| Location | Cadott, Wisconsin |
|---|---|
| Years active | 1994–2019, 2021–Present |
| Dates | Mid-July |
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal[1] |
| Website | rock-fest.com |
Rock Fest is a permanent music festival held annually in July on the Chippewa Valley Music Festival grounds in Cadott, WI.
The venue includes more than 7,500 campsites for campers. The amphitheater concert grounds host four days of rock concerts by national music acts each year. On site there are convenience stores, merch stores, concessions, and side stages that feature regional acts between main stage performances.
Attendance
The annual attendance of Rock Fest is between 28,000 and 40,000 people daily,[2] although crowds can reach numbers as high as 80,000 people.
Lineups
2025
Wednesday, July 16
- Eve 6
- Drowning Pool
- Born of Osiris
- A Killer's Confession
- Convictions
- Left On Red
- The Convalescence
- Hearts and Hand Grenades
Thursday, July 17
- Rob Zombie
- Knocked Loose
- Slaughter to Prevail
- Architects
- Crossfade
- Kublai Khan TX
- The Plot in You
- Taproot
- Attila
- Dry Kill Logic
- Elijah
- Nuisance
- Fortunate Losers
- Lydia Can't Breathe
- Divide the Fall
- Gravel
- Crashing Wayward
- Crossbreed
- Dreams Aside
- Ignescent
- Dreamstereo
- Make Me Sick
- Valleykil
- Austin Marie
Friday, July 18
- Five Finger Death Punch
- Marilyn Manson
- In This Moment
- Nothing More
- Yelawolf
- August Burns Red
- Dead Poet Society
- Vended
- Mushroomhead
- Royale Lynn
- Cane Hill
- Nevertel
- Dead Superstar
- Clozure
- Emperors and Angels
- White Crosses
- 21 to Burn
- Harsh Reality
- Entundra
- Soulcage
- The Failsafe
- Anfang
- Morningstar
- Ember
Saturday, July 19
- Bad Omens
- Three Days Grace
- Ja Rule
- Poppy
- We Came as Romans
- Escape the Fate
- Scene Queen
- The Funeral Portrait
- Tim Montana
- Archers
- Return to Dust
- Throw the Fight
- Kings County
- Sinshrift
- Rebels Opera
- Dead Things
- Dellacoma
- 32 Headshots
- Normundy
- Shores of Acheron
- Small Town Sindrome
- Strange Days
- Un-Broken
- Seilies
2024
Wednesday, July 17
- Vince Neil (headliner)
- Quiet Riot
- Burning Witches
- Psychostick
- Shallow Side
- Feel
- Killakoi
- Evernoir
Thursday, July 18
- Thirty Seconds to Mars (headliner)
- 311
- Killswitch Engage
- Sevendust
- Dirty Honey
- Ayron Jones
- Upon a Burning Body
- Sleep Theory
- Citizen Soldier
- True Villains
- Crossbreed
- Until I Wake
- Cultus Black
- Softspoken
Friday, July 19
- Shinedown (headliner)
- Parkway Drive
- Beartooth
- Atreyu
- From Ashes to New
- Stabbing Westward
- Cold
- I See Stars
- Saul
- Silent Theory
- Uncured
- City of the Weak
- Living Dead Girl
- Kazha
Saturday, July 20
- Jelly Roll (headliner)
- Chevelle
- Of Mice & Men
- Fever 333
- The 2 Live Crew
- Struggle Jennings
- Austin Meade
- Liliac
- Holy Wars
- Another Day Dawns
- Blue Felix
- Kingdom Collapse
- Ignescent
- Sepsiss
2023
Wednesday, July 12
- Soul Asylum
- Alien Ant Farm
- Gemini Syndrome
- Tallah
- The Lonely Ones
- No Resolve
- Moon Fever
- Widow7
Thursday, July 13
- Pantera (headliner)
- Ice Cube
- In This Moment
- The Ghost Inside
- Jinjer
- Orianthi
- Suicide Silence
- Vended
- Fame on Fire
- Eva Under Fire
- Ghosts of the Mississippi
- Sin7
- Scattered Hamlet
- Rebel Queens
- Weekend Picnic
- Mvrrow
- Magg Dylan
- Dark Heavens
- Giznad
- Thrash of the Titans
- Carbellion
- Saint Tragedy
Friday, July 14
- Slipknot (headliner)
- Falling in Reverse
- Ice Nine Kills
- Asking Alexandria
- Wage War
- Mushroomhead
- Cherry Bombs
- Crobot
- Gideon
- Saul
- Emperors & Angels
- Nuisance
- Artifas
- 9th Planet
- Kingdom Collapse
- Versus Me
- Normundy
- The Almas
- Kings County
- Sons of Guns
- Shotgun Superstars
- Contingency
- FM Down
Saturday, July 15
- Godsmack (headliner)
- Papa Roach
- Highly Suspect
- Everclear
- Gwar
- Dorothy
- 10 Years
- New Years Day
- Plush
- Dayseeker
- Silvertung
- Bourbon House
- The SoapGirls
- Ratchet Dolls
- Relent
- Citizen Kane
- Lovely World
- Drift
- Old Voltage
- The Hybrid Theory
- Scarlet
- The Over Unders
2022
Wednesday, July 13
Thursday, July 14
- Disturbed (headliner)
- Lamb of God
- Theory of a Deadman
- Avatar
- Hatebreed
- Ayron Jones
- Spiritbox
- Diamante
- Fire from the Gods
- Ded
- Wildstreet
- Sweet Addiction
- NonGrata
- Half Heard Voices
- Seilies
- Unkle Daddy
- The Midnight Devils
- Peace of Mind
- Rebel Queens
- The Issue
- Via
Friday, July 15
- Evanescence (headliner)
- Halestorm
- The Pretty Reckless
- Nothing More
- Black Veil Brides
- Escape the Fate
- Butcher Babies
- John 5 (replaced Nita Strauss)
- Volumes
- Lilith Czar
- Streetlight Circus
- Plague of Stars
- Lydia Can't Breathe
- Ratchet Dolls
- Once Around
- The Other LA
- Ignescent
- Fingertrick
- Bourbon House
- Fresh Fighters
- Sabbath Unleashed
- Motherwind
Saturday, July 16
- Shinedown (headliner)
- Mudvayne
- Jelly Roll
- Skillet
- Motionless in White
- Starset
- Shaman's Harvest
- From Ashes to New
- All Good Things
- Lacey Sturm
- Divide the Fall
- Eaon
- Dreams Aside
- Velvet Chains
- Crashing Atlas
- Splitdriven
- The Rumours
- Imperial Fall
- 10,000 Days
- Cowboys from Hell
- Lake Effect
2021
Wednesday, July 14
- Queensrÿche
- Slaughter
- Joyous Wolf
- Royal Bliss
- The Black Moods
- Stitched Up Heart
- Modern Mimes
- Unkle Daddy
Thursday, July 15
- Rob Zombie (headliner)
- Staind
- Anthrax
- Steel Panther
- Saint Asonia
- Memphis May Fire
- Fozzy
- Nonpoint
- Fire from the Gods
- Carnifex
- Any Given Sin
- GFM
- Falling Through April
- Scattered Hamlet
- Jett Threatt
- NIVRANA
- Digital Homicide
- Anything But Human
- Drama Queen
- Contingency
- Ignescent
Friday, July 16
- Limp Bizkit (headliner)
- Corey Taylor
- Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals
- Badflower
- Of Mice & Men
- Tommy Vext
- All That Remains
- Bones UK
- Blacktop Mojo
- Crobot
- City of the Weak
- Throw the Fight
- Siin
- Silvertung
- Wildstreet
- Fool Fighters
- Dressed to Kill
- Hammer Down Hard
- Distal Descent
- Strange Daze
- Caster Volor
Saturday, July 17
- Korn (headliner)
- Danzig
- Chevelle
- Body Count
- Pop Evil
- We Came as Romans
- Gemini Syndrome
- Bad Omens
- Hyro the Hero
- Rachel Lorin
- Your Screaming Silence
- Evandale
- Stormbreaker
- Nuisance
- Gypsy Road
- Cowboys from Hell
- Strate Jak It
- Stellar Circuits
- Probable Cause
- FM Down
2020
2020 Rock Fest organizers postponed due to COVID-19. Scheduled for July 16-18.
Rock Fest Organizers said in a statement "In working with local health officials, we were told that having a festival of our size in July is at too high of a risk due to COVID-19. This is an unprecedented situation that we have to take seriously. The health and safety of our fans and rock music community is and always will be our #1 concern!"
Fans were offered refunds or the opportunity to roll their tickets over to the following year.
2019
Wednesday, July 17
Thursday, July 18
- Evanescence (headliner)
- Mastodon
- Skillet
- Starset
- Static-X
- Nonpoint
- DevilDriver
- Sylar
- Dope
- Rachel Lorin
- Revenant Soul
- Gabriel and the Apocalypse
- Sweet Addiction
- The 9th Planet Out
- Madman's Diary
- Bleak Sabbath
- The Zealots
- Cold Kingdom
- Krashkarma
- Stare Across Un-Broken
Friday, July 19
- Five Finger Death Punch (headliner)
- Breaking Benjamin
- Three Days Grace
- Killswitch Engage
- Asking Alexandria
- Bad Wolves
- Ice Nine Kills
- From Ashes to New
- I See Stars
- Shallow Side
- Rachel Lorin
- Helivs
- Stormbreaker
- Days to Come
- Sin7
- Who's Who
- Stone Type Pilots
- Ignescent
- Kore Rozzik
- Reason Define
- Catechize
Saturday, July 20
- Rob Zombie (headliner)
- Marilyn Manson
- In This Moment
- I Prevail
- P.O.D.
- Lacuna Coil
- Red Sun Rising
- Ded
- Diamante
- Eve to Adam
- Jacob Cade
- The Rumours
- Lydia Can't Breathe
- A Light Divided
- Piranha
- TNT
- Roxz
- Neverwake
- Standing Alliance
- Electric Revolution
2018
Wednesday, July 11
- Ace Frehley
- Skid Row
- Autograph
- SOiL
- Beyond Threshold
- Blacklite District
- Hammer Down Hard
- Filthy Sweet
Thursday, July 12
- Incubus (headliner)
- Rise Against
- Seether
- Nothing More
- Gwar
- Beartooth
- Red
- Through Fire
- Blacktop Mojo
- Dead Girls Academy
- The Missing Letters
- Old Voltage
- NIVRANA
- Nuisance
- Scattered Hamlet
- Brokenrail
- Everyday Losers
- Lydia Can't Breather
- GT3
- Lady Luck
Friday, July 13
- Godsmack (headliner}
- Halestorm
- Bush
- Dee Snider
- Pop Evil
- Trivium
- Fozzy
- Otep
- Ded
- Shallow Side
- Amerikan Overdose
- Cowboys From Hell
- Black Rainbow
- Arena
- Crashing Atlas
- Maryann Cotton
- Aedus
- Standing Alliance
- Picard
- Benjamin Raye Band
Saturday, July 14
- Disturbed (headliner)
- A Day to Remember
- Black Label Society
- Underoath
- Sevendust
- Adelitas Way
- Powerman 5000
- Attila
- Deadset Society
- Wayland
- GFM
- Ozzbournes
- Maiden Minneapolis
- The Goodbars
- Emissary Echo
- Screaming for Silence
- Hellbelly
- Strate Jak It
- Smiling Politely
- The Chagars
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