BOOM Festival

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BOOM Festival
Genre Rock
Location(s) Maribor (1971)
Ljubljana (1972-1974)
Zagreb (1975)
Belgrade (1976)
Novi Sad (1977-1978)
Years active1971 – 1978

BOOM Festival was a rock music festival held annually throughout SFR Yugoslavia between 1971 and 1978. The festival was held for the first time in 1971 in Maribor [1] [2] and for the last time in 1978 in Novi Sad. [3] The festival featured numerous prominent acts of the Yugoslav rock scene, and five various artists live albums were recorded on various editions of the festival. Most of the editions of the festival were sponsored by the League of Socialist Youth of Yugoslavia. [4]

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History

#YearLocationDatesPerformersNotes
11971 Ljudski vrt Stadium, Maribor [5] May 29 [5] Termiti, Delial, Jutro, Bumerang, Krik, Grešnici, Faraoni, Grupa 220, Rebus, Tomaž Domicelj [5] Originally entitled Pop Festival Maribor 71.
21972 Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana, SR Slovenia [3] April 21-22 [3] Nirvana, Indexi, Ivica Kiš, Alarm, Grupa 777, Mladi Levi, Had, Ivica Percl, Time, Grupa Marina Škrgatića, Trio Neda, Dario i Miljenko, Jutro, Bumerang, Dekameroni, Tomaž Domicelj [3] The double live album Pop Festival Ljubljana 72 was recorded on the festival and released through Helidon. [6]
31973Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana, SR Slovenia [3] April 20-21 [3] YU Grupa, Buco i Srđan, Ave, Srce, Jutro, Zdenka Kovačiček, Nirvana, Rock Express, Drago Mlinarec, Ivica Percl, Dah, Time, Grupa 777, Lambert Shop, Clan, Grupa Marina Škrgatića, Pop Mašina, Srđan Marjanović, Bumerang, Ganeša, Tajga, Spirit [3] The double live album Boom Pop Fest '73 was recorded on the festival and released through Jugoton. [7]
41974Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana, SR Slovenia [3] May 10-11 [3] Bijelo Dugme, Bumerang, Cvrčak i Mravi, Tomaž Domicelj, Hobo, Grupa 220, Jutro, Ivica Percl, Prošlo Vrijeme, S Vremena Na Vreme, Sedam Svetlobnih Let, Sunce, Zenit, YU Grupa, Drago Mlinarec, Nirvana, Grupa Marina Škrgatića, Boom '74 Pop Selekcija [3] The supergroup Boom '74 Pop Selekcija was formed specially for the occasion; [3] it featured members of the bands that played on the festival, but also the composer Miljenko Prohaska and the members of Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra. [8]

The double live album Boom Pop Festival Ljubljana '74 was recorded on the festival and released through Jugoton. [9]

51975 Zagreb, SR Croatia [3] May 31 [3] Time, Torr, Ivica Percl, Crčak i Mravi, Drago Mlinarec i Spektar, Buldožer, Tomaž Domicelj, Grupa 220, More, Bijelo Dugme, Zdenka Kovačiček i Pop Selekcija, Teška Industrija, Kamen Na Kamen, Smak, Formula 4, Vulkan [3]
61976 Pionir Hall, Belgrade, SR Serbia [3] June 16 [3] Smak, YU Grupa, Time, September, More, Buldožer, Suncokret, Parni Valjak, Teška Industrija, Zdenka Express, Process, Torr, Oliverova Beogradska Reprezentacija [3] It was originally planned for the festival to be held at Tašmajdan Stadium, but it was moved to Pionir Hall because of the bad weather conditions. [4]

The concert was opened with Korni Grupa song "Ivo Lola". [4]

Most of the bands performed for a symbolic fee of 1 Yugoslav dinar; their travelling expenses were partially covered by PGP-RTB record label. [4]

The concert featured about 6.500 spectators. [4]

The live album BOOM '76 was recorded on the festival and released through PGP-RTB. [10]

71977 Sajmište, Novi Sad, SR Serbia [3] December 10-11 [3] Ibn Tup, Tetka Ana, Čerge, Neoplanti, Cvrčak i Mravi, Leb i Sol, PU, Tako, Suncokret, Zebra, Buldožer, Tomaž Domicelj, Parni Valjak, Stakleno Zvono, Vatra, Smak, Zlatni Prsti, Vatreni Poljubac, Zmaj od Bosne, Teatar Levo [3] The double live album BOOM '77 was recorded on the festival and released through Suzy. [11]
81978Sajmište, Novi Sad, SR Serbia [3] December 10-11 [3] Aerodrom, Generacija 5, Riblja Čorba, Suncokret, Zvuk Ulice, Gordi, Izazov, Bumerang, Paraf, Prljavo Kazalište, Pekinška Patka, Den Za Den, Galija, Tako, Tomaž Domicelj, Vatreni Poljubac, Leb i Sol [3]

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