Virgin Festival


The Virgin Fest, known as the Virgin Mobile FreeFest 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 name, and recently the Virgin Mobile brand, 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.
Like the other variants of the V Festival, the events are sponsored by Virgin Mobile, in this case, either the US or 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 Park, Toronto, Ontario, 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 Pimlico Race Track in 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 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, and was once again a free event. The Virgin Mobile FreeFest is also returning to Merriweather Post Pavilion on September 10, 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, Cee Lo Green, and The Black Keys.

2013 Line Up

Virgin Mobile FreeFest (Saturday September 21st)

Pavilion Stage
West Stage
Dance Forest

Virgin Mobile FreeFest (Saturday October 6th)

Acts Start at 12 p.m.
Pavilion Stage
West Stage
Dance Forest

Virgin Mobile FreeFest (Saturday September 10th)

Acts Start at 11A.M.
Pavilion Stage
West Stage
Dance Forest

Virgin Mobile FreeFest (September 25th)

The Virgin Mobile Freefest line-up was announced at 11AM on July 20, 2010.
Pavilion Stage
West Stage
Dance Forest
Artist T.I. canceled his performance due to ongoing legal issues.

2009 line-up

Virgin Mobile FREEFEST (August 30th)

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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.
Sunday, August 30

Virgin Festival Montreal (June 19 & 20)

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Friday, June 19
Saturday, June 20

Virgin Festival Nova Scotia (July 4)

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The venue is the Citadel Hill concert site, adjacent to the Halifax Common.
Saturday, July 4
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)

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Saturday, July 25
Sunday, July 26

Virgin Festival Alberta (August 8th & 9th)

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Saturday, August 8
Sunday, August 9

Virgin Festival Ontario (August 29th & 30th)

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Saturday, August 29
Virgin Mobile Stage
Virgin Radio Stage
Boardwalk Stage
Sunday, August 30
Virgin Mobile Stage
Virgin Radio Stage
Boardwalk Stage

Virgin Festival Calgary (June 21 & 22)

Saturday, June 21
Virgin Mobile Stage
TD Music Stage
Sunday, June 22
Virgin Mobile Stage
TD Music Stage
South Stage
North Stage
Dance Tent'
South Stage
North Stage
Dance Tent
Virgin Mobile Stage
TD Music Stage
Oh Henry! Stage
Bacardi B-Live Stage
Switch and SebastiAn were replaced by MSTRKRFT due to delayed flights.

Virgin Festival Toronto Day 2 (September 7)

Virgin Mobile Stage
TD Music Stage
Oh Henry! Stage
Bacardi B-Live Stage

Virgin Festival (Vancouver) Day 1

Virgin Festival (Vancouver) Day 2

Virgin Festival (Baltimore) Day 1

North Stage
South Stage
Dance Tent
North Stage
South Stage
Dance Tent
Virgin Mobile Stage
Future Shop Stage
Budweiser Stage
Spacemen 3 & E.A.R
B-Live Stage
Virgin Mobile Stage
Future Shop Stage
Budweiser Stage
B-Live Stage

Virgin Festival (Toronto) Day 1

Virgin Festival (Toronto) Day 2

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)