# Busan Rock Festival

Busan Rock Festival (Korean: 부산 록 페스티벌), inaugurated in 2000, is an outdoor music festival that takes place every summer in Busan. It is one of South Korea's longest-running modern music festivals. The lineups include acts of various genres such as rock, metal, indie. The admission was free of charge until 2019, when it transitioned into a ticketed event. The festival has undergone multiple fee changes, having costed 65 thousand won in 2019, increasing to 110 thousand won in 2023. The busan rock festival will cost 231 thousand won in 2024, a 255 percent increase from its first listing as a paid event. Busan Rock Festival has been conducting an artist exchange project by promoting international exchanges.

## 2000 line-up

15 July – 17 July, Gwangalli Beach, Busan
| 15 July | Chicken Head Bulldog Mansion Lilac Grand Slam Rainy Sun Cheese Sinawe Super Slump Yoon Do-hyun Band (YB) |
| 16 July | Mr. Soul Wipper Fancy Dr. Core 911 Pia Noize Garden LMF Crash Siam Shade |
| 17 July | No Mark Nell Huckleberry Finn Jeremy Johnny Royal Maroo Again Crying Nut Missile Girl Scoot Kim Kyung-Ho Band |

## 2001 line-up

11 August – 13 August, Gwangalli Beach, Busan
| 11 August | Purple Haze Every Single Day Nell Fancy Silent Eye R.F. Children Pas Black Syndrome Holy Moses Nightwish |
| 12 August | Saint Weeper Trans Fixion Psychotron Rainy Sun Diablo Opposition Party Tomikita Band Crash Bodyjar Dimmu Borgir |
| 13 August | Khan Y-Not Gosrak Lazybone Pia Jeremy Mayday Dicta License Bruce Lee Band Crying Nut |

## 2002 line-up

1 June – 3 June, Gwangalli Beach, Busan
| 1 June | Moring Bond Lowdown 30 Sinawe Michihiro Kuroda Dimension Zero Lee Hyun-Woo Band Edenbridge Vanilla Fudge |
| 2 June | Niflheim Oathean Crying Nut Cui Jian Cocobat Cannibal Corpse Yoon Do-Hyun Band Royal Hunt |
| 3 June | Rock Sinn Psychotron Jeremy Crash Schizma Sinergy Devin Townsend Spring Summer Autumn Winter Kreator |

## 2003 line-up

7 August – 9 August, Da-Dae-Po Beach, Busan
| 8 August | Unchained GumX Biuret Trans Fixion Neil Zaza Crash Soilwork Arch Enemy |
| 9 August | Discotruck Sugar Donut Lazybone Down In A Hole Wiretrap In My Ear Visions of Atlantis Hammer Skyfire Rage |

## 2004 line-up

5 August – 7 August, Da-Dae-Po Beach, Busan
| 6 August | Oh! Brothers Osaka Monaurail Ego-Wrappin' Han Dae-Soo Xandria Cherry Filter Dark Tranquillity |
| 7 August | Superdog Powell Young Band Blackhole Victor Smolski Bump of Chicken N.EX.T Steve Vai |

## 2005 line-up

5 August – 7 August, Da-Dae-Po Beach, Busan
| 5 August | Mr. Funky What Glam Crying Nut Richie Kotzen Powerman 5000 |
| 6 August | Schizo Vassline Jeremy Domain Crash Deicide |
| 7 August | Jude Kariyushi Waltz Elegy The Travellers Pia Steranko Yoon Do Hyun Band |

## 2006 line-up

5 August – 7 August, Da-Dae-Po Beach, Busan
| 5 August | Strikes Trans Fixon Ska'sh Onions Deli Spice Kim Sung-Myun & Lee Hyun-Suk Sinawe & Seoul Electronic Band UFO |
| 6 August | 13 Steps Downhell Naty D.H.A.T No Brain Andrew W.K Edguy |

## 2007 line-up

4 August – 5 August, Da-Dae-Po Beach, Busan
| 4 August | Elsa Kingstone Rudie Ska Tama & Vegabond Pete Teo Doverman Crying Nut Kim Jong-Seo Band Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra |
| 5 August | Barkhouse Beatallica Joey Za-sa Prana Lee Han-Cheol Band No Brain YB LA Guns |

## 2008 line-up

2 August – 3 August, Da-Dae-Po Beach, Busan
| 2 August | Dear Cloud Tempered Mental Y-Not? Copa Salvo Eve The Ratios Sohodolls Toshi with - EARTH |
| 3 August | The Cigavettes Superkidd B.B.B.B. End of Fashion Pia Shadows Fall Hot Potato Kang San-E Band |

## 2009 line-up

7 August – 9 August, Da-Dae-Po Beach, Busan
| 7 August | Dry Flower SPOTLIGHT Nevada#51 Burning Hepburn Hakata The Brhyssco BlueIsland MATE GUYZ The Southbay Biuret (Guest) Prana (Guest) Baekdusan (Guest) |
| 8 August | MATE GUYZ Serengeti The Black Skirts Keitaku Every Single Day Onnine Ibalgwan Scatterheart Lee Ji Hyung White Rose Movement Kim Chang-Wan Band |
| 9 August | 21 Scott Rux Trans Fixion ZAMZA N'BANSHEE Cuba Rainy Sun Anna Tsuchiya Yoon Do Hyun Band Overkill |

## 2010 line-up

6 August – 8 August, Da-Dae-Po Beach, Busan
| 6 August | POE Noeazy Achime Windycat Telefly THE UNITED93 Non Troppo Yellow Monsters |
| 7 August | Burning Hepburn King Ly Chee Jude Lee Han Cheul & Run run ways Crying Nut Boohwal FireHouse |
| 8 August | Unchained Y-Not? Guckkasten Super Kidd Pia Yoon Do Hyun Band vs RRM The Haunted |

## 2011 line-up

5 August – 7 August, Samrak Park, Busan
| 5 August | D HAIT Rots DICKPUNKS Romantic Punch Go Go Star One Drop East Blanks Steranko Yoon Do Hyun Band |
| 6 August | Bard Nevada#51 Rockvan Mrigya Bye Bye Sea Kingston Rudieska Every Single Day Crying Nut Mongol800 Boohwal |
| 7 August | The DeF & Contenders MAHATMA Chthonic (band) Prana Pia Guckkasten No Brain Heaven Shall Burn Kim Chang Wan Band |

## 2012 line-up

3 August – 5 August, Samrak Park, Busan
| 3 August | Broken Valentine Herz Yery Band The Strikers ICYCIDER GWAMEGI Gate Flowers Romantic Punch Super Kidd Prana Galneryus Kim Kyung Ho Band |
| 4 August | Public Stereo Pandaz Downhell CUBA Cuba The Bashow Nevada#51 Every Single Day Hilary Grist Lee Han-Cheol Band FireHouse Boohwal |
| 5 August | Ska Wakers GOGOBOYS Neon Bunny Human Race 4th Floor Rose Motel TODA Monni Bandtoxic The Black Skirts No Brain James Walsh in Starsailor |

## 2018 line-up

10 August – 12 August, Samnak Ecological Park, Busan
| 10 August | No Brain Glen Check Peppertones April 2nd HarryBigButton Dear Cloud Retrospect WussaMi 3rd Line Butterfly Roberkix & Safira. K The Vastards Ego Function Error Moonscent Winda |
| 11 August | Crying Nut Wouter Hamel Lee Han-chul Monni Sixi 9 and The Numbers Super Kidd AASSA Coming Up To The Seoul Band Leavesblack Momentsyumi Soumbalgwang Goldline Billy Cater |
| 12 August | YB Romantic Punch Jannabi Bye Bye Sea Galaxy Express Bluepaprika Say Sue Me Emerald Castle & Kim Seong-meon in K2 Empty Segare Platform Stereo LA Bridge Kirara Kim Sa-wol X Kim Hae-won |

## 2019 line-up

27 July – 28 July, Samnak Ecological Park, Busan
| 27 July | g.o.d Nell Romantic Punch Jannabi Nightrage Baek Ye-rin Adoy HarryBigButton YUN DDan DDan Paper Planes Mocking Bullet TaiKo Electro Company Cloudian Rappelkopf Gangkist |
| 28 July | The Chemical Brothers Courtney Barnett AKMU Pia Kim Feel Hoppipolla The Electriceels White Catss Solidal Drinking Boys and Girls Choir The Magus LA Bridge The Pony |

## 2021 line-up

2 October, Samnak Ecological Park, Busan
| 2 Oct | Cigarettes After Sex Crying Nut Cosmo's Midnight Glen Check Lee Mu-jin Hippo Campus DickPunks Bibi George Say Sue Me Moon Su-jin Hathaw9y Daldam |

## 2022 line-up

1 October – 2 October, Samnak Ecological Park, Busan
| 1 Oct | Batille Oh Wonder Jannabi Romantic Punch Soran Se So Neon Adoy The Volunteers Never Young Beach Woodz I Mean Us Minsu Bosudong Cooler Lucy Kardi Desktop Error Daldam |
| 2 Oct | Honne Nell Boohwal Crying Nut Baek Ye-rin My Aunt Mary Glen Check Thornapple Galaxy Express Silica Gel Meaningful Stone Iogi Hathaw9y Hila Ruach Cnema Jackingcong |