High Voltage Festival
# High Voltage Festival

High Voltage was a music festival, held twice in Victoria Park, London. The event hosted artists from various strands of rock music, including classic rock, progressive rock, and heavy metal. The first festival was held on 24 and 25 July 2010. The second took place on 23 and 24 July 2011. The festival was not held in 2012 to avoid clashing with the London Olympics, and it did not return in 2013.

## History

* During the first festival, the Heaven and Hell set was a tribute concert to Ronnie James Dio who had died some months earlier. Jørn Lande and Glenn Hughes performed the vocals for the set.
* Judas Priest played what was billed as their last UK festival appearance at the High Voltage Festival in 2011, as part of their Epitaph World Tour.

## 2011

The set times for 2011 were announced on 18 July 2011.

### Classic Rock stage

| Saturday | Sunday |
| - | - |
| Judas Priest (20:35–22:50) Slash (18:55–19:55) Thin Lizzy (17:35–18:25) Queensrÿche (16:20–17:05) Rival Sons (15:20–15:50) Skin (14:25–14:55) Michael Monroe (13:30–14:00) | Dream Theater (20:20–22:20) Black Country Communion (18:35–19:35) Thunder (17:15–18:05) Michael Schenker Group (16:00–16:45) Saint Jude (15:00–15:35) Heaven's Basement (14:00–14:35) Love Fungus (13:00–13:20) |

### Prog stage

| Saturday | Sunday |
| - | - |
| John Lees' Barclay James Harvest (19:35–20:50) Neal Morse (18:00–19:00) Anathema (16:45–17:30) Caravan (15:30–16:15) Amplifier (14:30–15:00) Von Hertzen Brothers (13:30–14:00) | Jethro Tull (19:20–20:35) Spock's Beard (18:00–18:45) Mostly Autumn (16:45–17:30) Curved Air (15:30–16:15) The Enid (14:30–15:00) Pallas (13:30–14:00) |

### Metal Hammer stage

| Saturday | Sunday |
| - | - |
| Electric Wizard (21:00–21:45) Grand Magus (19:45–20:30) Sylosis (18:30–19:15) Triggerfinger (17:15–18:00) Ravens Creed (16:15–16:45) Primitai (15:15–15:45) Attica Rage (14:15–14:45) | Neurosis (18:45–20:25) Black Spiders (17:30–18:15) Graveyard (16:30–17:00) Gentlemans Pistols (15:30–16:00) The Treatment (14:30–15:00) FuryOn (13:30–14:00) |

### Other

There was also an Evel Knievel exhibition; a beer festival with bands playing, including The Amber Herd who headlined on the Sunday; and the Ace Café area – featuring performances from The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (which was recorded and subsequently released on limited edition vinyl as The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Live at High Voltage), Aaron Keylock, and Allegra Shock.

Electric Wizard couldn't make the festival in time, due to flight disruptions caused by events in Norway, so Rival Sons played a headline set in their place.

## 2010

### Classic Rock stage

| Saturday | Sunday |
| - | - |
| ZZ Top Heaven and Hell Foreigner Gary Moore The Answer The Union | Emerson, Lake & Palmer Joe Elliott's Down 'n' Outz Ian Hunter Joe Bonamassa Bachman & Turner UFO The Quireboys |

### Prog stage

| Saturday | Sunday |
| - | - |
| Transatlantic Asia Zappa Plays Zappa Bigelf Focus Pendragon Touchstone | Marillion Argent Uriah Heep Magnum Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash Steve Hackett The Reasoning |

### Metal Hammer stage

| Saturday | Sunday |
| - | - |
| Black Label Society Saxon Cathedral HammerFall Orange Goblin Black Spiders New Device | Down Venom Opeth Clutch High on Fire Audrey Horne Lethargy |

Attendance over two days: around 30,000

