Groezrock was an annual

music festival A music festival is a festival, community event with music, performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock music, rock, blues, folk music, folk, jazz, classical music), nation ...

that took place in

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, Belgium. It started as a small

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and pop festival with one stage and a few hundred people attending, but evolved into a large

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festival, with attendances exceeding 30,000. The festival had one stage until 2003, when it added a second stage called Back-to-Basics, which was reserved for more hardcore-oriented bands. Since 2006 the festival has taken place over multiple days, and grew to three stages in 2009 and four stages in 2012. It was announced in October 2017 that the 2018 edition of Groezrock would not be taking place in the Spring, and would instead be an indoor festival in the autumn. The festival have stated that they will be "back in full force" with the usual format in 2019.

1992

1992: Grandma's Toy, Buckle Juice, Dinky Toys, Pitti Polak

1993

1993: Give Buzze, The Establishment, Ashbury Faith, The Scabs

1994

1994: One Hes, Inna Nip, Rusk, Groggy's Crawl, Thermos, Burma Shave, Metal Molly, Jack of Hearts, Soapstone, B.J. Scott

1995

1995: Oxid, Cesspool, Quip, Dildo Warheads, Mutilated, Deeper, Brotherhood Foundation, L.A. Doors

1996

1996: Small Yellow Fish, Protest, Underdog!?, Cooper, Def Real, The Romans, Brotherhood Foundation, Deviate

1997

1997 (26 April): Ryker's, Heideroosjes, Brotherhood Foundation, Gwyllions, Instructions For Use, Igor's Record Shop, Cornflames, Flee Bag

1998

1998 (25 April): Millencolin, Good Riddance, , Intensity, AFI, Hard Resistance, Undeclinable Ambuscade, Pancake, Instructions For Use, Sixpack Joe, Cooperate, Plan 9

1999

1999 (24 April):

No Fun at All No Fun at All (often abbreviated to just NFAA) is a Swedish punk rock band. History The band formed in the summer of 1991 in Skinnskatteberg. The group initially consisted of Mikael Danielsson (guitar), Jimmie Olsson (Singing, vocals, Drum kit ...

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, 59 Times The Pain, Good Riddance, 88 Fingers Louie, Buck Wild, Bombshell Rocks, Void Section, Janez Detd., 2 Late, Access Denied, Nevergreen, PN

2000

2000 (29 April):

, Heideroosjes, Down By Law, Liberator, Bouncing Souls, Within Reach, Facedown, Vision, 5 Days Off, I Against I, Skin Of Tears, Apeshit, Delate, Figure It Out

2001

2001 (28 April):

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, Buckle Up, Powerhouse, Deviates, Venerea,

Burning Heads Burning Heads is a punk rock and reggae band from Orléans Orléans (,

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, Stoned,

Randy Randy is a given name, popular in the United States and Canada. It is primarily a masculine name. It was originally derived from the names Randall, Randolph, and Miranda, and may be a short form (hypocorism) of them. '' Randi'' is approximat ...

, Undeclinable, 59 Times the Pain, Snuff, SNFU, Ignite, Voodoo Glow Skulls

2002

2002 (27 April):

Bad Religion Bad Religion is an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980. The band's lyrics cover topics related to religion, politics, society, the media and science. Musically, they are noted for their melodic sensibilities and ...

, Sick of It All, Guttermouth, Down By Law, Satanic Surfers, Rise Against, Undeclinable Ambuscade (surprise act), Circle, .Calibre, Kill Your Idols,

Horace Pinker Horace Pinker is an American punk rock band formed in 1991 in Tempe, Arizona and based in Chicago, Illinois. They combine a pop-punk sound with political lyrics. Horace Pinker has played in over 21 countries including Brazil, China and Austra ...

, Flatcat

2003

2003 (26 April): Main:

Dropkick Murphys Dropkick Murphys are an American Celtic punk band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1996. The current lineup consists of co-lead vocalist and bassist Ken Casey, drummer Matt Kelly, co-lead vocalist Al Barr (on hiatus from the band since 202 ...

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, Glassjaw,

Hot Water Music Hot Water Music is an American punk rock band formed in October 1994 and based in Gainesville, Florida. Since their formation, the group has consisted of Chuck Ragan and Chris Wollard on shared lead vocals and guitars, bass guitarist Jason B ...

, dredg,

Flogging Molly Flogging Molly is an Irish-American seven-piece Celtic punk band formed in Los Angeles in 1997, led by Irish vocalist Dave King, formerly of the hard rock band Fastway. They are signed to their own record label, Borstal Beat Records. Histor ...

, Gameface, Randy, The Shandon, Face Tomorrow, Skool's Out B2B: Severance, Between The Lines, Support, Terror, Caliban, Give Up the Ghost, Stairland, Poison the Well

2004

2004 (24 April): Main: Millencolin, Sick of It All, Heideroosjes,

Mad Caddies The Mad Caddies (or the Caddies) is an American ska punk band from Solvang, California. The band formed in 1995 and has released seven full-length albums, one live album, and two EPs. The Mad Caddies sound has influences from broad ranging g ...

Madball Madball is an American New York hardcore band. Originated in the late 1980s as a side project of Agnostic Front, the band developed after Agnostic Front's vocalist Roger Miret would let his younger half-brother Freddy Cricien take the micro ...

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, Strung Out,

, Midtown, The Almighty Trigger Happy, Travoltas, Belvedere, Beatsteaks B2B: E.Town Concrete, Stretch Arm Strong, Liar,

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, The Promise, Cornflames, Rise and Fall,

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2005

2005 (Saturday 30 April)

2006

2006 ( 28 and 29 April)

Friday 28 April

Saturday 29 April

2007

( 27 and 28 April)

Friday 27 April

Saturday 28 April

2008

( 9 and 10 May)

Friday 9 May

Saturday 10 May

2009

( 17 and 18 April)

Friday 17 April

Saturday 18 April

2010

( 23 and 24 April):

Friday 23 April

Saturday 24 April

2011

22 and 23 April

Friday 22 April

Saturday 23 April

2012

28 and 29 April

Saturday 28 April

Sunday 29 April

2013

27 and 28 April

Saturday 27 April

Sunday 28 April

2014

2 and 3 May

Friday 2 May

Saturday 3 May

2015

1 and 2 May

Friday 1 May

Saturday 2 May

2016

29 and 30 April

Friday 29 April

Saturday 30 April

2017

29 and 30 April

Saturday 29 April

Sunday 30 April

References

External links

Official site
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