Jisan Valley Rock Festival

Jisan Valley Rock Festival
Location(s) Icheon, South Korea
Years active 2009~present
Date(s) last weekend of July(3 days)
Genre Rock
Website www.valleyrockfestival.com

Jisan Valley Rock Festival (also known as JVRF) is an annual 3 day music festival that is held at Jisan Valley Ski Resort, in Icheon, South Korea on the last weekend of July. It is organized by Yellow9 Entertainment in close coordination with Fuji Rock Festival, sharing many artists. In 2009 on the festival's maiden year, there were some controversies regarding the festival's split from neighboring Pentaport Rock Festival.[1] However JVRF has been successful and has grown into one of South Korea's biggest music festivals .

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History

2009

July 24 TA Copy, Pia, Apollo 18, Crash, Jimmy Eat World, Fall Out Boy, Crying Nut, Weezer, Starsailor

July 25 The Airborne Toxic Event, Lee Han Choul and RunRunRunAways, The Human Instinct, Deli Spice, The Kim Chang Whan Band, Basement Jaxx, Mate

July 26 Dr. Core 911, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Jet, Oasis, Priscilla Ahn, Patti Smith[2]

2010

July 30 Seoul Electric Band, Lee Seung Yeol, Guckkasten, Diane Birch, Martina Topley-Bird, Vampire Weekend, Belle & Sebastian, Massive Attack

July 31 Sister's Barbershop, Friction, Jang Gi Ha and Faces, Crash, Apollo 18, Mutemath, Pet Shop Boys

Aug 1 Galaxy Express, Achime, Corrine Bailey Rae, Toe, Third Eye Blind, The Hiatus, Kula Shaker, Muse, Park Myeong-su[3]

2011

July 29 The Chemical Brothers, DJ Doc, The Music, Quruli, 9mm Parabellum Bullet, Moonshynus, Atari Teenage Riot, Crash, Apollo 18, Envy, Telepathy with Sonyeon, Cho!ong+Sera K, Angree Yung Robotz

July 30 Arctic Monkeys, Jaurim, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Feeder, One Ok Rock, Priscilla Ahn, Taz, the Koxx, Thieves Like Us, Bigmama, Yellow Monsterz

July 31 Suede, Incubus, Jang Gi Ha and Faces, Jimmy Eat World, Guckkasten, Deli Spice, CSS, 10 cm, Amadou & Mariam, Ogre You Asshole, Schedule 1, Jung Jin Woon, Kim Wan-Sun, SKULL[4]

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=200905111756375&code=960401
  2. ^ Korea Times Pentaport, Jisan Valley Rock Festivals in July 19 May 2009. retrieved 2011-10-15
  3. ^ Korea Herald Rival rock festivals begin today 30 March 2010. Retrieved 2011-10-15
  4. ^ The Hankyoreh Jisan Valley Rock Festival delivers with spirited performances 3 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-15