Rockit Hong Kong Music Festival

Rockit Hong Kong Music Festival

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Rockit Hong Kong Music Festival


location = Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
years_active = Since 2003
founders =
dates = scheduled: August 15 – August 17, 1969, but ran over to August 18
genre = Rock, rap, indie

Rockit Hong Kong Music Festival is held every year in October in Hong Kong's Victoria Park.

2003

The festival began in 2003 with a 2 day event headlined by Japanese Metal Band Electric Eel Shock and Australia's Regurgitator.
* Electric Eel Shock
* Regurgitator
* The Feelers
* Finley Quaye
* Mark Gardener
* Gold Rush
* Six by Seven
* DJ Marky & XRS
* Stamina MC
* A Guy Called Gerald
* DJ Suv Live Showcase
* Leslie Loh
* Spanish Harlem Orchestra
* DJ Bodhi
* Simon Pang
* Uncle Joe
* Audiotraffic
* White Label
* Whence He Came
* P.N.S.
* Boombox Soundsystem
* SemIQ
* Buddhiston

2004

In 2004 the event coincided with a three day weekend so the organisers extended the event to the Friday afternoon. The headliners were The Cooper Temple Clause on the Saturday and Regurgitator on the Sunday.
* The Cooper Temple Clause
* Regurgitator
* Aqualung
* Dive Dive
* 5,6,7,8′s
* DJ Krust
* DJ Die
* Dynamite MC
* MC Tali
* Amil Khan
* Joris Voorn
* DJ Godfather
* Josie Ho
* The Pancakes
* Audiotraffic
* DJ Kien Lieu
* Invincible
* Waxed Apple
* King Ly Chee
* My Little Airport
* DJ Tommy
* 22 Cats
* Kai Hii Kitora
* Zoundz
* Over A Dogma
* Alok′s 31G
* Malfunction
* Robot
* Garoupa
* Nude
* Fantastic Day
* Flowers of Babylon
* Climax
* UNiXX

2005

* Feeder
* DJ Marky & Stamina MC
* Princess Superstar
* Joris Voorn
* Thierry Nkeli Faha
* Soler
* The Academy
* Uptown Rockers
* Robot
* Shotgun She-ras
* Frankie Lam
* Qiu Hong
* Dirt Star
* Nude
* Hardpack
* SiQ
* Helter Skelter
* The Darlings
* Ghost Style
* Little Fat Pig
* Natural City
* Audiotraffic
Brian Jonestown Massacre was scheduled to headline the Saturday but they canceled 24 hours before the show. Fact|date=January 2008

2006

* Ian Brown
* Goldie
* Anthony Wong Yiu-Ming
* Adam F
* Electric Eel Shock
* Tookoo
* Bryan G
* Frankie Lam
* Uptown Rockers
* Qiu Hong
* Little Fat Pig
* Robot
* The Yours
* Hardpack
* The Academy
* Shotgun She-Ras
* Garoupa
* Noughts and Exes
* Empire
* Atomic Bubbles
* dr.eggs
* The Sinister Left
* The Dragon Army
* Spencer Douglas

The [http://www.rockit-hk.com Rockit Website] has a video feature highlighting the local bands trying out to [http://www.rockit-hk.com/playatrockit Play At Rockit] ] . Interesting look at the Hong Kong Indie Music scene.

External links

* [http://www.rockit-hk.com Rockit Hong Kong Music Festival] — Official website.
* [http://www.hkoutdoors.com/hong-kong-news/rockit-2005.html Rockit 2005 photos and info]


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