Øya shares the secrets to its sustainability success
The 'world's greenest festival' shares five top tips to help events decrease their environmental impact
News By Lisa Henderson | 22 April 2025
Having prioritised sustainability from its inception in 1999, Norway’s Øyafestivalen has helped pave the way for greener music festivals. The Superstruct-backed event (cap.
22,000) has hosted the likes of Arctic Monkeys, The Cure, Lana Del Rey, Beck, Blur, Kendrick Lamar and Florence and the Machine, all while working towards the title of the world’s greenest festival.
The Oslo-based gathering has received the highest appraisal from A Greener Festival no fewer than eleven times, and was the first-ever event to be…