Rochester Rocks Festival

10/09/2026

This House We Built currently on tour, hitting the southeast on 18th September at The Carlisle, Hastings and Leos Red Lion, Gravesend on Saturday 19th September.

And of course they'll be playing Rochester Rocks on March 20th 2027.

09/09/2026

Anyone heading to Destination FORGE 2026 or NWOCR Live at KKs this month, may spot this beauty.
Post a photo of yourself in front of the banner and tag Rochester Rocks Festival in it for a chance to win a pair of t1ckets or £50 bar voucher if you already have t1ckets!

07/09/2026

Blue Nation kick off their headline tour this week and are launching this pretty cool t-shirt to coincide with the tour.

Check their website for tour dates and ticket links.

05/09/2026

Check out this interview with This House We Built.

They are in the south this month at The Carlisle is Hastings on 18th September and Leos Red Lion, Gravesend on 19th September.

Four Scarborough musicians who'd never been in a band together, a shed pub at the top of a garden, and a lockdown with nothing else to do. Scott Wardell on how This House We Built happened.

05/09/2026

Did the usual log in to Skiddle this morning to see another couple of tickets sold.

We're now just 10 tickets away from matching 2026 ticket sales and we are still 196 days away.

This is very encouraging for a new Festival like ours and I'd like to thank everyone for their support.

Though there is still 6 months to go, and sales are strong, I'm gonna continue posting regularly, about Rochester Rocks Festival and other events and bands that have played and due to play, because otherwise the algorithm shuts us out and we fail to reach those that haven't bought tickets yet.

So please continue to engage with the page and the posts, like, comment and share stuff from time to time, it all helps.

04/09/2026

It's September.

That means that that we are bang in the middle of Rochester Rocks Festival 2026 and 2027.

Six months ago we rocked out at Casino Rooms Live Events and we return in another 6 months.

Today I stumbled upon this excellent video on YouTube taken by Paul McGowan 👏
He has loads of videos from Rochester Rocks 2026 on his channel Cecil Paul Studios. Go down a rabbit hole, like I did. Hours of footage from a truly memorable day.
I'm hoping Paul will be back in 2027 to capture more memories.

Thanks for this Paul.

And here is Kim Jennett absolutely smashing Immigrant Song 🎵 👏

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04/09/2026

Yesterday we posted about the upcoming Destination FORGE 2026, today is the turn of another fantastic festival.

The Loverocks - B**r And Music Festival announced the first wave of bands last night and it's looking incredibly tasty.

Brave Rival return to headline the Thursday evening and These Wicked Rivers and Gorilla Riot currently suggested as Friday and Saturday night headliners, though with this being wave one, this could change.

Whatever happens this is an epic start to an awesome festival 😎

Congratulations to Jim Love and the team.

Long live Loverocks!

03/09/2026

Most of the summer festivals are done, but there's still a couple to look forward to this month.

Destination FORGE 2026 is fast approaching with an epic lineup that includes Black Lakes and Jack J Hutchinson who are at Rochester Rocks 2027 and The Rattlebacks who played for us this year.

Tickets still available.

Having some serious FOMO about this one as last years event was AWESOME 👌

29/08/2026

Luke from Blue Nation is raising money for mental health supporting Ian's Chain Charity by shaving his head on December 5th after spending 2 and half years growing his hair long.
The hair will be donated to The Little Princess Trust who make wigs for children with cancer.
Both of these are worthwhile causes and if you can spare a bit of cash, please donate. Every bit helps.
Rochester Rocks Festival will be making a donation.

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ians-chain-2026?utm_medium=FA&utm_source=EM&fbclid=IwdGRjcAUAB5BjbGNrBQAHfnBkb2YFZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEeD8aORrMHz_a1fi8IdoE_bzaF76q573LPX36xYqOodcdupjbzHw0EULhRZew_aem_wTAwpc2NPgF4m8lSB2hmYw