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Sweden Rock Festival
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Sweden Rock Festival is a rock festival outside the town of Sölvesborg in Blekinge in southern Sweden. The festival offers the best possible mix of classic rock, hard rock, metal, blues and related genres.[1]

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The first version of the festival, known as Sommarfestivalen i Olofström, was held in Olofström in 1992. In 1993 the festival moved to Karlshamn, and changed its name to Karlshamn Rock Festival. In 1998, the festival moved to Norje, although the name Karlshamn Rock Festival was kept. In 1999 the name was changed to the Sweden Rock Festival.

When the festival began in 1992, it featured nine relatively unknown bands and it only lasted one day. The next year the festival was expanded to two days and more bands were added to the line-up. From 1993 to 2002 the festival would last two days; over those years it would also begin to feature bigger name acts. In 2000 the festival was expanded to three days but it returned to two days the following year.

From 2003 to 2006 the festival lasted three days and had by then featured some of the biggest acts. From 2007 the festival has been expanded to four days and will feature approximately 120 different bands/artists.

Some notable appearances in the past have been Aerosmith, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Mötley Crüe, Dio, Bruce Dickinson, Yngwie Malmsteen, Twisted Sister, Whitesnake, Uriah Heep, Europe, Deep Purple, Accept, Motörhead, Saxon, Nazareth, Poison, Status Quo, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Scorpions, Porcupine Tree, Kamelot, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper, Testament, W.A.S.P, ZZ Top, The Orchestra, Thin Lizzy, Ted Nugent, Slayer, Ghost and Guns N' Roses.

The festival has also worked as a comeback scene for bands like Triumph and Thundersteel line-up Riot.

Bachman & Turner started their world reunion tour here in June 2010. In 2013 both Rush and Kiss together with Europe were headliners for the festival.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused the festival to be cancelled in 2020 and 2021.

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Lineups

2025

More information 4-7 June, Norje Havsbad ...

2024

More information 5-8 June, Norje Havsbad ...

2023

More information 7–10 June, Norje Havsbad ...

2022

  1. Was not confirmed for SRF 2021

2021

  1. Was not confirmed for SRF 2020
  2. Was not re-confirmed for SRF 2022

2020

  1. Was not re-confirmed for SRF 2021

2019

More information 5–8 June, Norje Havsbad ...

2018

2017

2016

More information 8–11 June, Norje Havsbad ...

2015

More information 3–6 June, Norje Havsbad ...

2014

2013

More information 5–8 June, Norje Havsbad ...

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

More information 6–8 June, Norje Havsbad ...

2002

More information 7–8 June, Norje Havsbad ...

2001

More information 8–9 June, Norje Havsbad ...

2000

More information 9–11 June, Norje Havsbad ...

1999

1998

1997

More information 13–14 June, Karlshamn ...

1996

More information 14–15 June, Karlshamn ...

1995

More information 16–17 June, Karlshamn ...

1994

More information 10–11 June, Karlshamn ...

1993

More information 11–12 June, Karlshamn ...

1992

More information 6 June, Olofström ...
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