Way Out West 2023

The first festival was held in August 2007 in Slottsskogen on Friday and Saturday and at club venues on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. In 2012 the festival became a full-fledged three-day festival with live music in Slottsskogen even on Thursday. In addition to music, the festival has also grown to incorporate other cultural activities, such as art exhibitions in Slottsskogen and film showings at cinemas around the city.

The festival has firmly focused on being environmentally friendly and was the first festival in Sweden to become KRAV-certified. Citing environmental reasons, the festival announced on the evening before the first day of the 2012 festival that all food served to artists, staff, and visitors during the festival would be vegetarian. This decision led to a furor of reactions, both positive and negative. The debate culminated with the Gothenburg tabloid GT giving away free sausages and meatballs outside the festival entrance - a move that resulted in a Twitter dispute between the festival's press chief Joel Borg and GT editors that was highlighted by the Swedish media.

The festival has won national and international awards, including Gyllene Hjulet's 2012 Rights Holder for the Way Out West brand, Resumé's Monthly Outdoor Marketing Campaign, and the Most Innovative Festival at the MTV O Music Awards.

When 10-12 August 2023
Where Slottsskogen, Gothenburg, Sweden

Lineup
Devo / Seinabo Sey / Caroline Polachek / Wizkid / Tove Lo / King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard / Jacob Banks / Ayra Starr / Uncle Waffles / 070 Shake / Sara Parkman / Tamino / Okay Kaya / shygirl / Black Sherif / TV Girl / Balming Tiger / Rozi Plain / Conducta / 7ebra / The Last Dinner Party / Jockstrap / Gustav Ejstes / Zeze / Averagekidluke / Caroline Rose / STOR / Bottenviken / Marble / Elina /  / Weils / Svart Ridå / Virginia and the Flood / Blur / Pusha T / Masego / Christine and the Queens / Billy Strings / Arlo Parks / Aurora / The Soundtrack of Our Lives / Yo La Tengo / Amyl and the Sniffers / DOMi & JD BECK / Dry Cleaning / Omah Lay / Teodor Wolgers / Newkid / Kerri Chandler / Oxlade / Maja Francis / Overmono / Fågelle / Oskar Erheden / GOAT / Special Interest / DJ Seduce / Hedda Stenberg / Nu Genea / High Vis / Beniwasta / Boko Yout / Dréya Mac / Surusinghe / 100 Live / Nooriyah / M1llionz / Les Big Byrd / Christian Lee Hutson / DJ Suzy / Liv.e / Little Jinder / Kiwi Jr / eee gee / Rebecca & Fiona / Agata Karczewska / Håkan Hellström / Viagra Boys / Boygenius / Kelela / D-Block Europe / Snail Mail / Bladee / Cleo / The Murder Capital / Lover’s Skit / MUNA / The Blessed Madonna / OFF! / José González / Dinamarca / Sam Fender / Los Bitchos / Åke Falk / Nabihah Iqbal / Magnus Larsson (Live) / ¥///0 $#£[[ aka Two Shell / Bella Sarris / Mental (Dj Døden b2b Prescott) / Solen / Jonas Lundqvist / salute / Lola Young / venbee / Olivia Lobato / Sam Gellaitry (DJ set) / Billy Nomates / TYGAPAW / Bar Italia / Moktar / Sunesis / Terra / Namasenda / Water From Your Eyes / Cherrie / WaqWaq Kingdom / Gloria de Oliveira