For rock fans, Artmania is a mind blowing event that gives them the opportunity to put on their leather jacket and see their favorites. At it's 4th edition, the festival can pride it self with international bands like HIM, Amorphis, Within Temptation, My Dying Bride, Anathema, The Gathering, Tiamat, Lacrimosa, Gamma Ray and many more national artists. So, as you can see, the festival is another reason to consider the city of Sibiu the Romanian capital of complex events.
For this 2009 edition, My Dying Bride is back on the festival's stage, among Nightwish, Pain, Opeth and Tristania. There will be 2 stages where the fans will be able to rock their heads: one in the Small Square, up and running on Saturday and Sunday (there's a free entrence for this stage), and one in the Big Square, that will be active on Friday and Saturday. For this last stage the entrence fee will be 110 lei for an one day pass and 180 lei for 2 days. The tickets are available in shops like Germanos and Diverta , but you can also buy them online from ticketpoint.ro , eventim.ro , bilete.ro , blt.ro and myticket.ro.
The bands will take their turn on the stage in this order:
FRIDAY the 17th:
• OPETH www.opeth.com
• MY DYING BRIDE www.mydyingbride.org
• TRISTANIA www.tristania.com
SATURDAY the 18th:
• NIGHTWISH www.nightwish.com
• PAIN www.pain.cd
To visit the official website of the festival click on the header. The only bad thing about the site is that they don't have any information for potential foreign visitors, it's only in romanian.
But still, if you're a rock music fan and you think you'll enjoy a day or two in Sibiu, we'll be more than glad to have you as our guest.