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50 bands will play this year on the Stufstock™5 Greenfest stages in Vama Veche during the 16th and 19th of August. Diversity will have its saying at Stufstock™5 Greenfest this time, too. The audience will have the opportunity to listen to genres ranging from heavy metal, rock and punk to funk, blues, folk, jazz, electro or ambient music.

This year edition of Stufstock™ joins forces with the Greenfest concept developed by Tuborg. Tuborg aims at making the Greenfest events a global phenomenon to offer unforgettable musical encounters in full harmony with the environment to quality music and beer lovers.

The metal guys from Cradle of Filth, the Toy Dolls and Dandy Warhols punkers and the funky musicians from Defunkt are the headliners of the four Stufstock™5 – Greenfest evenings on the stage at Marina Park.

The sun will rise on Stufstock™5 Greenfest music each morning from Friday to Sunday. Blanoz (Romania), Bau (Romania) and Electro Griot (Mali/USA/Romania) are those who will play on the beach stage.

Moreover, the organizers decided to give a chance to less known bands that will perform within the « off » section of Stufstock™5 Greenfest. The Others, Vive la Noise, Mauser, Evo, Mushroom Story, Talking Drums, Tep Zepi, the Amsterdams, and the Mood will play on the stage at Papa la Şoni from Thursday to Saturday between 16.00 and 19.00 hrs.

Although they confirmed their gig at Stufstock™5, Bloodhound Gang called off their participation due to private matters with drummer Adam Perry.

A last minute surprise for punk-rock fans is the presence of British band Toy Dolls who accepted to play at Stufstock™5 Greenfest right before their tour in Japan. Toy Dolls will perform on the stage at Marina Park in Vama Veche on Friday, the 17th of August.

Another change in the program regards the sunrise concert on Sunday, the 19th of August. Abdoulaye Diabate announced that some health problems will prevent him from taking part to the festival. Balla Tounkara, a Mali native from a prestigious family of griots will complete Electro Griot band. Balla Tounkara will play the kora (African harp) on the morning of 19th August in Vama Veche together with Electro Griot and he will charm the audience with the unique vocalese of Western Africa.

One piece of news for this edition is the option to camp at Marina Park, in a location nearby to the concert one whereby the campers will have access to all the required facilities. The camping pass for Stufstock™5 Greenfest costs 5 RON per day and will be issued within the limits of the accommodation capacity.

The environment volunteers division will be in charge not only with cleaning the beach and the village during the festival, but also with informing the tourists about the Marine Reservation 2 Mai-Vama Veche and with submitting complaints on the violation of environment regulations. The environment volunteers division has already more than 100 members.

PETROM joined Stufstock™5 Greenfest with a view to support the environmental campaign of the festival. Radio Guerilla – media partner, TVR – co-producer, and Mc Donalds – sponsor have also joined Stufstock™5 Greenfest.

Stufstock 5-Greenfest is organized by the Association for the Conservation of Bio-Cultural Protected Areas. Co-organizers: Events. The producers of the event are: TVR2, Capricorn&Capricorn Productions and Paravion.ro.

Main partner - Tuborg. The sponsors of the event are Petrom, Orange, Coca-Cola, McDonalds, and APPLE. Partners: Limanu Mayoralty, Marina Park, Frontiera, Papa la Şoni, Czech Center.

Media partners: Radio Guerilla, OOPS Media, Hotnews, Port.ro, Metalfun, BestMusic, acasa.ro, neogen.ro, Heavy Metal Magazine, Cofee Break, comunicatedepresa.ro, afterhours.ro.

General ticket info for Stufstock 5 - GreenFest 

Woodstock has been idealized in the American popular culture as the culmination of the hippie movement — a free festival where nearly 500,000 “flower children” came together to celebrate. Hippie activist Abbie Hoffman crystallized this view of the event in his book, Woodstock Nation, written shortly afterwards.

Although the festival was remarkably peaceful given the number of people and conditions involved, the reality was less than perfect. Woodstock did have some crime and other misbehavior, as well as a fatality from a drug overdose, an accidental death caused by an occupied sleeping bag being run over by a tractor and one participant died from falling off a scaffold. There were also three miscarriages and two births recorded at the event and colossal logistical headaches. Furthermore, because Woodstock was not intended for such a large crowd, there were not enough resources such as portable toilets and first-aid tents. There was some profiteering in the sale of “electric Kool-Aid.”

Woodstock began as a profit-making venture; it only became a free festival after it became obvious that the concert was drawing hundreds of thousands more people than the organizers had prepared for, and that the fence had been torn down by eager, unticketed arrivals. Tickets for the event (sold in 1969) cost US$18 to buy a ticket in advance (which would be US$95.58 in 2005 with inflation factored in) and $24 to buy a ticket at the gate for all three days. Ticket sales were limited to record stores in the greater New York City area, or by mail via a Post Office Box at the Radio City Station Post Office located in Midtown Manhattan.

Yet, in tune with the idealistic hopes of the 1960s, Woodstock satisfied most attendees. Especially memorable were the sense of social harmony, the quality of music, and the overwhelming mass of people, many sporting bohemian dress, behavior, and attitudes.