Rock Without Limits
Rock Without Limits is a music festival that focuses on Christian metal and rock . It took place from 2003 to 2012 at different locations in the Neckar-Alb region. In 2013 the festival took place under the name Music Without Limits in the Carl Benz Arena in Stuttgart . After a break of several years, the organizer announced that the festival would be held again in 2018 on a smaller scale for the first time since 2013.
history
Rock Without Limits was founded in 2003 shortly after the association Music Without Limits e. V. In the first year around 450 visitors visited the festival, in 2010 there were more than 5,000 (3,000 on Friday, 2000 on Saturday). Rock Without Limits is one of the largest festivals of Christian pop and rock music in Germany. The organizers do not serve alcohol.
Originally the festival only had one stage. There have been three stages since 2008. Mainstream rock can mainly be heard on the “Mainstage” stage. Hard rock , hardcore and metal play on the "Alternastage" . Singer / songwriters and quieter bands can mainly be heard on the “unplugged stage”.
After a break between 2014 and 2017, the 2018 festival under the name "Rock without Limits - Back to the Roots" will take place for the first time on a smaller scale with three bands at the location of the first festival in 2003.
List of concerts
| year | place | Bands | Visitors | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Mössingen | Seekersplanet, The Electrics , Stage Two , Stuck in Childhood, Kellerasseln | 450 | |
| 2004 | Bodelshausen | Mammuth, Crushead , Remission, Stuck in Childhood, Line of Vision, Phloxx | 400 | |
| 2005 | Albstadt | Staple , Last Tuesday , Seekersplanet, Capewalk , Make Up Your Mind , Arson, Toelz, Sprinx, D: Projekt , Lightguide, Deepwater, Ambassador | 450 | two days |
| 2006 | Mössingen | Crushead, Make Up Your Mind, Wonderland, Remission, Arson, Issue | 600 | sold out |
| 2007 | Mössingen | Mortification , Crushead, October Light , The Spirit That Guides Us, D: Projekt, Line Of Vision, Antz Of Glory | 700 | sold out |
| 2008 | Gomaringen | Sonicflood , Spoken , Falling Up , Mojo feat. October Light, The Spirit That Guides Us, Sacrety , John Reuben, Claas P. Jambor , Mammuth, Good Weather Forecast , Sarah Brendel, Freequency, Antz of Glory, Ceil, Line Of Vision | 2,000 | |
| 2009 | Gomaringen | Kutless , Pillar , Paul Colman, Becoming the Archetype , Mojo feat. October Light, Theocracy , HB, D: Projekt, Freequency, Sacrety, Under Control, Good Weather Forecast, Claas P. Jambor, Steve Savage, Ceil, Sprinx, A Roses Diary, Lilly Among Thorns | 3,000 | sold out |
| 2010 | Gomaringen | Day 1: Disciple , Demon Hunter , The Insyderz , Spoken, The Letter Black , Good Weather Forecast, Everyday Sunday , Claas P. Jambor, Sacrety, Wake Up, Intohimo, Ceil, About An Author, Tobias Hundt, Daniel Benjamin, Lilly Among Thorns, Stubi Live Band, Lifetape, HOPE
Day 2: Hillsong London, G-Powered |
5,000 | two days, sold out |
| 2011 | Balingen | Pillar, MxPx All Stars, Pigeon John , Seabird, Good Weather Forecast, Blindside , Sea And Air, War Of Ages, Becoming the Archetype, Write this Down, In The Midst Of Lions, Immortal Souls, Woke Up In Hospital, Golden Resurrection, Paul Colman, Steve Savage, Jessa Anderson, Lilly Among Thorns, Emanuel Reiter , September Leaves, Thousand Foot Krutch , Me in Motion, The Letter Black, John Reuben, D: Projekt, Johannes Falk, Everyday Sunday, Project 86 , Theocracy, Showbread , Texas In July, The Spirit That Guides Us, Holding Onto Hope, Sacrety, Arson, St. Zion, Poema, Claas P. Jambor, Florian Ostertag, Fortune Cookie Author, Duo Zwischenentöne, 12 Stones , Stars Go Dim, Cory Lamb | 3,000 | two days |
| 2012 | Balingen | Brian Doerksen , Aaron Gillespie, Gracetown , Case Crayenord, The Almost , Spoken, The Letter Black, Oh, Sleeper, InhaleExhale, Eleventyseven, Nine Lashes , Righteous Vendetta, Cathy Burton, Good Weather Forecast, Sacrety, Matt Baird, Claas P. Jambor , My Glorious, Aliens Ate My Setlist, My Little Rockstar Dream, Ceil, WhyPurple, Social Suicide | 2,500 | |
| 2013 | Stuttgart | The Letter Black, Jeremy Camp , Manafest , Good Weather Forecast, Sacrety, Nine Lashes, Transform DJs, My little Rockstar Dream, Staryend, Piece of Heaven, The Ongoing Concept , Theocracy, Today Forever, Aliens Ate My Setlist, My Endless Wishes, Emily still reminds, Scratched by Thorns, Maskil, For me and my sons, St. Zion, My Glorious, Adam Cappa, Lea & the Brownies, Lifetape | 3,000 | |
| 180 | Mössingen | Spoken, Draw the Parade, light factory |
useful information
- In 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010 the festival was sold out.
- In 2005, 2010 and 2011 the festival was two days, in the remaining years one day.
- Rock Without Limits created a constellation with the signing of the Croatian band October Light together with the singer of the US band The OC Supertones , which subsequently played many concerts under the name Mojo & The Info .
- The festival is organized and carried out on a voluntary basis.
- After the festival took place in Gomaringen from 2008 to 2010, it took place for the first time in 2011 in Balingen on the grounds of the Bang Your Head Festival. There the main stage was housed in the Volksbank fair, the alterna stage in a tent and the unplugged stage in the “Loft” club.
- In 2013, the festival took place once in the Carl Benz Arena in Stuttgart. The fan meeting in the neighboring Mercedes-Benz Arena served as an alternate day