Month : Austria
Place : Nickelsdorf, Austria
Famous For : Music Festival
Attractions : Austrias rock music festivals
The Nova Rock Festival , is a music festival that has existed since 2005 and takes place each year in June. Also famous by the name of Nova Rock, it is Austria's biggest rock music festivals, and also one of the largest in Europe. It is located in Burgenland, the easternmost federal state of Austria, near Nickelsdorf and the Hungarian and Slovak borders. The musical gala is organized by Nova Music Entertainment, which is a cooperation of Musicnet, FKP Scorpio and several former mployees/bookers of Wiesen, who left Wiesen in 2004 after ongoing internal misunderstandings. The event draws around 90,000 - 100,000 people over a 3 day period 150,000 in 2006, with an average of 30,000 - 35,000 fans per day.