The Flevo Festival was an open air Christian music festival held each August in the Netherlands. The festival was first organized as the Kamperland Festival in 1978 by the Dutch arm of Youth for Christ and became a private foundation in 2002. The last event was held in 2012; one month later, the organization decided to stop gatherings because the quantity of visitors was decreasing: For example, in 2012 the number of people attending the festival was 6,000, whereas in 2011 that number was 9,500 people.[citation needed]

In its heyday, the festival attracted approximately 10,000 to 20,000 people each year. It highlighted all musical styles, but especially rock, and was considered by some[who?] to be the most important European Christian festival. Previous headline bands have included Stryper, dc Talk, Jars of Clay, Sixpence None the Richer, Bride, Audio Adrenaline, SONICFLOOd, Switchfoot and Five Iron Frenzy.

Main Stage Performances (period from 1991)

YearThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
1991Split Level P.I.D. Leon Patillo Allies StryperBrighton Susan Ashton The Throes DeGarmo & Key Julie Miller Kenny MarksIn The Silence Steve Grace P.I.D. Steven Curtis Chapman BeBe & CeCe Winans Darrell Mansfield
1992Changed John Johnson Meekness Wes King The Violet Burning Adrian SnellBen Okafor Novella Dan H Lost Dogs Going ClassicRick Elias Acappella XT Over the Rhine Billy & Sarah Gaines Margaret Becker Oslo Gospel Choir
1993Eden Burning Perry & The Poor Boys Novella Over the Rhine Legend Blood BrothersKevin Prosch Undercover Vince Ebo Keith Brown The 77s The Five Blind Boys of AlabamaThe Prayer Chain Anointed Ralph van Manen Iona Martyn Joseph Guardian Bryan Duncan
1994Schulze Sixpence None The Richer Greg & Rebecca Sparks Ashley Cleveland Whitecross Blues Jam (with Darrell Mansfield, Trace Balin, Julie Miller)The Electrics Pam Thum Steve Taylor Jerusalem Julie MillerBuddy Miller Phil Keaggy Newsboys The World Wide Message Tribe Nina Åström Whiteheart
1995Millennium No Buts Randy Stonehill 65 dBA Sunday's Child Chris Lizotte Jessy Dixon & Chicago Community ChoirCauzin' Efekt Blessed Rain Imagine This Bride Quick and the Dead Margaret Becker One Hundred DaysLimit X Third Day Schulze Eric Champion The Prayer Chain Over the Rhine The World Wide Message Tribe
1996Why? Sixpence None The Richer Grits 65 dBA Perry & The Poor Boys Mike RoeSplit Level Carolyn Arends Quick and the Dead Ralph van Manen MICTourniquet Johnny Q. Public Iona Dance Experience (The World Wide Message Tribe, Cameron Dante, HOG, and others)
1997Die Päpste Tess Wiley Whitecross David Fitzgerald MICWhy? No Buts Raze Vigilantes of Love JerusalemDime Store Prophets Switchfoot Sarah Masen Charlie Peacock Over the Rhine All Star United
1998David & Carrie Grant The Echoing Green Darrell Mansfield Beam The Gospel Project Audio AdrenalineHalcyon Days Three Crosses Ralph van Manen Raze Delirious?The Electrics Stavesacre Five Iron Frenzy JC Culture All Star United Larry Norman & Beam
1999Fono The Potboilers Kryptonite Garden Stir Three Crosses MICW4C Pete Stewart & Michael Tait Split Level Normal Generation? Salt SonicfloodSmalltown Poets Vigilantes of Love The O.C. Supertones Out of Eden Lucky Burlap To Cashmere
2000Eminent Child Skypark Phat Fish ReLand Kate Miner Steve Scott PlumbRick Altizer Normal Generation? Monk A Ragamuffin Band Glorybox Kendall Payne Luna HaloKJ-52 Soapbox John Reuben Jennifer Knapp The Violet Burning The World Wide Message Tribe
2001Circadian Rhythm Benjamin Gate Jacob's Hip MIC Beam Eminent ChildThe Spirit That Guides Us Cush Kendall Payne Switchfoot Whisper Loud Tourniquet Bebo Norman Luna HaloCapewalk Salvation Street LaRue Jeni Varnedeau Shine Earthsuit The Violet Burning
2002Rodney Cordner and Jean-Pierre Rudolph dBA Blaise Superchick Paige NewsboysCeilli Rain Zober The Spirit That Guides Us Steve EarthsuitThebandwithnoname Yfriday Selfmindead Gospel Boulevard Over the Rhine Kevin Max
2003Christafari Cathy Burton Extol Verbs East WestBlackstrap Satellite 7 MIC Jewels The Prayer Chain All Star UnitedSixStarHotel Superhero Trin-i-tee 5:7 Andy Hunter Audio Adrenaline
2004Seeker's Planet By The Tree BarlowGirl Rock 'n' Roll Worship Circus The Spirit That Guides UsSeventh Avenue This Beautiful Mess LA Symphony Plumb Andy HunterRescate The Electrics Out of Eden The Violet Burning Jars of Clay
2005Beggars Fortune Campsite Seeker's Planet John Davis The ElectricsOnehundredhours Narnia Mars Ill Superchick Rock 'n' Roll Worship Circus (The Listening)Zundapp Day of Fire 4th Avenue Jones Rivertribe Newsboys
2006TheBandwithnoname Superhero BlindsideMatt Redman Verra Cruz Family Force 5 All Star United Andy HunterKees Kraayenoord TBC DJ Maj The Violet Burning Luna Halo
2007Disciple Rebecca St. James Michael W. SmithHillsong London Christafari This Beautiful Republic Sarah Kelly Chris TomlinKees Kraayenoord & friends – 30 jaar Flevo The Gentlemen The Listening Over the Rhine Newsboys
2008Make up Your Mind Starfield The Elms Project 86 Sixpence None the RicherTim Hughes Fireflight Stellar Kart Tourniquet SalvadorSarah Kelly Ruth Flatfoot 56 The Gentlemen MxPx
2009The Dazzled Prophet Thousand Foot Krutch Rebecca St. James Neal Morse SalvadorBluetree Addison Road Octoberlight feat. MOJO (Supertones) Fee HB Family Force 5Parachute Band Flatfoot 56 Philmont Seabird NewWorldSon Newsboys Superhero
2010Coen van den Heuvel Children 18:3 Remedy Drive The Listening NewWorldSonRend Collective Experiment Reilly House of Heroes The Gentlemen People Get Ready Stellar KartPieter Daniel Kutless Trinity The Afters Anberlin Leeland
2011Good Weather Forecast Brian 'Head' Welch Paper Route StarfieldGungor Handsome Poets Tenth Avenue North Rapture Ruckus Seabird HBThe Convocation ft. Gospelflavor Nikki Run Kid Run Abandon LZ7 Red
2012Andy Hunter NewworldsonInSalvation The RED17 Mike Mains & The Branches The Almost Lights NewworldsonTrinity Humming People Icon For Hire Hawk Nelson Gungor Family Force 5André van Zyl Kees Kraayenoord Parachute Band

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