Rock-It

Rock-It

March 2005 poster
Location(s) Joondalup, Western Australia
Years active 1999 - 2009
Date(s) March & October
Genre Rock music & Alternative rock
Website Official website

Rock-It is an Australian music festival held at the Arena Joondalup in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. The festival was first held in 1999, and mainly features modern rock music. Along with the nationally-touring Big Day Out, Rock-It is one the major rock concerts held regularly in Perth.

At the March 2009 event Western Australian Police trialled the use of drug amnesty bins for the first time at a rock concert.[1] The police restrictions resulted in long queues on entry and due to their public visibility little use by concert goers.[2][3]

Artist lineups by year (incomplete)

5 December 1999

Silverchair, Powderfinger, Beaverloop, John Butler Trio, Killing Heidi, Jebediah, Test Eagles, Auto Pilot, DJ Kingsize, Kenny Bartley, DJ Betamax, DJ Dr Love, Fourstroke

22 October 2000

Green Day, Powderfinger, Grinspoon, 28 Days, Shihad, John Butler Trio, Weta

13 October 2002

Grinspoon, John Butler Trio, Shihad (as Pacifier), Machine Gun Fellatio, Motorace, Bodyjar, Superheist, The Fergusons, Spencer Tracy

23 November 2003

Jack Johnson, Powderfinger, The Living End, John Butler Trio, Magic Dirt, Gyroscope, Downsyde

14 March 2004

Grinspoon, Shihad (as Pacifier), Resin Dogs, Bodyjar, The Butterfly Effect, Brand New, After the Fall, The Flairz

Blink-182 was scheduled, but cancelled due to drummer Travis Barker breaking an ankle.

24 October 2004

This festival, featuring an all-Australian line up, was the first Rock-It to sell out. The Living End, Jet, Spiderbait, Hilltop Hoods, Jebediah, 28 Days, Rocket Science, The Casanovas, Dallas Crane, Cooker and Love, Ground Components

13 March 2005

Green Day, Grinspoon, Simple Plan, Shihad, Frenzal Rhomb, End of Fashion, Little Birdy, Scribe, The Spazzys, The Flairz, Faker, Day of the Dead, Mr Sandman, The Fuzz

5 December 2005

Foo Fighters, Oasis, Spiderbait, Wolfmother, Kaiser Chiefs, Gyroscope, Karnivool, The Pictures[4]

19 March 2006[4][5]

Silverchair, Grinspoon, Shihad, Cog, Butterfingers, Faker, After the Fall, The Hot Lies, Snowman, Katalyst, Koolism, Fdel, Ru.C.L., Nathan J

5 April 2007

Arena Joondalup, was unable to host the April 2007 event, so the festival was held at the Claremont Showgrounds. The event was renamed Blackjack 2007 and featured The Pixies, The Living End, Eskimo Joe, Gnarls Barkley, The Vines, Birds of Tokyo and Children Collide.[6]

8 March 2009

Kings of Leon, The Fratellis, The Music, Birds of Tokyo, Faker, The Stills, Sparkadia, Sugar Army[7][8], Bob Log III, The Devil and Abbe May

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