1349 was the year that the bubonic plague came ashore in Norway, and swept across the country far and wide. It all started with an English merchant ship that arrived in Bergen - then known as Bjoergvin. During the course of the next two years historians estimate that â of the Norwegian population fell victim to the disease, also known as the black plague. It set an end to a golden Norwegian era.
February of 2017 we await a new strain of the black plague, a French one. We have chosen to open-armedly allow ourselves to be overrun by PESTE NOIRE. They have been planning and plotting in their Auvergne laboratory, and are ready to pay their first ever visit to the Norwegian shores. Whether by boat, airplane or some demonic contraption, festival general Yngve âBoltâ Christiansen has already gotten his knickers in a twist over this news, as he has become an avid adherent to the melodic musings of the anarchic French ensemble, and simply canât get to see them live in Bergen soon enough. Hopefully this establishes Blastfest as the festival where anything can - and will - happen!
Det er vel ikke en overhengende stor fanskare av Peste Noire pÄ forumet lenger, men vil pÄstÄ at dette er en interessant booking av Blastfest okkesom.
