RockNess 2009 was the fourth RockNess Festival to take place. It took place on the 12th, 13th and 14 June 2009 with for the first time acts playing on the Friday. The headlining acts were The Flaming Lips, The Prodigy, Biffy Clyro, Basement Jaxx, Dizzee Rascal, Orbital and Placebo.

RockNess 2009
Keser performing at RockNess 2009 Festival
GenreFestival
Date(s)12–14 June
Location(s)Clunes Farm, Dores, Scotland, United Kingdom
CountryScotland
Previous eventRockNess 2008
Next eventRockNess 2010
Attendance~35,000

The RockNess organisers held a DJ competition throughout Scotland to find new DJ talent. Heats were held across the country with final being held in Glasgow. The winner was 19-year-old Fuad from Aberdeen played just before Pete Tong on the 13th. There were also 2 runners up.[1]

The line-up was as follows.[2]

Mainstage
Friday Saturday Sunday
Clash presents Wonderland / Clash Arena
Saturday Sunday
Fat Sams / Rob Da Bank present Sunday Best
Saturday Sunday
Soco Social
Friday Saturday Sunday
Rizla Arena
Friday Saturday Sunday
Bollywood Skinny presents Soma Records / Ed Banger Records / Sub Club Party
Friday Saturday Sunday
Wrongness
Friday

RockNess Ceilidh Allstars

The following acts also played across the weekend on the ‘goNORTH’ stage: Alex Cornish, Barn Owel, Bronto Skylift, Call To Mind, Casiokids, Cast of the Capital, Colour-Coded, Come On Bang!, Daily Bread, Dotjr, The French Wives, Hey Enemy, Jack Butler, Keser, Mitchell Museum, Nacional, Our Lunar Activities, Pooch, Strawhouses, Spyamp, St Deluxe, Team William, Theatre Fall, The Naked Strangers, The Ray Summers, Tone, Trapped in Kansas, Vcheka, We See Lights and Yaweh.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "RockNess — ROCKNESS 2009 DJ COMPETITION - THE RESULT!". Archived from the original on 15 May 2009.
  2. ^ "RockNess — Confirmed Headline Acts". Archived from the original on 3 December 2008.
  3. ^ "GoNORTH Stage line-up revealed for Rock Ness - eFestivals.co.uk".