Oxegen facts for kids
Oxegen is an annual music festival held since 2004, sponsored by Heineken and is Ireland's biggest festival. The event is promoted by MCD. Oxegen was originally a two-day festival but for 2008 was increased to four days. It takes place at the Punchestown Racecourse in County Kildare, Ireland and has an average attendance of around 80,000 a day, with around 70,000 of these camping on site for the duration, and the rest travelling to the site each day. It takes place on the same weekend as T in the Park in Scotland and shares a very similar line-up each year, although Oxegen is generally regarded as Ireland's version of the world-renowned Glastonbury Festival, with the 2008 festival sharing three of the same headliners. The festival has attracted attention from outside Ireland, with many of those there travelling from overseas.
Images for kids
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The Main Stage on the Saturday of Oxegen 2006
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Muse headlined Oxegen 07
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Damon Albarn and Alex James of Blur on the Main Stage as the band headline Oxegen '09.
