Flevo Festival
The Flevo Festival was an open air Christian music festival held each August in the Netherlands. The festival was first organized as the Kamperland Festival in 1978 by the Dutch arm of Youth for Christ and became a private foundation in 2002. The last event was held in 2012; one month later, the organization decided to stop gatherings because the quantity of visitors was decreasing: For example, in 2012 the number of people attending the festival was 6,000, whereas in 2011 that number was 9,500 people.
In its heyday, the festival attracted approximately 10,000 to 20,000 people each year. It highlighted all musical styles, but especially rock, and was considered by some[who?] to be the most important European Christian festival. Previous headline bands have included Stryper, dc Talk, Jars of Clay, Sixpence None the Richer, Bride, Audio Adrenaline, SONICFLOOd, Switchfoot and Five Iron Frenzy.
In 2013 a group of former volunteers from Flevo Festival organised a festival in line with the 35 years of history of Flevo, naming it Flavor Festival.
Main Stage Performances (period from 1991)
| Year | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Split Level P.I.D. Leon Patillo Allies Stryper |
Brighton Susan Ashton The Throes DeGarmo & Key Julie Miller Kenny Marks |
In The Silence Steve Grace P.I.D. Steven Curtis Chapman BeBe & CeCe Winans Darrell Mansfield | |
| 1992 | Changed John Johnson Meekness Wes King The Violet Burning Adrian Snell |
Ben Okafor Novella Dan H Lost Dogs Going Classic |
Rick Elias Acappella XT Over the Rhine Billy & Sarah Gaines Margaret Becker Oslo Gospel Choir | |
| 1993 | Eden Burning Perry & The Poor Boys Novella Over the Rhine Legend Blood Brothers |
Kevin Prosch Undercover Vince Ebo Keith Brown The 77s The Five Blind Boys of Alabama |
The Prayer Chain Anointed Ralph van Manen Iona Martyn Joseph Guardian Bryan Duncan | |
| 1994 | Schulze Sixpence None The Richer Greg & Rebecca Sparks Ashley Cleveland Whitecross Blues Jam (with Darrell Mansfield, Trace Balin, Julie Miller) |
The Electrics Pam Thum Steve Taylor Jerusalem Julie Miller |
Buddy Miller Phil Keaggy Newsboys The World Wide Message Tribe Nina Åström Whiteheart | |
| 1995 | Millennium No Buts Randy Stonehill 65 dBA Sunday's Child Chris Lizotte Jessy Dixon & Chicago Community Choir |
Cauzin' Efekt Blessed Rain Imagine This Bride Quick and the Dead Margaret Becker One Hundred Days |
Limit X Third Day Schulze Eric Champion The Prayer Chain Over the Rhine The World Wide Message Tribe | |
| 1996 | Why? Sixpence None The Richer Grits 65 dBA Perry & The Poor Boys Mike Roe |
Split Level Carolyn Arends Quick and the Dead Ralph van Manen MIC |
Tourniquet Johnny Q. Public Iona Dance Experience (The World Wide Message Tribe, Cameron Dante, HOG, and others) | |
| 1997 | Die Päpste Tess Wiley Whitecross David Fitzgerald MIC |
Why? No Buts Raze Vigilantes of Love Jerusalem |
Dime Store Prophets Switchfoot Sarah Masen Charlie Peacock Over the Rhine All Star United | |
| 1998 | David & Carrie Grant The Echoing Green Darrell Mansfield Beam The Gospel Project Audio Adrenaline |
Halcyon Days Three Crosses Ralph van Manen Raze Delirious? |
The Electrics Stavesacre Five Iron Frenzy JC Culture All Star United Larry Norman & Beam | |
| 1999 | Fono The Potboilers Kryptonite Garden Stir Three Crosses MIC |
W4C Pete Stewart & Michael Tait Split Level Normal Generation? Salt Sonicflood |
Smalltown Poets Vigilantes of Love The O.C. Supertones Out of Eden Lucky Burlap To Cashmere | |
| 2000 | Eminent Child Skypark Phat Fish ReLand Kate Miner Steve Scott Plumb |
Rick Altizer Normal Generation? Monk A Ragamuffin Band Glorybox Kendall Payne Luna Halo |
KJ-52 Soapbox John Reuben Jennifer Knapp The Violet Burning The World Wide Message Tribe | |
| 2001 | Circadian Rhythm Benjamin Gate Jacob's Hip MIC Beam Eminent Child |
The Spirit That Guides Us Cush Kendall Payne Switchfoot Whisper Loud Tourniquet Bebo Norman Luna Halo |
Capewalk Salvation Street LaRue Jeni Varnedeau Shine Earthsuit The Violet Burning | |
| 2002 | Rodney Cordner and Jean-Pierre Rudolph dBA Blaise Superchick Paige Newsboys |
Ceilli Rain Zober The Spirit That Guides Us Steve Earthsuit |
Thebandwithnoname Yfriday Selfmindead Gospel Boulevard Over the Rhine Kevin Max | |
| 2003 | Christafari Cathy Burton Extol Verbs East West |
Blackstrap Satellite 7 MIC Jewels The Prayer Chain All Star United |
SixStarHotel Superhero Trin-i-tee 5:7 Andy Hunter Audio Adrenaline | |
| 2004 | Seeker's Planet By The Tree BarlowGirl Rock 'n' Roll Worship Circus The Spirit That Guides Us |
Seventh Avenue This Beautiful Mess LA Symphony Plumb Andy Hunter |
Rescate The Electrics Out of Eden The Violet Burning Jars of Clay | |
| 2005 | Beggars Fortune Campsite Seeker's Planet John Davis The Electrics |
Onehundredhours Narnia Mars Ill Superchick Rock 'n' Roll Worship Circus (The Listening) |
Zundapp Day of Fire 4th Avenue Jones Rivertribe Newsboys | |
| 2006 | TheBandwithnoname Superhero Blindside |
Matt Redman Verra Cruz Family Force 5 All Star United Andy Hunter |
Kees Kraayenoord TBC DJ Maj The Violet Burning Luna Halo | |
| 2007 | Disciple Rebecca St. James Michael W. Smith |
Hillsong London Christafari This Beautiful Republic Sarah Kelly Chris Tomlin |
Kees Kraayenoord & friends – 30 jaar Flevo The Gentlemen The Listening Over the Rhine Newsboys | |
| 2008 | Make up Your Mind Starfield The Elms Project 86 Sixpence None the Richer |
Tim Hughes Fireflight Stellar Kart Tourniquet Salvador |
Sarah Kelly Ruth Flatfoot 56 The Gentlemen MxPx | |
| 2009 | The Dazzled Prophet Thousand Foot Krutch Rebecca St. James Neal Morse Salvador |
Bluetree Addison Road Octoberlight feat. MOJO (Supertones) Fee HB Family Force 5 |
Parachute Band Flatfoot 56 Philmont Seabird NewWorldSon Newsboys Superhero | |
| 2010 | Coen van den Heuvel Children 18:3 Remedy Drive The Listening NewWorldSon |
Rend Collective Experiment Reilly House of Heroes The Gentlemen People Get Ready Stellar Kart |
Pieter Daniel Kutless Trinity The Afters Anberlin Leeland | |
| 2011 | Good Weather Forecast Brian 'Head' Welch Paper Route Starfield |
Gungor Handsome Poets Tenth Avenue North Rapture Ruckus Seabird HB |
The Convocation ft. Gospelflavor Nikki Run Kid Run Abandon LZ7 Red | |
| 2012 | Andy Hunter Newworldson |
InSalvation The RED17 Mike Mains & The Branches The Almost Lights Newworldson |
Trinity Humming People Icon For Hire Hawk Nelson Gungor Family Force 5 |
André van Zyl Kees Kraayenoord Parachute Band |