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While major festivals could not go through in Hungary in 2020, Fekete Zaj and Lowland Fest showed a feasible way of organising festivals. This way we could ensure that reliable people are coming and we can trust them with being responsible.” Hope for the future? Photo: András Melles/Festileaks We didn’t advertise it anywhere, we only had a Facebook group set on secret. Another thing I believe helped a lot is the invite-only basis for the festival. At the time there was no need to enforce strict rules regarding masks and social distancing. We followed these too, and asked everyone to take care of each other. Even though we had a fortunate situation in July, we advised everyone to follow the safety advice and guidelines during the event. The owners of the venue cleaned both the showers and toilets several times a day. Photo: András Melles/FestileaksĪbout safety measures at Lowland Fest, Gergely adds: “First of all, we made sure that hand sanitisers are available near the toilets. Uncertainty was the greatest enemy, this is why we organised the whole festival low-key, and had an invite-only basis.” Lowland Fest measures Türböwitch at Lowland Fest 2020. We had a month to prepare, and it was definitely a rush to organise and get things ready in a quality that we felt is needed for this first edition.

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Restrictions were a bit eased for the summer in Hungary, and it was also extremely fortunate that musicians and other professionals were free at the time. “I believe that, apart from our enthusiasm, luck played a really important role too. When Rockmaraton announced mid-May that they can’t go through this year, then we knew we will try to make something bigger for the summer.” We had this idea to organise a tiny, house-party-like event with our bands, playing for 50-60 friends of ours. Photo: András Melles/FestileaksĪbout the background of the event, main organiser Gergely Győri says: “When the lockdown started, more and more festivals announced their cancellations. Organisation Gergely Győri, organizer of Lowland Fest 2020, drummer of Atrox Trauma, Stratégia and Asperatus, who all played at the festival. The line-up consisted of 21 Hungarian bands, real underground treats for fans of thrash, death, black metal and grindcore. They didn’t advertise the festival publicly anywhere, the audience was gathered by invitations only. A group of friends and festival enthusiasts decided to solve this problem by organising their very own festival! Of course, on a much smaller scale, and by inviting people they knew. Lowland Fest was born after the very sad news of festival cancellations this summer.

The festival takes place mid-July in the Lowland area of Hungary (Alföld), hence the name. Lowland Fest is a brand new initiative in the Hungarian underground metal scene (not to be confused with Lowlands in the Netherlands).

‘For Better Metal Health’ – Lowland Fest 2020 Atrox Trauma at Lowland Fest 2020. In this way, the festival celebrates its main pillar, the community, and values togetherness. To this string net visitors could attach messages to all those professionals who could not work this summer at music events. The installation debuted in Dürer Kert in Budapest at the warm-up event of Fekete Zaj, then it appeared on the festival grounds. Second, the organization created an installation called ‘Legyen Zaj!’ (‘Let there be Noise!’). One of these initiatives was the Fekete Zaj Social Support, in which the festival helped those fans who would not be able to attend for financial reasons. The strength of the Hungarian underground kept Fekete Zaj alive, so this year they tried to give back as much as they could. They have received loads of support from the fans and the community throughout the years. Een bericht gedeeld door Fekete Zaj and supporting the scene is vital for the underground, and Fekete Zaj shares this value 100%.