# VanFest

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{{Short description|Music festival}}
{{about|the Pacific Northwest music festival VanFest|the bus and van festival previously known as Vanfest|Busfest}}

{{Infobox music festival
| name                = VanFest
| image               = 
| caption             =
| location            = [Maple Valley, Washington](/source/Maple_Valley%2C_Washington), [United States](/source/United_States)
| years_active        = 2011–2017
| founders            = Van Wolfe
| dates               = August
| genre               = <!-- genres should be kept few and general; please don't add subgenres such as post-hardcore --> [Rock](/source/Rock_music), [punk rock](/source/punk_rock), [pop](/source/Pop_music), [alternative rock](/source/alternative_rock), [hip hop](/source/Hip_hop_music)
| website             = {{website defunct|vanfestnw.org}}
}}

'''VanFest''' is an annual music festival which took place in [Maple Valley, Washington](/source/Maple_Valley%2C_Washington), [United States](/source/United_States). It was founded in 2011 as a grassroots project by namesake Van Wolfe,<ref name=Persistent>{{cite news |url=http://archive.seattleweekly.com/music/960144-129/can-a-persistent-21-year-old-named-van |title=Can a Persistent 21-Year-Old Named Van Wolfe Put Maple Valley on the Musical Map? |last=Sears |first=Kelton |work=[Seattle Weekly](/source/Seattle_Weekly) |date=August 11, 2015 |access-date=August 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828093323/http://archive.seattleweekly.com/music/960144-129/can-a-persistent-21-year-old-named-van |archive-date=August 28, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> who was a student at [Tahoma Senior High School](/source/Tahoma_Senior_High_School) at the time and described in ''[The Stranger](/source/The_Stranger_(newspaper))'' as a "superhuman".<ref name=Underage>{{cite news |url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/underage/Content?oid=20338613 |title=Underage |last=Fuller |first=Brittnie |work=[The Stranger](/source/The_Stranger_(newspaper)) |date=August 13, 2014 |access-date=August 25, 2016}}</ref> The event series, featuring largely [Pacific Northwest](/source/Pacific_Northwest) local bands, benefitted the Maple Valley [food bank](/source/food_bank).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.kexp.org/2015/08/14/kexp-suggests-vanfest-815/|title = KEXP Suggests: VanFest 8/15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maplevalleyreporter.com/news/315590321.html|title=VanFest music festival kicks off fifth year with local bands|date=15 July 2015}}</ref><ref name=Five>{{cite news |url=http://www.thestranger.com/events/22456599/vanfest-five |title=VanFest Five |last=Fuller |first=Brittnie |work=[The Stranger](/source/The_Stranger_(newspaper)) |date=August 2015 |access-date=August 25, 2016 |archive-date=July 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731061827/http://www.thestranger.com/events/22456599/vanfest-five |url-status=dead }}</ref> VanFest Five, held in 2015, boasted four stages and 36 bands performing.<ref name=Persistent/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bobrivers.com/index.php/our-former-intern-van-wolfe/|title=Our Former Intern van Wolfe - the Bob Rivers Show|date=25 July 2013 }}</ref> VanFest 2016 featured three stages along with a [hip hop](/source/hip_hop) tent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://raincityambience.com/news/vanfest-2016-a-rousing-sucess/ |title=VanFest 2016 a Rousing Success |last=Newson |first=Aaron |work=Rainy City Ambience |date=August 22, 2016 |access-date=August 25, 2016}}</ref>

VanFest Eight was cancelled in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vanfestnw.org/ |title=VanFest Eight |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914014127/http://vanfestnw.org/ |archive-date=September 14, 2018}}</ref>

== Notable performers ==
*[Willis Earl Beal](/source/Willis_Earl_Beal) (2014)<ref name=Underage/>
*[Jason Webley](/source/Jason_Webley) (2014)<ref name=Underage/>
*[Car Seat Headrest](/source/Car_Seat_Headrest) (2015)<ref name=Lemolo>{{cite web |url=http://www.northwestmusicscene.net/lemolo-mc-lars-s-play-sixth-annual-vanfest/ |title=Lemolo, MC Lars, S, More to Play Sixth Annual VanFest |work=Northwest Punk Scene |date=July 14, 2016 |access-date=August 25, 2016}}</ref>
*[MC Lars](/source/MC_Lars) (2016)<ref name=Lemolo/>
*[Kitty](/source/Kitty_(rapper)) (2015)<ref name=Persistent/>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910054036/http://vanfestnw.org:80/ |title=Official website}}

Category:Music festivals established in 2011
Category:Hip-hop music festivals in the United States
Category:Indie rock festivals
Category:Music festivals in Washington (state)
Category:Music festivals disestablished in 2018
Category:2011 establishments in Washington (state)
Category:2018 disestablishments in Washington (state)

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