| Zaxidfest | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Genre | Rock, ethnic, indie, electronic |
| Dates | 3 days in the middle of August |
| Location(s) | Lviv oblast, Ukraine |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Founders | Yakiv Matviichuk |
| Website | zaxidfest |
Zaxidfest (Ukrainian: Західфест [ˌzɑxidˈfɛst]; previously known as Zaxid) is an annual international music and art festival held in the middle of August near Lviv, Ukraine. ZAKHID was founded in 2009 as a festival of Ukrainian rock and ethno music.[1][2] Later it has lost an attachment to some concrete music genre and was expanded by different foreign artists (including Anti-Flag, Caliban, Clawfinger, Ektomorf, Everlast, Ill Niño, Kreator, Oomph!, Zdob şi Zdub and others).[3]
Every year organizers conduct online-survey where anybody can propose and vote for artist. In this way the list of participants is formed. Also some artists are invited based on organizers' initiative and their names are hidden until the tickets sales start.[4]
The festivals name "Zakhid" means in Ukrainian equivocally West (or Western, meaning western part of Ukraine) and Event.