Provinssirock
Provinssirock is one of the biggest rock festivals in Finland. It takes place in the city of Seinäjoki in Southern Ostrobothnia, Western Finland. The 3-day (some years only 2 days) festival, which starts the busy Finnish rock festival season, has been held every June since 1979.[1]
The 2007 festival enjoyed a combined three-day total crowd of 55,000. In 2008 Provinssirock was organized on 13-15 June, and was sold out with a combined three-day total of 75,000 attendees watching world-famous bands and rock artists such as Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, Nightwish, The Sounds, Billy Talent and Serj Tankian.[2] Provinssirock was also sold out in 2011, when there were over 84,000 attendees. Headliners were System of a Down, Avenged Sevenfold and Pendulum.
International performers that have previously performed at Provinssirock include:
- Turbonegro
- Alice in Chains
- Within Temptation
- Tori Amos
- As I Lay Dying
- Big Country
- David Bowie
- Chimaira
- The Cult
- The Cure
- The Pogues
- De La Soul
- Dream Theater
- Faithless
- Faith No More
- Garbage
- Hatebreed
- HIM
- Hüsker Dü
- Kent
- Lamb of God
- Limp Bizkit
- Lou Reed
- Manic Street Preachers
- Marilyn Manson
- Massive Attack
- Nine Inch Nails
- Paramore
- Placebo
- Iggy Pop
- The Prodigy
- Rage Against the Machine
- Rammstein
- The Ramones
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- R.E.M.
- Scissor Sisters
- Patti Smith
- The Stone Roses
- Suede
- System of a Down
- Tool
- Weezer
- Brigada S
References
- ↑ Number, Serial (7 May 2008). "Provinssirock". Everything 2. Everything Development Company. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
- ↑ Perttula, Markus. "Provinssirock". Festival Presentations - Finland. Nordic Festivals. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
External links
Media related to Provinssirock at Wikimedia Commons
- Homepage (Finnish)
- List of musicians and bands at Provinssirock (Finnish)
- Provinssirock 2012 on Choose Fest