Rock festival
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A rock festival, or a rock fest, is a large-scale rock music concert, featuring multiple acts.
The first rock festivals were put on in the late 1960s and were important socio-cultural milestones.[citation needed] In the 1980s a minor resurgence of festivals occurred with charity as the goal.[citation needed]
Today, they are often open air concerts, often spread out over several days. Many are annual events sponsored by major corporations.[citation needed]
Besides rock, many feature multiple genres of music such as pop, dance, and electronic. Some owners of radio stations produce radio festivals that only include bands of a specific style of rock (according to what the station wants to promote).[citation needed] The size of these events means that large temporary infrastructures are installed, supplying amenities like water-based ablution facilities.
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[edit] Historic festivals
The following is a sample of one-time rock festivals of historical significance.
- Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival (1967)
- Monterey Pop Festival (1967)
- Miami Pop Festival (1968)
- Palm Beach Pop Festival (1969)
- Template:Toronto Pop Festival (1969)
- ((New Orleans Pop Festival)) (1969)
- Atlanta International Pop Festival (1969) and (1970)
- Woodstock festival (1969), Woodstock 1994, and Woodstock 1999
- Denver Pop Festival (1969)
- Toronto Rock and Roll Revival (1969)
- Altamont Free Concert (1969)
- Bath Festival (1969)
- Phun City (1970)
- Powder Ridge Rock Festival (1970)
- Goose Lake International Music Festival (1970)
- Strawberry Fields Festival (1970)
- Holland Pop Festival (1970)
- Isle of Wight Festival (1970)
- Vortex I (1970)
- Celebration of Life (1971)
- Roskilde Festival (1971)
- Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival (1972)
- Concert 10 (1972)
- Template:Heatwave Festival (1980)
- Sunbury Pop Festival Australia (1972–1975)
- Summer Jam at Watkins Glen (1973)
- California Jam (1974)
- Ozark Music Festival 1974
- Nambassa festival series New Zealand 1976-1981
Florida Sunfest (1977)
- Canada Jam 1978
- Knebworth Festival (1979)
- Heatwave festival 1980
- Spring Rhythms. Tbilisi-80 (1980)
- US Festival (1982 & 1983)
- Rendez-vous Houston (1985), largest outdoor "rock concert" ever in North America
- Live Aid (1985)
- concierto de conciertos (1988) Bogota, Colombia
- Moscow Music Peace Festival (1989)
- Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto (2003), largest outdoor ticketed event in Canadian history, 450,000–500,000 attendees
- Crossroads Guitar Festival (2004, 2007 & 2010)
- Live 8 (2005)
- Live Earth (2007)
[edit] Travelling festivals
A recent innovation is the travelling rock festival where many musical acts perform at multiple locations during a tour. Successful festivals are often held in subsequent years.
- Anger Management Tour
- Area Festival
- Big Day Out
- Crüe Fest
- Curiosa
- Family Values Tour
- Festival Express
- G3
- Gigantour
- Hard Electric Tour
- Lilith Fair
- Lollapalooza
- Mayhem Festival
- Monsters of Rock
- Ozzfest
- Projekt Revolution
- Rock Never Stops Tour
- Sonisphere Festival
- Sounds Of The Underground
- Summer Sanitarium
- Taste of Chaos
- The Unholy Alliance Tour
- Warped Tour
[edit] Current festivals
The following is a list of some rock festivals that took or take place on a regular basis. Most are held at the same location on an annual basis. Some, like Farm Aid are held at different venues with each incarnation. For a full list of festivals, see the external links at the bottom of the page.
[edit] North and Central America
- 98.9 The Rock, Rockfest (Kansas City, Missouri)
- All Tomorrow's Parties (California)
- Austin City Limits (Austin, Texas)
- The Bamboozle (East Rutherford, New Jersey)
- Big Ass Show (Salt Lake City, Utah)
- Bonnaroo Music Festival (Manchester, Tennessee)
- Bridge School Benefit, annually since 1986, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California, usually in October, organized by Neil Young
- Bumbershoot (Seattle, Washington)
- Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Indio, California)
- Cornerstone Festival Bushnell Illinois
- Day on the Green
- DC101 Chili Cookoff (Washington D.C.)
- Diversafest LLC DFEST (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
- Dog Jam (Beaumont, Texas)
- Edgefest (Canada)
- Farm Aid (USA)
- Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina (Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic)
- HFStival (Washington D.C.)
- Lollapalooza
- Manifest (Mexico)
- Monterrey Metal Fest (Monterrey, Mexico)
- Moondance Jam (Walker, Minnesota)
- Mountain Jam (Hunter, NY)
- NEARfest (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
- Orlando Truthfest (Orlando, Florida)
- Osheaga (Montreal, Canada)
- Pointfest (Mexico City)
- Pointfest (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Rock Fest (Cadott, Wisconsin)
- Rock on the Range (Columbus, Ohio)
- Rock N Resort Music Festival (North Lawrence, Ohio)
- Rockin' the Fields of Minnedosa (Manitoba, Canada)
- Rocklahoma (Pryor, Oklahoma)
- Rogers Picnic (Toronto, Ontario)
- Sasquatch (George, Washington)
- Siren Music Festival (Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York)
- South by Southwest (Austin, Texas)
- Street Scene (San Diego, California)
- Summerfest (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
- V Festival (North America) (Canada, USA)
- Vive Latino (Mexico City, Mexico)
- Volunteer Jam (Tennessee)
- Voodoo Music Experience (New Orleans, Louisiana)
- Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival (Ozark, Arkansas)
[edit] South America
- Bue Festival (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Corona Music Fest (Mexico City)
- Cosquin Rock (Cordoba, Argentina)
- Festival El Abrazo (Santiago, Chile)
- Maquinaria Festival (Santiago, Chile)
- Lollapalooza Chile (Santiago, Chile)
- Gesell Rock (Villa Gesell, Argentina)
- Nokia Trends (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
- Moonpark (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Pepsi music festival (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Personal fest (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Quilmes Rock (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Rock al Parque (Bogotá, Colombia)
- Altavoz (Medellin, Colombia)
- DelPutasFest (Medellin, Colombia)
- Rock in Rio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Tim Festival (São Paulo, Brazil)
- SWU Music & Arts (Paulínia, Brazil)
- Viña del Mar International Song Festival (Viña del Mar, Chile)
[edit] Europe
[edit] Belgium & The Netherlands
- Arrow Rock Festival (Biddinghuizen, Netherlands)
- Dour Festival (Dour, Belgium)
- Dynamo Open Air (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
- Graspop Metal Meeting (Dessel, Belgium)
- Groezrock (Gestel, Belgium)
- Lowlands (Biddinghuizen, Netherlands)
- Parkpop (The Hague, Netherlands)
- Pinkpop Festival (Landgraaf, Netherlands)
- Pukkelpop (Kiewit, Belgium)
- Rock Werchter (Werchter, Belgium)
[edit] Finland
- Ankkarock (Vantaa)
- Down By The Laituri (Turku)
- Finnish Metal Expo (Helsinki)
- Funky Elephant (Helsinki)
- Ilosaarirock (Joensuu)
- Jalometalli Metal Music Festival, (Oulu)
- Jalometalli Winterfest (Oulu)
- Lumous Gothic Festival (Pyhäjärvi)
- Miljoona Rock (Töysä)
- Pori Jazz (Pori)
- Provinssirock (Seinäjoki)
- Ruisrock (Turku)
- Sauna Open Air (Tampere)
- Tammerfest (Tampere)
- Tuska Open Air (Helsinki)
[edit] France
- Eurockéennes (Belfort)
- Hellfest (Clisson)
- Soy Festival (Nantes)
- Transmusicales (Rennes)
- Vieilles Charrues Festival (Carhaix)
[edit] Germany
- Hurricane Festival (Scheeßel)
- Rock am Ring (Nürburgring)
- Southside (Neuhausen)
- Wacken Open Air (Wacken)
[edit] Denmark
- Roskilde Festival (Roskilde)
- CopenHell (Copenhagen)
- Jelling Musikfestival (Jelling)
- Copenhagen Live (Copenhagen)
[edit] Norway
- Bukta Tromsø Open Air Festival (Tromsø)
- Jorddunstfestivalen (Frøya)
- Hove Festival (Tromøy)
- Quart Festival (Kristiansand)
- Øyafestivalen (Oslo)
[edit] Sweden
- Hultsfred Festival (Hultsfred)
- Metaltown (Gothenburg)
- Peace & Love (Borlänge)
- Storsjöyran (Östersund)
- Sweden Rock Festival (Sölvesborg)
- Way Out West Festival (Gothenburg)
[edit] United Kingdom
- All Tomorrow's Parties (Camber Sands, East Sussex, England)
- Download Festival (Donington Park, Castle Donington, England)
- Glastonbury Festival (Pilton, Somerset, England)
- Greenbelt Festival (England)
- Hevy Music Festival (Folkestone, England)
- High Voltage Festival (London, England)
- Isle of Wight Festival (Isle of Wight, England)
- Offset festival
- Radio 1's Big Weekend
- Reading and Leeds Festivals (Reading, Berkshire and Leeds, Yorkshire, England)
- Sonisphere Festival (Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire, England)
- T in the Park (Kinross Scotland)
- V Festival (Chelmsford and Staffordshire, England)
- Y Not Festival
[edit] Rest of Europe
- Aerodrome (Wiener Neustadt, Austria)
- Artmania Festival (Sibiu, Romania)
- Baltijos Garsas (Kernavė, Lithuania)
- Electric Picnic (County Laois, Ireland)
- Exit (Novi Sad, Serbia)
- Festival Internacional de Benicàssim (Spain)
- FM4 Frequency Festival (Salzburg, Austria)
- Gitarijada (Zajecar, Serbia)
- Green Christmas Festival (Rakvere, Estonia)
- Hard Rock Laager (Vana-Vigala, Estonia)
- Iceland Airwaves (Reykjavík), Iceland
- Independent Days Festival (Bologna, Italy)
- InProg (Moscow, Russia)
- Masters of Rock (Vizovice, Czech Republic)
- Metal Heads Mission (Yevpatoria, Ukraine)
- Montreux Jazz Festival (Montreux, Switzerland)
- Nashestvie (Moscow Oblast, Russia)
- Nova Rock (Nickelsdorf, Austria)
- Open'er festival (Gdynia, Poland)
- Oxegen (Punchestown, Ireland)
- Paléo Festival (Nyon, Switzerland)
- Paredes de Coura Festival (Paredes de Coura, Portugal)
- Pohoda (Trenčín, Slovakia)
- PositivusAB (Salacgrīva, Latvia)
- Przystanek Woodstock (Kostrzyn), (Poland)
- Rabarock (Järvakandi, Estonia)
- Rock for People (Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)
- Rock'n Coke (Istanbul, Turkey)
- RockIstanbul (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Rockwave Festival (Athens, Greece)
- Roskilde Festival (Roskilde, Denmark)
- Slane Concert (Slane, Ireland)
- Spirit of Burgas (Burgas, Bulgaria)
- Stufstock (Vama Veche, Romania)
- Sudoeste Festival (Zambujeira do Mar, Portugal)
- Sziget (Budapest, Hungary)
- Trutnov Open Air Music Festival (Trutnov, Czech Republic)
- Vilar de Mouros Festival (Vilar de Mouros, Portugal)
- Zvērā (Saldus, Latvia)
- Slezskoostravský Rock-Fest (Ostrava, Czech Republic)
- Open Air Krumlov, (Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic)
[edit] Australia
- Big Day Out (Australia and New Zealand)
- Edgefest (New Zealand)
- East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival
- Falls Festival
- Golden Plains Festival (Meredith, Victoria, Australia)
- Good Vibrations Festival
- Homebake (Sydney, Australia)
- Meredith Music Festival (Meredith, Victoria, Australia)
- Pyramid Rock Festival (Phillip Island, Australia)
- Soundwave (Australian music festival)
- Splendour In The Grass (Byron Bay, Australia)
- V Festival
[edit] Asia
- BlackBird Rock Festival (Calcutta, India)
- Concert on the Rock (Kyūshū, Japan)
- ETPFEST (Seoul, South Korea)
- Fuji Rock Festival (Naeba, Japan)
- Hard Electric Tour (India)
- Hohaiyan Rock Festival (Gongliao, Taiwan)
- Java Rockin'land (Jakarta, Indonesia)
- Jisan Valley Rock Festival (Icheon, South Korea)
- Kaguluhan Music Festival (Cavite City, Philippines)
- Pentaport Rock Festival (Incheon, South Korea)
- Pulp Summer Slam (Quezon City, Philippines)
- Rock In India (Bangalore, India)
- Rock Ethos (Bangalore, India)
- Summer Sonic Festival (Chiba and Osaka, Japan)
- Templeton Rock Festival(Imphal,India]
[edit] Middle East
[edit] Africa
[edit] No fixed location
- Terrastock (historically North America or Britain)
[edit] Most famous and biggest festivals
North America:
- Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Indio, California)
- Lollapalooza (Chicago, Illinois)
- Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival (Manchester, Tennessee)
South and Central America:
United Kingdom:
- Glastonbury Festival (Pilton, Somerset, England)
- Reading and Leeds Festivals (Reading, Berkshire and Leeds, Yorkshire, England)
- V Festival (Chelmsford and Staffordshire, England)
Europe:
- Nashestvie (Moscow Region, Russia)
- Oxegen (Punchestown, Ireland)
- Paléo Festival (Nyon, Switzerland))
- Rock Werchter (Werchter, Belgium)
- Roskilde Festival (Roskilde, Denmark)
- Sziget (Budapest, Hungary)
- Wacken Open Air (Wacken, Germany)
- Pinkpop (Landgraaf, The Netherlands)
Australia:
- Big Day Out (Australia and New Zealand)
Asia:
- Summer Sonic Festival (Chiba and Osaka, Japan)
