Rock on the Range
Vorlage:Infobox music festival
Rock on the Range is an annual rock festival featuring some of the most popular bands in hard rock, alternative rock, and metal today, with a classic band usually headlining the show. The festival is held at two venues; Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio and Canad Inns Stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Rock on the Range debuted in Columbus on May 19, 2007 and in Winnipeg on June 27, 2009.
Columbus
The first Rock on the Range was held on May 19, 2007 at Columbus Crew Stadium. The sold-out festival ran all day, beginning around noon and ending after 11:00 PM. Due to such success, Rock on the Range was turned into an annual event by returning to Columbus Crew Stadium in 2008. The second festival was a two-day event held on the weekend of May 17–18, 2008. This show had the very first Stone Temple Pilots performance in 7 years, ending the band's hiatus.[1] The 2009 show was two days as well, on the weekend of May 16–17, 2009. The lineup was announced on Rock on the Range's official website on Friday, February 13, 2009. For the 2010 festival, each stage has its own sponsor. While the Jagermeister Music Stage is still the same, the "second" stage and the main stage (as they have been previously called) are now referred to as the Kicker Stage and the Monster Energy Stage, respectively. Other sponsors host their own events, such as Sony's PlayStation bus that demos new video games. An FYE tent is located near the Kicker Stage where, upon purchase of certain bands' CDs, many meet-and-greets take place.
The festival usually draws around 30,000 fans each day onto the Columbus Crew Stadium grounds. In 2007 and 2008, two stages were set up: The main stage is inside the stadium at one end of the soccer field, and the second stage is in the parking lot just outside the stadium. For the 2009 show, a third stage was added, the Jagermeister Music Stage.[2] It is located outside of the stadium on the opposite side of the second stage. The typical ticket price in the past, and for 2010 as well, is around $50–65 per day, depending on whether attendees choose to have field-access or not. Rock on the Range 2009 was Avenged Sevenfold's last place they played together as a band in the United States before their drummer, Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan died on December 28, 2009. During their performance on May 22nd 2010, the music video for Papa Roach's single Kick in the Teeth was filmed.
Estimated attendance each year
- 2007 - 30,000 (1-day total)
- 2008 - 55,000 (2-day total)
- 2009 - 55,000 (2-day total)
- 2010 - 60,000 (2-day total)
- 2011 - TBD
2007 lineup
(14 bands, all 14 played)
(Saturday, May, 19)
Main Stage:
"Mad Packers" Second Stage:
2008 lineup
(27 bands, 26 played, * # of repeat bands from previous years - 1) Vorlage:Col-begin Vorlage:Col-2 Day 1 (Saturday, May 17)
Main Stage:
The ODPS Stage:
Vorlage:Col-2 Day 2 (Sunday, May 18)
Main Stage:
- Kid Rock
- 3 Doors Down
- Papa Roach*
- Seether
- Flyleaf (Did not play)
- Alter Bridge
- Five Finger Death Punch
The ODPS Stage:
2009 lineup
(38 bands, all 38 played, * # of repeat bands from previous years - 7) Vorlage:Col-begin Vorlage:Col-2 Day 1 (Saturday, May 16)
Main Stage:
Second Stage:
Jagermeister Stage:
Vorlage:Col-2 Day 2 (Sunday, May 17)
Main Stage:
Second Stage:
Jagermeister Stage:
2010 lineup
(38 bands, all 38 played, * # of repeat bands from previous years - 11) Vorlage:Col-begin Vorlage:Col-2
Day 1 (Saturday, May 22)
Monster Energy Stage:
- Godsmack
- Three Days Grace*
- Rise Against
- Deftones
- Papa Roach*
- Puddle of Mudd*
- Drowning Pool*
- Sevendust*
Kicker Stage:
Jagermeister Stage:
Vorlage:Col-2 Day 2 (Sunday, May 23)
Monster Energy Stage:
- Limp Bizkit
- Rob Zombie
- Seether*
- Slash
- Theory Of A Deadman*
- Bullet For My Valentine
- Five Finger Death Punch*
- Apocalyptica
Kicker Stage:
Jagermeister Stage:
2011 lineup
May 20th (Friday Night)
The pre-party tickets are included with a weekend ticket purchase. According to 99.7 The Blitz, doors open at 6:00 pm and "there's cotton candy, guys on stilts, and the beer will be flowin."
Pre-Party: (2 bands)
May 21st & 22nd (Saturday & Sunday)
Festival:(38 bands, * # of repeat bands from previous years - 16)
- A Perfect Circle
- Avenged Sevenfold*
- Disturbed*
- Korn*
- Stone Sour
- Staind*
- Alter Bridge*
- Hollywood Undead
- Bullet for My Valentine*
- Black Label Society
- Hinder*
- A Day To Remember
- Danzig
- Escape the Fate
- Sick Puppies*
- All That Remains *
- Saving Abel*
- Finger 11*
- My Darkest Days
- 10 Years*
- P.O.D.
- Damned Things
- Rev Theory*
- Black Veil Brides
- Trapt
- Crossfade
- Cavo*
- Pop Evil*
- Fu Manchu
- 2Cents*
- Evans Blue
- Egypt Central
- Art of Dying
- Hail the Villain
- Trust Company
- Downplay
- Red Fang
- Bad City
Winnipeg
On February 13, 2009, Rock on the Range announced that the festival would travel to Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada to play at Canad Inns Stadium. The show was on Saturday, June 27, 2009. The weather throughout the day was rain and clouds, earning this year's festival the nickname "Rock in the Rain".
After the set by Rise Against, it was announced that Rock on the Range would be returning to Winnipeg in 2010.
Rock On The Range Canada 2010 took place on August 7th 2010 with sunny skies and over 15000 fans. On March 19. 2010 it was announced Rock On The Range Canada has signed a new multi-year agreement with Manitoba Telecom Services to become the new title sponsor til 2012. The new name under the agreement is "MTS Rock On The Range Canada"
Estimated attendance each year
- 2009 - 14,000
- 2010 - 15,000
- 2011 - TBD
2009 lineup
(15 bands, all 15 played)
(Saturday, June 27)
Main Stage:
Second Stage:
2010 lineup
(13 bands, all 13 played, * # of repeat bands from previous years - 0)
(Saturday, August 7)
Monster Energy Stage:
Jagermeister Stage:
2011 lineup
Bands TBA late Feb/Early March 2011