Pentaport Rock Festival Explained

Music Festival Name:Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival
Years Active:2006–present
Dates:Last weekend of July (3 days)
Website:www.pentaport.co.kr

Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival is a rock festival which is held annually in Incheon, South Korea for three days in August. Launched in 2006, it is considered one of the biggest live music events in South Korea. The festival covers various genres, but mainly rock music and electronic music. The name came from the five main themes of the festival: music, passion, environment friendly, DIY, and friendship.[1]

Location

The festival takes place at Dream Park, southern part of Incheon Metropolitan City. The site is about 30 kilometers west from downtown Seoul and it used to be a landfill of capital area like World Cup Park.

Due to COVID-19 pandemic, after being postponed for two months, the festival was held virtually for the first time in August 2020, engaging around 780,000 online viewers. The festival was held virtually for the second time in October 2021.[2]

History

The festival originally started in 1999 under the name Tri-port Rock Festival, a two-day rock festival held in Songdo, Incheon. Among the expected huge line-up were Deep Purple, Rage Against the Machine, Dream Theater, and The Prodigy but the event was cancelled due to operational and logistics challenges in the first year. After a seven-year hiatus, the festival was rebranded in 2006 with its current name, Pentaport. Organized by Incheon Metropolitan City, the Pentaport Rock Festival has since featured aspiring and prominent musicians and collectives from Korea and around the world.[3]

Line-ups

2024

Friday, August 2Saturday, August 3Sunday, August 4
KB Kookmin Card Starshop Stage
Hillstate Stage
Global Stage
  • QWER
  • OurR
  • Far East Asian Tigers
  • Catch The Young
  • Beirut Taxi
  • Default.
  • Golden Mammoth
  • Yeonjeong
  • Red C
  • Moher
  • Lif
  • MEMI
  • Sailor Honeymoon
  • Kim Neuk
  • Dayangsung
  • Asadal

2023

Friday, August 4Saturday, August 5Sunday, August 6
KB Pay Stage
Incheon Airport Stage
Musinsa Stage
  • Snake Chicken Soup
  • Kim Neuk
  • Crackberry
Midnight Stage

2022

Friday, August 5Saturday, August 6Sunday, August 7
KB Pay Stage
Cass Stage
Incheon Airport Stage
  • Fuzzy Pug
  • Bobby Pins
Midnight Stage
  • STUTS

2019

Friday, August 9Saturday, August 10Sunday, August 11
KB Kookmin Starshop Stage
Coke Stage
Incheon Airport Stage
  • This is the City Life
  • Yamagata Tweakster
  • Seoul Sanggyeong Band
  • T.R.A.P
  • BADLAMB
  • GoryMurgy
  • Gyeongin Expressway
  • K-pop Party of Sadness (SKPP)
  • TearDrop
  • Hammering
  • Abyss
  • Amazing Show
  • Monoflo
  • CH1969 DJS
  • Batu
  • 88 BALAZ
  • Jung Yoo-chun Blues Band
  • Budung
  • Arches Band

2018

Friday, August 10Saturday, August 11Sunday, August 12
KB Kookmin Starshop Stage
Kona Card Stage
Incheon Airport Stage
  • Night Tempo & Yasunoji
  • Luna Pirates
  • Nahzam Sue and Big Waves
  • Vincent Corvec
  • Say Sue Me
  • N.Flying
  • Kimperi
  • Dabda
  • Strangely Arousing
  • Wetter
  • Xin Seha
  • AASSA
  • NST & The Soul Sauce
  • Eastern Standard Sound
  • Wantae
  • Riot Kidz
  • McGuffin

2017

Friday, August 11Saturday, August 12Sunday, August 13
Chevrolet Stage
KB Kookmin Card Stage
Heineken Green Stage
  • Lazybone
  • No.1 Korean
  • Ska Wakers
  • DJ Ska Champion
  • DJ Sugar Suk-Yuel
  • April Second
  • Honeyst

2016

Friday, August 12Saturday, August 13Sunday, August 14
Pentaport Stage
Dream Stage
Cass Blue Stage
  • Monarchy
  • Xin Seha
  • LoveXstereo
  • Ludistelo

2015

Friday, August 7Saturday, August 8Sunday, August 9
Pentaport Stage
Dream Stage
Moonlight Stage
  • Diablo
  • Oriental Showcus
  • Yeonnamdong Dumb & Dumber
  • Blue Eyelids
  • Angry Bear
  • Boys in the Kitchen
  • Monkeys
  • The Roosters
  • Trash

2014

Friday, August 1Saturday, August 2Sunday, August 3
Pentaport Stage
Dream Stage
  • Jang Phil-soon & Jo Dong-hee & Oh So-young
  • Urban Zakapa
  • Scandal
  • Harry Big Button
  • We Are The Night
  • Acollective
  • Small O
Moonlight Stage
  • Wangel
  • Third Stone
  • Hugh Keice
  • A'zbus
  • My Skin Against Your Skin
  • Baekma
  • City Hall Band
  • Ludistelo
  • Lee Ji-Hyung
  • Mimi Sisters
  • Reflex
  • Ashgray
  • 18 Gram

2013

Friday, August 2Saturday, August 3Sunday, August 4
Pentaport Stage
Dream Stage
Moonlight Stage
  • Windy City
  • Skull & Haha
  • Seoul Riddim Superclub
  • Siberian Husky

2012

Friday, August 10Saturday, August 11Sunday, August 12
Pentaport Stage
  • Baekdusan
  • Super Session
  • Top Band 2 quarterfinal
  • Toxic
  • Icy cider
  • Gate Flowers
  • Axiz
Dream Stage
Lakeside Stage
  • Joaband
  • Lucite Rabbit
  • Have A Tea
  • Solsol Springwind
  • Electric Eel
  • Huckleberry Finn
  • Urban Zakapa
  • Lalasweet
  • Speak Out
  • Hologram Film

2011

Friday, August 5Saturday, August 6Sunday, August 7
Pentaport Stage
Dream Stage
  • Wonder Bird
  • W&Whale
  • Go Chic
  • Linus' Blanket
  • Pidgoen Milk
  • The Ghost Spardac
  • Choi Go-eun
Groove Session
  • Plastic Kid
  • DJ Yup fet. Koonta
  • Conan feat. MC Goltee
  • J-Path
  • Dr. Lektroluv
  • Limzi
  • Astro Voize
  • Inside Core
  • Dexpistols
  • Oriental Funk Stew
  • DJ Ryoo
  • Kingmck
  • Shut Da Mouth

2010

Friday, July 23Saturday, July 24Sunday, July 25
Pentaport Stage
Dream Stage
  • Vassline
  • Wagdug Futuristic Unity
  • Ynot?
  • No. 1 Korean
  • Lee Sang-Min Band
  • Daybreak
  • 10cm
  • Phonebooth
  • Hot Potato
  • The Grates
  • Kingstone Rudieska
  • Opshop
  • Yellow Monsters
  • Serengetti
  • Orgeltanz
Groove Session
  • DJ Yoda
  • Inside Core
  • East Collective
  • 2E Love
  • Kap10Kurt
  • Revolver 69
  • Mongoloid
  • J-Path

2009

Friday, July 24Saturday, July 25Sunday, July 26
Big Top Stage & Pentaport Stage
  • No Brain
  • GoGo Star
  • Rux
  • Black Syndrome
  • Sogyumo Acasia Band
  • Sugardonut
  • Aggressive Dogs (a.k.a. UZI-ONE)
  • Acidman
  • Crystal Rain
  • Trans Fixion
Groove Session
  • Cosmic Gate
  • Gon
  • Conan
  • Risque Rhythm Machine
  • Kentaro
  • VJ Zirostyle
  • Astro Voize
  • Idiotape
  • Ujn&nova
  • Karizma
  • VJ Zirostyle
  • Dexpistols
  • Lefto
  • Unjin
  • Yahel
  • VJ Sol

2008

Friday, July 25Saturday, July 26Sunday, July 27
Big Top Stage
Pentaport Stage
  • Peterpan Complex
  • Sweater
  • Double Famous
  • Rocket Diary
  • Beautiful Days
  • Burning Hepburn
  • Star Bow
  • Friday Ins
Groove Session
  • Kid B
  • DJ Rap
  • Shai
  • Fin

2007

Friday, July 27Saturday, July 28Sunday, July 29
Big Top Stage
Pentaport Stage
  • Rainy Sun
  • Stevie Salas
  • 69 Chambers
  • Peterpan Complex
  • Johnny Royal
  • Ray Kang
  • Moombatrap
  • The Strikers
  • Starbow
  • Dr. Core 911
  • Yi Sung Yol
  • Every Single Day
  • Rux
  • Sugardonut
  • The Melody
  • Copy Machine
  • Cool Age
  • Andsome
Groove Session
  • DJ Takuma
  • BT
  • Hoola-Loops
  • Andy & Stu
  • DJ Beejay
  • DJ J-Path
  • DJ Hydro
  • Om-Shall-Om

2006

Friday, July 28Saturday, July 29Sunday, July 30
Big Top Stage
Mnet.com Stage
  • Fake?
  • Butterfly Effect
  • Schizo
  • Hachi & TJ
  • Vodka Rain
  • Pearl's Day
  • Beautiful Days
  • Desperado
  • Mongoose
  • Cloud Cuckoo Land
Groove Session
  • Oriental Funk Stew
  • Andy & Stu
  • Junkie XL
  • DJ Sunshine
  • DJ Devil
  • VJ The Maze
  • DJ Jaimo
  • DJ Paust
  • Ken Ishii
  • DJ Unkle
  • Airmix
  • VJ The Maze
  • DJ Guru
  • DJ Hyper
  • Makoto & MC Stride
  • DJ Kuma
  • VJ The Maze

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: www.pentaportrock.com . 2006-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120620180723/http://pentaportrock.com/ . 2012-06-20 . dead .
  2. Web site: Yonhap. 2021-08-29. Incheon's annual rock festival to be held virtually in Oct.. 2021-08-29. The Korea Herald. en.
  3. News: Pentaport Rock Festival conquers heat. 14 August 2016.