Boygenius, Blur, Pusha T, Susanne Sundfør join stacked Øya 2023 line-up

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Boygenius, Blur, Pusha T, Susanne Sundfør are some of the latest names to join Øya festival’s stacked 2023 line-up.The acts will perform between August 8 and August 12 at Oslo’s Tøyenparken for the Norwegian festival’s 23rd edition.Also announced in Øya’s latest wave of acts are: Ayra Starr, Dry Cleaning, Uncle Waffles, Liv.e, Boldy James & The Alchemist, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Oxlade, Billy Strings, Snail Mail, Domi & JD Beck, Balming Tiger, Lars Vaular, Dina Ögon, Fangst, Tigerstate, Bigbang, Malin Pettersen, and Valkyrien Allstars.Sigrid, Devo, FKA Twigs, Caroline Polachek, Shygirl, Amyl And The Sniffers, Obongjayar and TV GIRL were last year announced for this year’s festival.Wizkid will headline Wednesday, August 9, while Blur will top the bill on Thursday, August 10.

Swedish singer-songwriter Håkan Hellström is set to headline on Friday, August 11, while Sigrid will close the festival on Saturday, August 12.Øya will again feature a 50/50 split between male and female artists while also supporting an “environmentally friendly and sustainable ethos that’s applied to every element of its organisation”.

The event first achieved the gender-balanced line-up in 2017 and has maintained it ever since.Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here.In December last year Øya received the 2022 national award for best Eco-Lighthouse in the SMB-market in Norway, across all industries.Per a press release, the Eco-Lighthouse (Miljøfyrtårnet in Norwegian) certification is “Norway’s most widely known environmental management system for the last 20 years, with nearly 9000 businesses certified”.“They have had the certification since 2004, with yearly reporting and a recertification process every third year.