VanFest

{{Short description|Music festival}}

{{about|the Pacific Northwest music festival VanFest|the bus and van festival previously known as Vanfest|Busfest}}

{{Infobox music festival

| name = VanFest

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| location = Maple Valley, Washington, United States

| years_active = 2011–2017

| founders = Van Wolfe

| dates = August

| genre = Rock, punk rock, pop, alternative rock, hip hop

| website = {{website defunct|vanfestnw.org}}

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VanFest is an annual music festival which took place in Maple Valley, Washington, United States. It was founded in 2011 as a grassroots project by namesake Van Wolfe,{{cite news |url=http://archive.seattleweekly.com/music/960144-129/can-a-persistent-21-year-old-named-van |title=Can a Persistent 21-Year-Old Named Van Wolfe Put Maple Valley on the Musical Map? |last=Sears |first=Kelton |work=Seattle Weekly |date=August 11, 2015 |access-date=August 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828093323/http://archive.seattleweekly.com/music/960144-129/can-a-persistent-21-year-old-named-van |archive-date=August 28, 2016 |url-status=dead }} who was a student at Tahoma Senior High School at the time and described in The Stranger as a "superhuman".{{cite news |url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/underage/Content?oid=20338613 |title=Underage |last=Fuller |first=Brittnie |work=The Stranger |date=August 13, 2014 |access-date=August 25, 2016}} The event series, featuring largely Pacific Northwest local bands, benefitted the Maple Valley food bank.{{Cite web|url=http://blog.kexp.org/2015/08/14/kexp-suggests-vanfest-815/|title = KEXP Suggests: VanFest 8/15}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.maplevalleyreporter.com/news/315590321.html|title=VanFest music festival kicks off fifth year with local bands|date=15 July 2015}}{{cite news |url=http://www.thestranger.com/events/22456599/vanfest-five |title=VanFest Five |last=Fuller |first=Brittnie |work=The Stranger |date=August 2015 |access-date=August 25, 2016}} VanFest Five, held in 2015, boasted four stages and 36 bands performing.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bobrivers.com/index.php/our-former-intern-van-wolfe/|title=Our Former Intern van Wolfe - the Bob Rivers Show|date=25 July 2013 }} VanFest 2016 featured three stages along with a hip hop tent.{{cite web |url=http://raincityambience.com/news/vanfest-2016-a-rousing-sucess/ |title=VanFest 2016 a Rousing Success |last=Newson |first=Aaron |work=Rainy City Ambience |date=August 22, 2016 |access-date=August 25, 2016}}

VanFest Eight was cancelled in 2018.{{cite web |url=http://vanfestnw.org/ |title=VanFest Eight |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914014127/http://vanfestnw.org/ |archive-date=September 14, 2018}}