Rock en Seine
The Rock en Seine festival is a three-day rock music festival, held at Domaine National de Saint-Cloud, the Château de Saint-Cloud's park, west of Paris, inside the garden designed by André Le Nôtre.
Name
The name is a pun, based on exactly the same pronunciation in French of the words scène meaning stage and Seine.History
- 2003 : Birth of Rock en Seine, the 27th of August, with two stages and ten bands.
- 2004 : The festival extends over two days. It welcomes new artistic forms with Rockfolio, Rock en Strophes and Rock en Clips.
- 2005 : The festival site gets bigger: the third stage appears, as well as a campsite.
- 2007 : The festival extends over three days.
- 2010 : 105 000 people attending to this edition.
- 2011 : The fourth stage is emerging.
- 2014 : 120 000 people attending to this edition. The new stage named “Ile-de-France” hosts the Avant-Seine's bands.
- 2017 : Sarah Schmitt becomes the new director of the festival. The festival welcomes a “Firestone” stage.
2020 edition and COVID-19 pandemic
Previous years
- 2003 : 1st year, 2 stages, 10 artists, 22,000 spectators
- 2004 : 2nd year, extended to Two days, 22 artists, 48,000 spectators
- 2005 : 3rd year, Three stages, 30 artists, 46,000 spectators
- 2006 : 4th year, Three stages, 30 artists, 57,000 spectators
- 2007 : 5th year, extended to Three days, 45 artists, 68,000 spectators
- 2008 : Three stages, 34 artists, 76,000 spectators
- 2009 : Three stages, 47 artists, 97,000 spectators
- 2010 : Three stages, 47 artists, 105,000 spectators
- 2011 : Four stages, 63 bands, 105,000 spectators
- 2012 : Four stages, 62 artists, 108,000 spectators
- 2013 : Four stages, 56 artists, 110,000 spectators
- 2014 : Five stages, 65 artists, 120,000 spectators
- 2015 : Five stages, 66 artists, 110,000 spectators
- 2016 : Five stages, 65 artists, 110,000 spectators
- 2017 : Six stages, 78 artists, 110,000 spectators
- 2018 : Six stages, 78 artists, 90,000 spectators
The venue
The park and the garden were designed by Le Nôtre in the 17th century, and it is the first park to be classed as a Monument historique in 1994. It is a 4.6 km² park, and there are gardens and forest with basins, thickets, cascades, and statues.
Avant-Seine
In 2005, for its third edition, and with the support of Ile-de-France, Rock en Seine inaugurated “Avant-Seine”, a selection of bands from Ile-de-France which join the official programming of the festival. Every year, six selected groups are playing on a stage, and one of their tracks is published on a compilation spread for free.- 2005 : Stuck in the Sound, Flying Pooh, HushPuppies, Herman Düne, Sayag Jazz Machine, Hopper.
- 2006 : Rhesus, Dead Pop Club, Daddy Longlegs, Neïmo, French Paradoxe, Fancy.
- 2007 : Housse de Racket, Hey Hey My My, Nelson, Pravda, Rodeo Massacre, I Love UFO.
- 2008 : Narrow Terence, Brooklyn, The Latitudz, Molecule, Da Brasilians, Fortune.
- 2009 : Lilly Wood & The Prick, Hindi Zahra, Cheveu, Gush, Jil Is Lucky, The Tatianas.
- 2010 : Success, King of Conspiracy, I Am Un Chien, Quadricolor, Viva & the Diva, Roken is Dodelijk.
- 2011 : Frànçois and The Atlas Mountains, Concrete Knives, The Feeling of Love, Myra Lee, Beat Mark, Birdy Hunt.
- 2012 : Granville, Owlle, Yeti Lane, The Lanskies, Versus, Hyphen Hyphen.
- 2013 : FAUVE, Team Ghost, FI/SHE/S, J.C. Satàn, St. Lô, Wall Of Death.
- 2014 : ALB, Dorian Pimpernel, Feu! Chatterton, Jessica93, PEGASE, Petit fantôme.
- 2015 : DBFC, VKNG, Forever Pavot, We Are Match, Jeanne Added, Last Train.
- 2016 : KillASon, O, Adrien Soleiman, Kaviar Special, Maestro, Théo Lawrence & The Hearts.
- 2017 : Inuït, Barbagallo, Gracy Hopkins, Lysistrata, Therapie Taxi, Rendez-Vous.
- 2018 : 8 In Bloom, La Veine, Lily, Yanse, The Cage, Moons
Musical Acts
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Edition 2007
| Grande Scene | Scene de la Cascade | Scene de l'Industrie | |
| Friday 24 August | - Dizzee Rascal - Mogwai - The Shins - The Hives - Arcade Fire | - Rock and Roll - Dinosaur Jr - M.I.A. - Emilie Simon - 2 Many DJ's | - Rodeo Massacre - Hey Hey My My - Biffy Clyro - The Noisettes - Unkle |
| Saturday 25 August | - The Fratellis - Cold War Kids - Jarvis Cocker - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Tool | - Puppetmastaz - Hellogoodbye - Erik Truffaz - C.S.S. - Les Rita Mitsouko | - I Love UFO - Pravada - Calvin Harris - Terry Poison - Alpha |
| Sunday 26 August | - Daby Toure - Mark Ronson - Kings of Leon - Faithless - Björk | - Bat for Lashes - Devotchka - Kelis - Just Jack - Craig Armstrong | - Housse de Racket - Nelson - Albert Hammond Jr. - Bromheads Jacket - Enter Shikari |