Rising Sun Rock Festival
Main stage, 2016
GenreRock, 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
WebsiteOfficial 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]

Festival summary by year

No. Year Dates Headliners Attendance note
1st 1999 August 21 26,500[1]
2nd 2000 August 19 13,000[1]
3rd 2001 August 17–18 24,000[1]
4th 2002 August 16–17 69,000[1]
5th 2003 August 15–16 65,000[1]
6th 2004 August 13–14 62,000[1]
7th 2005 August 19–20 60,000[1]
8th 2006 August 18–19 62,000[1]
9th 2007 August 17–18 70,000[1]
10th 2008 August 15–16 80,000[1]
11th 2009 August 14–15 65,000[1]
12th 2010 August 13–14 61,000[1]
13th 2011 August 12–13 47,000[1]
14th 2012 August 10–11 58,550[1]
15th 2013 August 16–17 57,255[1]
16th 2014 August 15–16 60,000[1]
17th 2015 August 14–15 65,000[1]
18th 2016 August 12–13 67,000[1]
19th 2017 August 11–12 72,000[1]
20th 2018 August 10–11 74,000[1]
21st 2019 August 16–17 37,000[1] Day 1 was cancelled due to a typhoon
22nd 2020 August 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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "ヒストリー". RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2020 in EZO (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  2. ↑ "RSRとは？". RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2020 in EZO (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  3. ↑ "RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 1999 in EZO". rsr-arch.wess.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
  4. ↑ "RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2000 in EZO". rsr-arch.wess.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
  5. ↑ "ARTISTS". rsr-arch.wess.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
  6. ↑ "RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2002 in EZO". rsr-arch.wess.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  7. ↑ "RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2003 in EZO". rsr-arch.wess.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  8. ↑ "RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2004 in EZO". rsr-arch.wess.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  9. ↑ "RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2005 in EZO". rsr-arch.wess.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  10. ↑ "RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2006 in EZO". rsr-arch.wess.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  11. ↑ "RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2007 in EZO". rsr-arch.wess.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  12. ↑ "RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2008 in EZO". rsr-arch.wess.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  13. ↑ "General Info｜RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2009 in EZO". rsr-arch.wess.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  14. ↑ "General Info｜RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2010 in EZO". rsr-arch.wess.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  15. ↑ "RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2011 in EZO". rsr-arch.wess.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  16. ↑ "RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2012 in EZO". rsr-arch.wess.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  17. ↑ "RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2013 in EZO". rsr-arch.wess.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  18. ↑ "RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2014 in EZO". rsr-arch.wess.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  19. ↑ "RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2015 in EZO". RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2015 in EZO (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  20. ↑ "RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2016 in EZO". RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2016 in EZO (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  21. ↑ "開催概要". RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2017 in EZO (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  22. ↑ "開催概要". RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2018 in EZO (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  23. ↑ "開催概要". RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2019 in EZO (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-04-11.
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