| Music Festival Name: | Rockwave Festival |
| Location: | TerraVibe Park, Malakasa, Greece |
| Years Active: | 1996–2001, 2004-2018, 2022- |
| Dates: | June–July |
| Website: | www.rockwavefestival.gr |
Rockwave Festival is a rock festival that takes place in Malakasa, Greece, near Athens. It is one of the most famous music festivals in Greece. The festival's history begins in 1996, but its popularity has spread since 2004. The festival's location was constantly being changed until 2004, when event park TerraVibe Park, located in Attica, became the permanent venue of the festival.
Asking Alexandria were to play on the second day but did not perform due to health issues of their drummer.
| Terra Stage | ||||
| Saturday 1 July | Friday 7 July | Saturday 8 July | Sunday 9 July | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robbie Williams James Bay Mika Jonathan Jeremiah Leon of Athens | Deep Purple Saxon As I Lay Dying Bokassa Rock n' Roll Children Lazy Man's Load | The Black Keys Puscifer Ville Valo Kishi Bashi Spektrvm Frenzee | Villagers of Ioannina City 1000mods Mother of Millions Sadhus Project Renegade Soundtruck Ganzi Gun | |
| Terra Stage | ||
| Friday 22 July | ||
|---|---|---|
| Social Distortion Amenra Allochiria Krotalias Half Gramme of Soma | ||
| Terra Stage | |||
| Friday 6 July | Thursday 19 July | Friday 20 July | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic Monkeys alt-J Miles Kane Get Well Soon Coretheband | Judas Priest Saxon Accept | Iron Maiden Tremonti Monument | |
| Vibe Stage | |||
| Friday 6 July | Thursday 19 July | Friday 20 July | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabaton Foray Between Ocean Null'O'Zero Jacks Full | Volbeat The Raven Age W.E.B. Rollin' Dice | ||
| Terra Stage | |||
| Friday 30 June | Saturday 1 July | Sunday 2 July | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotting Christ Nightstalker InnerWish | Placebo Sivert Hoyem Fat White Family The Last International Playboys | Evanescence Paradise Lost Anathema Epica | |
| Vibe Stage | |||
| Friday 30 June | Saturday 1 July | Sunday 2 July | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1000mods Bazooka Godsleep | Cigarettes After Sex Tango with Lions She Tames Chaos Amnesia Pills | Gojira Flogging Molly Poem Tardive Dyskinesia | |
| Terra Stage | |||
| Sunday 5 June | Tuesday 19 July | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Last Shadow Puppets Suede The Subways The Callas Whereswilder | Lana Del Rey Allah-Las Iratus Daphne and the Fuzz The Cave Children | ||
| Vibe Stage | |||
| Sunday 5 June | Tuesday 19 July | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dropkick Murphys Turbonegro Despite Everything Wish Upon a Star | |||
| Terra Stage | ||||
| Saturday 30 May | Saturday 20 June | Saturday 4 July | Tuesday 21 July | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Black Keys The Black Angels 1000mods The Big Nose Attack Puta Volcano | Robbie Williams Kovacs Ex-Girlfriend's Perfume Inconsistencies | The Prodigy Black Rebel Motorcycle Club John Garcia Electric Litany | Manu Chao Baildsa Fundracar Les Skartoi DJ Spery | |
| Vibe Stage | ||||
| Saturday 30 May | Saturday 20 June | Saturday 4 July | Tuesday 21 July | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judas Priest Rotting Christ Maplerun Exarsis | ||||
| Terra Stage | ||
| Friday 11 July | Saturday 12 July | |
|---|---|---|
| Active Member Razastarr Rodney P & DJ Skitz Nikitas Klint & Fleck Vavylona Taf Lathos Noova Groova Ground Zero Stixoplokes Normatraxx Sound System | Giannis Haroulis Natassa Bofiliou Greeklish Babylon Chinese Basement | |
| Vibe Stage | ||
| Friday 11 July | Saturday 12 July | |
|---|---|---|
| Timo Maas Roni Size & Youngman MC Eric Burdon The Godfathers Villagers of Ioannina City Beggars Blues Diary | Booka Shade Woodkid Calexico Little Barrie | |
| Terra Stage | ||||
| Saturday 6 July | Sunday 7 July | Monday 8 July | Tuesday 9 July | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sokratis Malamas Thanasis Papakonstantinou Leonidas Mpalafas | Ska-P Marky Ramone Alborosie 1000mods | Lana Del Rey Echo & the Bunnymen The Subways Gautier | Dead Can Dance Monophonics Craig Walker Opera Chaotique | |
| Vibe Stage | ||||
| Saturday 6 July | Sunday 7 July | Monday 8 July | Tuesday 9 July | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giannis Aggelakas Ypogeia Revmata & Thanos Anestopoulos Eirini Skulakaki | Saxon Kreator Carcass Descending Endsight | Iced Earth Suicidal Tendencies At the Gates Psycho Choke Black Hat Bones | Septic Flesh Chaostar Acid Death Tardive Dyskinesia Mahakala | |
| Terra Stage | ||||
| Friday 1 July | Saturday 2 July | Sunday 3 July | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editors Cake The Stranglers The Inspector Cluzo | Giannis Aggelakas Psarantonis Lykoi Live Psarogiorgis Ntinos Sadikis Lozios & Anakatosia Lost Bodies Vlastur Polifoniko Schima Dioni | The Prodigy Gogol Bordello Kyuss Lives | Monster Magnet Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg | |
| Vibe Stage | |||
| Friday 1 July | Saturday 2 July | Sunday 3 July | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sivert Hoyem Pavlos Pavlidis & B-Movies Vassilikos Stavros Dadoush & Los Tigainos Iosif Vagger dj set Go Over | Flogging Molly Therapy? Viza Dept. 63High | ||
| Terra Stage | |||
| Wednesday 7 July | Saturday 10 July | Sunday 11 July | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Black Eyed Peas Faithless Aviv Geffen Konstantinos Vita Transistor | Fatboy Slim The Ting Tings White Lies Melisses | Ska-P Massive Attack Peyoti for President | |
| Vibe Stage | |||
| Friday 1 July | Saturday 2 July | Sunday 3 July | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DJ Shadow Garcia plays Kyuss Dear Darkstar | Gogol Bordello Giannis Aggelakas Ska Bangies | ||
| Terra Stage | ||
| Saturday 27 June | Tuesday 30 June | |
|---|---|---|
| Placebo Moby Gogol Bordello Aviv Geffen Cabaret Balcan | Slipknot Mastodon Down Kylesa Torche | |
| Vibe Stage | ||
| Saturday 27 June | Tuesday 30 June | |
|---|---|---|
| Foals Expatriate Sunny Side of the Razor Raintear | Saxon Lita Ford Eden Demise God.Fear.None | |
Monday 31 March was the day when Didi Music-Big Star Promotion Ltd (music concert organizer), announced the names of the artists that would perform at Rockwave Festival 2008. Along with the names they introduced the changes in the festival's whole structure. The festival is now divided in two stages, "Terra" stage and "Vibe" stage (that comes by the name of the event park "TerraVibe"). They also abolished the division of the "Terra" concert area into gates PL1 and PL2, lowered the high price of the tickets and retained the special area that is on the side of the field, where there is more comfort, as there are places to sit.
| Terra Stage | |||
| Tuesday 8 July | Wednesday 9 July | Thursday 10 July | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Offspring Siouxsie Sioux Deus The Gossip Abbie Gale | Judas Priest Within Temptation Cavalera Conspiracy Opeth Morbid Angel | Manu Chao & the Radio Bemba Sound System Patti Smith Locomondo | |
| Vibe Stage | |||
| Tuesday 8 July | Wednesday 9 July | Thursday 10 July | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marky Ramone Flogging Molly Personality Crisis Viper Vikings Pshychograndmamas | Carcass Innerwish Insidead Universe217 | Los Mujeros Rosebleed No Profile Looming Titties Ska Bangies Sober Musica Ficta | |
When the band names were first announced, Stone Sour were included in the third day of the festival. Although the band cancelled a few of their dates in their European tour, My Dying Bride filled up their spot in the third day.
W.A.S.P. were to play on the third day but did not perform due to health issues of Blackie Lawless.
Running Wild did not perform and were replaced by Gamma Ray. Muse were also to perform on the fourth day of the festival but cancelled and were replaced by Mogwai.
The festival took place in the Athens Olympic Velodrome (Athens Olympic Sports Complex) from 1 to 3 July.
The second day of the festival was cancelled by the Greek authorities, due to reasons of safety.
The festival took place in Antonis Tritsis Metropolitan Park in Ilion, Athens.
Iron Maiden cancelled their show at the third day, due to Janick Gers' accident at a previous show.
The Flaming Lips also cancelled their show on the first day.
The festival took place in Agios Kosmas, Athens.
The festival took place in Freattyda, Piraeus.
The festival took place in Rizoupoli Stadium, now called Georgios Kamaras Stadium.
The first festival was called "Rock of Gods" and took place in the Dock 3 of the Piraeus harbour.
Motörhead was included in the first day of the festival, but cancelled and Saxon filled up their spot. Foo Fighters were to play on the third day of the festival, but Dave Grohl broke his arm at a previous show and Violent Femmes took their place.