Rock Fest
"Rock Fest is also a block on VH1 Classic" Held annually from 1994 to 2019 & since 2021, Rock Fest is the largest Rock Music and Camping Event in the US, featuring the best of classic and modern rock & metal. It is an annual four-day (Wednesday bonus day included for three-day ticket holders) music festival located near the town of Cadott, Wisconsin. The Amphitheater Venue hosts more than 7,000 Campsites for Campers with RV's or Tents, as well as the Amphitheater Concert Grounds for the four days of shows that features over 20 National Rock Music  Acts each year. On site there are also Convenience Stores, Merch Store, concessions, and Side Stages that feature Regional Acts in between Main Stage performances. Rock Fest is billed one of the premier outdoor rock music festivals in the United States. It is usually held on the third weekend (Wednesday–Saturday) of July. There are four beer pavilions that have live music performing in between main stage acts and until 2:00 am each day/night of the fest. Rock Fest also has a picture taking line that allows the fans to get up to the front of the stage. There  is a VIP Section which includes reserved seating and all-inclusive meals & drinks, reserved lawn seating, General Admission Amphitheater seating and a dropped Fan Pit (no moshing allowed) in front of the stage. There are excellent views of the main stage at every admission level due to the stage being located at the bottom of a small hill. There was no Rock Fest in 2020. Attendance. The annual attendance of Rock Fest is between 25,000 and 35,000 people daily. Some daily crowds grow closer to 50,000 people; for example in 2012 when Iron Maiden headlined the Saturday night of the  festival. Attendance is made up mostly from the Midwest (Wausau, Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Marshfield, Wisconsin area) and the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, but every state in the US is represented at this event as well as more than 14 countries outside the US. 2022 Lineup. Day 1, Wednesday July 13 Who's on Top Stage Budweiser's Boneyard Stage Day 2, Thursday July 14 Main Stage Who's on Top Jack's Tribute Stage Loud & Local Stage Budweiser's Boneyard Stage Day 3, Friday July 15 Main Stage Who's on Top Jack Daniel's Tribute Stage Loud & Local Stage  Budweiser's Boneyeard Stage Day 4, Saturday July 16 Main Stage Who's on Top Jack Daniel's Tribute Stage Loud & Local Stage Budweiser's Boneyard Stage Previous lineups. 2021 Wednesday, July 14: Queensryche, Slaughter, Joyous Wolf, Royal Bliss, The Black Moods, Stitched Up Heart, Modern Mimes, Unkle Daddy. Thursday, July 15: Rob Zombie, 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, Scattered Hamlet, Jett Threatt, NIVRANA, Digital Homicide, Anything But Human, Drama Queen, Contingency, Ignescent. Friday, July 16: Limp Bizkit, 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, 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. 2018 Wednesday, July 11: "Who's on Top: Ace Frehley, Skid Row, Autograph, Hammer  Down Hard. Budweiser Grab Some Buds Stage:" Filthy Sweet, Soil, Beyond Threshold, Blacklite District. Thursday, July 12: Main Stage: Incubus, Rise Against, Seether, Nothing More, Red, Blacktop Mojo, Dead Girls Academy. Who's on Top: Everyday Losers, GWAR, Beartooth, Through Fire, Nuisance, Scattered Hamlet, Lydia Can't Breathe. Jack Daniel's Tribute Stage: Old Voltage, Nivrana. Loud & Local Stage: Greater than Three, Lady Luck. Budweiser Grab Some Buds Stage: The Missing Letters, Emissary Echo Friday, July 13: Main Stage: Godsmack, Halestorm, Bush, Dee Snider, Trivium, DED, Shallow Side. Who's on Top: Aeous (after-party), Pop Evil (headliner), Fozzy, Otep , Arena, Mary Ann Cotton, Standing Alliance. Jack Daniel's Tribute Stage: Cowboys from Hell, Black Rainbow. Loud & Local Stage: Benjamin Raye Band, Picard. Budweiser Grab Some Buds Stage: Amerakin Overdose, Crashing Atlas Saturday, July 14: Main Stage: Disturbed, A Day to Remember, Black Label Society, Underoath, Attila, Deadset Society, Wayland. Who's on Top: Nuisance (after-party), Sevendust (headliner), Adelitas Way, Powerman 5000, The Goodbars, Screaming for Silence, Strate Jak It. Jack Daniel's Tribute Stage: Ozzbournes, Maiden Minneapolis. Loud & Local Stage: The Cragars, Smiling Politely. Budweiser Grab Some Buds Stage: GFM, Brokenrail note Hellbelly Canceled and was replaced by  Nuisance for the after-party at "Who's on Top". 2017 Wednesday, July 12: RATT, Faster Pussycat, Jack Russell's Great White, The Good Bars. Thursday, July 13: Slayer, Volbeat, Lamb of God, Anthrax, Failure Anthem, Badflower, Rachel Lorin, Antistar, Awaken the Shadow, Gemini Syndrome, Mushroomhead, Insane Clown Posse, The 9th Planet Out, Hand of the Tribe, The Zealots, Valora, The Nearly Deads, Anthem, Probable Cause, Kissin Time (Kiss cover band), Cowboys from Hell (Pantera cover band). Friday, July 14: Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Stone Sour, Clutch, Avatar, Lacey Sturm, One Less Reason, Valora, The Nearly Deads, Hand of the Tribe , VIA, Stare Across, Oblivious Signal, Nuisance, Scattered Hamlet, Texas Hippie Coalition, Lita Ford, Cinderella's Tom Keifer, Emperors n Elephants. Saturday, July 15: Rob Zombie, Shinedown, Megadeth, Sevendust (cancelled and replaced by Adam Gontier), LIT, Devour the Day, City of the Weak, Fall II Rise, Veilside, Shallow Side, VIMIC, Thousand Foot Krutch, HellYeah, Matrekis, Wrecked, Ignescent, 7's Catacomb, My Memory Remains, Who's Who (The Who Cover Band), The Crown Jewels (Queen Cover Band). 2016. Wednesday, July 13 (Bonus Bash): Cold Kingdom, Silversyde, Screaming for Silence, Chaotic Resemblance, Prophets of Addiction, 3 Pill Morning, Bobaflex, Faster Pussycat, Led Zeppelin  2, KIX, Queensryche Thursday, July 14: Truth Before Treason, Bad Remedy, Emissary Echo, Oblivious Signal, Gabriel and the Apocalypse, Silversyde, Seven Days Lost, Acillatem, TNT, Stitched up Heart, Art of Dying, Like a Storm, Red Sun Rising, Nothing More, Sick Puppies, Hollywood Undead, Skillet, Marilyn Manson, Hollywood Vampires Friday, July 15: Myrriya, Aeraco, Strange Daze, Cold Kingdom, Fatal Kaliber, Vaudeville, Dellacoma, Station, Nivrana, Maiden Minneapolis, Beyond Threshold, 3 Pill Morning, Wayland, Escape the Fate, 10 Years, Adelitas Way, Saint Asonia, Scott Stapp, Rise Against, Breaking Benjamin, Alice in Chains Saturday July 16: Rising Rocker, My Memory Remains, Smiling Politely, Malice , Veilside, Antistar, Every Mother's Nightmare, The Blackfires, Who's Who, Electric Eye, I Prevail, Bridge to Grace, Wilson, New Year's Day, Atreyu, All that Remains, In This Moment, Bullet for my Valentine, Five Finger Death Punch, Slipknot 2015. Thursday, July 16: Vaudeville, New Medicine, Nothing More, Finger Eleven, Killswitch Engage, Shinedown Friday, July 17: King Shifter, A.D.D., Starset, Jackyl, Black Stone Cherry, Three Days Grace, Godsmack Saturday July 18: Emperors N Elephants, Islander, Shaman's Harvest, Adelitas Way, Hinder, Breaking Benjamin, Judas Priest Sunday July 19: Emergent, Kyng, All That Remains, Pop Evil, Chevelle, Avenged Sevenfold Nickelback was  to originally play Friday but canceled later on. 2014. Thursday, July 17: Wayland, Winger, Steel Panther, REO Speedwagon, Sammy Hagar Friday, July 18: Devour The Day, Pop Evil, Sick Puppies, Alter Bridge, Five Finger Death Punch Saturday, July 19: Eve To Adam, The Pretty Reckless, Live, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith Sunday, July 20: Thousand Foot Krutch, Redlight King, P.O.D., Stone Sour, Rob Zombie (failed to perform) 2013. Thursday, July 18: Aranda, All That Remains, Halestorm, Seether, Three Days Grace Friday, July 19: Bumblefist, 4th Floor, In This Moment, Nonpoint, Pop Evil, Theory of a Deadman, The Offspring, Korn Saturday, July 20 : 7 Sins, Vaudeville, Warrant, Hellyeah, Stone Sour, Slash, Megadeth, KISS Sunday, July 21: Dirtee Circus, Otherwise, Device, Skillet, Whitesnake, Mötley Crüe 2012. Thursday, July 19: Dilana, Art of Dying, Black Stone Cherry, Buckcherry, Shinedown Friday, July 20: 10 Years, Halestorm, Hollywood Undead, Five Finger Death Punch, Godsmack Saturday, July 21:Dory Drive, Adelitas Way, Sevendust, Papa Roach, Alice Cooper, Iron Maiden Sunday, July 22: FireHouse, Lita Ford, Sebastian Bach, Poison, Def Leppard 2011. Thursday, July 14: Slaughter, Cinderella, Three Days Grace, Rob Zombie Friday, July 15: Rock Sugar, Saliva, Skillet, Hinder, Kid Rock Saturday, July 16: My Darkest Days, Sick  Puppies, Chevelle, Seether, Avenged Sevenfold Sunday, July 17: Jackyl, Tesla, Heart, Ted Nugent, Def Leppard, Stone Temple Pilots 2010. Vic Ferrari, Apocalyptica, Theory of a Deadman, Daughtry, Gravel Switch, Default, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Soul Asylum, Skillet, 3 Doors Down, Elements, Elmwood, Candlebox, Blue October, Collective Soul, John Mellencamp, Black Valentyne, Sleeper Cell, Trapt, Drowning Pool, Limp Bizkit, Alice in Chains 2009. Bad Downs, Blackberry Smoke, Saving Abel, Steve Miller Band, Pheromones, Saliva, Lifehouse, Seether, Barenaked Ladies, Sheryl Crow, Half Life, The Whigs, Los Lonely Boys, Hoobastank, Judas Priest, Journey, Big Deeks, Sevendust, Shinedown, Buckcherry, Korn 2008. Vic Ferrari, Trixter, Poison , Boston, Catch Penny, Cowboy Mouth, Jackyl, Puddle of Mudd, Three Days Grace, Godsmack, Grid Lock, Big Deeks, Plain White T's, Switchfoot, Live, Goo Goo Dolls, Stone Temple Pilots, M!ss Crazy, Ligion, Dishwalla, Tesla, The Wallflowers, Matchbox Twenty 2007. World Classic Rockers, Dennis DeYoung, The New Cars, Deep Purple, Dying Breed, Saliva, Uncle Kracker, Grand Funk Railroad, Fuel, Godsmack, Big Deeks, Zed Leppelin, Mink, Cross Canadian Ragweed, The Tragically Hip, Collective Soul, Chicago, KISS, Rock County, Corey Stevens, Gov't Mule, Hinder, Third Eye Blind, 3 Doors Down 2006. 10 Years, Cinderella, Cross Canadian Ragweed, George Thorogood, Grand Funk Railroad, Gregg  Rolie, John Waite, Kansas, Kid Rock, Live, Mötley Crüe, Papa Roach, Poison, Puddle of Mudd, Sammy Hagar & The Wabos, Savoy Brown Fea. Kim Simmonds, Seven Mary Three, Staind, Tesla, Warrant 2005. G.B. Leighton, April Wine, Everclear, Collective Soul, FireHouse, Ratt, UFO, Cinderella, Megadeth, Big Deeks, Wishbone Ash, Quiet Riot, BoDeans, Black Crowes, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Gypsy, Head East, Great White, Jackyl, Cheap Trick, ZZ Top 2004. Rockslide, Vic Ferrari, Smash Mouth, Counting Crows, Kelly Keeling, Poco, Firefall, Spin Doctors, John Waite, Huey Lewis and the News, The Allman Brothers Band, Big Deeks, Y & T, Saliva, Tesla, Twisted Sister, Judas  Priest, Phoenix, Newsboys, Paul Revere and the Raiders, REO Speedwagon, Styx, John Fogerty 2003. Phoenix, Dokken, Jackyl, Whitesnake, After Dark, Night Ranger, WAR, Twisted Sister, Alice Cooper, Def Leppard, Public Reaction, FireHouse, Loverboy, Grand Funk Railroad, Sammy Hagar, Lynyrd Skynyrd, 2nd Hand Stone, Eddie Money, Rick Springfield, .38 Special, Heart, Boston 2002. Vic Ferrari, Ronnie James Dio, The Scorpions, Deep Purple, Boogie & the YO-YO'Z, The Pat Travers Band, Average White Band, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Ted Nugent, Journey, Road Trip, World Classic Rockers, Loverboy, Blondie, George Thorogood, Robert Plant, Glitch, Starship featuring Mickey Thomas, Toto (with Bobby Kimball), Cinderella, Poison , Meat Loaf 2001. Boom Candle, Tesla, Bad Company - Paul Rodgers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bad Boy, Jackyl, Skid Row, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Queensryche, David Lee Roth, Badaz, Air Supply, America, Pat Benatar, Billy Squier, The Guess Who, Toy Boys, Slaughter, Uriah Heep, Blue Oyster Cult, Jethro Tull, Ted Nugent 2000. Howard Guitar Luedtke & Blue Max, Vic Ferrari, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Mean Street, Wizenhiemers, Air Supply, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Joe Walsh, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Glitch, The Toy Boys, .38 Special, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Sammy Hagar and the Waboritas, Billy Idol, The Biscuit, Bad Boy, David Clayton Thomas and Blood , Sweat and Tears, WAR, Doobie Brothers, Poison 1999. The Chris Aaron Band, America, Blue Oyster Cult, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Captain Jack, Wizenhiemers, Gov't Mule, Kansas, The Scorpions, Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Chic Tracy, Amy & The Toy Boys, Survivor, The Dweebs, Marques Bovre & The Evil Twins, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Peter Frampton, Foreigner, Journey, Sammy Hagar, Pat Benatar, Poison, Rick Springfield 1998. Aja, America, Eddie Money, Steve Miller Band, Shatter Maxx, Vic Ferrari, David Clayton Thomas & Blood, Sweat and Tears, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Alice Cooper, Howard Guitar Luedtke & Blue Max, High Risk Band, .38 Special, Molly Hatchet, Grand Funk Railroad 1997. Paul  Rodgers, The Marshall Tucker Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Vic Ferrari, Little Feat, Cosmo's Factory (CCR), Ozark Mountain Daredevils, ZZ Top, Eric Burdon, B.T.O., Air Supply, RATT, Boston, The Guess Who, Nazareth, Loverboy, Kansas, REO Speedwagon, Not Responsible, Scarlet Runner, Finger, Fat Cats, The MAXX, Motely Crue, Sammy Hagar, Def Leppard 1996. Johnny Clueless, Violent Femmes, Golden Smog, Sheryl Crow, The Romantics, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Kansas, Little River Band, Smithereens, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Bad Company, Ted Nugent, Starship featuring Mickey Thomas, The Freddy Jones Band, Eddie Money, The BoDeans, Doobie Brothers, Road Trip, High Risk, Not Responsible, Vic Ferrari , Inside Out Band, Vital Sign, New Sun Union, Jonny Lang 1995. Lamont Cranston, Loverboy, AirKraft, Rare Earth, Molly Hatchet, Starship featuring Mickey Thomas, Cheap Trick, Pat Benatar, Eric Burdon, E.L.O. part II, The Allman Brothers Band, Bruce Hornsby, Kansas, Little River Band, Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner, G.B. Leighton, Freckles and the Hostages, Palace, Kidd Gloves, The Hoopsnakes, Roadtrip, Vic Ferrari, Shady Glenn, Milestone, Recipe X, Inside Out Band 1994. John Kay and Steppenwolf, Cheap Trick, Mitch Ryder, B.T.O., Foghat, Eddie Money, Guess Who, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Survivor, REO Speedwagon, Big Grin, Head East, Radio Flyer, Palace, Hanna Storm, Recipe X