| Cosquín Rock | |
| Location: | Plaza Próspero Molina, Argentina (2001–2004)Comuna San Roque, Argentina (2005–2010)Santa María de Punilla, Argentina (2011–present) |
| Years Active: | 2001–present |
| Attendance: | 200,000 |
| Organised: | José Palazzo |
| Url: | http://cosquinrock.net/ |
| Dates: | 2-day weekend in February (currently) |
| Genre: | Rock, alternative rock, indie rock, Argentine rock |
Cosquín Rock is an Argentine music festival, held annually since 2001. It is currently held in Santa María de Punilla, Córdoba. In Argentina, it takes place in February during the summer, and it is one of the most popular music festivals in the country. Many important national rock singers and groups participate in the festival, along with some of the most important international rock bands, mostly from Spanish-speaking countries like Spain, Mexico, and Uruguay. In the beginning, it was focused only on national rock bands. However, throughout the years, the festival has also included bands from different places and of different genres, such as reggae, rap, cumbia, and cuarteto, among others.[1]
The people behind the idea were José Palazzo, Constantino Carrara, and Héctor Emaides. Two local bands “Divididos” and “Los Piojos” contributed to consolidate the project.[2] Finally, on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th, February 2001 the first edition of the festival was held with the participation of more than 14 rock bands.[3]
The duration of the festival has changed throughout the years since the first edition only lasted for two nights. It then became progressively longer, since the second edition lasted for three nights, and the third and fourth lasted for four nights. In the 5th and 6th editions, the festival lasted for five nights. Then, in 2007, it was shortened to three nights, and from 2018 onwards it was shortened again to two nights.[4] Initially, the festival was held in Plaza Próspero Molina in Cosquín, Córdoba until 2004. Later, due to economic reasons, and the abandonment of the project by Emaides, it was moved to Comuna San Roque, Córdoba in 2005.[5] In 2011, due to the increased number of attendees, the festival was moved to Santa Maria de Punilla, which remains the current location. It was during the 2004 edition that international bands were incorporated into the festival, with the Mexican band Molotov being the first one. In the next year's edition, two alternative stages were incorporated, which would start a tradition of having various stages in the festival. In this same edition, new genres were featured, such as reggae, heavy metal, blues, and punk.[6] In 2020, the genres of pop, rap and trap were also added.[7] [8] In the 2012 edition, non-music-related activities started to be carried out in the festival. Some of these activities included movies, art exhibitions and gastronomic proposals, among others.[9] In 2023, it had its attendance record, achieving 200,000 attendants between the two days.[10]
Currently, the festival is expanding throughout different parts of the world,[11] and in 2025 it will celebrate its 25th anniversary.[12]
In 2017, the first Cosquín Rock México was held in February.[13] It included guest bands from Argentina and Mexico such as Caifanes, Café Tacvba and Panteón Rococó, among others.In October, Cosquín Rock Perú[14] and Cosquín Rock Colombia[15] took place in Lima and Bogotá, respectively. In November, the first Cosquín Rock Bolivia[16] was celebrated in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
In 2018, there was a second edition in México[17] in July. In October, Cosquín Rock Chile[18] took place in Santiago de Chile and Cosquín Rock Uruguay[19] in the city of Canelones for the first time. In November, there was the first edition of Cosquín Rock Paraguay[20] in Asunción, Paraná.
In 2024, the fourth edition of Cosquín Rock in Uruguay was held on April 20 and 21 in the Rural del Prado with a set of twin stages, “Antel” and a “Suzuki”. More than 64 local and international bands played, with La Mona Gimenez, an Argentinian singer of the popular genre cuarteto, being the big star of this edition.[21]
In 2019, the first edition of Cosquín Rock in Queens,[22] New York was held, and soon after the pandemic in 2021 the second edition was held in Island Gardens, Miami, where more than 4000 people attended. The Puerto Rican band Cultura Profética, the Venezuelan group Los Amigos Invisibles, two Argentinian singers, Louta and Mía Zeta, and the rock-pop band Literal were among the artists that performed in the Miami edition.[23]
Even though there were some previous attempts to carry out the festival in Spain in 2019, the first successful edition of Cosquín Rock in Spain[24] was in 2021 in Fuengirola, Spain. There was another on September 28, 2024 in Valladolid, Spain. Some of the invited artists for this 2024 edition were Steve Aoki, Arde Bogotá, Crystal Fighters, Hombres G, Gipsy Kings, Arizona Baby, and Ciro y los Persas, among others.
| 2001 | Plaza Próspero Molina | Los Piojos, Divididos, Las Pelotas, Bersuit Vergarabat[25] |
| 2002 | Los Piojos, Divididos, Charly García, Attaque 77, Catupecu Machu, Las Vacas Sagradas (Mendoza)[26] | |
| 2003 | Las Pelotas, Divididos, Attaque 77, Charly García, Los Piojos, Fito Páez, Las Vacas Sagradas (Mendoza)[27] | |
| 2004 | Bersuit Vergarabat, Callejeros, Las Pelotas, Charly García, Los Piojos, Árbol, Fito Páez, Pappo, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Catupecu Machu, Babasónicos[28] | |
| 2005 | Comuna San Roque | Charly García, Sepultura, Riff, León Gieco, Divididos, El Otro Yo, Carajo, Horcas, Babasónicos, Vicentico, Rata Blanca, Café Tacvba[29] |
| 2006 | Skay Beilinson, La 25, Kapanga, Babasónicos, Catupecu Machu, Attaque 77, Rata Blanca, Las Pelotas, Ratones Paranoicos, La Vela Puerca, Almafuerte, Brujería[30] | |
| 2007 | Los Cafres, Las Pelotas, Babasónicos, Callejeros, Kapanga, Ratos de Porão, Almafuerte, Resistencia Suburbana, Los Gardelitos[31] | |
| 2008 | Suicidal Tendencies, Intoxicados, Los Piojos, León Gieco, Pier, Dos Minutos, Almafuerte, Horcas, O'Connor, Guachupé, Tren Loco, Nonpalidece[32] | |
| 2009 | Deep Purple, Intoxicados, Almafuerte, Los Piojos, Cielo Razzo, Misfits[33] | |
| 2010 | Charly García, Die Toten Hosen, Emir Kusturica, Viejas Locas, El Cuarteto de Nos, Skay Bellison, Attaque 77, Massacre,[34] | |
| 2011 | Santa María de Punilla | Las Pelotas, Charly García, CJ Ramone, Almafuerte, Kapanga, Skay Beilinson, Calle 13, Ciro y los Persas y No Te Va Gustar[35] |
| 2012 | Charly García, Ciro y Los Persas, Rata Blanca, Casi Justicia Social, Malón, Anthrax, La Vela Puerca, Las Pastillas del Abuelo, Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas, Calle 13, Skay Beilinson, Kapanga, Viejas Locas, Utopians[36] | |
| 2013 | Charly García, Las Pelotas, Ciro y Los Persas, La Vela Puerca, Las Pastillas del Abuelo, Catupecu Machu, Almafuerte, Exodus, El Bordo, Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas, Kapanga, Viejas Locas, Pedro Aznar, David Lebón, Molotov, Babasonicos, Eruca Sativa, La Que Faltaba[37] | |
| 2014 | Charly García, Las Pelotas, Ciro y Los Persas, Skay Beilinson, Las Pastillas del Abuelo, Babasonicos, Viejas Locas, Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas, Calle 13, La Vela Puerca, León Gieco, Catupecu Machu, Carajo, Eruca Sativa, Guasones, Ivan Noble, Los Gardelitos, Salta La Banca, El Bordo, La 25, Dread Mar-I, Almafuerte, Horcas, La Beriso, Vorax, Coalission, RonDamon, Cirse, La Que Faltaba, De La Gran Piñata[38] | |
| 2015 | Andrés Calamaro, Las Pelotas, Ciro y Los Persas, Skay Beilinson, Las Pastillas del Abuelo, Babasonicos, Auténticos Decadentes, Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas, Molotov, Kapanga, Guasones, Catupecu Machu, Pez, Eruca Sativa, Don Osvaldo, Los Gardelitos, Salta La Banca, El Bordo, Viticus, Los Pericos, Almafuerte, Jóvenes Pordioseros, Horcas, La Beriso, El Kuelgue, Utopians[39] | |
| 2016 | Las Pelotas, The Wailers, Bersuit Vergarabat, Don Osvaldo (band), Salta La Banca, Ciro y los Persas, Las Manos de Filippi, Kapanga, Dancing Mood, Villanos, Fidel Nadal, Almafuerte, Carajo, Horcas, Jóvenes Pordioseros, El Bordo, Los Gardelitos, La Mocosa, Las Pastillas del Abuelo, No Te Va Gustar, Cielo Razzo, Eruca Sativa, Sig Ragga, Babasonicos, Massacre, La Beriso, La Vela Puerca[40] | |
| 2017 | Skay Beilinson, Rich Robinson, Carl Palmer, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Los Twist, Vox Dei, Alejandro Medina, Javier Martínez, Ricardo Soulé, Fito Páez, David Lebón, Pedro Aznar, Las Pelotas, Kapanga, La Beriso, Ciro y los Persas, Guasones, La 25, Jóvenes Pordioseros, La Vela Puerca, Los Gardelitos, Los Violadores, Exciter, Carajo, Malón, Todos Tus Muertos, Dancing Mood, Nonpalidece, Bulldog, Los Pericos, Juanse[41] | |
| 2018 | The Offspring, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Residente, Skay y Los Fakires, Ratones Paranoicos, Ciro y los Persas, Las Pastillas del Abuelo, Las Pelotas, Carajo, La Vela Puerca[42] | |
| 2019 | Ska-P, Skay y Los Fakires, Las Pastillas del Abuelo, Las Pelotas, Babasónicos, Attaque 77, Carajo, Los Auténticos Decadentes, La Vela Puerca, No Te Va Gustar, Cuatro Pesos de Propina[43] | |
| 2020 | Divididos, Molotov, Él Mató a un Policía Motorizado, Duki, Babasónicos, Wos, Los Auténticos Decadentes, Louta, Cazzu, Guasones, Las Pelotas, Caballeros de la Quema, Ciro y los Persas, La Vela Puerca, Las Pastillas del Abuelo, Airbag, Hilda Lizarazu, Ratones Paranoicos, Los Gardelitos, Jóvenes Pordioseros.[44] | |
| 2021 | Suspended | Through an official statement, the organizers announced that the festival was not going to be celebrated in February 2021 due to the world pandemic. Even though the idea of celebrating it in another city and with a limited audience was considered, the event was finally suspended. This was the first time the festival was canceled.[45] |
| 2022 | Santa María de Punilla | Skay y Los Fakires, Divididos, Ciro y los Persas, Kermesse Redonda, Las Pelotas, Guasones, Fito Páez, Los Auténticos Decadentes, Babasónicos, Turf, Eruca Sativa, La Vela Puerca, Julieta Venegas, Wos, Nonpalidece, Bandalos Chinos, Viticus, Él Mató a un Policía Motorizado, Airbag, Sara Hebe, Miranda!, Paz Carrara, El Kuelgue, Acru, Memphis la Blusera, Javier Malosetti, El Plan de la Mariposa, La Mississippi, Celeste Carballo, La Franela[46] |
| 2023 | Skay y Los Fakires, Fito Páez, Divididos, Ciro y los Persas, Las Pelotas, No Te Va Gustar, Las Pastillas del Abuelo, Guasones, Babasónicos, Turf, Conociendo Rusia, Juanse, La Vela Puerca, Caras Extrañas, Bandalos Chinos, Catupecu Machu, La Delio Valdéz, Él Mató a un Policía Motorizado, Usted Señalemelo, Dillom, Rels B, LP, Tiësto, Lila Downs[47] | |
| 2024 | Claptone, SLASH, Steve Aoki, Babasónicos, Divididos, Tiago PZK, Lali, Airbag, Dillom, Skay y Los Fakires, Miranda!, La Vela Puerca, Los Auténticos Decadentes, Bándalos chinos, Conociendo Rusia, Dante Spinetta, La Delio Valdez, Ke Personajes, Bresh, Los Pericos y Amigos, Polenta, Nafta, Silvestre y La Naranja, Duki, Ciro Y Los Persas, YSY A, Molotov, Catupecu Machu, Las Pelotas, El Kuelgue, Las Pastillas Del Abuelo, Usted Señalemelo, Milo J, Snow Tha Product, Damas Gratis, Los caligaris, Estelares, El Zar, Los Tipitos.[48] |