Vinjerock

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Vinjerock is a rock festival held every summer at 1060 meters above sea level, at Eidsbugarden in the Jotunheimen mountains of southern Norway. It began on 4–5 August 2006 with artists such as Dumdum Boys, Thomas Dybdahl, Minor Majority and The Blackbirds. In 2007 the lineup included BigBang, Sivert Høyem, Adjágas and Blood, Sweat & Tears.

The festival is named after the Norwegian poet Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, who built the first cabin at Eidsbugarden and helped give the surrounding mountains their name, Jotunheimen. There was no festival in 2011. In 2008 the organizers received funds to create a park on the banks of the Bygdin river to protect the area’s delicate nature and to expand the festival grounds. A festival was held on 19–21 July 2012, and the 2019 festival ran from 18–20 July with ten bands, each playing 10–14 songs.