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Hard Rock Laager

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Years active
  
2002 - present

Dates
  
1 Jul – 2 Jul 2016

Location
  
Vana-Vigala, Estonia

Genres
  
Rock music, Heavy metal

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Tuska Open Air Metal Fes, Viljandi Folk Music Festival, Positivus Festival, Jalometalli Metal Music Fe, Inferno Metal Festival

Profiles

Hard Rock Laager is a two-day rock and metal festival held annually in a field in the small Estonian village of Vana-Vigala. It draws a crowd of approximately 2000 people each year.

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Hard Rock Laager 2002

The first Hard Rock Laager festival took place on 19 and 20 July and involved mainly Estonian bands from the local scene. It had only one stage and the line-up included:

  • Luciferase
  • Skyforger
  • Soulgrind
  • Blueprint Human Being
  • Bloody Sign
  • Tharaphita
  • Forgotten Sunrise
  • Metsatöll
  • Echosilence
  • Zorg
  • Solwaig
  • Melotrap
  • Hellroad Orange
  • Vigilia Mortum
  • Hard Rock Laager 2003

    The second annual Hard Rock Laager festival took place on 18 and 19 July. From 2003, the festival took place over two stages, like 2002. The line-up of the second year of the festival was still almost exclusively Estonian, it included:

  • Antimatter
  • Obtest
  • Siffles-Chopes
  • Loits
  • Tharaphita
  • Metsatöll
  • Zorg
  • Herald
  • Instigator of Grief
  • East Trading Wang
  • Monstera
  • Loom
  • Symbolic State
  • Catafalc
  • Leech
  • Shabash
  • Sickbag
  • Raud-Ants
  • Ugly Ogre
  • Hard Rock Laager 2004

    The third annual Hard Rock Laager festival included slightly larger international acts than previous years and took place on 16 and 17 July, the line-up included:

  • Dismember
  • Swallow the Sun
  • Neglected Fields
  • Ossatorium
  • Loits
  • Forgotten Sunrise
  • Human ground
  • Herald
  • Metsatöll
  • Must Missa
  • Kantor Voy
  • Catafalc
  • J.M.K.E.
  • Brides in Bloom
  • Solwaig
  • Zahir
  • Paskar Kolgats
  • Necro Strike
  • Hard Rock Laager 2005

    Hard Rock Laager 2005 took place on 1 and 2 July, the line-up included:

    Saku Rock Stage

    B Stage

    Hard Rock Laager 2006

    This Hard Rock Laager was the biggest yet, the line-up included many international artists and was headlined by the Norwegian black metal band Satyricon.The festival took place on the 30th of June and the 1st of July, the full line-up for the festival included:

    Saku Rock Stage

    B Stage

    Hard Rock Laager 2007

    The line-up included many international artists and was headlined by the Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork. The festival took place on the 30th of June and the 1st of July, the full line-up for the festival included:

    Saku Rock Stage

    Jack Daniels Stage

    Hard Rock Laager 2008

    Hard Rock Laager 2008 took place on 27 and 28 June. The line-up included:

    Rock Stage

    Jack Stage

    Hard Rock Laager 2009

    Took place on 3 and 4 July, the lineup included:

    Rock Stage

    B Stage

    Hard Rock Laager 2010

    Took place on 2 and 3 July, the lineup included:

    Rock Stage

    Pasunamehe Stage

    Hard Rock Laager 2011

    The festival took place on 1 and 2 July, the full line-up for the festival included:

    Rock Stage

    Jack Stage

    Hard Rock Laager 2012

    The festival took place on 29 and 30 of June, the full line-up for the festival included:

    Rock Stage

    Jack Stage

    Hard Rock Laager 2013

    The festival took place on 28 and 29 of June, the full line-up for the festival included:

    Rock Stage

    Viru Valge Stage

    Hard Rock Laager 2014

    The festival took place on 27 and 28 of June, the full line-up for the festival included:

    Rock Stage

    Zippo Encore Stage

    Hard Rock Laager 2015

    The festival took place on 3 and 4 of July, the full line-up for the festival included:

    Rock Stage

    Jack Stage

    References

    Hard Rock Laager Wikipedia