UNTOLD 2017

UNTOLD, the biggest electronic music festival hosted by Romania kicked off in Cluj Napoca on Thursday

Mihai Pelin, 03.08.2017, 14:24

Untold, Romania’s largest music festival comes back to Cluj Napoca with its third edition due over August the 3rd and 6th. In spite of being only at its third edition, Untold has quickly managed to turn into an international phenomenon and one of Europe’s most desired musical events.

At its very first edition in 2015 Untold was declared the best music festival in Europe and in 2016 it became a real success with over 300,000 participants from Romania and abroad. This year too, tens of thousands of spectators in various age brackets are expected to attend the prestigious event, which brings together the world’s best DJs, such as Armin van Buuren, Afrojack, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike.

Roughly 200 artists will be performing on the festival’s ten stages, whose organizers promise almost 100 hours of hot music as well as many new experiences. The main stage, which has been dubbed ‘The Dragon’s Nest’, is the largest in Romania, being 100 meters in width and over 35 meters in height.

Among the surprises prepared by the organizers there is ‘The Dragon’s Eye’, which is a Ferris Wheel 40 meters high which offers the participants a better view of the Untold realm. The festival is taking place in the centre of Cluj Napoca, a city in northwestern Romania, in its Central Park, the Cluj Arena Stadium and in the city’s Polyvalent Hall.

The participants have this year been offered the chance of getting a glimpse of Transylvania with Transylvania All Inclusive where they can discover traditional motifs, admire traditional costumes and taste local cuisine. The festival also has spaces allotted to fantasy and creativity such as tattoo workshops and accessory stands, which enable the participants to become part of the story. The Romanian fashion designers are also ready to show off their collections during the festival and so are the local make-up artists and hair-stylists.

The festival atmosphere is completed by stilt walkers, clowns and magicians. And because the weathermen have forecast hot days during the festival, several trucks loaded with water bottles and tons of ice have been made available for the participants. Over 12 hundred gendarme troops, riot police, doctors and pilots of the local special aviation unit have been deployed to supervise the good functioning of the festival. Furthermore 650 security guards are also to contribute to the festival’s protection and security until its end on Monday morning.