Steelhouse Festival
Steelhouse Festival is an independent rock festival held annually in late July at Aberbeeg in South Wales, U.K.
| Steelhouse Festival | |
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | Music festival |
| Frequency | Annually, (late July) |
| Location(s) | Ebbw Vale, Wales |
| Coordinates | 51.726°N 3.158°W |
| Years active | 10 years |
| Attendance | 10,000 (2017) |
| Website | www |
History
Located on the edge of the Brecon Beacons, the event has been running since 2011 and is supported by the Welsh Government.
The festival is held in a mountain location making it the highest-recorded official altitude for any music festival in the UK.[1]
Many acts have performed at the festival since its inception, particularly from the hard-rock, classic-rock and heavy-metal genres. Rock acts such as Reef, Feeder, Saxon, Europe, Rival Sons, Black Star Riders, Thunder, UFO, Glenn Hughes, Thin Lizzy, Uriah Heep, Myles Kennedy, Skindred,[2] The Darkness and Y&T etc have all appeared at one time or another.
The compere is Darren Redick, a presenter on Planet Rock.
Audiences in the region of around 6,000 have been recorded for daily attendances in recent years.[3]
References
- "SteelHouse Festival 2017 | Major Events". businesswales.gov.wales. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
- "Saxon and Skindred head up Steelhouse festival". Classic Rock. 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
- "Steelhouse Festival 2017 Review". Planet Rock. Retrieved 2017-10-07.