Rock It (music festival)

Rock It is an Australian music festival held at the Arena Joondalup in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. The festival was first held in 1999, and mainly features modern rock music. Along with the nationally-touring Big Day Out, Rock It was one of the major rock concerts held regularly in Perth.

Rock It
March 2005 poster
Genre	Rock music & Alternative rock
Dates	Various
Location(s)	Arena Joondalup, Perth, Western Australia
Years active	1999 - 2000 2002 - 2006 2009 2012
Organised by	Heatseeker
Website	Official website

At the March 2009 event Western Australian Police trialled the use of drug amnesty bins for the first time at a rock concert.^[1] The police restrictions resulted in long queues on entry and due to their public visibility little use by concert goers.^[2][3]

Artist lineups by year

1999

5 December 1999

• Silverchair
• Powderfinger
• Beaverloop
• John Butler Trio
• Killing Heidi
• Jebediah
• Test Eagles
• Auto Pilot
• DJ Kingsize
• Kenny Bartley
• DJ Betamax
• DJ Dr Love
• Fourstroke

2000

22 October 2000

• Green Day
• Powderfinger
• Grinspoon
• 28 Days
• Shihad
• John Butler Trio
• Weta

2002

13 October 2002

• Grinspoon
• John Butler Trio
• Pacifier
• Machine Gun Fellatio
• Motorace
• Bodyjar
• Superheist
• The Fergusons
• Spencer Tracy

2003

23 November 2003

• Jack Johnson
• Powderfinger
• The Living End
• John Butler Trio
• Magic Dirt
• Gyroscope
• Downsyde

2004

14 March 2004 Grinspoon Pacifier Resin Dogs Bodyjar The Butterfly Effect Brand New After the Fall The Flairz Blink-182 was scheduled, but cancelled due to drummer Travis Barker breaking an ankle.

24 October 2004 Jet The Living End Spiderbait Hilltop Hoods Jebediah 28 Days Rocket Science The Casanovas Dallas Crane Cooker and Love Ground Components This festival, featuring an all-Australian line up, was the first Rock It to sell out.

2005

13 March 2005 Green Day (As part of the American Idiot World Tour) Grinspoon Simple Plan Shihad Frenzal Rhomb End of Fashion Little Birdy Scribe The Spazzys The Flairz Faker Day of the Dead Mr Sandman The Fuzz

4 December 2005[4] Foo Fighters Oasis Spiderbait Wolfmother Kaiser Chiefs Gyroscope Karnivool The Pictures

2006

19 March 2006^[4][5]

• Silverchair
• Grinspoon
• Shihad
• Cog
• Butterfingers
• Faker
• After the Fall
• The Hot Lies
• Snowman
• Katalyst
• Koolism
• Fdel
• Ru.C.L.
• Nathan J

2009

8 March 2009^[6][7]

• Kings of Leon
• The Fratellis
• The Music
• Birds of Tokyo
• Faker
• The Stills
• Sparkadia
• Sugar Army
• Bob Log III
• The Devil
• Abbe May

2012

28 October 2012^[8][9]

• The Black Keys
• John Butler Trio
• Birds of Tokyo
• The Panics
• Lanie Lane
• Last Dinosaurs
• San Cisco
• The Kill Devil Hills
• Abbe May
• Royal Headache
• Graveyard Train
• Brothers Grim
• The Toot Toot Toots
• Emperors

Spin-off events

Blackjack 2007

The 2007 event renamed Blackjack 2007 as Arena Joondalup was unable to host the event, so the festival was held at the Claremont Showground on 5 April 2007.^[10]

• The Pixies
• The Living End
• Eskimo Joe
• Gnarls Barkley
• The Vines
• Birds of Tokyo
• Children Collide

On the Bright Side festival

Main article: On the Bright Side Festival

On the Bright Side is an annual Australian music festival held in Perth. Inaugurated in 2010, the event is the result of collaboration between the promoters of Splendour in the Grass, held in Woodford, Queensland, and Rock It.^[11] In 2012, the festival was cancelled due to "conflicting artist schedules".^{[citation needed]}