Rock en Seine festival

Latest additions: Martina Topley Bird who replaces Ou est Le Swimming Pool. Plus I Am Un Chien, King Of Conspiracy, Viva & The Diva, Quadricolor, Roken Is Dodelijk, and Success.

Friday: Roken Is Dodelijk, Kele, Beast, The Kooks, Band Of Horses, Deadmau5, Foals, All Time Low, Minus The Bear, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Underworld, King Of Conspiracy, Skunk Anansie, Cypress Hill, and Blink 182.

Saturday: Viva And The Diva, 2ManyDjs, Quadricolor, Stereophonics, Jello Biafra, Plan B, Jonsi, K'naan, Chew Lips, Two Door Cinema Club, Paolo Nutini, LCD Soundsystem, Queens Of The Stone Age, and Massive Attack.

Sunday: Wayne Beckford, Fat Freddy's Drop, The Ting Tings, I Am Un Chien, Success, Rox, Crystal Castles, Wave Machines, Eels, Beirut, Roxy Music, and Arcade Fire.

First 3-day passes for 2011 - 109 euros - On sale soon

Camping is only available to three day ticket holders. The Rock en Seine campsite is located in the Domaine national de Saint-Cloud. The price is 30 euros for 2 people for 3 nights, and 60 euros for 4 people for 3 nights. Camping tickets are available on the link above. No camping tickets will be sold at the entrance.

2003
Rock en Seine is born! On Wednesday 27th August, a crowd of 22,000 people danced around the site (in the blistering heat) to the sounds of Massive Attack, PJ Harvey, Beck, Morcheeba, Keziah Jones…


2004
In its second year, Rock en Seine ran for two days, meaning twice as many bands, double the fun and a lot more rain! The festival was also opened up to other art forms, with Rockfolio (an open-air gallery exhibiting 50 photos by Claude Gassian), Rock en Strophes (a competition for writing and composing rock songs) and Rock en Clips (a selection of the year's best rock clips). The line-up included Muse, The White Stripes, Sonic Youth, The Chemical Brothers, Archive, Daniel Darc and The Roots...


2005
Year three, stage number three! The festival site was expanded in order to set up a third stage: the ideal opportunity to offer a wider range of the moment’s best rock artists and to incorporate a campsite into the heart of the festival site. More than 46,000 people turned up to watch performances from Pixies, Franz Ferdinand, Robert Plant, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, The Arcade Fire and Jurassic 5.


2006
By its fourth year, Rock en Seine was definitely here to stay and underwent some real changes. Improving services for visitors was the main aim. Enlarging the site, adding a giant screen to the Cascade stage, decorations and a wider range of food and drink stalls. The line-up delighted the 57,000 festival-goers who came to hail artists such as Radiohead, Morrissey, Beck, DJ Shadow, The Raconteurs, Patrice and TV on the Radio.


2007
For its 5th anniversary, and supported by Région Île-de-France, Rock en Seine was extended for its first three-day festival, bringing together the best of the current rock music scene with Arcade Fire and Björk.


2008
The sixth edition of Rock en Seine saw some new festival-goers, as it allowed children in for the first time! The kids could frolic about in a specially designed village, while their parents, shimmied to Hot Chip, were intoxicated by The Do, (re-)discovered the direct rock of REM, danced to the furious rhythms of The Roots or stamped their feet to the riffs of The Raconteurs. And although the absence of a certain soul diva was a real shame, everyone was enthralled by an incredible performance from The Streets or their ears were left ringing to the raw, rebellious and high-octane sound of Rage Against the Machine, the first day’s special guests.


2009: record crowds for a super sunny year!
In 2009, the three days of the festival beat to the rhythm of some lovely surprises: one of the first ever performances from Them Crooked Vultures, as well as the reformation of Faith No More, with Mike Patte more charismatic than ever.... This year saw record crowds and the hot, sunny ambiance almost overshadowed the Gallagher brothers' split (and subsequent cancellation of the Oasis gig), which was the only bum note of the festival’s 7th year.