Ghostfest

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Ghostfest
location = Leeds
years_active= 2005 - 2006, 2008
founded_by = Toyan St Hilaire
genre = Metal, Hardcore
website = [http://www.myspace.com/ghostfest] Ghostfest is a metal/hardcore festival that took place in the Leeds Cockpit across 2 days in August in 2005 and 2006. It was thought up by Leeds promotor Toyan St Hilaire (under the alias of Ghostfest). He would bring together the cream of the UK’s underground hardcore and metal crop along with underground metal and hardcore bands from Europe and America.There wasn't a Ghostfest 2007 due to the incidents that happened on October 7th 2006. Ghostfest returned in 2008.

Ghostfest 2005

The first Ghostfest took place on Saturday 13th August and Sunday 14th August at the Leeds Cockpit on its smaller stage. It played host to 18 of the best underground metal and hardcore acts the UK had to offer. It was £15 for a 2 day pass and the festival sold out in advance. The whole festival was shot and released as a DVD.

Ghostfest 2008

The third Ghostfest took place on Saturday 28th of June and Sunday 29th of June and was this time be held at [http://rios-leeds.com Rios Leeds] . A day ticket cost £20 and a weekend ticket cost £30. Some bands pulled out of their slots including Consort With Romeo who had been replaced by Clone The Fragile for their last ever show and Annotations Of An Autopsy who had been replaced by The Rotted. (The bands with an asterix next to their name pulled out).

Turbog Stage

Jagermeister Stage

External links

*MySpace|ghostfest
*Rios Leeds Website http://rios-leeds.com