| Rock in Roma (Romarock Festival) | |
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| Genre | Rock music |
| Dates | June and July |
| Location(s) | Rome |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Website | Official Site |
The Rock in Rome (until its 2008 edition known as Romarock Festival) is a musical event that takes place annually in Rome at the Capannelle Racecourse usually at the turn of the months of June and July . Does not take place as a classic festival (i.e., it is not of one or more consecutive days in which more groups perform) but as a musical event in which, over a period of a month or so, several groups perform.[1]
Among the artists, Mark Knopfler, Slash, The Chemical Brothers, Jamiroquai, Ben Harper, Toto, Korn, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Skunk Anansie, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Cranberries, Nine Inch Nails, Motörhead, ZZ Top, The Cure, Testament, Duran Duran, Dream Theater, Radiohead, Franco Battiato, Caparezza, Subsonica, Vinicio Capossela, Elio e Le Storie Tese, Litfiba, Rammstein, Atoms for Peace, Arctic Monkeys, Green Day, Blur, Iggy & The Stooges, Smashing Pumpkins, Bruce Springsteen.
Feature of the festival is the quality and variety of the line-up thus allowing the meeting of different cultures and musical genres.
During the three previous editions, more than 370,000 people have benefited from the setting Capannelle Racetrack taking part in shows and allowing the achievement dell'esaurito for several evenings. The 2011 edition has seen a total of about two hundred thousand appearances.
Editions
2002
| 5 July | Banco del Mutuo Soccorso / Elettrojoyce |
| 11 July | Franco Battiato |
2003
| 20 June | Marlene Kuntz |
| 4 July | Latte e i Suoi Derivati |
| 15 July | Modena City Ramblers |
| 23 July | Elio e le Storie Tese |
| 2 agosto | Latte e i Suoi Derivati |
2004
| 21 June | Elio e le Storie Tese |
| 23 June | Verdena |
| 26 June | Marlene Kuntz |
| 6 July | Sean Paul |
| 7 July | Air |
| 8 July | Peter Gabriel |
| 16 July | Modena City Ramblers |
| 19 July | Latte e i Suoi Derivati / AnonimArmonisti |
2005
| 16 June | Banco del Mutuo Soccorso / Cappello a Cilindro |
| 7 July | Tori Amos / Tom McRae |
| 8 July | Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra |
| 18 July | Jamiroquai |
| 20 July | Negramaro |
2006
| 5 July | Afterhours |
| 19 July | Franco Battiato / Joan as Police Woman |
| 21 July | Massive Attack |
| 28 July | Daniele Silvestri |
2007
| 30 June | Daniele Silvestri |
| 1 July | Placebo |
| 3 July | Peter Gabriel |
| 4 July | Deasonika |
| 13 July | Finley |
| 16 July | Steve Vai |
| 17 July | Ricky Martin |
| 18 July | Avril Lavigne |
| 20 July | Robert Plant |
2008
| 19 June | LOB Tech Tones / Piergiorgio Lucidi |
| 30 June | Francesco De Gregori |
| 3 July | Subsonica |
| 4 July | Fabrizio Moro |
| 6 July | Tokio Hotel |
| 11 July | Pino Daniele |
| 12 July | Aventura |
| 15 July | Fiorella Mannoia |
| 16 July | Duran Duran |
| 18 July | Massive Attack / Djavan |
| 19 July | Shaggy / Max Pezzali |
| 24 July | Finley |
| 26 July | Ben Harper |
2009
| 27 June | Subsonica |
| 30 June | UB40 |
| 1 July | Vinicio Capossela & Calexico |
| 2 July | Negrita |
| 4 July | Marlene Kuntz |
| 5 July | Testament / Kreator / Cathedral |
| 6 July | Earth, Wind & Fire / Chic |
| 8 July | P.F.M. canta De André |
| 9 July | J-Ax |
| 10 July | Marta Sui Tubi / Massimo Volume / Surgery |
| 11 July | Bandabardò |
| 14 July | The Killers / Franz Ferdinand / White Lies |
| 15 July | Motörhead / Extrema / Merendine Atomiche |
| 16 July | 2 Many DJ's [ANNULLATO] |
| 18 July | Caparezza |
| 20 July | Afterhours / Morgan / Hike Has The Giggles |
| 22 July | Nine Inch Nails / Animal Collective / TV on the Radio |
| 24 July | Daniele Silvestri |
| 25 July | Modena City Ramblers |
2010
| 1 July | Heaven & Hell [ANNULLATO] |
| 5 July | The Cranberries |
| 6 July | Mika |
| 7 July | The Gossip |
| 12 July | ZZ Top |
| 13 July | Ska-P / 99 Posse / Er Piotta / The Hormonauts |
| 14 July | Baustelle / Nina Zilli |
| 15 July | Skunk Anansie / Motel Connection |
| 21 July | Afterhours |
| 22 July | Litfiba |
| 26 July | The Cult |
| 27 July | Daniele Silvestri |
| 28 July | Gary Moore |
2011
| 18 June | Thirty Seconds to Mars + CB7 |
| 21 June | Avenged Sevenfold |
| 23 June | Alessandro Mannarino |
| 29 June | Korn + Extrema + Stillwell + DJ Kid Knuckles |
| 30 June | Subsonica |
| 3 July | Black Label Society + Archer |
| 4 July | Dream Theater + Anathema + Gamma Ray |
| 6 July | Afterhours + Cesare Malfatti |
| 8 July | Mogwai + A Classic Education |
| 9 July | Fabri Fibra |
| 13 July | Chemical Brothers |
| 15 July | Franco Battiato |
| 16 July | Caparezza |
| 17 July | Almamegretta & Raiz (reunion tour) |
| 18 July | Daniele Silvestri |
| 19 July | Robert Plant & The Band of Joy + Ben Harper |
| 20 July | Skunk Anansie + Motel Connection |
| 21 July | Elio e le Storie Tese + Nevruz + Le Ossa |
| 22 July | Jamiroquai + Fabri Fibra |
| 23 July | Jack Johnson + Kaki King |
| 24 July | Moby (+ after show DJset) |
| 29 July | Slash & Myles Kennedy+ Japanese Voyeur |
| 30 July | Max Pezzali |
2012
| 7 June | Afterhours & Afghan Whigs (Tenutosi all'Atlantico Live) |
| 25 June | Incubus + Fin |
| 26 June | Cypress Hill + Everlast + Dope D.O.D. + Noyz Narcos |
| 27 June | Portishead |
| 2 July | Deadmau5 |
| 3 July | Snoop Dogg +Cut Killer |
| 5 July | Negrita |
| 8 July | Justice + guest |
| 9 July | The Cure + Crystal Castles + The Cranes + Paolo Benvegnu' + Denimor |
| 10 July | Ray Manzarek & Robby Krieger ( dei The Doors ) |
| 11 July | J-Ax |
| 12 July | Garbage |
| 13 July | Armin Van Buuren + Jochen Miller |
| 16 July | Nina Zilli |
| 17 July | Lenny Kravitz + Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue |
| 18 July | Kasabian |
| 19 July | Elio e Le Storie Tese |
| 20 July | Caparezza |
| 21 July | Boys Noize + guest |
| 22 July | Goran Bregovic |
| 23 July | Ben Harper + Nneka |
| 25 July | Subsonica |
| 26 July | Beach Boys |
| 27 July | Simple Minds |
| 28 July | Litfiba |
| 30 July | Sonata Arctica |
| 2 August | Placebo |
| 22 September | Radiohead + Caribou |
2013
| 29 May | My Bloody Valentine |
| 5 June | Green Day + All Time Low |
| 11 June | The Killers + The Stereophonics |
| 21 June | Toto |
| 25 June | Korn + Bullet for My Valentine + Love and Death |
| 4 July | Iggy Pop and the Stooges |
| 5 July | Max Gazzè |
| 9 July | Rammstein |
| 10 July | Arctic Monkeys + The Vaccines + Miles Kane |
| 11 July | Bruce Springsteen |
| 13 July | Mark Knopfler |
| 14 July | The Smashing Pumpkins + Mark Lanegan Band + Beware of Darkness |
| 16 July | Atoms for Peace |
| 18 July | Ska-P + Casino Royale |
| 22 July | Deep Purple |
| 24 July | Zucchero |
| 25 July | Daniele Silvestri |
| 26 July | Neil Young |
| 28 July | Sigur Rós |
| 29 July | Blur |
| 31 July | Negrita |