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.
At the March 2009 event Western Australian Police trialled the use of drug amnesty bins for the first time at a rock concert. The police restrictions resulted in long queues on entry and due to their public visibility little use by concert goers.
WWW rockit.oztix.com.au

Artist lineups by year

1999

5 December 1999

2000

22 October 2000

2002

13 October 2002

2003

23 November 2003

2004

14 March 2004
Blink-182 was scheduled, but cancelled due to drummer Travis Barker breaking an ankle.
24 October 2004
This festival, featuring an all-Australian line up, was the first Rock It to sell out.

2005

13 March 2005
4 December 2005

2006

19 March 2006

2009

8 March 2009

2012

28 October 2012

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.

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. In 2012, the festival was cancelled due to "conflicting artist schedules".