Rock festival
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A rock festival, or a rock fest, is a large-scale outdoor rock music concert, featuring multiple acts, often spread out over several days. The first rock festivals were put on in the late 1960s and were important socio-cultural milestones. In the 1980s a minor resurgence of festivals occurred with charity as the goal.
Today, many rock festivals are annual events sponsored by major corporations. 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). The size of these events mean that large temporary infrastructures are installed, by companies such as Hunts Water, who supply temporary chlorinated water supplies to all the major festivals.
See also music festivals.
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[edit] Historic festivals
The following is a sample of one-time rock festivals of historical significance.
- Monterey Pop Festival (1967)
- Miami Pop Festival (1968)
- Woodstock festival (1969), Woodstock 1994, and Woodstock 1999
- Summer Camp Music Festival
- Denver Pop Festival (1969)
- Atlanta Pop Festival (1969) and (1970)
- Altamont Free Concert (1969)
- Bath Festival (1970)
- Goose Lake International Music Festival (1970)
- Isle of Wight Festival (1970)
- Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival (1972)
- Summer Jam at Watkins Glen (1973)
- California Jam (1974)
- Ozark Music Festival 1974
- Nambassa festival series New Zealand 1976-1981
- Heatwave festival 1980
- US Festival (1983 & 1984)
- Live Aid (1985)
- Moscow Music Peace Festival (1989)
- Tripod Rock Festival, Incheon, Korea, (1999)
- Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto (2003)
- Live 8 (2005)
[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
- Curiosa
- Family Values Tour
- Fiend Fest
- Gigantour
- Lilith Fair
- Lollapalooza
- Ozzfest
- Rock Never Stops Tour
- Sounds Of The Underground
- Summer Sanitarium
- Warped Tour
[edit] Current festivals
The following is a list of some (not necessarily the most important) rock festivals that 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.
North America
- All Tomorrow's Parties (California)
- Austin City Limits (Austin, Texas)
- Bonnaroo Music Festival (Manchester, Tennessee)
- Summer Camp Music Festival
- Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Indio, California)
- Cornerstone Festival Bushnell Illinois
- Diversafest LLC DFEST (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
- Edgefest (Canada)
- Endless Festival (International/Online)
- Rockin the Fields of Minnedosa (Minnedosa, Manitoba,Canada)
- HFStival (Washington D.C.)
- Houston Metal Fest (Houston, Texas)
- Farm Aid (USA)
- Lollapalooza
- Moondance Jam (Walker, MN)
- Sasquatch (George, WA)
- Summerfest (Milwaukee, WI)
- South by Southwest (Austin, Texas)
- V Festival (North America) (Canada, USA)
- Volunteer Jam (Tennessee)
- VooDoo Music Experience (New Orleans, LA)
- Dog Jam (Beaumont, Texas)
- Hippie Hill Hoodang (Bean Blossom, Indiana)
- Comstock Music Festivals Rock, Windmill, Godstock (Comstock, Nebraska)
South America
- Bue Festival (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Cosquin Rock (Cordoba, Argentina)
- 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)
- Personal en Vivo (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Quilmes Rock (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Southfest (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- South American Music Conference (SAMC) (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Rock in Rio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Rock al Parque (Bogotá, Colombia)
- Rosario Musica Fest (Rosario, Argentina)
United Kingdom
- All Tomorrow's Parties (Camber Sands, East Sussex, England)
- Glastonbury Festival (Pilton, Somerset, England)
- Download Festival (England)
- Endless Festival (International/Online)
- Isle of Wight Festival (Isle of Wight, England)
- Reading and Leeds Festivals (Reading, Berkshire and Leeds, Yorkshire, England)
- T in the Park (Kinross Scotland)
- V Festival (Chelmsford and Staffordshire, England)
- Greenbelt Festival (England)
- BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend
Europe
- Aerodrome (Wiener Neustadt, Austria)
- Electric Picnic (County Laois, Ireland)
- Endless Festival (International/Online)
- Eurockéennes (Belfort, France)
- Exit (Novi Sad, Serbia)
- Festival Internacional de Benicàssim (Spain)
- FM4 Frequency Festival (Salzburg, Austria)
- Green Christmas (Rakvere, Estonia)
- Hultsfred Festival (Hultsfred, Sweden)
- Hurricane Festival (Scheeßel, Germany)
- Independent Days Festival (Bologna, Italy)
- Iceland Airwaves (Reykjavík), Iceland
- Lowlands (Biddinghuizen, Netherlands)
- Montreux Jazz Festival (Montreux, Switzerland)
- Nova Rock (Nickelsdorf, Austria)
- Nashestvie (Moscow Region, Russia)
- Oxegen (Punchestown, Ireland)
- Paredes de Coura Festival (Paredes de Coura, Portugal)
- Paléo Festival (Nyon, Switzerland)
- Pinkpop Festival (Landgraaf, Netherlands)
- Quart Festival (Kristiansand, Norway)
- Rock 4 People (Ceský Brod, Czech Republic)
- Rock am Ring (Nürburgring, Germany)
- Rock Otocec (Novo mesto, Slovenia)
- Rock Werchter (Werchter, Belgium)
- Roskilde Festival (Roskilde, Denmark)
- Rock'n Coke, (Istanbul, Turkey)
- RockIstanbul, (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Sudoeste Festival (Zambujeira do Mar, Portugal)
- Slane Concert (Slane, Ireland)
- Sweden Rock Festival (Sölvesborg, Sweden)
- Sziget (Budapest, Hungary)
- Tuska Open Air (Helsinki, Finland)
- Vilar de Mouros Festival (Vilar de Mouros, Portugal)
- Wacken Open Air (Wacken, Germany)
Australasia
- Big Day Out (Australia and New Zealand)
- Edgefest (New Zealand)
- Homebake (Sydney, Australia)
- Splendour In The Grass (Byron Bay, Australia)
- Pyramid Rock Festival, (Phillip Island, Australia)
Asia
- Fuji Rock Festival (Naeba, Japan)
- Concert on the Rock (Kyūshū, Japan)
- Pentaport Rock Festival (Incheon, Korea)
- Summer Sonic Festival (Chiba and Osaka, Japan)
Middle East
No fixed location
- Terrastock (historically North America or Britain)
- Endless Festival (International/Online)
