The Eurockéennes de Belfort (; ) is one of France's largest rock music festivals. The Eurockéennes, a play on words involving rock (rock music) and européennes (Europeans), is a festival based in a nature reserve beside Lac de Malsaucy in Sermamagny.
About
History 1989 marked the first time round for the festival, when it went under the name Le Ballon - Territoire de musiques, named after the nearby Ballon d'Alsace. The festival was organised to take place on the Ballon d'Alsace, but the peninsula on the Malsaucy lake was chosen in the end, because it was easier to link by car, bus and even train. It was the brainchild of the Conseil général of the Territoire de Belfort, who wanted to dynamise their département with a big cultural event for its youths.
In 1990 the festival was renamed les Eurockéennes de Belfort.
Attendance: 10,000 in 1989 70,000 in 1993 80,000 in 2002 95,000 in 2004 100,000 in 2006 100,000 in 2008 127,000 in 2013 (on 4 days) 102,000 in 2015 130,000 in 2017 135,000 in 2018
Les Eurockéennes takes place on the peninsula of Lake Malsaucy, 10 kilometres from Belfort. A number of different stages are present – la Grande Scène, le Chapiteau, la Loggia and la Plage. Most of the time there are simultaneous concerts on different stages; altogether in 2005 there were about 70.
A campsite, 3 km from the main site, is the free and temporary home to 15000 festival-goers, with a free shuttle bus running between the campsite and the entrance to the main area.
2020 and 2021 editions and COVID-19 pandemic It was announced on 13 April 2020 that the 2020 edition would be cancelled because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Eurockeennes 2021 was cancelled as well.
Les tremplins
Tremplins (stepping stones) are organised to allow youth groups to get to know one another. These are organised in Alsace, Bourgogne, Franche-Comté (Doubs, Jura, Haute-Saône and Territoire de Belfort), Lorraine, Germany and Switzerland.
Billing
2014
The Black Keys
2012
1995 Alabama Shakes Amadou et Mariam featuring Bertrand Cantat Art District Busy P C2C Carbon Airways Cerebrall Ballzy Charlie Winston Chinese Man Christine Cie Transe Express Cypress Hill Die Antwoord Dionysos Django Django Dope D.O.D Dropkick Murphys Electric Guest Factory Floor Frànçois and The Atlas Mountains Gentleman Hank Williams III Hanni El Khatib Hathors Hollie Cook Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine Jack White Jesus Christ Fashion Barbe Justice Kavinsky Kindness Lana Del Rey Le Comte de Bouderbala Los Disidentes Del Sucio Motel Marie Madeleine Mastodon Miike Snow Miles Kane Murkage Näo Orelsan Poliça Refused Reggie Watts Sahab Koanda & Le Kokondo Zaz Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside Sebastian Set & Match Sgt Pokes Shaka Ponk Skream And Benga The Brian Jonestown Massacre The Buttshakers The Cure Thee Oh Sees The Kooks The Mars Volta Wiz Khalifa
2011
Aaron And So I Watch You From Afar Anna Calvi Arcade Fire Arctic Monkeys Atari Teenage Riot Battles Beady Eye Beth Ditto Binary Audio Misfits Birdy Nam Nam Boys Noize Carte Blanche Cheers Crystal Castles Drums Are For Parades Funeral Party Gaëtan Roussel Hit By Moscow Honey For Petzi House of Pain Karkwa Katerine & New Burlesque Keziah Jones King Automatic Kyuss Lives! Les Hurlements d'Léo Les Savy Fav Mars Red Sky Medi Metronomy Mona Moriarty Motörhead Nasser Odd Future Padwriterz Paul Kalkbrenner Queens of the Stone Age Raphael Saadiq Staff Benda Bilili Stromae The Dø The Electric Suicide Club The Shoes The Ting Tings Tiken Jah Fakoly True Live Tryo Ullmann Kararocke Wu Lyf
2010
Jay-Z LCD Soundsystem the xx The Hives Memphis Bleek The Black Keys The Specials Julian Casablancas The Dead Weather Missy Elliott Mika Fuck Buttons Chromeo Foals Gallows Hot Chip Health Broken Social Scene The Drums Bomba Estereo Charlotte Gainsbourg Vitalic Martina Topley-Bird Memory Tapes Massive Attack Patrick Watson Kasabian Airbourne Janelle Monáe Empire of the Sun Two Door Cinema Club Afrodizz The Bloody Beetroots Woven Hand BB Brunes Beast Omar Souleyman Suicidal Tendencies Infectious Grooves The Middle East
2009
The Prodigy The Kills Mos Def Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cypress Hill Florence and the Machine Friendly Fires Emiliana Torrini King Khan and the Shrines Kanye West Peter Bjorn & John Kap Bambino Diplo Monotonix Friendly Fires La Roux Laurent Garnier Alela Diane Slipknot Rolo Tomassi Passion Pit Chapelier Fou Phoenix Peter Doherty Airbourne Sleepy Sun Noisettes Gojira Dananananaykroyd Crookers Olivia Ruiz Naïve New Beaters Tricky The Temper Trap
2008
Cat Power N*E*R*D Babyshambles Vampire Weekend The Offspring The Mondrians CSS Sebastien Tellier MGMT Santogold Moby Seasick Steve Calvin Harris Massive Attack Biffy Clyro Gnarls Barkley dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip Lykke Li Soko The Gossip Yeasayer Girl Talk Battles Ben Harper Holy Fuck Comets on Fire Grinderman The Wombats Camille The Dø Cavalera Conspiracy dEUS The Blakes
2007
Arcade Fire Wu-Tang Clan TV on the Radio Digitalism Queens of the Stone Age Cold War Kids I'm From Barcelona Deerhoof Marilyn Manson Juliette and the Licks Les Rita Mitsouko Klaxons Amy Winehouse Maxïmo Park Air 65daysofstatic Justice Gogol Bordello Young Gods Bonde Do Role Editors Clipse Converge Peter Von Poehl Archie Bronson Outfit Punish Yourself Junior Senior Simian Mobile Disco The Good, the Bad & the Queen Bitty McLean
2006
Depeche Mode Morrissey Daft Punk Deftones The Strokes Animal Collective Arctic Monkeys Damian Marley The Young Knives Muse Sigur Rós Archive Blackalicious Mogwai Dominique A Art Brut Gossip Two Gallants Uffie Gojira Anaïs Atmosphere Nonstop Polysics Poni Hoax Malajube Fancy Coldcut Infadels Philippe Katerine Spank Rock Apsci La Caution Spleen Nathan Fake Fat Freddys Drop Cult of Luna Islands Les Georges Leningrad We Are Wolves Ghislain Poirier Omnikrom Duchess Says Aberfeldy Giant Drag
2005
Bloc Party Sonic Youth Interpol Bright Eyes The Chemical Brothers CocoRosie Eagles of Death Metal Electrelane The Killers Kraftwerk Le Tigre Common Émilie Simon The Go! Team Röyksopp Slum Village Jamie Lidell Raphael Saadiq Vitalic Andrew Bird Amon Tobin Balkan Beat Box Jean Grae Tom Ze Blumen Kaizers Orchestra Ken Boothe Konono Nº1 Little Barrie Nine Inch Nails Queens of the Stone Age Saul Williams T. Raumschmiere Amadou & Mariam Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Cake Cali Dälek Eths Garbage Ghinzu KaS Product Mastodon Moodymann Morgan Heritage The National Tom Vek
2004
PJ Harvey Pixies TV on the Radio Belle and Sebastian Slipknot The Rapture Groove Armada Blonde Redhead Zero7 KoЯn Ben Kweller !!! Placebo An Albatross Scissor Sisters Luke No One Is Innocent Two Tone Club JR Ewing IAM Broken Social Scene Franz Ferdinand Matthieu Chedid Lyrics Born Lifesavas Capleton Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra Mono A.S Dragon Herman Düne & Invites Daniel Darc Seeed Buck 65 and Band Youngblood Brass Band Alain Bashung RJD2 Sludgefeast The Perceptionists Agoria X-Vision The Cat Empire Amp Fiddler The Dillinger Escape Plan Lust High Tone
2003
Toots & the Maytals Radiohead The Rapture The Roots Peaches LCD Soundsystem The Streets Dave Gahan (in Depeche Mode) Goldfrapp Slayer 2 Many Djs Nada Surf Underworld Massive Attack The Melvins Electric Six Death in Vegas Suicide The Datsuns Mickey 3D Stone Sour Console Nostromo Arto Lindsay Les Wampas Ellen Allien Mike Ladd Hexstatic AqME Hell Is for Heroes Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra La Rumeur Dionysos Tom McRae Tricky I Monster Fat Truckers Eiffel The Polyphonic Spree Zebda Tony Allen Jaga Jazzist Watcha Blackalicious Asian Dub Foundation Tomahawk
2002
Muse Vitalic N*E*R*D Rival Schools The Chemical Brothers Travis The Notwist Antipop Consortium Buju Banton Pleymo Bulle The (International) Noise Conspiracy Sinclair New Bomb Turks Saïan Supa Crew The Bellrays Noir Désir Bilal Archive Soulfly Meï Teï Shô High Tone Alec Empire A Aston Villa Tarmac Ska-P Watcha Gomez Lofofora + invités Air Miro Burning Heads Hawksley Workman Michael Franti & Spearhead Trio Mocoto Sizzla Sainkho Namtchylak Rammstein Gotan Project
2001
Iggy Pop Ben Harper Incubus Matmatah Yann Tiersen La Ruda Salska Tété Têtes Raides K's Choice Disiz la Peste Burning Spear Young Gods Tricky Anthony B Joseph Arthur Freestylers Nashville Pussy Innocent Criminals Amadou et Mariam Mass Hysteria K2R Riddim Fantômas
2000
St Germain Moby The Cranberries Oasis Slayer Fu Manchu Muse Coldplay Nine Inch Nails Oomph Tryo Skirt Dionysos -M- Massilia Sound System Femi Kuti A Perfect Circle
1999
Al Green Blondie Eagle-Eye Cherry Lenny Kravitz The Black Crowes Stereophonics Tricky Bloodhound Gang The Cardigans Marilyn Manson Matmatah Metallica Monster Magnet Placebo Skunk Anansie Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine Angra Cheb Mami Gus Gus Lofofora Mercury Rev P18 Calexico Cree Summer Creed Everlast Masnada Mercyful Fate Polar Popa Chubby Rinocérose
1998
The Prodigy Underworld Cornershop Iggy Pop Portishead Pulp Morcheeba Rammstein Sean Lennon Suicidal Tendencies Texas Faudel Heather Nova Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Louise Attaque NTM Asian Dub Foundation Divine Comedy Hotei Jean-Louis Aubert Passi Pigalle Automatics Awake Fonky Family Hare Jeremy Jim White K's Choice Tabula Rasa Tortoise
1997
Simple Minds Radiohead Supergrass Smashing Pumpkins Chemical Brothers Placebo Suede Nada Surf Stereophonics Channel Zero Biohazard Live Melville Baby Bird No One Is Innocent Noir Désir Sloy 16 Horsepower Silverchair Rollins Band Fédération française de fonck (FFF)
1996
Beck David Bowie Patti Smith Foo Fighters ("We were opening up for David Bowie..." recalled Dave Grohl. "It didn't make any sense for me: a drummer pretending to be a singer; to stand in front of so many people and try to entertain them all. Like, I'm not Freddie Mercury. And then David Bowie goes out and lifts a fucking finger and people go fucking berserk. I didn't understand it at all." Lou Reed Nick Cave Red Hot Chili Peppers Sepultura Skunk Anansie Ash The Bluetones Dog Eat Dog Frank Black Fun Lovin' Criminals Ministry Miossec NTM Raggasonic Silmarils The Bates Dominique A Ginkgo Loudblast Red Cardell
1995
Blur The Cure Supergrass Jamiroquai Public Enemy Jeff Buckley Oasis Paul Weller The Roots Sheryl Crow Ben Harper Body Count Dave Matthews Band dEUS Renaud Terence Trent D'Arby Ange Arno Page and Plant Dreadzone Earthling Edwyn Collins Paradise Lost Senser Spearhead 18th Dye Alliance Ethnik Burning Heads Dag Gérald De Palmas Silverchair Ultimatum Tortoise
1994
Björk ZZ Top Khaled The Pretenders Rage Against the Machine Chaka Demus & Pliers The Posies Rita Mitsouko Blind Fish Burma Shave Gary Clail Grant Lee Buffalo I Am Les Thugs Morphine Spin Doctors Swell Therapy? Fabulous Trobadors Helmet No One Is Innocent Nyah Fearties Rachid Taha Sons of the Desert Radiohead
1993
Sonic Youth Ziggy Marley Lenny Kravitz The Lemonheads The Frank and Walters Black Crowes Jean-Louis Aubert Living Colour Midnight Oil Noir Désir Willy Deville Calvin Russell Chris Isaak Faith No More Galliano Jesus Jones MC Solaar Massilia Sound System Mau Mau Rattlesnakes Roadrunners
1992
Bob Dylan Bryan Adams James Brown Lou Reed Moe Tucker Morrissey Manic Street Preachers Ned's Atomic Dustbin Rufus Thomas Wedding Present Alpha Blondy
Charlélie Couture Fishbone The Fools Jade Les Négresses Vertes Little Nemo Mike Rimbaud Milena Sapho