Ankkarock

infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Ankkarock


location = Vantaa, Finland
years_active= 1989 – present
dates = June
genre = Rock, metal
website = [http://www.ankkarock.fi/index_en.php/ Ankkarock.fi]

Ankkarock is a Finnish rock and metal festival held annually in Korso, Vantaa, in the Greater Helsinki area. The first Ankkarock was held in 1989; the festival was free of charge until 1998.

In 2006 the two-day event attracted approximately 40,000 visitors. The 2007 festival took place on 4 August and 5 August.

Lineups

2007

Held on 4 August and 5 August.

August 4

*The Sounds
*The Gathering
*Leningrad
*Apulanta
*Zen Café
*Hanoi Rocks
*Maija Vilkkumaa
*Von Hertzen Brothers
*Rubik
*Maj Karma
*Poisonblack
*"More to be announced"

August 5

*Dir en grey
*The Ark
*Millencolin
*Mando Diao
*The 69 Eyes
*Disco Ensemble
*PMMP
*Lapko
*Amorphis
*Sonata Arctica
*Poets of the Fall
*Damn Seagulls
*Nine Inch Nails
*"More to be announced"

2006

Held on 5 August and 6 August.

August 5

*Dropkick Murphys
*Opeth
*Danko Jones
*Amorphis
*CKY featuring Bam Margera
*Disco Ensemble
*a diet.
*PMMP
*Hanoi Rocks
*Apulanta
*Don Johnson Big Band
*Sonata Arctica
*Timo Rautiainen
*Mokoma
*Eläkeläiset
*Lemonator
*Mirror of Madness
*Ankanpoikarock-voittajat

August 6

*Ministry
*Turbonegro
*Children of Bodom
*Backyard Babies
*Flogging Molly
*The Rasmus
*Egotrippi
*Lapko
*Tiktak
*Poets of the Fall
*Scandinavian Music Group
*Teräsbetoni
*Maija Vilkkumaa
*No Shame
*Von Hertzen Brothers
*Ankanpoikarock-voittajat

Lineups from pre-2006 include such artists as:
*Juliette & The Licks
*The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
*The Posies
*Franz Ferdinand
*The Cardigans
*The Darkness
*The Hellacopters
*HIM
*Scorpions
*Motörhead
*Nightwish
*Uriah Heep

External links

* [http://www.ankkarock.fi/index_en.php/ Official website]