Rock of Ages (Festival)
The Rock of Ages is an open-air festival that has been held annually since 2006 in Seebronn near Rottenburg am Neckar . The musical focus is on melodic rock music . The festival was brought into being by the organizer of the metal festival Bang Your Head in order to establish its own festival in the rock sector.
Dates and bands
July 28 and 29, 2006
- Bands: Saga , Twisted Sister , Uriah Heep , Gotthard , Glenn Hughes , UFO , Wishbone Ash , Fish , The Sweet , House of Lords , Vixen , Evidence One, Soul Doctor, No Creeps
- Attendance: approx. 6,000
July 27 and 28, 2007
- Bands: BAP , The Machine, Manfred Mann's Earth Band , Barclay James Harvest feat. Les Holroyd , Pink Cream 69 , Magnum , The Sweet , Krokus , Bonfire , Mad Max , Human Zoo, Nightwing, Southern Spirit
- Attendance: approx. 4,000
July 25th and 26th, 2008
- Bands: Uriah Heep , In Extremo , MSG , The Hooters , Uli Jon Roth , The Orchestra , Shakra , Ten Years After , Jane , Kissin 'Dynamite , MayQueen, Châlice, True Calling
- Attendance: approx. 6,000
July 31 and August 1, 2009
- Bands: Status Quo , Gary Moore , Doro , Axel Rudi Pell , Thunder , 10cc , Roger Chapman , Mother's Finest , Birth Control , Vengeance , Epitaph , Dark Sky, Blac Head Lion (at that time "Chucks"), The Pinstripes
- Attendance: approx. 12,000
July 30th and 31st, 2010
- Bands: Foreigner , Gotthard , Suzi Quatro , Russ Ballard , Golden Earring , Axxis , DAD , Jane , Nektar , Guru Guru , Hole Full of Love, Pump , Trancemission
- Audience: around 10,000
July 29th and 30th, 2011
- Bands: The BossHoss , Jethro Tull , Slade , Thin Lizzy , Eric Burdon and the Animals , Molly Hatchet , Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash , Girlschool , The Poodles , Circle II Circle , Alex Beyrodt's Voodoo Circle , China , Treat
- Attendance: approx. 9,000
July 27 and 28, 2012
- Bands: Alice Cooper , Europe , Bob Geldof , Axel Rudi Pell , Fish , Fischer-Z , Y&T , The Tubes , Jeff Scott Soto , Praying Mantis , Maxxwell, Reggatta de Blanc, Rebellious Spirit, The Sailer Bros. Band
- Attendance: approx. 12,000
July 26th and 27th, 2013
- Bands: The Alan Parsons Project , Avantasia , Doro , Subway to Sally , Mother's Finest , Krokus , Cactus , Leningrad Cowboys , Pink Cream 69 , Victory , Subsignal , Tri State Corner, Razzmattazz
- Attendance: approx. 9,000
July 25th and 26th, 2014
- Bands: Dr. Feelgood , Lingua Mortis Orchestra, Rage , Saxon , Tokyo, Wishbone Ash , Crown of Glory, Houston, Kansas , Lordi , Nazareth , Red's Cool, TNT, Tribe of Gypsies , Vandenberg MoonKings
- Attendance: approx. 7,500
July 31 to August 2, 2015
- Bands: Beyond the Black , DAD , Dee Snider , Joe Lynn Turner , Leningrad Cowboys , Michael Kiske , The Tubes , Tyketto , Axxis , Fish , Jane, Michael Schenker , Mike Tramp , Nazareth , Suzi Quatro , Tri State Corner, Manfred Mann's Earth Band , The Hooters , The Orchestra , The Sweet , Uriah Heep
- Audience: around 10,000
July 29 to July 31, 2016
- Bands: Axel Rudi Pell , Graham Bonnet , In Extremo , Saga , UFO , Avantasia , Blackslash, Blue Öyster Cult , Chris Thompson , Cucumber, Ken Hensley , Lucifer's Friend , Magnum , Treat, Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd, Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung , Fargo, Slade
- Attendance: approx. 9,000
July 28th to July 30th 2017
- Bands: Albert Hammond , Dee Snider , Eden's Curse, Hello , Subway to Sally , Blues Pills , Dare , Fair Warning , Hardline , Hartmann , Marillion , Pretty Maids , Saga , Gotthart , Killcode, Kim Wilde , Spider Murphy Gang , Thunder
- Attendance: approx. 12,000
July 27 to July 29, 2018
- Bands: Black Star Riders , Echoes, Nazareth , The Sweet , Dirkschneider , Fish , Fozzy , Lazuli , Operation: Mindcrime , Shakra , The New Roses , The Quireboys , Crystal Ball, Midge Ure , Mr. Big , The Hooters
July 26th to July 28th, 2019
- Bands: Axxis , Chris Norman , Crazy Lixx , Crekko, Extrabreit , FM, Heavysaurus , Inglorious , Jean Beauvoir, Killcode, King Zebra, Metal Up Your Brass, BAP , Queensrÿche , Rose Tattoo , Saxon , Vanish
Web links
- Official website of the Rock of Ages
- Report of the SWR Landesschau about the ROCK OF AGES Festival (2016)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Great atmosphere at the 9th Rock of Ages Festival in Seebronn . In: Schwäbisches Tagblatt online . ( tagblatt.de [accessed on July 28, 2018]).
- ↑ Holger Ruof: Rock Of Ages Festival - Rottenburg Seebronn, July 31. - 08/02/2015. Retrieved July 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Rock of Ages Festival 2015 Setlists. Retrieved July 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Schwarzwälder Bote, Oberndorf, Germany: Rottenburg: Primeval rocks inspire at the Rock of Ages - Rottenburg - Schwarzwälder Bote. Retrieved July 28, 2018 .
- ↑ 11th Rock of Ages Festival in Seebronn shone with famous (alt) stars . In: Schwäbisches Tagblatt online . ( tagblatt.de [accessed on July 28, 2018]).
- ↑ Rock of Ages 2017: Summer, Sun and Rock n 'Roll . In: Schwäbisches Tagblatt online . ( tagblatt.de [accessed on July 28, 2018]).
- ↑ Black Forest Bote, Oberndorf, Germany: Rottenburg: Rock of Ages: Gotthard and Kim Wilde at the end - Rottenburg - Black Forest Bote. Retrieved July 28, 2018 .