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.^[1] The second took place on 23 and 24 July 2011.^[2] The festival was not held in 2012 to avoid clashing with the London Olympics, and it did not return in 2013.

High Voltage Festival
Genre	Rock heavy metal progressive rock
Dates	End of July
Location(s)	London, UK
Years active	2010–2011
Website	www.highvoltagefestival.com

History

Pye Hastings at the High Voltage Festival 2011

• 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.^[3]
• 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.^[2]

2011

The set times for 2011 were announced on 18 July 2011.^[4]

Classic Rock stage

Saturday	Sunday
Judas Priest[2] (20:35–22:50) Slash[5] (18:55–19:55) Thin Lizzy[6] (17:35–18:25) Queensrÿche[7] (16:20–17:05) Rival Sons[8] (15:20–15:50) Skin[8] (14:25–14:55) Michael Monroe[4] (13:30–14:00)	Dream Theater[2] (20:20–22:20) Black Country Communion[9] (18:35–19:35) Thunder[7] (17:15–18:05) Michael Schenker Group[9] (16:00–16:45) Saint Jude[7] (15:00–15:35) Heaven's Basement[4] (14:00–14:35) Love Fungus (13:00–13:20)

Prog stage

Saturday	Sunday
John Lees' Barclay James Harvest[8] (19:35–20:50) Neal Morse[7] (18:00–19:00) Anathema[7] (16:45–17:30) Caravan[9] (15:30–16:15) Amplifier[8] (14:30–15:00) Von Hertzen Brothers[8] (13:30–14:00)	Jethro Tull[9] (19:20–20:35) Spock's Beard[9] (18:00–18:45) Mostly Autumn[9] (16:45–17:30) Curved Air[7] (15:30–16:15) The Enid[9] (14:30–15:00) Pallas[9] (13:30–14:00)

Metal Hammer stage

Saturday	Sunday
Electric Wizard[8] (21:00–21:45) Grand Magus[8] (19:45–20:30) Sylosis[4] (18:30–19:15) Triggerfinger[8] (17:15–18:00) Ravens Creed[8] (16:15–16:45) Primitai[8] (15:15–15:45) Attica Rage[8] (14:15–14:45)	Neurosis[8] (18:45–20:25) Black Spiders[8] (17:30–18:15) Graveyard[4] (16:30–17:00) Gentlemans Pistols[8] (15:30–16:00) The Treatment[4] (14:30–15:00) FuryOn[8] (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.^[4]

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[10] Heaven and Hell[3][11] Foreigner[12] Gary Moore[13] The Answer[13] The Union[14]	Emerson, Lake & Palmer[15] Joe Elliott's Down 'n' Outz[16] Ian Hunter[17] Joe Bonamassa[13] Bachman & Turner[18] UFO[14] The Quireboys[14]

Prog stage

Saturday	Sunday
Transatlantic[14] Asia[12] Zappa Plays Zappa[14] Bigelf[19] Focus[12] Pendragon[18] Touchstone[12]	Marillion[20] Argent[20] Uriah Heep[18] Magnum[13] Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash[12] Steve Hackett[21] The Reasoning[12]

Metal Hammer stage

Saturday	Sunday
Black Label Society[22] Saxon[23] Cathedral[23] HammerFall[23] Orange Goblin[24] Black Spiders[25] New Device[24]	Down[13] Venom[14] Opeth[26] Clutch[22] High on Fire[24] Audrey Horne[24] Lethargy[24]

Attendance over two days: around 30,000

Records