Ben Barbaud

The founder and the fight to keep it going. Barbaud building the festival out of Furyfest, the funding crises, the Christine Boutin campaign against it, the press conferences and the local politics.

Part of Hellfest

13 moments in this segment.

1. 2013-06-21 - La colère de Christine Boutin contre le Hellfest. Politician Christine Boutin's public campaign against the "satanic" festival, one of many attempts to shut Hellfest down.
2. 2016-06-17 - Ben Barbaud, le grand patron du Hellfest (interview). Founder Ben Barbaud on building Hellfest from a tiny hardcore-punk association into France's biggest festival.
3. 2018-06-23 - Conference de presse de Ben Barbaud au Hellfest 2018. Founder Ben Barbaud on building Hellfest from a tiny hardcore-punk association into France's biggest festival.
4. 2019-06-21 - Conference de presse du Hellfest 2019 avec Ben Barbaud. Founder Ben Barbaud on building Hellfest from a tiny hardcore-punk association into France's biggest festival.
5. 2019-06-23 - Hellfest 2019: retour sur la conférence de presse de Ben Barbaud. Founder Ben Barbaud on building Hellfest from a tiny hardcore-punk association into France's biggest festival.
6. 2020-06-20 - Furyfest: la genèse du Hellfest - Tracks (ARTE). How Hellfest grew out of the doomed Furyfest of the early 2000s.
7. 2023-06-16 - La folle histoire du Hellfest racontée par son créateur Ben Barbaud. Founder Ben Barbaud on building Hellfest from a tiny hardcore-punk association into France's biggest festival.
8. 2023-06-16 - 30 minutes avec Ben Barbaud - Hellfest. Founder Ben Barbaud on building Hellfest from a tiny hardcore-punk association into France's biggest festival.
9. 2024-06-28 - Hellfest, le métal expliqué à ma mère. A portrait of the festival and the metal culture that surrounds it.
10. 2025-06-20 - Hellfest: bienvenue au royaume du métal (TF1 Info). A portrait of the festival and the metal culture that surrounds it.
11. 2025-06-21 - Un Hellfest, sinon rien... (documentaire France 3). A portrait of the festival and the metal culture that surrounds it.
12. 2026-06-19 - Hellfest: le métal n'est pas mort (TV Sèvre et Maine). A portrait of the festival and the metal culture that surrounds it.
13. 2026-06-21 - Hellfest: quand le festival faisait trembler Clisson (INA archives). A portrait of the festival and the metal culture that surrounds it.