Ilosaarirock

For the Porcupine Tree album, see Ilosaarirock (album).

Ilosaarirock Festival

Location(s)	Joensuu, Finland
Years active	1971 – present
Founded by	Joensuu Pop Musicians' Association
Date(s)	Second full weekend of July
Genre	Alternative rock, Reggae, Hip Hop, Punk, Metal
Website	www.ilosaarirock.fi

The Ilosaarirock Festival is an annual rock festival held on the second weekend of July in Joensuu, Eastern Finland. Founded in 1971, Ilosaarirock is the second oldest rock festival in Finland still active, and one of the oldest in Europe. In 2007 the event had 21,000 daily visitors. The festival has been sold out in advance every year since 1998.

Ilosaarirock is an entity of events that in its entirety, with clubs and side-events, spans from Friday to Sunday. The actual festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday. The festival site, called Laulurinne, stages performances on five separate stages with over 50 artists. Including all events, Ilosaarirock weekend hosts over 100 artists.

Ilosaarirock is organized mainly by volunteers and is put together by over 1,500 volunteer workers. The Ilosaarirock festival’s graphic look is chosen through an open design contest every year. The Ilosaarirock festival is organised by Joensuu Pop Musicians' Association, which is a non-profit organisation. The profits of the festival are used to support the North Karelian music scene, bands and artists.

2011 festival

The 2011 festival will take place on 15–17 July 2011. The headliners for 2011 have been confirmed as Aphex Twin, Blackfield, Buzzcocks, Cody ChesnuTT, The Exploited, Finntroll, Gentleman, Iced Earth, Kate Nash, Kvelertak, Madness, Melt-Banana, Neljä Ruusua, Ojos De Brujo, Red Sparowes and Sielun Veljet.

Past Dates & Headliners

• 16–18 July 2010
  • with Amorphis, Bad Religion, Biffy Clyro, Boban I Marko Markovic Orkestar, Circle, DevilDriver, DJ Shadow, Faith No More, Ghost Brigade, Insomnium, Imogen Heap, Katatonia, Queen Ifrica, Rise And Fall, Tarot, UNKLE, Ziggi.

• 17–19 July 2009
  • with Apocalyptica, Bad Brains, Beenie Man, Children of Bodom, Damn Seagulls, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Disco Ensemble, Dizzee Rascal, Don Johnson Big Band, Dungen, Everything Is Made in China, Femi Kuti & The Positive Force, The Haunted, Huoratron, Husky Rescue, Isis, Killing Joke, Röyksopp, Stam1na, Stratovarius, Tragedy, Walls of Jericho.

• 11–13 July 2008
  • with Joe Bataan, Comeback Kid, Common, Converge, Cult of Luna, Eläkeläiset, Fanfare Ciocârlia, Heaven Shall Burn, The Heptones, Kashmir, Mad Caddies, Capibara, Mike Patton's Mondo Cane, Mogwai, Nightwish, Oceansize, Ozric Tentacles, Pepe Deluxé, Turisas, Venetian Snares, Von Hertzen Brothers.

• 13–15 July 2007
  • with Anthony B, The Business, Calexico, CunninLynguists, The Cinematic Orchestra, Disco Ensemble, Hidria Spacefolk, HIM, Insomnium, Opeth, Porcupine Tree, RJD2, Sick of It All, The Slackers, Soilwork, Stonegard, Terror, Vavamuffin, Us3.

• 14–16 July 2006
  • with Buju Banton, Blackalicious, Capleton, Carpark North, The Damned, The Darkness, Entombed, The Five Corners Quintet, Katatonia, Kid Koala, Mudhoney, Paprika Korps, Poets of The Fall, Raised Fist, Rotten Sound, Scar Symmetry, Silverbullit, Subs, Saul Williams, Nicole Willis.

• 15–17 July 2005
  • with Agnostic Front, Anthrax, Apocalyptica, Backyard Babies, Children of Bodom, Dark Tranquillity, Disco Ensemble, DKT/MC5, Husky Rescue, Monster Magnet, Phoenix, Kimmo Pohjonen, The Skatalites, Tarakany!, Amon Tobin.

• 16–18 July 2004
  • with The 69 Eyes, Blood for Blood, Auf der Maur, Cradle of Filth, Danko Jones, Gluecifer, Markscheider Kunst, Nasum, Oi Polloi, Promoe, Quintessence, Sentenced, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Spitfire, Tarot.

• 11–13 July 2003
  • with Bombshell Rocks, Don Johnson Big Band, Guano Apes, The Haunted, The Herbaliser, Moonsorrow, Moonspell, Sonata Arctica, Sonic Youth, Raised Fist, Tequilajazzz, Velcra.

• 12–14 July 2002
  • with 22-Pistepirkko, Deadushki, DJ Krush, Dropkick Murphys, HIM, Looptroop, Machine Head, Muse, Nightwish, Sentenced, Suede.

External links

• Official website
• Karelia Rocks!, Moving Hands Music Magazine
• DiS mixes with the metallers in Finland, Drowned in Sound