Be Free (festival)

Be Free (Belarusian: Будзь свабодным; initial name: Belarusian: Права быць свабодным (transl. The right to be free)) was a Belarusian rock festival that took place in Ukraine since 2007.[1][2] Bands from Poland, Ukraine, and France participated in the festival too.

Be Free
Be Free 2008 in Lviv
Genrerock
Datesvarious
Location(s)Lutsk (2007)
Lviv (2008)
Chernihiv (2009)
Years active2007–2010
Websitehttp://festsvabody.org

Be Free 2007

Date – September 22, 2007.

Location – Lutsk.

Compère – Vitaĺ Malinoŭski.

Bands
  • Krama (Belarus)
  • Neuro Dubel (Belarus)
  • Tav.Mauzer (Belarus)
  • Indiga (Belarus)
  • :B:N: (Belarus)
  • Znich (Belarus)
  • Sciana (Belarus)
  • ULIS (Belarus)
  • Tin Sontsia (Ukraine)[3][4][5]

Be Free 2008

Dates – August 9-10, 2008.

Location – Lviv.[6]

Bands

August 9

The beginning of the program was the performances of 3 young bands, the winners of the European Radio for Belarus contest (Belarus).

  • :B:N: (Belarus)
  • Partyzone (Belarus)
  • Incunabula (Ukraine)
  • Pomidor/OFF (Belarus)
  • ROCKAWAY (Poland)
  • žygimont VAZA (Belarus)
  • Vladivostok (France)
  • Zet (Belarus)
  • Haydamaky (Ukraine)
  • Voo Voo (Poland)[7]

August 10
  • P.L.A.N. (Belarus)
  • Яр (Belarus)
  • Джамбібум (Belarus)
  • Litvintroll (Belarus)
  • Stary Olsa (Belarus)
  • WZ-Orkiestra (Belarus)
  • Showcase performances of knight clubs (Ukraine)
  • ХуЧ (Ukraine)
  • IQ48 (Belarus)
  • METANOIA (Belarus)
  • Krama (Belarus)
  • ULIS (Belarus)
  • Neuro Dubel (Belarus)
  • Habakuk (Poland)
  • Tartak (Ukraine)[8][9]

Be Free 2009

Dates – August 22-23, 2009.[10]

Location – Chernihiv[11].

Compère – Aliaksandr Pamidoraŭ.[12]

Bands

August 22
  • Небо для Себе (Chernihiv, Ukraine)
  • Pipl Plant (Chernihiv, Ukraine)
  • Re1ikt (Gomel, Belarus)
  • :B:N: (Byaroza, Belarus)
  • Zatoczka (Mogilev, Belarus)
  • Partyzone (Minsk, Belarus)
  • Scrudg (Chernihiv, Ukraine)
  • Pomidor/OFF (Minsk, Belarus)
  • Znich (Minsk, Belarus)
  • Vladivostok (France)
  • Lyapis Trubetskoy (Minsk, Belarus)[13]

August 23
  • Lena Ivanova (Chernihiv, Ukraine)
  • Glofira (Gomel, Belarus)
  • Hair Peace Salon (Minsk, Belarus)
  • Tarpach (Minsk, Belarus)
  • Назад Шляху Немає (Kiev, Ukraine)
  • Litvintroll (Minsk, Belarus)
  • Imprudence (Minsk, Belarus)
  • ZERO-85 (Białystok, Poland)
  • ULIS (Minsk, Belarus)
  • Vopli Vidopliassova (Kiev, Ukraine)[14][15][16]

Be Free 2010

The planned festival was canceled by the authorities of Chernihiv.[19][20][21][22]

Criticism

In 2008 Rock-Princess Kasia Kamockaja as a columnist over at naviny.by made such a takeaway on the festival, “An established group of fans, an established group of musicians come there. For the Ukrainian public, this is not interesting.”[23]

At a press conference on the eve of Be Free 2009 in Minsk, Lyapis Trubetskoy’s producer Yevgeny Kolmykov suggested that holding such a festival is not possible in Belarus, as “the atmosphere of the music festival involves relaxation, and there would be a huge amount of police, and this police creates a background that does not contribute to relaxation at all.”[24]

Bans

The departure of the participants at the first festival in September 2007 was accompanied by their preventive detentions on the Belarusian side.[25][5]

The last festival in 2010 was thwarted by the Chernihiv authorities, which, according to the comments by Vitaĺ Supranovič, co-organizer of the event, to Nasha Niva, were “in contact with the official Belarusian side,” which strongly advised “to not to allow the festival.”[26] Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on the political shade of the bans too.[27] In his column over at naviny.by, Neuro Dubel’s frontman Alexander Kullinkovich linked the cancellation of the festival with the approaching 2010 presidential election.[28].

Appraisal

The concept of the festival was positively appraised by Siarhei Mikhalok, Oleh Skrypka, and other musicians.[29]

References
  1. Еўрарадыё (2007-08-23). ""Права быць свабодным" — новы фестываль беларускай музыкі ва Украіне" (in Belarusian). European Radio for Belarus. Archived from the original on 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  2. Еврорадио (2007-08-23). ""Право быть свободным" — новый фестиваль белорусской музыки в Украине" (in Russian). European Radio for Belarus. Archived from the original on 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  3. Панкавец, Зьміцер; Арсень, Пахомаў (2007-09-24). "У Луцку ўсё па-людзку. Рэпартаж і фота з рок-фэсту "Права быць свабодным"" (in Belarusian). Nasha Niva. Archived from the original on 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  4. "Фэст "Права быць свабодным" на беларуска-украінскай мяжы" (in Belarusian). Viasna Human Rights Centre. 2007-08-22. Archived from the original on 2015-01-16. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  5. Вячорка, Франак; Пахомов, Арсений (2007-09-24). "На рок-фест "Право быть свободным" вход был максимально затруднен" (in Russian). naviny.by. Archived from the original on 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  6. Печанко, Сямён; Пілецкі, Алесь (2008-08-11). "Be Free: Свабода пад дажджом і сонцам". Nasha Niva (in Belarusian) (published 2008-08-14). 30 (580): 1, 11. Archived from the original on 2020-01-19.
  7. Грахоўская, Віталіна (2008-08-10). "Фотарэпартаж з фестывалю Be Free" (in Belarusian). European Radio for Belarus. Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  8. Грахоўская, Віталіна (2008-08-12). "Фотарэпартаж з фестывалю Be Free (дзень 2)" (in Belarusian). European Radio for Belarus. Archived from the original on 2019-09-16. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  9. Владимирова, Надежда (2008-08-16). "Быть свободным белорусский рок пока может только в Украине" (in Russian). naviny.by. Archived from the original on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  10. "Пять человек могут бесплатно попасть на фестиваль Be Free — 2009" [Five people can get to the festival Be Free – 2009 for free] (in Russian). naviny.by. 2009-08-13. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  11. Пульша, Сергей (2009-08-22). "В Чернигове открылся фестиваль Be Free". BelaPAN (in Russian). Tut.By. Archived from the original on 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  12. Макарэвіч, Сяргей (2009-08-12). "Канчатковая праграма фестываля Be-Free". Nasha Niva (in Belarusian). Tut.By. Archived from the original on 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  13. "Наибольшее количество зрителей на фестивале Be Free в Чернигове собрала группа "Ляпис Трубецкой"" (in Russian). BelaPAN. 2008-08-24. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  14. Студзінская, Іна (2009-09-22). "Беларускія музыкі паехалі ў Чарнігаў" [Belarusian musicians went to Chernigov] (in Belarusian). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
  15. ""Воплі Відоплясова" выступали под бело-красно-белым флагом (Фото)" (in Russian). Charter 97. 2009-08-24. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  16. Яр, Маша; Киянко, Кастусь; Витальев, Юрась (2009-08-24). "Воплі Відаплясава на Be Free вучылі беларускую мову" (in Belarusian). European Radio for Belarus. Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  17. "Музычны фестываль Be Free-2010 не адбудзецца (Абноўлена)" (in Belarusian). Charter 97. 2010-07-14. Archived from the original on 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
  18. "Фестываль Be Free адбудзецца 20-22 жніўня ў Чарнігаве" (in Belarusian). Budzma Belarusians!. 2010-05-19. Archived from the original on 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  19. Euroradio (2010-07-13). "Charnihau authorities disrupt Be Free festival". European Radio for Belarus. Archived from the original on 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
  20. Еврорадио (2010-07-13). "Власти Чернигова сорвали фестиваль Be Free?" (in Russian). European Radio for Belarus. Archived from the original on 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
  21. Еўрарадыё (2010-07-13). "Улады Чарнігава сарвалі фэст Be Free?" (in Belarusian). European Radio for Belarus. Archived from the original on 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
  22. Макарэвіч, Сяргей (2011-01-22). "Музыка ў 2011-м" (in Belarusian). Nasha Niva. Archived from the original on 2020-02-22. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  23. Камоцкая, Кася (2008-08-17). "Кася Камоцкая. ШОУ-БІЗ. Салідарны з рок-н-ролам?" (in Belarusian). naviny.by. Archived from the original on 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  24. "Организаторы Be Free: фестиваль несет идею свободы" (in Russian). naviny.by. 2009-08-14. Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  25. "Беларуская міліцыя не пускае моладзь на фэст "Права быць свабодным"" (in Belarusian). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 2007-09-22. Archived from the original on 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  26. Макарэвіч, Сяргей (2010-07-13). "Фестываль Be Free-2010 сёлета не адбудзецца" (in Belarusian). Nasha Niva. Archived from the original on 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
  27. Свабода, Радыё (2010-07-14). "Фэст Be Free ў Чарнігаве скасоўваюць з-за палітыкі" (in Belarusian). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
  28. Куллинкович, Александр (2010-07-18). "Александр Куллинкович. ХРОНИКИ. Пернатый спецназ" (in Russian). naviny.by. Archived from the original on 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  29. "Be Free яднае ідэяй свабоды творчасці і самавыражэння" (in Belarusian). Viasna Human Rights Centre. 2009-08-18. Archived from the original on 2015-01-16. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
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