Orkney Rock Festival

Orkney Rock Festival
Genre	Heavy metal, rock, punk rock, alternative rock
Dates	August / September
Location(s)	Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland
Years active	2014–present
Capacity	1,000
Website	orkneycommunities.co.uk/orkneylivewire/

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Orkney Rock Festival is a British rock festival held annually in the city of Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands since 2014. The festival hosts mainly local bands from across Orkney, as well as bands from as far as Aberdeen and Shetland. The festival is held across 3-4 days in several venues across Kirkwall.

History

The idea of the Orkney Rock Festival was first mentioned by local resident Kristian Cooper, who recognised the existence of the Shetland Rock Festival, and conceived the idea for a rock festival for Orkney.

The first Orkney Rock Festival was hosted in September 2014, with 22 bands performing.

Line-ups

2014

5 September 2014

• Electric Mother
• Daft Notion
• Stone Death
• Rocker

6 September 2014

• James Watson
• Ian Cooper Experience
• Those Boys
• Cosmic Soup
• Bad Apple
• Bound By The Sea
• First Foot Soldiers
• Tidings
• Kenda
• Metaltech

7 September 2014

• Charlotte Wallhead
• Andrew Taylor Group
• Dirty Ride
• Replay
• First Foot Soldiers (the first band to appear twice)
• Jackalope
• Stone Death
• Silver Penguins
• Bad Dog No Biscuit

2015

4 September 2015

• Nacho Heap
• Valhalla
• Cosmic Soup
• The Tribe
• Mabel Wong
• Ian Cooper Experience
• Bad Apple
• Woodwife
• Whole Lotta Folkies

5 September 2015

• Replay
• Valhalla
• James Watson
• Cosmic Soup
• Electric Mother
• Rocker
• The Hoodoo Men
• The Dirty Rotters
• The Dirty Lemons
• Ten Tonne Dozer
• Semperfi
• Kory Clarke

6 September 2015

• Valhalla
• Serpentine
• Ten Tonne Dozer
• Bound By The Sea
• Craig The Plague
• Andrew Taylor Group
• The Dirty Lemons
• The Condition
• Heather Macleod
• Charlie Wallhead
• James Watson
• Saltfishforty
• Woodwife
• Electric Mother
• Broken Ravens
• Fat Elvis

2016

1 September 2016

• The Tribe

2 September 2016

• Rum Ham
• Far From The Sea
• Bad Apple
• In Stations
• Chugg
• Cosmic Soup
• The Peanuts
• Replay
• Saltfishforty
• Mabel Wong
• Witch Charmer
• Electric Mother

3 September 2016

• Andrew Taylor Group
• Tommy Bichan
• Ray O'Neill
• Replay
• Mabel Wong
• Hoodoomen
• Orkney Rocks Choir
• Charlie Wallhead
• Ali Tait
• Scaldin Bragg
• In Stations
• Quantana
• Vantage Point
• Witch Charmer

4 September 2016

• Tommy Bichan
• Ali Tait
• James Watson
• Charlie Wallhead
• Hoodoomen
• The Dirty Rotters
• Chugg
• Quantana
• Scaldin Bragg
• Vantage Point
• Rocker

2017

31 August 2017

• Saltfishforty

1 September 2017

• Counterfall
• The King Lot
• Burray Blues Club
• Ian Cooper Experience
• Bad Apple
• Rum Ham
• Portalooth
• Mabel Wong
• Those Boys
• The Tribe
• No Sweat
• Rocker
• Eastie Boys
• The Dirty Rotters
• Usual Suspects

2 September 2017

• Ray O'Neill
• Daniel Groundwater
• DeLorean
• The Bigsy Whalps
• No Sweat
• Forgotten Sons
• Fit To Work
• Iron Altar
• Electric Mother
• The King Lot
• Trongate Rum Riots

3 September 2017

• Erik Page
• Daniel Groundwater
• Eastie Boys
• Callum Murray
• Counterfall
• Portalooth
• Usual Suspects
• Tommy Bichan
• DeLorean
• Mabel Wong
• Forgotten Sons
• Iron Altar
• Chugg
• Electric Mother

2018

30 August 2018

• Burray Blues Club

31 August 2018

• The Drones (first under-18s band to perform)
• Sniffy Ashman
• Crooked Little Vein
• Bless
• Skelray
• Rum Ham
• Portalooth
• Angersay
• Saltfishforty
• Rocker
• 1968
• Near Deaf Experience
• Ray O'Neill
• Razormouth
• Counterfall

1 September 2018

• Charlie Wallhead
• Forgotten Sons
• DeLorean
• Throat Locust
• Orkney Rocks Choir
• The Drones
• The Sea Atlas
• Bless
• 1968
• Rum Ham
• Ten Tonne Dozer
• Crooked Little Vein
• Bitter Divide

2 September 2018

• Tommy Bichan
• Ray O'Neill
• Charlie Wallhead
• Ian Cooper Experience
• Saltfishfilthy
• Bad Apple
• Crooked Little Vein
• Conal Caithness
• Finn Philips
• Sniffy Ashman
• Counterfall
• The Drones
• Portalooth
• Angersay
• Skelray
• Razormouth
• Electric Mother
• Throat Locust
• Ten Tonne Dozer
• Forgotten Sons
• Rum Ham

2019

29 August 2019

• The Dirty Rotters
• The Bigsy Whalps

30 August 2019

• Bryttania (youngest band to ever perform)
• Bad Apple
• Bad Cats
• Burray Blues Club
• Johnny 'n Gemma
• The Drones
• Counterfall
• Black King Cobra (acoustic)
• Ray O'Neill
• Razormouth
• Mabel Wong
• Rum Ham
• Funky Pythons
• Near Deaf Experience
• Angersay
• Fit To Work

31 August 2019

• Finn Philips & Conal Caithness
• Bonxie
• Funky Pythons
• DeLorean (acoustic)
• Fit To Work
• Sheer
• Razormouth
• The Dirty Lemons
• Electric Mother
• The Broken Ravens
• Grace and Legend
• Black King Cobra

1 September 2019

• Finn Philips
• Ray O'Neill
• Johnny 'n Gemma
• Bonxie
• Bryttania
• Sheer
• Angersay
• DeLorean (acoustic)
• Counterfall
• Rocker
• The Dirty Lemons
• The Broken Ravens

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