Rock on the Range
Rock on the Range was an annual rock festival featuring mostly mainstream rock bands, with a classic band usually headlining the show. The festival was held at two venues; MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio and Canad Inns Stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Rock on the Range debuted in Columbus on May 19, 2007, and in Winnipeg on June 27, 2009. In May 2019 Rock on the Range was officially replaced by the Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival.
Columbus
The first Rock on the Range was held on May 19, 2007 at Columbus Crew Stadium. The sold-out festival ran all day, beginning around noon and ending after 11:00 pm. Due to such success, Rock on the Range was turned into an annual event by returning to Columbus Crew Stadium in 2008. The second festival was a two-day event held on the weekend of May 17–18, 2008. This show had the very first Stone Temple Pilots performance in seven years, ending the band's hiatus. The 2009 show was two days as well, on the weekend of May 16–17, 2009. The lineup was announced on Rock on the Range's official website on Friday, February 13, 2009. For the 2010 festival, each stage has its own sponsor. While the Zippo Music Stage is still the same, the "second" stage and the main stage are now referred to as the Bud Light Stage and the Monster Energy Stage, respectively. Other sponsors host their own events, such as Sony's PlayStation bus that demos new video games. An FYE tent is located near the Kicker Stage where, upon purchase of certain bands' CDs, many meet-and-greets take place.The festival would often draw more than 30,000 fans each day onto the Columbus Crew Stadium grounds from its inception but in recent years that number has swelled to approximately 40,000 per day. This has occurred mainly due to a rise in the festival's popularity as well as some changes to the festival grounds layout and expansion of the number of festival days.
In 2007 and 2008, two stages were set up: The main stage is inside the stadium at one end of the soccer field, and the second stage is in the parking lot just outside the stadium. For the 2009 show, a third stage was added, the Zippo Music Stage. It is located outside of the stadium on the opposite side of the second stage. The typical ticket price in the past, and for 2010 as well, is around $50–65 per day, depending on whether attendees choose to have field-access or not. Rock on the Range 2009 was Avenged Sevenfold's last appearance in the United States before their drummer, Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan died on December 28, 2009. During their performance on May 22, 2010, the music video for Papa Roach's single "Kick in the Teeth" was filmed.
In 2011 and 2012 the festival saw a major change and was expanded to include an additional half-day Friday Night Pre-party that saw the addition of four more bands being added for the party.
In 2013 it was announced that the pre-party day will be made into another full day by adding six more bands to the previous four bands to officially make the festival a three-day event. Also, new to this event year is an updated festival layout and new amenities including a comedy tent and stage, thanks to sponsors Old Milwaukee, Pabst Blue Ribbon and The Funny Bone.
In 2014 it was announced that the third day added in 2013 would be expanded time wise to allow for additional bands to be added to the line-up. The comedy tent and stage added in 2013 will also be returning. Also, new was an updated festival layout with the addition of carnival rides including a Ferris wheel and a Shock drop.
Estimated attendance each year
- 2007 - 35,000 sold-out event
- 2008 - 55,000
- 2009 - 55,000
- 2010 - 60,000
- 2011 - 70,000
- 2012 - 70,000
- 2013 - 103,000+ sold-out event
- 2014 - 120,000 sold-out event
- 2015 - 120,000 sold-out event
- 2016 - 120,000 sold-out event
- 2017 - 135,000 sold-out event
- 2018 - 140,000 sold-out event
2007 lineup
Main Stage:
- ZZ Top
- Evanescence
- Velvet Revolver
- Hinder
- Chevelle
- Three Days Grace
- Buckcherry
- Breaking Benjamin
- Papa Roach
- Puddle of Mudd
- Black Stone Cherry
- Operator
- 2Cents
- Whitestarr
2008 lineup
Main Stage:
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Disturbed
- Staind
- Killswitch Engage
- Serj Tankian
- Shinedown
- Finger Eleven
- Filter
- 10 Years
- Red
- Theory of a Deadman
- Airbourne
- Ashes Divide
- Drive A
Main Stage:
- Kid Rock
- 3 Doors Down
- Papa Roach
- Seether
- Flyleaf
- Alter Bridge
- Five Finger Death Punch
- Sevendust
- Drowning Pool
- Bobaflex
- Black Tide
- Rev Theory
- Saving Abel
2009 lineup
Main stage:
- Slipknot
- Alice in Chains
- Korn
- Chevelle
- Flyleaf
- Saliva
- Black Stone Cherry
- Atreyu
- All That Remains
- Rev Theory
- Loaded
- Crooked X
- The Veer Union
- Early Pearl
- Static-X
- Hurt
- Halestorm
- X Factor 1
- Leo Project
Main stage:
- Mötley Crüe
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Buckcherry
- Shinedown
- Blue October
- Saving Abel
- Hoobastank
- The Used
- Billy Talent
- Sick Puppies
- Pop Evil
- Cavo
- Framing Hanley
- Drive A
- Clutch
- Charm City Devils
- Adelitas Way
- Burn Halo
- Royal Bliss
2010 lineup
Monster Energy stage:
- Godsmack
- Three Days Grace
- Rise Against
- Deftones
- Papa Roach
- Puddle of Mudd
- Drowning Pool
- Sevendust
- Killswitch Engage
- Skillet
- Halestorm
- Adelitas Way
- Violent Soho
- Richy Nix
- Helmet
- Nonpoint
- Janus
- Taddy Porter
- Like a Storm
Monster Energy stage:
- Limp Bizkit
- Rob Zombie
- Seether
- Slash
- Theory of a Deadman
- Bullet for My Valentine
- Five Finger Death Punch
- Apocalyptica
- Mastodon
- Coheed and Cambria
- Anberlin
- Circa Survive
- Airbourne
- Shaman's Harvest
- Mushroomhead
- Taproot
- Year Long Disaster
- Noise Auction
- State Your Cause
2011 lineup
f.y.e. stage only
Day one
Monster Energy stage:
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Korn
- Staind
- Alter Bridge
- Hinder
- Sick Puppies
- Rev Theory
- Finger Eleven
- Danzig
- Escape the Fate
- My Darkest Days
- Crossfade
- Asking Alexandria
- Trust Company
- P.O.D.
- Black Veil Brides
- 2Cents
- Egypt Central
- Hourcast
- Downplay
Monster Energy stage:
- A Perfect Circle
- Disturbed
- Puddle of Mudd
- Bullet for My Valentine
- Black Label Society
- All That Remains
- Saving Abel
- 10 Years
- Hollywood Undead
- A Day to Remember
- Trapt
- Cavo
- Pop Evil
- Greek Fire
- The Damned Things
- The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
- Evans Blue
- Art of Dying
- Red Fang
- 7th Cycle
2012 lineup
f.y.e. stage
- Hairball
- Foxy Shazam
- Black Tide
- Hells Bells
Monster Energy stage:
- Incubus
- Shinedown
- Five Finger Death Punch
- Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators
- Chevelle
- Theory of a Deadman
- Halestorm
- Adelitas Way
- Cypress Hill
- P.O.D.
- Cavo
- Falling in Reverse
- New Medicine
- Emphatic
- Bobaflex
- In This Moment
- Kyng
- Rival Sons
- Otherwise
- Noise Auction
Monster Energy stage:
- Rob Zombie
- Marilyn Manson
- Megadeth
- Mastodon
- Volbeat
- The Darkness
- Escape the Fate
- Black Stone Cherry
- Anthrax
- Down
- Attack Attack!
- Trivium
- Redlight King
- Aranda
- Lacuna Coil
- 12 Stones
- James Durbin
- SOiL
- Eve to Adam
- Ghost of August
2013 lineup
Monster Energy main stage:
- Korn
- Cheap Trick
- Buckcherry
- Hollywood Undead
- Love and Death
- In Flames
- Oleander
- Mindset Evolution
- American Fangs
- XFACTOR1
Monster Energy main stage:
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Stone Sour
- Three Days Grace
- Papa Roach
- Bullet for My Valentine
- Halestorm
- All That Remains
- Pop Evil
- A Day to Remember
- Asking Alexandria
- Black Veil Brides
- Motionless in White
- Otherwise
- Young Guns
- Clutch
- The Sword
- Red Line Chemistry
- Heaven's Basement
- Gemini Syndrome
- Scorpion Child
- Ari Shafir
- Jim Florentine
- Big Jay Oakerson
- Bill Arrundale
- Bill Squire
Monster Energy main stage:
- Soundgarden
- Alice in Chains
- Bush
- Volbeat
- Skillet
- Steel Panther
- Sevendust
- Sick Puppies
- Lamb of God
- Device
- In This Moment
- Ghost B.C.
- Red
- Big Wreck
- Deuce
- Middle Class Rut
- Thousand Foot Krutch
- Beware of Darkness
- O'Brother
- Error 504
- Jim Florentine
- Big Jay Oakerson
- Rod Paulette
- Dan Swartwout
- Bob Cook
2014 lineup
Monster Energy main stage:
- Guns N' Roses
- Staind
- Seether
- Black Label Society
- Killswitch Engage
- Black Stone Cherry
- Redlight King
- Down
- Living Colour
- Reignwolf
- We Came as Romans
- Thousand Foot Krutch
- Kyng
- Devour the Day
- Lacuna Coil
- Butcher Babies
- One Ok Rock
- Truckfighters
- Werm
- Kill Devil Hill
- Jim Florentine
- Michael Harrisson
- Chuck Zumock
- Sumukh Torgalkar
- Keith Bender
Monster Energy main stage:
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Slayer
- Chevelle
- Theory of a Deadman
- Pop Evil
- Fuel
- Rev Theory
- Suicidal Tendencies
- The Pretty Reckless
- Nothing More
- Texas Hippie Coalition
- King 810
- We as Human
- Stars in Stereo
- Exodus
- Fozzy
- Avatar
- Crobot
- Wilson
- INFIDEL
- Don Jamieson
- Joe Howard
- Bill Crawford
- Bill Squire
- Brian Kenny
Monster Energy main stage:
- Kid Rock
- Five Finger Death Punch
- Alter Bridge
- Mastodon
- Wolfmother
- Adelitas Way
- Trivium
- Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience
- Of Mice & Men
- Miss May I
- Harlot
- Heaven's Basement
- Gemini Syndrome
- Righteous Vendetta
- Gojira
- Kvelertak
- Jim Breuer Band
- Twelve Foot Ninja
- Monster Truck
- Sleepwave
- Jim Breuer
- Aaron Kleiber
- Chris Coen
- Darrell Dawson
2015 lineup
Monster Energy main stage:
- Slipknot
- Marilyn Manson
- Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators
- Breaking Benjamin
- Live
- Apocalyptica
- We Are Harlot
- Falling in Reverse
- Yelawolf
- The Dillinger Escape Plan
- Young Guns
- Vamps
- Islander
- Shaman's Harvest
- Hatebreed
- Beartooth
- DangerKids
- Dorothy
- Highly Suspect
- X Factor 1
- Brian Posehn
- Jim Florentine
- Mark Poolos
- Brent Terhune
- Joe Howard
Monster Energy main stage:
- Judas Priest
- Godsmack
- Papa Roach
- In This Moment
- Scott Weiland and The Wildabouts
- Of Mice & Men
- Saint Asonia
- Ministry
- In Flames
- Babymetal
- Tremonti
- Sabaton
- Like a Storm
- Screaming for Silence
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Nonpoint
- Saxon
- From Ashes to New
- Red Sun Rising
- Novallo
- Jim Norton
- Don Jamieson
- Bill Squire
- Jay Snyder
- Bill Arrundale
Monster Energy main stage:
- Linkin Park
- Rise Against
- Volbeat
- Halestorm
- Anthrax
- The Pretty Reckless
- Hollywood Undead
- Tech N9ne
- Motionless in White
- Rival Sons
- Otherwise
- Starset
- Art of Dying
- Unlocking the Truth
- Periphery
- Upon a Burning Body
- Crobot
- Marmozets
- September Mourning
- Santa Cruz
- Rob Schneider
- Rod Paulette
- Jake Innarino
- Craig Peters
- Chad Zumrock
2016 lineup
Monster Energy Main Stage:
- Disturbed
- Shinedown
- A Day to Remember
- Bullet for My Valentine
- Sevendust
- Sick Puppies
- Megadeth
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Asking Alexandria
- Trivium
- Enter Shikari
- Avatar
- Monster Truck
- Butcher Babies
- Memphis May Fire
- Miss May I
- Andrew Watt
- We Came as Romans
- Cane Hill
- Jay Mohr
- Bethany Dwyer
- Gary Menke
- Jay Snyder
- Adrian Crosby
Monster Energy Main Stage:
- Rob Zombie
- Five Finger Death Punch
- Hellyeah
- Steel Panther
- Pop Evil
- Saint Asonia
- P.O.D.
- Lamb of God
- Ghost
- Parkway Drive
- Issues
- Texas Hippie Coalition
- Aranda
- Lacey Sturm
- Clutch
- Crown the Empire
- New Years Day
- Wilson
- JellyRoll
- Citizen Zero
- That Metal Show live
- Craig Gass
- Madison Malloy
Monster Energy Main Stage:
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Deftones
- Bring Me the Horizon
- Wolfmother
- Death from Above 1979
- The Struts
- Highly Suspect
- At the Drive-In
- Pennywise
- Anti-Flag
- Red Sun Rising
- Hands Like Houses
- The Glorious Sons
- The Shelters
- Between the Buried and Me
- The Sword
- The Shrine
- Wild Throne
- Code Orange
- Silver Snake
- Jay Oakerson
- Nate Bargatze
- Bill Squire
- Jay Armstrong
- Chad Zumock
2017 lineup
Monster Energy main stage:
- Soundgarden
- Live
- Chevelle
- Bush
- Of Mice & Men
- Thrice
- Beartooth
- Pierce the Veil
- Sum 41
- Motionless in White
- The Amity Affliction
- I Prevail
- Badflower
- Goodbye June
- Gojira
- Norma Jean
- Red Fang
- Bleeker
- Cover Your Tracks
- Aeges
Monster Energy main stage:
- Korn
- The Offspring
- Papa Roach
- Seether
- Alter Bridge
- Skillet
- Starset
- Coheed and Cambria
- Taking Back Sunday
- The Story So Far
- Kyng
- Ded
- Sylar
- Fire from the Gods
- In Flames
- Whitechapel
- Attila
- Turnstile
- Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
- One Less Reason
Monster Energy main stage:
- Metallica
- Volbeat
- Primus
- The Pretty Reckless
- Biffy Clyro
- Nothing More
- Rival Sons
- Amon Amarth
- The Dillinger Escape Plan
- Zakk Sabbath
- Dinosaur Pile-Up
- Radkey
- Dorothy
- As Lions
- Deafheaven
- Suicide Silence
- Every Time I Die
- Wage War
- Royal Republic
- Mother Feather
2018 lineup
Monster Energy Main Stage:
- Alice in Chains
- A Perfect Circle
- Breaking Benjamin
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Greta Van Fleet
- 10 Years
- The Bronx
- Underoath
- Quicksand
- Hawthorne Heights
- Turnstile
- Senses Fail
- The Fever 333
- I See Stars
- Body Count
- Atreyu
- Power Trip
- Dance Gavin Dance
- Mutoid Man
- Spirit Animal
- Trae Crowder
- Tim Dillon
- Jake Iannarino
- Tom Dustin
- Jay Armstrong
Monster Energy Main Stage:
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Stone Sour
- Three Days Grace
- Black Veil Brides
- Asking Alexandria
- New Years Day
- Tech N9ne
- Trivium
- From Ashes to New
- JellyRoll
- My Ticket Home
- Like Moths to Flames
- Andrew W.K.
- Emmure
- Miss May I
- Wilson
- grandson
- J.B. Smoove
- Yannis Pappas
- Jason Banks
- Bill Squire
- Chad Zumock
Monster Energy Main Stage:
- Tool
- Godsmack
- Stone Temple Pilots
- The Used
- I Prevail
- Red Sun Rising
- Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
- Them Evils
- Babymetal
- Baroness
- Code Orange
- Like a Storm
- Shaman's Harvest
- Shim
- Stitched Up Heart
- Yelawolf
- Anti-Flag
- We Came as Romans
- Toothgrinder
- Joyous Wolf
- Pray For Sleep
- Big Jay Oakerson
- Taylor Tomlinson
- Zach Martina
- Aaron Kleiber
Winnipeg
Rock on the Range Canada 2010 on August 7, 2010 had sunny skies with over 15000 fans in attendance. On March 19. 2010 it was announced Rock on the Range Canada has signed a new multi-year agreement with Manitoba Telecom Services to become the new title sponsor until 2012. The new name under the agreement is "MTS Rock on the Range Canada". On July 18, 2011, Rock on the Range Canada was going to be moved to the MTS Centre due to the weather.
March 2, 2012, Winnipeg radio station Power 97 posted on their Twitter that MTS Rock on the Range Canada wouldn't be happening in 2012.
2009 lineup
Saturday, June 27Main stage
- Billy Talent
- Rise Against
- Rancid
- Theory of a Deadman
- Shinedown
- Thornley
- Blue October
- Die Mannequin
- Anvil
- Silverstein
- Inward Eye
- Hollywood Undead
- Pop Evil
- Age of Daze
- Sick of Sarah
2010 lineup
Monster Energy stage
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Godsmack
- Three Days Grace
- Buckcherry
- Finger Eleven
- Crash Karma
- Danko Jones
- The Trews
- Airbourne
- Bleeker Ridge
- Domenica
- MENEW
- Sons of York
2011 lineup
Monster Energy stage
- Alice in Chains
- Evanescence
- Five Finger Death Punch
- Hinder
- Duff McKagan's Loaded
- Art of Dying
- Me Versus:
- The Sheepdogs
- Volbeat
- Anberlin
- The Reason
- Drive A