Rockwave Festival

Rockwave Festival is a rock festival that takes place in Malakasa, Greece, near Athens. It is one of the most famous music festivals in Greece. The festival's history begins in 1996, but its popularity has spread since 2004. The festival's location was constantly being changed until 2004, when event park TerraVibe Park, located in Attica, became the permanent venue of the festival.

Rockwave Festival
Terra Stage, Rockwave Festival, 2009
Genre	Alternative rock, rock, metal, pop
Dates	June–July
Location(s)	TerraVibe Park, Malakasa, Greece
Years active	1996–2001, 2004-2018, 2022-
Website	www.rockwavefestival.gr

2023 lineup

Asking Alexandria were to play on the second day but did not perform due to health issues of their drummer.

Terra Stage
Saturday 1 July	Friday 7 July	Saturday 8 July	Sunday 9 July
Robbie Williams James Bay Mika Jonathan Jeremiah Leon of Athens	Deep Purple Saxon As I Lay Dying Bokassa Rock n' Roll Children Lazy Man's Load	The Black Keys Puscifer Ville Valo Kishi Bashi Spektrvm Frenzee	Villagers of Ioannina City 1000mods Mother of Millions Sadhus Project Renegade Soundtruck Ganzi Gun

2022 lineup

Terra Stage
Friday 22 July
Social Distortion Amenra Allochiria Krotalias Half Gramme of Soma

2018 lineup

Terra Stage
Friday 6 July	Thursday 19 July	Friday 20 July
Arctic Monkeys alt-J Miles Kane Get Well Soon Coretheband	Judas Priest Saxon Accept	Iron Maiden Tremonti Monument

Vibe Stage
Friday 6 July	Thursday 19 July	Friday 20 July
	Sabaton Foray Between Ocean Null'O'Zero Jacks Full	Volbeat The Raven Age W.E.B. Rollin' Dice

2017 lineup

Terra Stage
Friday 30 June	Saturday 1 July	Sunday 2 July
Rotting Christ Nightstalker InnerWish	Placebo Sivert Hoyem Fat White Family The Last International Playboys	Evanescence Paradise Lost Anathema Epica

Vibe Stage
Friday 30 June	Saturday 1 July	Sunday 2 July
1000mods Bazooka Godsleep	Cigarettes After Sex Tango with Lions She Tames Chaos Amnesia Pills	Gojira Flogging Molly Poem Tardive Dyskinesia

2016 lineup

Terra Stage
Sunday 5 June	Tuesday 19 July
The Last Shadow Puppets Suede The Subways The Callas Whereswilder	Lana Del Rey Allah-Las Iratus Daphne and the Fuzz The Cave Children

Vibe Stage
Sunday 5 June	Tuesday 19 July
Dropkick Murphys Turbonegro Despite Everything Wish Upon a Star

2015 lineup

Terra Stage
Saturday 30 May	Saturday 20 June	Saturday 4 July	Tuesday 21 July
The Black Keys The Black Angels 1000mods The Big Nose Attack Puta Volcano	Robbie Williams Kovacs Ex-Girlfriend's Perfume Inconsistencies	The Prodigy Black Rebel Motorcycle Club John Garcia Electric Litany	Manu Chao Baildsa Fundracar Les Skartoi DJ Spery

Vibe Stage
Saturday 30 May	Saturday 20 June	Saturday 4 July	Tuesday 21 July
		Judas Priest Rotting Christ Maplerun Exarsis

2014 lineup

Terra Stage
Friday 11 July	Saturday 12 July
Active Member Razastarr Rodney P & DJ Skitz Nikitas Klint & Fleck Vavylona Taf Lathos Noova Groova Ground Zero Stixoplokes Normatraxx Sound System	Giannis Haroulis Natassa Bofiliou Greeklish Babylon Chinese Basement

Vibe Stage
Friday 11 July	Saturday 12 July
Timo Maas Roni Size & Youngman MC Eric Burdon The Godfathers Villagers of Ioannina City Beggars Blues Diary	Booka Shade Woodkid Calexico Little Barrie

2013 lineup

Terra Stage
Saturday 6 July	Sunday 7 July	Monday 8 July	Tuesday 9 July
Sokratis Malamas Thanasis Papakonstantinou Leonidas Mpalafas	Ska-P Marky Ramone Alborosie 1000mods	Lana Del Rey Echo & the Bunnymen The Subways Gautier	Dead Can Dance Monophonics Craig Walker Opera Chaotique

Vibe Stage
Saturday 6 July	Sunday 7 July	Monday 8 July	Tuesday 9 July
Giannis Aggelakas Ypogeia Revmata & Thanos Anestopoulos Eirini Skulakaki	Saxon Kreator Carcass Descending Endsight	Iced Earth Suicidal Tendencies At the Gates Psycho Choke Black Hat Bones	Septic Flesh Chaostar Acid Death Tardive Dyskinesia Mahakala

2012 lineup

Saturday 30 June	Sunday 1 July	Monday 2 July
The Locos The Last Drive Nashville Pussy Nightstalker Mamma Kin	Ozzy Osbourne Machine Head Paradise Lost Unisonic Planet of Zeus Lucky Funeral	The Prodigy Iggy and the Stooges Everlast GAD. Monovine

2011 lineup

Terra Stage
Friday 1 July	Saturday 2 July	Sunday 3 July
Editors Cake The Stranglers The Inspector Cluzo	Giannis Aggelakas Psarantonis Lykoi Live Psarogiorgis Ntinos Sadikis Lozios & Anakatosia Lost Bodies Vlastur Polifoniko Schima Dioni	The Prodigy Gogol Bordello Kyuss Lives! Monster Magnet Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg

Vibe Stage
Friday 1 July	Saturday 2 July	Sunday 3 July
Sivert Hoyem Pavlos Pavlidis & B-Movies Vassilikos Stavros Dadoush & Los Tigainos Iosif Vagger dj set Go Over		Flogging Molly Therapy? Viza Dept. 63High

2010 lineup

Terra Stage
Wednesday 7 July	Saturday 10 July	Sunday 11 July
The Black Eyed Peas Faithless Aviv Geffen Konstantinos Vita Transistor	Fatboy Slim The Ting Tings White Lies Melisses	Ska-P Massive Attack Peyoti for President

Vibe Stage
Friday 1 July	Saturday 2 July	Sunday 3 July
	DJ Shadow Garcia plays Kyuss Dear Darkstar	Gogol Bordello Giannis Aggelakas Ska Bangies

2009 lineup

Terra Stage
Saturday 27 June	Tuesday 30 June
Placebo Moby Gogol Bordello Aviv Geffen Cabaret Balcan	Slipknot Mastodon Down Kylesa Torche

Vibe Stage
Saturday 27 June	Tuesday 30 June
Foals Expatriate Sunny Side of the Razor Raintear	Saxon Lita Ford Eden Demise God.Fear.None

2008 lineup

Monday 31 March was the day when Didi Music-Big Star Promotion Ltd (music concert organizer), announced the names of the artists that would perform at Rockwave Festival 2008. Along with the names they introduced the changes in the festival's whole structure. The festival is now divided in two stages, "Terra" stage and "Vibe" stage (that comes by the name of the event park "TerraVibe"). They also abolished the division of the "Terra" concert area into gates PL1 and PL2, lowered the high price of the tickets and retained the special area that is on the side of the field, where there is more comfort, as there are places to sit.

Terra Stage
Tuesday 8 July	Wednesday 9 July	Thursday 10 July
The Offspring Siouxsie Sioux Deus The Gossip Abbie Gale	Judas Priest Within Temptation Cavalera Conspiracy Opeth Morbid Angel	Manu Chao & the Radio Bemba Sound System Patti Smith Locomondo

Vibe Stage
Tuesday 8 July	Wednesday 9 July	Thursday 10 July
Marky Ramone Flogging Molly Personality Crisis Viper Vikings Pshychograndmamas	Carcass Innerwish Insidead Universe217	Los Mujeros Rosebleed No Profile Looming Titties Ska Bangies Sober Musica Ficta

2007 lineup

When the band names were first announced, Stone Sour were included in the third day of the festival. Although the band cancelled a few of their dates in their European tour, My Dying Bride filled up their spot in the third day.

Friday 29 June	Sunday 1 July	Tuesday 3 July
Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation Chris Cornell Europe Redrum	Heaven and Hell Dream Theater Iced Earth Anathema Kinetic	Metallica Mastodon My Dying Bride Dirt Spawn Disease

2006 lineup

W.A.S.P. were to play on the third day but did not perform due to health issues of Blackie Lawless.

Monday 10 July	Tuesday 11 July	Wednesday 12 July
Guns N' Roses Star Star	Franz Ferdinand The Dandy Warhols Editors Green on Red Mecano The Sunday Drivers	Twisted Sister Celtic Frost Crimson Glory Moonspell

2005 lineup

Friday 24 June	Saturday 25 June	Sunday 26 June	Friday 8 July	Saturday 9 July
Marilyn Manson Garbage Matisse	Black Sabbath Velvet Revolver Black Label Society Wastefall	Moby Sonic Youth Secret Machines British Sea Power Sigmatropic	Slayer Accept Candlemass Dismember Order of the Ebon Hand	Twisted Sister Dio Anthrax Katatonia Olethrio Rigma

2004 lineup

Running Wild did not perform and were replaced by Gamma Ray. Muse were also to perform on the fourth day of the festival but cancelled and were replaced by Mogwai.

Friday 18 June	Saturday 19 June	Sunday 20 June	Monday 21 June	Tuesday 22 June
Peter Gabriel Estoudiantina Neas Ionias	W.A.S.P. Gamma Ray Soulfly Dark Tranquility Firewind	Judas Priest Nightwish Queensrÿche Nightfall	Pixies Mogwai Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Ill Niño Raining Pleasure	Placebo HIM Starsailor The Soundtrack of Our Lives Film

2001 lineup

The festival took place in the Athens Olympic Velodrome (Athens Olympic Sports Complex) from 1 to 3 July.
The second day of the festival was cancelled by the Greek authorities, due to reasons of safety.

Sunday 1 July	Tuesday 3 July
Judas Priest Megadeth Cradle of Filth Savatage Rotting Christ Less Than Human	Placebo PJ Harvey Grandaddy JJ72 Ash

2000 lineup

The festival took place in Antonis Tritsis Metropolitan Park in Ilion, Athens.
Iron Maiden cancelled their show at the third day, due to Janick Gers' accident at a previous show.
The Flaming Lips also cancelled their show on the first day.

Wednesday 12 July	Thursday 13 July	Friday 14 July
Oasis Moby Muse Closer	Trypes Supergrass Apollo 440 Gomez Gallon Drunk	Dream Theater In Flames Septic Flesh On Thorns I Lay

1999 lineup

The festival took place in Agios Kosmas, Athens.

Monday 12 July	Tuesday 13 July	Wednesday 14 July	Thursday 15 July
Manowar Mercyful Fate Sodom Immortal Nightfall Exhumation Horrified	Blur Placebo Deus Mercury Rev Purple Overdose Oneiropagida Michalis Delta	Garbage Patti Smith Fun Lovin' Criminals Terrorvision Bokomolech Make Believe Closer	The Prodigy + Terror X Crew The Afghan Whigs Bloodhound Gang Queens of the Stone Age The Earthbound Sigmatropic

1998 lineup

The festival took place in Freattyda, Piraeus.

Monday 13 July	Tuesday 14 July	Wednesday 15 July	Thursday 16 July
Pyx Lax Natacha Atlas Ypogeia Revmata Theodosia Tsatsou George Dimitriadis & Oi Mikroi Iroes Petros Theotokatos Valia Kalda	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Trypes Moby Cornershop Endelechia Ellinistan	Portishead Spiritualized Asian Dub Foundation Konstantinos Vita Active Member Psofioi Korioi	Pulp Sonic Youth Xylina Spathia Puressence Bokomolech Closer

1997 lineup

The festival took place in Rizoupoli Stadium, now called Georgios Kamaras Stadium.

Wednesday 9 July	Thursday 10 July	Friday 11 July
Xaris & Panos Katsimichas Pyx Lax Sotiria Leonardou Ypogeia Revmata Manolis Famelos kai oi Podilates Τsopana Rave	The Sisters of Mercy New Model Army Diafana Krina The Flowers of Romance Love in Sadness	Megadeth Bruce Dickinson feat. Adrian Smith Grip Inc. Rotting Christ Dark Nova

1996 lineup

The first festival was called "Rock of Gods" and took place in the Dock 3 of the Piraeus harbour.
Motörhead was included in the first day of the festival, but cancelled and Saxon filled up their spot. Foo Fighters were to play on the third day of the festival, but Dave Grohl broke his arm at a previous show and Violent Femmes took their place.

Friday 12 July	Saturday 13 July	Sunday 14 July
Slayer Saxon Blind Guardian Rage Nightfall Fatal Morgana	Violent Femmes The Jesus and Mary Chain Bad Religion Paradise Lost Dead Moon Bokomolech	Iggy Pop Violent Femmes Moby Stereo Nova In Trance '95 Oh! My Garden

External links

• Rockwave Festival official Website (in Greek)
• Terra Vibe the festival hosting area
• Didi Music-Big Star Promotion Official Website (in Greek)