Beyond the Gates (music festival)
| Beyond the Gates | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Heavy metal |
| Dates | 2012- |
| Locations | Bergen, Norway |
| Website | https://www.beyondthegates.no |
Beyond the Gates is an annual extreme metal festival that takes place every year in August in Bergen, Norway. The main stage is at USF Verftet, a refurbished sardine factory transformed into a venue. Additional venues include Grieghallen, Kulturhuset (the House of Culture) in Bergen, and the nightclub Stereo. For the last few years, the festival has been a four-days event.
The festival emerged after Hole in the Sky, a predecessor extreme metal festival which took place also in Bergen in August, was discontinued. The first edition of Beyond the Gates took place in 2012.
Like many other festivals and events, the 2020 edition was cancelled because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.