Dates Various | Location HBF Arena | |
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Genre Rock music & Alternative rock Years active 1999 - 2000
2002 - 2006
2009
2012 Similar Homebake, Big Day Out, Groovin the Moo | ||
Rock It is an Australian music festival held at the Arena Joondalup in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. The festival was first held in 1999, and mainly features modern rock music. Along with the nationally-touring Big Day Out, Rock It was one of the major rock concerts held regularly in Perth.
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At the March 2009 event Western Australian Police trialled the use of drug amnesty bins for the first time at a rock concert. The police restrictions resulted in long queues on entry and due to their public visibility little use by concert goers.
1999
5 December 1999
2000
22 October 2000
2002
13 October 2002
2003
23 November 2003
2006
19 March 2006
2009
8 March 2009
2012
28 October 2012
Blackjack 2007
The 2007 event renamed Blackjack 2007 as Arena Joondalup was unable to host the event, so the festival was held at the Claremont Showgrounds on 5 April 2007.
On The Bright Side Festival
On The Bright Side is an annual Australian music festival held in Perth, Western Australia. Starting in 2010, the event is the result of collaboration between the promoters of Splendour in the Grass Festival held in Woodford, Queensland and Rock-It held in Joondalup, Western Australia. In 2012, the festival was cancelled due to "conflicting artist schedules".