • Switch (DJ)|Switch and Sebastian (French electro artist)|SebastiAn were replaced by MSTRKRFT due to delayed flights.


    Virgin Festival Toronto Day 2 (September 7)



















    Virgin Mobile Stage TD Music Stage

  • Oasis (band)|Oasis

  • Paul Weller (singer)|Paul Weller

  • Stereophonics

  • Silversun Pickups

  • The Weakerthans

  • Danko Jones

  • Spiral Beach


  • The Pigeon Detectives

  • Sons and Daughters (band)|Sons and Daughters

  • Yoav (musician)|Yoav

  • Matt Costa

  • Sebastien Grainger|Sebastien Grainger and The Mountains

  • Paper Lions

    • Oh Henry& #33; Stage Bacardi B-Live Stage

  • Secret Broadcast (band)|Secret Broadcast

  • Shad (rapper)|Shad

  • Rock Plaza Central

  • Arkells

  • OPOPO

  • Winter Gloves


  • Moby (DJ set)

  • Deadmau5

  • Lee Burridge

  • Sydney Blu

  • Doman and Pettigrew

  • Evan G

  • Harmonik Rage



    • 2007 line-up


    Virgin Festival (Vancouver) Day 1








  • Billy Talent

  • My Chemical Romance

  • Rise Against (replaced Muse on the bill)

  • Mutemath

  • Stars of Track and Field

  • Jets Overhead

  • Enter Shikari

  • Pride Tiger

  • The Junction (band)|The Junction

  • TV Heart Attack (band)|TV Heart Attack

  • The Bled


  • Hernan Cattaneo

  • Luke Fair

  • Kevin Shiu

  • Chloe Harris

  • Andrew Pacey

  • Jesse James

  • Veer

  • The Look

  • Neurosonic

  • Crowned Kings



    • Virgin Festival (Vancouver) Day 2








  • The Killers

  • AFI (band)|AFI

  • Art of Dying (band)|Art Of Dying

  • Hot Hot Heat

  • Metric (band)|Metric

  • Smoosh

  • You Say Party& #33; We Say Die!

  • Marianas Trench (band)|Marianas Trench

  • Mother Mother

  • illScarlett

  • Sebastien Grainger|Sebastien Grainger et les Montagnes

  • The Reason (band)|The Reason


  • MSTRKRFT

  • Tommie Sunshine

  • Desyn Masiello

  • John Morgan (musician)|John Morgan

  • Timeline

  • Tyson V

  • Elizabeth (band)|Elizabeth

  • Superbeing

  • Yuca (band)|Yuca



    • Virgin Festival (Baltimore) Day 1














    North (Main) StageSouth (Side) Stage Dance Tent

  • Fountains of Wayne

  • Cheap Trick

  • Amy Winehouse

  • Incubus (band)|Incubus

  • Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals

  • Beastie Boys

  • The Police


  • Fiction Plane

  • The Fratellis

  • Paulo Nutini

  • Peter Bjorn and John

  • LCD Soundsystem

  • TV on the Radio

  • Modest Mouse


  • Shout Out Out Out Out

  • Miguel Migs (Petalpusher)

  • Booka Shade

  • Felix Da Housecat

  • Danny Tenaglia

  • Sasha & John Digweed

  • Sander Van Doorn



    • Virgin Festival (Baltimore) Day 2














    North (Main) StageSouth (Side) StageDance Tent

  • CSS (band)|CSS

  • Regina Spektor

  • Spoon (band)|Spoon

  • Panic& #33; at the Disco

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

  • Interpol (band)|Interpol

  • The Smashing Pumpkins


  • Aiden

  • Matisyahu

  • Explosions in the Sky

  • Bad Brains

  • Wu-Tang Clan

  • Velvet Revolver

  • 311 (band)|311


  • Dan Deacon

  • Girl Talk (musician)|Girl Talk

  • Dieselboy and Andy C

  • James Zabiela

  • Infected Mushroom

  • The Crystal Method (DJ Set), Deep Dish

  • M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.



    • Virgin Festival (Toronto) Day 1



















    Virgin Mobile StageFuture Shop Stage

  • Björk

  • Interpol (band)|Interpol

  • Arctic Monkeys

  • Kid Koala

  • M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.

  • K-OS

  • Paolo Nutini

  • The Vincent Black Shadow


  • Mutemath

  • Voxtrot

  • Matt Costa

  • Enter Shikari

  • The Most Serene Republic

  • The Wildbirds

  • Dragonette

  • Jon Levine Band

    • Budweiser StageB-Live Stage

  • Spectrum (band)|Spectrum , feat. Sonic Boom,
    Spacemen 3 & E.A.R

  • Hayley Sales

  • The Reason (band)|The Reason

  • Sybris

  • Birds of Wales

  • Clothes Make the Man (band)|Clothes Make the Man

  • Bang Camaro

  • Crowned King

  • Noah Mintz|Noah's Arkweld


  • Souljazz Orchestra

  • DJ Dopey

  • Tommie Sunshine

  • Princess Superstar

  • Kevin Shiu

  • Robbi K

  • Eric McCabe

  • Tony Pantages



    • Virgin Festival (Toronto) Day 2




















    Virgin Mobile StageFuture Shop Stage

  • Smashing Pumpkins

  • The Killers

  • Metric (band)|Metric

  • Stars (Canadian band)|Stars

  • Tokyo Police Club

  • Jamie T

  • Louis XIV (band)|Louis XIV

  • Earl Greyhound


  • Editors

  • Explosions in the Sky

  • Constantines

  • Blonde Redhead

  • The Clientele

  • Biffy Clyro

  • Honeycut

  • Justin Nozuka

    • Budweiser StageB-Live Stage

  • The Cinematics

  • The Heights

  • The Red Romance

  • Liam and Me

  • The Carps

  • Museum Pieces

  • Closedown (band)|Closedown

  • DD/MM/YYYY

  • The Postage Stamps (band)|The Postage Stamps


  • Jelo

  • Dirty Vegas

  • M.A.N.D.Y.

  • Tony Pantages

  • Steve Porter (producer)|Steve Porter

  • Sean Miller (DJ)|Sean Miller

  • Souljazz Orchestra

  • Evan G



    • 2006 line-up


    Virgin Festival (Toronto) Day 1








  • The Flaming Lips (forced to cut their set short due to earlier bands running overtime and a strict noise curfew in Toronto)

  • Gnarls Barkley

  • Muse (band)|Muse

  • Alexisonfire

  • Eagles of Death Metal

  • The Dears

  • The Hidden Cameras

  • Starsailor (band)|Starsailor

  • Phoenix (band)|Phoenix


  • Amon Tobin

  • Buck 65

  • Plaster

  • David Ford (musician)|David Ford

  • Wintersleep

  • Kid Koala

  • Ohbijou

  • Mean Red Spiders

  • illScarlett



    • Virgin Festival (Toronto) Day 2








  • Broken Social Scene replaced Massive Attack

  • The Raconteurs

  • The Strokes

  • Sam Roberts|Sam Roberts Band

  • Wolfmother

  • Lupe Fiasco

  • Thrice

  • Zero 7

  • K'Naan

  • Matt Mays|Matt Mays & El Torpedo


  • The Diableros

  • José González

  • We Are Wolves

  • Mickey Avalon

  • MSTRKRFT

  • The Mooney Suzuki

  • Born Ruffians

  • Champion & His G-Strings



    • 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 .

    Virgin Festival (Baltimore)








  • Red Hot Chili Peppers

  • The Who

  • The Flaming Lips

  • Gnarls Barkley

  • The Raconteurs

  • Keane (band)|Keane (CANCELLED)

  • The Killers

  • Scissor Sisters

  • Wolfmother

  • Kasabian

  • The New Pornographers


  • Drive-By Truckers

  • Thievery Corporation

  • Brazilian Girls

  • Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

  • Digweed

  • Carl Cox

  • RJD2

  • 2 Many DJs

  • Tiësto (CANCELLED)

  • James Holden (producer)|James Holden



    • See also


  • Olympic Island Festival


    • References


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    External links


  • http://www.virginfestival.co.za/ Virgin Festival South Africa

  • http://www.virginfestival.ca/ Virgin Festival Official Canadian site

  • http://www.virginmobilefestival.com/ Virgin Festival Official United States site

  • http://music.virgin.com/ Virgin Group Official site

  • http://www.jurick.net/blog/2008/08/virgin-mobile-music-festival-2008.html 2008 Photo Gallery courtesy of Michael Jurick

  • http://www.jurick.net/archive/gallery/070804_virgin_fest/ 2007 Photo Gallery courtesy of Michael Jurick

  • http://www.jurick.net/archive/gallery/060923_vfest/ 2006 Photo Gallery courtesy of Michael Jurick




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