Busan Rock Festival Explained

Music Festival Name:	Busan Rock Festival
Location:	Busan, South Korea
Years Active:	2000–present
Dates:	July or August
Genre:	Rock, indie, metal

Busan Rock Festival, 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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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^[4]
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^[5]
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^[6]

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^[7] Nevada#51 Rockvan Mrigya Bye Bye Sea Kingston Rudieska Every Single Day Crying Nut Mongol800 Boohwal
7 August	The DeF & Contenders MAHATMA Chthonic 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

See also

• List of music festivals in South Korea

External links

• Official web site

Notes and References

1. https://www.gowherewhen.com/event/busan-international-rock-festival/ "Busan International Rock Festival"
2. https://korea.stripes.com/travel/busan-international-rock-festival-july-27-28-be-ticketed-event-year "Busan International Rock Festival"
3. Web site: 부산문화관광축제조직위원회.
4. Their performance was cancelled by the guarantee problem.
5. They couldn't perform live because they entered the South Korea on a tourist visa. DEICIDE: Korean Tour Report
6. The rising tide caused the problem of safety, so they only performed 4 songs.
7. They were not included the formal line-up, but they participated as a special guest.