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Groezrock

Annual music festival in Belgium

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Groezrock is an annual music festival that took place in Meerhout, Belgium. It started as a small rock and pop festival with one stage and a few hundred people attending, but evolved into a large punk rock/hardcore punk 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.

011992

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

021993

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

031994

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

041995

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

051996

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

061997

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

071998

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

081999

1999 (24 April): No Fun at All, Ten Foot Pole, 59 Times The Pain, Good Riddance, 88 Fingers Louie, Buck Wild, Bombshell Rocks, Void Section, Janez Detd., 2 Late, Access Denied, Nevergreen, PN

092000

2000 (29 April): No Fun at All, 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

102001

2001 (28 April): Square One, Buckle Up, Powerhouse, Deviates, Venerea, Burning Heads, Adhesive, Stoned, Randy, Undeclinable, 59 Times the Pain, Snuff, SNFU, Ignite, Voodoo Glow Skulls

112002

2002 (27 April): Bad Religion, Sick of It All, Guttermouth, Down By Law, Satanic Surfers, Rise Against, Undeclinable Ambuscade (surprise act), Circle, .Calibre, Kill Your Idols, Horace Pinker, Flatcat

122003

2003 (26 April):

Main: Dropkick Murphys, Biohazard, Glassjaw, Ten Foot Pole, Hot Water Music, dredg, Flogging Molly, 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

132004

2004 (24 April):

Main: Millencolin, Sick of It All, Heideroosjes, Mad Caddies, Madball, Pulley, Strung Out, Ten Foot Pole, Midtown, The Almighty Trigger Happy, Travoltas, Belvedere, Beatsteaks

B2B: E.Town Concrete, Stretch Arm Strong, Liar, The Bronx, The Promise, Cornflames, Rise and Fall, Champion

142005

2005 (Saturday 30 April)

Main Stage	Back To Basics Stage
Lagwagon Hatebreed Mad Caddies Flogging Molly 7 Seconds Boysetsfire Rise Against Tsunami Bomb Strike Anywhere Only Crime Capdown Smoke or Fire SFP	Coheed and Cambria Ringworm Hopesfall Street Dogs Alexisonfire From Autumn to Ashes Modern Life Is War Maroon The Setup Malkovich

152006

2006 ( 28 and 29 April)

Friday 28 April

Main Stage
Taking Back Sunday Thrice Goldfinger Underoath Silverstein Aiden Say Anything

Saturday 29 April

Main Stage	Back To Basics Stage
Bad Religion Dropkick Murphys Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Sick of It All Less Than Jake No Use for a Name Anti-Flag Death by Stereo The Lawrence Arms Peter Pan Speedrock A Wilhelm Scream Latterman	Path of Resistance All Out War Born from Pain Comeback Kid Raised Fist Himsa Bold The Maple Room Officer Jones and HPCP The Spirit That Guides Us The Banner

162007

( 27 and 28 April)

Friday 27 April

We Rock Stage (Main Stage)	EASTPAK Core Stage
New Found Glory The All-American Rejects Motion City Soundtrack Big D and the Kids Table Saosin Enter Shikari	Death by Stereo Caliban No Turning Back Stretch Arm Strong Senses Fail Gallows

Saturday 28 April

We Rock Stage (Main Stage)	EASTPAK Core Stage
Lostprophets Jimmy Eat World Lagwagon Strung Out Rise Against Tiger Army Mad Caddies MxPx The Ataris Street Dogs Hit the Lights Death Before Disco	Hatebreed Ignite Terror Converge Sparta Aiden The Bronx Deadline Full Blown Chaos Cancer Bats mewithoutYou

172008

( 9 and 10 May)

Friday 9 May

Main Stage	EASTPAK Core Stage
Billy Talent Anti-Flag Alkaline Trio Heaven Shall Burn All Time Low Mayday Parade Set Your Goals	Hot Water Music Finch Silverstein The Audition Strike Anywhere The Blackout

Saturday 10 May

Main Stage	EASTPAK Core Stage
Bad Religion Thursday Face to Face The Planet Smashers 59 Times the Pain No Fun at All The Toasters A Wilhelm Scream The Loved Ones El Guapo Stuntteam The Bones The Flatliners	Story of the Year Sick of It All Agnostic Front Parkway Drive The Bouncing Souls The Setup HORSE The Band Do Or Die This Is Hell Cursed Suicide Silence Bury Your Dead

182009

( 17 and 18 April)

Friday 17 April

Main Stage	EASTPAK Core Stage	ETNIES Back To Basics Stage
Bullet For My Valentine Taking Back Sunday Underoath MxPx Catch 22 You Me At Six Kid Down	Thursday Bring Me the Horizon Poison The Well Senses Fail United Nations Escape the Fate	Amenra P.O.Box VersaEmerge Innerpartysystem Sounds Like Violence Campus

Saturday 18 April

Main Stage	EASTPAK Core Stage	ETNIES Back To Basics Stage
NOFX Rise Against The Get Up Kids No Fun at All The Living End The Vandals The Academy Is... The Aquabats Street Dogs The Unseen The Flatliners Gino's Eyeball	Walls Of Jericho Bleeding Through Comeback Kid Mad Sin Darkest Hour First Blood The Ghost Of A Thousand Architects Emery Misery Signals Bane Outbreak	Backfire! Nations Afire Death Before Dishonor The Sedan Vault Billy The Kill Mid Air Collision True Colors This Is a Standoff Beneath the Massacre Tenement Kids Nuns Go Riot Tackleberry

192010

( 23 and 24 April):

Friday 23 April

Main Stage	EASTPAK Core Stage	ETNIES Back To Basics Stage
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Face To Face Glassjaw Millencolin Caliban The Real McKenzies The Swellers	Funeral For A Friend Agnostic Front Alesana Haste the Day A Skylit Drive Holding Onto Hope	The Friday Night Boys Banner Pilot Adept This Is Hell Young Guns Grey Like Masquerade

Saturday 24 April

Main Stage	EASTPAK Core Stage	ETNIES Back To Basics Stage
Bad Religion Pennywise AFI Sum 41 Lit The Bouncing Souls 88 Fingers Louie Strike Anywhere Zebrahead MC Lars Pour Habit Mute	Story Of The Year Parkway Drive The Bronx Mustard Plug The Aggrolites Despised Icon A Wilhelm Scream Dance Gavin Dance The Ghost of a Thousand Winds of Plague The Warriors 50 Lions	H₂O Good Clean Fun Born from Pain Rise and Fall Stick to Your Guns Steak Number Eight Mariachi El Bronx Defeater Static Radio In Fear and Faith Asking Alexandria

202011

22 and 23 April

Friday 22 April

Main Stage	EASTPAK Core Stage	ETNIES Back To Basics Stage
Flogging Molly Hatebreed Further Seems Forever Millencolin Danko Jones Sick of It All The Black Pacific Cute Is What We Aim For Rufio Craig's Brother Army of Freshmen	Underoath August Burns Red Every Time I Die Circa Survive Thursday The Blackout Whitechapel Twin Atlantic We Came As Romans Bleed from Within	Morning Again Devils Brigade Shai Hulud Cancer Bats No Friends Grey Area Veara Blade The Acacia Strain Miss May I Impending Doom

Saturday 23 April

Main Stage	EASTPAK Core Stage	ETNIES Back To Basics Stage
NOFX Dropkick Murphys Descendents Boy Sets Fire Dashboard Confessional Thursday Goldfinger Sugarcult Piebald Streetlight Manifesto Teenage Bottlerocket Dead to Me	The Used Saves the Day Blood for Blood Madball Snapcase Comeback Kid Street Dogs Homer Asking Alexandria Old Man Markley Blacklist Royals	H₂O CIV Brotherhood Foundation No Trigger The Ghost Inside Of Mice & Men Hoods Dear Landlord Grave Maker Cruel Hand Social Suicide

212012

28 and 29 April

Saturday 28 April

Main Stage	Impericon Stage	ETNIES Back To Basics Stage	Acoustic Stage
Rancid Lagwagon Face To Face Yellowcard Heideroosjes The Bouncing Souls Reel Big Fish Belvedere None More Black The Menzingers Authority Zero Chixdiggit	Parkway Drive Heaven Shall Burn The Dillinger Escape Plan Evergreen Terrace The Ghost Inside Miss May I For Today Royal Republic We Are the In Crowd The Copyrights Paceshifters	Gallows Hazen Street Lifetime Verse Set Your Goals The Wonder Years Off With Their Heads Hostage Calm Confession B.E.A.R Counterpunch Banquets	Garret Klahn Face Tomorrow Dustin Kensrue Vienna Yellowcard The Bouncing Souls Mikey Erg

Sunday 29 April

Main Stage	Impericon Stage	ETNIES Back To Basics Stage	Acoustic Stage
Refused Simple Plan Thrice Good Riddance Alkaline Trio Hot Water Music Motion City Soundtrack MxPx Zebrahead Billy The Kill Versus The World	Unearth Terror Anti-Flag The Bronx Architects Your Demise The Old Firm Casuals The Dangerous Summer Make Do and Mend Wolves Like Us	Gorilla Biscuits 7 Seconds Slapshot DYS Such Gold Cobra Skulls Trigger Effect Sunpower Red City Radio Junius	Chuck Ragan Tom Gabel Dave Hause Mike Herrera Jonah Matranga Anti-Flag Kevin Seconds

222013

27 and 28 April

Saturday 27 April

Monster Stage (Main Stage)	Impericon Stage	ETNIES Stage	Acoustic Stage
Rise Against Rocket From The Crypt Pennywise Hatebreed Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls The Aquabats Pulley A Wilhelm Scream Streetlight Manifesto The Riverboat Gamblers Far From Finished The Rocket	Turbonegro Texas Is The Reason ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Grade Emmure The Kids Samiam Joey Cape's Bad Loud Chelsea Grin Crossfaith Crushing Caspars	Comeback Kid Kid Dynamite Title Fight Implants Trapped Under Ice The Story So Far AC4 Obey The Brave John Coffey Six Ft Ditch Attila Buried In Verona	Dave Hause Jonny Two Bags Walter Schreifels Scorpios Kristopher Roe Russ Rankin Miracles Minx

Sunday 28 April

Monster Stage (Main Stage)	Impericon Stage	ETNIES Stage	Acoustic Stage
Bad Religion Billy Talent The Used The Starting Line Less Than Jake Strung Out The Ataris The Flatliners Smoke or Fire The Dopamines Nothington	Killswitch Engage Bring Me the Horizon August Burns Red Sparta Attack Attack! Narrows Adept Stick to Your Guns While She Sleeps Bastions	Flag Into Another Strife Polar Bear Club First Blood Old Man Markley Pure Love Iron Chic Midnight Souls Masked Intruder The Front Bottoms	Geoff Rickly Vinnie Caruana Rocky Votolato Tim Vantol Rob Lynch Into It. Over It. PJ Bond Arizona & Grey Like Masquerade

232014

2 and 3 May

Friday 2 May

Monster Stage (Main Stage)	Impericon Stage	ETNIES Stage	Macbeth Stage
NOFX Brand New Descendents Alkaline Trio boysetsfire The Lawrence Arms The Menzingers Bodyjar Gameface Atlas Losing Grip Astpai	Quicksand Taking Back Sunday Ignite Madball Terror Saves The Day The Wonder Years Bayside Wisdom in Chains Devil in Me	H₂O Paint It Black La Dispute Iron Chic I Am The Avalanche Deez Nuts Red City Radio PUP Restorations	Everlast Larry And His Flask Tim Barry INVSN Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! Kids Insane My Extraordinary Fathoms Still Bust The Tramps

Saturday 3 May

Monster Stage (Main Stage)	Impericon Stage	ETNIES Stage	Macbeth Stage
The Offspring The Hives New Found Glory Screeching Weasel All Snuff Funeral Dress The Casualties The Smith Street Band Elway Get Dead	Falling In Reverse Caliban The Devil Wears Prada The Ghost Inside Norma Jean Doomriders I Killed The Prom Queen Apologies, I Have None Drug Church The Charm The Fury	Judge Modern Life Is War Cro-Mags Touché Amoré Liferuiner The Setup Done Dying Fabulous Disaster The Priceduifkes	The Toasters Crazy Arm Bim Skala Bim Bury Tomorrow Blitz Kids Edward In Venice Shell Beach River Jumpers Moments The Ignored

242015

1 and 2 May

Friday 1 May

Monster Stage (Main Stage)	Impericon Stage	Back to Basics Stage	The Revenge Stage	Macbeth Stage
Social Distortion Pennywise Lagwagon Broilers Atreyu Motion City Soundtrack Against Me! The Dwarves Masked Intruder The Swellers Joyce Manor	Unearth The Ghost Inside Suicide Silence The Acacia Strain Stick to Your Guns While She Sleeps Whitechapel Carnifex Set Things Right	Defeater Trash Talk Ceremony Iron Reagan Cancer Bats Cold World Set It Off Toxic Shock Brutus	Title Fight Mineral Knapsack Transit The Smith Street Band Frnkiero and the Cellabration The Hotelier Gnarwolves Beach Slang	Obey the Brave Feed the Rhino The Hell Under the Influence You May Kiss the Bride Not on Tour Black Sheep Wolves Scream Jarhead

Saturday 2 May

Monster Stage (Main Stage)	Impericon Stage	Back to Basics Stage	The Revenge Stage	Macbeth Stage
Refused Millencolin The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Satanic Surfers Good Riddance The Loved Ones Frenzal Rhomb Teenage Bottlerocket Off with Their Heads The Real McKenzies Love Zombies	Agnostic Front Comeback Kid Throwdown Raised Fist Psycho 44 Turbowolf No Turning Back Nasty The Interrupters	American Nightmare As Friends Rust Off! Such Gold Banner Pilot Counterpunch Turnstile Your Highness F.O.D.	Make Do and Mend Basement Bane Obliterations Reign Supreme The Early November Direct Hit! Timeshares The Holy Mess	You Blew It! Forus The Deaf Call it Off Ducking Punches Tiger Bell Kill the President Bad Ideas Shinebox

252016

29 and 30 April

Friday 29 April

Monster Stage (Main Stage)	Impericon Stage	Back To Basics Stage	Watch Out Stage
Rancid Hatebreed Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls Less Than Jake Four Year Strong The Aggrolites	No Fun At All Saosin Walls Of Jericho Despised Icon Blessthefall Hellions	Youth of Today Terror Siberian Meat Grinder Muncie Girls The Dirty Nil	Double Veterans We'rewolves Tangled Horns Off The Cross Coma Commander

Saturday 30 April

Monster Stage (Main Stage)	Impericon Stage	Back To Basics Stage	Watch Out Stage
Sum 41 No Use For A Name Face To Face Me First & The Gimme Gimmes Mad Caddies Juliette & The Licks The Movielife Flatcat Venerea Not On Tour	Sick of It All Caliban Emmure Letlive Bury Your Dead Burn Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes Northlane Broken Teeth	Dag Nasty Dillinger Four Iron Chic SNFU The Falcon Modern Baseball Knockout Kid Pears Rozwell Kid	Moose Blood PUP Much the Same Night Birds Clowns Bad Cop / Bad Cop The Bennies Teen Agers

262017

29 and 30 April

Saturday 29 April

Monster Stage (Main Stage)	Back To Basics Stage	Watch Out Stage
Deftones Thrice Underoath The Bouncing Souls Strike Anywhere The Menzingers MewithoutYou Swingin' Utters The Flatliners Red City Radio	Anti-Flag Stick To Your Guns Deafheaven Cro-Mags Brutality Will Prevail Oathbreaker Clowns Skyharbor Moments	In Hearts Wake AJJ Wolf Down 99Plajo He Is Legend Tim Vantol Petrol Girls Trade Wind Cocaine Piss toyGuitar

Sunday 30 April

Monster Stage (Main Stage)	Back To Basics Stage	Watch Out Stage
Parkway Drive Pennywise Cock Sparrer Ignite Choking Victim Zebrahead Belvedere Skinny Lister F.O.D.	Gorilla Biscuits H₂O Undeclinable Ambuscade Counterfeit No Turning Back Brutus Nothington Arcane Roots	Blood Youth Jeff Rosenstock Incendiary Boston Manor Call It Off Mobina Galore Bent Life Young Hearts

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This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Groezrock”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.

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08.05.10 - Groezrock 2008 No Fun At All.jpg by Groomcy, Public domain
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