Groezrock, by tradition the festival opener in Belgium, offers the best punkrock, hardcore, rock, emorock, scream(emo), ska, or simply exceptional music of today and tomorrow. Groezrock has become one of the largest punkrocking festivals in Europe boasting with 3 stages.

Every last weekend in April, there’s a small earthquake in a small village called Meerhout (Kempen Area). It’s time for the annual Groezrock festival. Over the past years the festival has grown from a small venue (cap. 400 visitors) to an international punk/hardcore/emo/ska/rock festival with 32,000 visitors from all around Europe.

Rumours

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Lineup

2013: Rise Against, Bad Religion, and Pennywise are amongst the first confirmed. Other acts include Bring Me The Horizon, Hatebreed, Riverboat Gamblers, Emmure, Attila, Comeback Kid, Texas Is The Reason, Chelsea Grin, Buried In Verona, AC4, Grade, The Story So Far, Polar Bear Club, Into Another, August Burns Red, Title Fight, Nothington, The Rocket, Stick To Your Guns, Obey The Brave, Far From Finished, Russ Rankin, Tim Vantol, Vinnie Caruana, and Rocky Votolato.

Vibe

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Stages and other entertainment

As well as the three main stages at Groezrock Festival, offers extra stages with various events happening such as an Air Guitar Championship and a Talent Stage where bands compete to be on the following years official line up.

Tickets

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VIP

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Children

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Disability Access

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Weather

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Location

Groezrock Festival is based in Belgium and takes place in Gestel which is about 2-3km south of Meerhout (taking the N110 road).

Local Information

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Travel

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Accommodation

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What to wear

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Camping

There are only 13,000 spaces for camping so make sure you buy your camping ticket in advance.

To camp at Groezrock Festival you must purchase a camping ticket when you buy your festival ticket.

There is a campervan parking area, however campervans are not allowed to park in the camping area.

If you want enjoy the whole weekend of music but don't really enjoy camping or you were unable to get a camping ticket, there are many hotels nearby.

Site Information

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Food and drink

Compared to most other major festivals in the UK and around Europe, drinks prices at Groezrock are very reasonable with beer prices starting at 1.66 euro for one beer or 5 euro for three beers.

Breakfast with tea or coffee will be served on Friday & Saturday from 8am - Noon at the camp site.

Within the festival arena, there will be plenty of stalls offering a range of food.

Trade at the festival

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Perform at the festival

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Volunteer or work

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Drugs and security

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Stream online

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Mobile Apps

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Trivia

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Past lineups

2012: Rancid, Simple Plan, Lagwagon, Parkway Drive, Heaven Shall Burn, Alkaline Trio, Reel Big Fish, Bouncing Souls, Lifetime, Motion City Soundtrack, Terror, MXPX all Stars, 7seconds, Cobra Skulls, Set Your Goals, Your Demise, The Dangerous Summer, Gorilla Biscuits, Off With Their Heads, Authority Zero, Slapshot, Old Firm Casuals, DYS, Red City Radio, Confession, Wolves Like Us, Counterpunch, Paceshifters, Junius, The Menzingers and The Copyrights.