Busan Rock Festival


Busan Rock Festival, inaugurated in 2000, is an outdoor music festival that takes place every summer in Busan. It is one of South Korea's longest running modern music festivals. The lineups accumulate acts of various genres such as rock, metal, indie. The admission was free of charge until 2019, when it transitioned into a ticketed event. Busan Rock Festival has been conducting an artist exchange project by promoting international exchanges.

2000 line-up

15 July ~ 17 July, Gwangalli Beach, Busan
15 July
  • Chicken Head
  • Bulldog Mansion
  • Lilac
  • Grand Slam
  • Rainy Sun
  • Cheese
  • Sinawe
  • Super Slump
  • Yoon Do-hyun Band
16 July
  • Mr. Soul
  • Wipper
  • Fancy
  • Dr. Core 911
  • Pia
  • Noize Garden
  • LMF
  • Crash
  • Siam Shade
    • 17 July
  • No Mark
  • Nell
  • Huckleberry Finn
  • Jeremy
  • Johnny Royal
  • Maroo
  • Again
  • Crying Nut
  • Missile Girl Scoot
  • Kim Kyung-Ho Band

    • 2001 line-up

    11 August ~ 13 August, Gwangalli Beach, Busan
    11 August
    • Purple Haze
    • Every Single Day
    • Nell
    • Fancy
    • Silent Eye
    • R.F. Children
    • Black Syndrome
    • Holy Moses
    • Nightwish
    12 August
  • Saint
  • Weeper
  • Trans Fixion
  • Psychotron
  • Rainy Sun
  • Diablo
  • Opposition Party
  • Tomikita Band
  • Crash
  • Bodyjar
  • Dimmu Borgir
    • 13 August
  • Khan
  • Y-Not
  • Gosrak
  • Lazybone
  • Pia
  • Jeremy
  • Mayday
  • Dicta License
  • Bruce Lee Band
  • Crying Nut

    • 2002 line-up

    1 June ~ 3 June, Gwangalli Beach, Busan
    1 June
    • Moring Bond
    • Lowdown 30
    • Sinawe
    • Kuroda Michihiro
    • Dimension Zero
    • Lee Hyun-Woo Band
    • Edenbridge
    • Vanilla Fudge
    2 June
  • Niflheim
  • Oathean
  • Crying Nut
  • Chijian
  • Cocobat
  • Cannibal Corpse
  • Yoon Do-Hyun Band
  • Royal Hunt
    • 3 June
  • Rock Sinn
  • Psychotron
  • Jeremy
  • Crash
  • Schizma
  • Sinergy
  • Devin Townsend
  • Spring Summer Autumn Winter
  • Kreator

    • 2003 line-up

    7 August ~ 9 August, Da-Dae-Po Beach, Busan
    8 August
    • Unchained
    • GumX
    • Biuret
    • Trans Fixion
    • Neil Zaza
    • Crash
    • Soilwork
    • Arch Enemy
    9 August
  • Discotruck
  • Sugar Donut
  • Lazybone
  • Down In A Hole
  • Wiretrap In My Ear
  • Visions of Atlantis
  • Hammer
  • Skyfire
  • Rage

    • 2004 line-up

    5 August ~ 7 August, Da-Dae-Po Beach, Busan
    6 August
    • Oh! Brothers
    • Osaka Monaurail
    • Ego-Wrappin'
    • Han Dae-Soo
    • Xandria
    • Cherry Filter
    • Dark Tranquillity
    7 August
  • Superdog
  • Powell Young Band
  • Blackhole
  • Victor Smolski
  • Bump of Chicken
  • N.EX.T
  • Steve Vai

    • 2005 line-up

    5 August ~ 7 August, Da-Dae-Po Beach, Busan
    5 August
    • Mr. Funky
    • What
    • Glam
    • Crying Nut
    • Richie Kotzen
    • Powerman 5000
    6 August
  • Schizo
  • Vassline
  • Jeremy
  • Domain
  • Crash
  • Deicide
    • 7 August
  • Jude
  • Kariyushi
  • Waltz Elegy
  • The Travellers
  • Pia
  • Steranko
  • Yoon Do Hyun Band

    • 2006 line-up

    5 August ~ 7 August, Da-Dae-Po Beach, Busan
    5 August
    • Strikes
    • Trans Fixon
    • Ska'sh Onions
    • Deli Spice
    • Kim Sung-Myun & Lee Hyun-Suk
    • Sinawe & Seoul Electronic Band
    • UFO
    6 August
  • 13 Steps
  • Downhell
  • Naty
  • D.H.A.T
  • No Brain
  • Andrew W.K
  • Edguy

    • 2007 line-up

    4 August ~ 5 August, Da-Dae-Po Beach, Busan
    4 August
    5 August
  • Barkhouse
  • Beatallica
  • Joey Za-sa
  • Prana
  • Lee Han-Cheol Band
  • No Brain
  • YB
  • LA Guns

    • 2008 line-up

    2 August ~ 3 August, Da-Dae-Po Beach, Busan
    2 August
    • Dear Cloud
    • Tempered Mental
    • Y-Not?
    • Copa Salvo
    • Eve
    • The Ratios
    • Sohodolls
    • Toshi with - EARTH
    3 August
  • The Cigavettes
  • Superkidd
  • B.B.B.B.
  • End of Fashion
  • Pia
  • Shadows Fall
  • Hot Potato
  • Kang San-E Band

    • 2009 line-up

    7 August ~ 9 August, Da-Dae-Po Beach, Busan
    7 August
    • Dry Flower
    • SPOTLIGHT
    • Nevada#51
    • Burning Hepburn
    • Hakata The Brhyssco
    • BlueIsland
    • MATE
    • GUYZ
    • The Southbay
    • Biuret
    • Prana
    • Baekdusan
    8 August
  • MATE
  • GUYZ
  • Serengeti
  • The Black Skirts
  • Keitaku
  • Every Single Day
  • Onnine Ibalgwan
  • Scatterheart
  • Lee Ji Hyung
  • White Rose Movement
  • Kim Chang-Wan Band
    • 9 August
  • 21 Scott
  • Rux
  • Trans Fixion
  • ZAMZA N'BANSHEE
  • Cuba
  • Rainy Sun
  • Anna Tsuchiya
  • Yoon Do Hyun Band
  • Overkill

    • 2010 line-up

    6 August ~ 8 August, Da-Dae-Po Beach, Busan
    6 August
    • POE
    • Noeazy
    • Achime
    • Windycat
    • Telefly
    • THE UNITED93
    • Non Troppo
    • Yellow Monsters
    7 August
  • Burning Hepburn
  • King Ly Chee
  • Jude
  • Lee Han Cheul & Run run ways
  • Crying Nut
  • Boohwal
  • FireHouse
    • 8 August
  • Unchained
  • Y-Not?
  • Guckkasten
  • Super Kidd
  • Pia
  • Yoon Do Hyun Band vs RRM
  • The Haunted

    • 2011 line-up

    5 August ~ 7 August, Samrak Park, Busan
    5 August
    • D HAIT
    • Rots
    • DICKPUNKS
    • Romantic Punch
    • Go Go Star
    • One Drop East
    • Blanks
    • Steranko
    • Yoon Do Hyun Band
    6 August
  • Bard
  • Nevada#51
  • Rockvan
  • Mriga
  • Bye Bye Sea
  • Kingston Rudieska
  • Every Single Day
  • Crying Nut
  • Mongol800
  • Boohwal
    • 7 August
  • The DeF & Contenders
  • MAHATMA
  • Chthonic
  • Prana
  • Pia
  • Guckkasten
  • No Brain
  • Heaven Shall Burn
  • Kim Chang Wan Band

    • 2012 line-up

    3 August ~ 5 August, Samrak Park, Busan
    3 August
    • Broken Valentine
    • Herz
    • Yery Band
    • The Strikers
    • ICYCIDER
    • GWAMEGI
    • Gate Flowers
    • Romantic Punch
    • Super Kidd
    • Prana
    • Galneryus
    • Kim Kyung Ho Band
    4 August
  • Public Stereo
  • Pandaz
  • Downhell
  • CUBA
  • Cuba
  • The Bashow
  • Nevada#51
  • Every Single Day
  • Hilary Grist
  • Lee Han-Cheol Band
  • FireHouse
  • Boohwal
    • 5 August
  • Ska Wakers
  • GOGOBOYS
  • Neon Bunny
  • Human Race
  • 4th Floor
  • Rose Motel
  • TODA
  • Monni
  • Bandtoxic
  • The Black Skirts
  • No Brain
  • James Walsh in Starsailor