VanFest

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VanFest
Genre Rock, punk rock, pop, alternative rock, hip hop
DatesAugust
Location(s) Maple Valley, Washington, United States
Years active2011–present
Founded byVan Wolfe
Website vanfestnw.org

VanFest is an annual music festival which takes place in Maple Valley, Washington, United States. It was founded in 2011 as a grassroots project by namesake Van Wolfe, [1] who was a student at Tahoma Senior High School at the time and described in The Stranger as a "superhuman". [2] The event series, featuring largely Pacific Northwest local bands, benefits the Maple Valley food bank. [3] [4] [5] VanFest Five, held in 2015, boasted four stages and 36 bands performing. [1] [6] VanFest 2016 featured three stages along with a hip hop tent. [7]

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