Rising Sun Rock Festival

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Rising Sun Rock Festival
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Main stage, 2016
Genre Rock, indie, pop, electronic dance music, hip hop
DatesAugust (2 days + All night)
Location(s) Ishikari and Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
Years active1999 - present
Attendance74,000 (2018, two days total) [1]
Organized byWESS
Website Official site

Rising Sun Rock Festival is an annual rock festival held in Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan. The two-day event is organized by WESS. It chiefly features Japanese rock and indie performers. [2]

Contents

Festival summary by year

No.YearDatesHeadlinersAttendancenote
1st1999August 2126,500 [1]
2nd2000August 1913,000 [1]
3rd2001August 17–1824,000 [1]
4th2002August 16–1769,000 [1]
5th2003August 15–1665,000 [1]
6th2004August 13–1462,000 [1]
7th2005August 19–2060,000 [1]
8th2006August 18–1962,000 [1]
9th2007August 17–1870,000 [1]
10th2008August 15–1680,000 [1]
11th2009August 14–1565,000 [1]
12th2010August 13–1461,000 [1]
13th2011August 12–1347,000 [1]
14th2012August 10–1158,550 [1]
15th2013August 16–1757,255 [1]
16th2014August 15–1660,000 [1]
17th2015August 14–1565,000 [1]
18th2016August 12–1367,000 [1]
19th2017August 11–1272,000 [1]
20th2018August 10–1174,000 [1]
21st2019August 16–1737,000 [1] Day 1 was cancelled due to a typhoon
22nd2020August 14–15

Performances

1999

The 1999 festival took place on 21 August 1999. [3]

2000

The 2000 festival took place on 19 August 2000. [4]

2001

The 2001 festival took place from 17 to 18 August 2001. [5]

2002

The 2002 festival took place from 16 to 17 August 2002. [6]

2003

The 2003 festival took place from 15 to 16 August 2003. [7]

2004

The 2004 festival took place from 13 to 14 August 2004. [8]

2005

The 2005 festival took place from 19 to 20 August 2005. [9]

2006

The 2006 festival took place from 18 to 19 August 2006. [10]

2007

The 2007 festival took place from 17 to 18 August 2007. [11]

2008

The 2008 festival took place from 15 to 16 August 2008. [12]

2009

Rising Sun Rock Festival in EZO 2009 Started on August 14 at 15:00 JST (UTC +9), and Ended on August 16 05:40 JST (UTC +9). [13]

2010

Rising Sun Rock Festival 2010 in EZO's website was launched on January 6, 2010, the top three acts from the RISING STAR section of the festival from 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 will all take place in a voting contest between March 15 and May 7, with the results to be in by mid-June. The winner will perform on the Green Oasis stage. Requests for bands are currently open, and the English mirror site will be launched on March 1, 2010. A Twitter page has been launched for the event as well. [14]

2011

The 2011 festival took place from 12 to 13 August 2011. [15]

2012

The 2012 festival took place from 10 to 11 August 2012. [16]

2013

The 2013 festival took place from 16 to 17 August 2013. [17]

2014

The 2014 festival took place from 15 to 16 August 2014. [18]

2015

The 2015 festival took place from 14 to 15 August 2015. [19]

2016

The 2016 festival took place from 12 to 13 August 2016. [20]

2017

The 2017 festival took place from 11 to 12 August 2017. [21]

2018

The 2018 festival took place from 10 to 11 August 2018. [22]

2019

The festival took place from the 16 to 17 August 2019. Because of Typhoon Krosa, day 1 had to be cancelled. [23]

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