Hard Rock Hell

Hard Rock Hell
Genre	heavy metal, Hard/Heavy Rock, Rock
Dates	October/November/December
Location(s)	Haven Holidays, Hafan y Môr Holiday Park, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, North Wales
Years active	2007 - present
Website
www.hardrockhell.com

Hard Rock Hell is a three day music festival currently held at Hafan y Môr Holiday Park, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, North Wales, and up until 2011 at Pontin's Holiday Village, Prestatyn, Wales. The idea of holding the festival at in a holiday camp gives the organisers pre-built venues and stages and because of the on-site accommodation allows them to hold a multi day festival over winter/spring months when outdoor camping is not desirable. The first edition of the festival was held at Butlins Holiday Camp, Minehead, England but the festival relocated to its current location in 2008. The next edition of the festival will be held in November 2014.

Hard Rock Hell I : The Winter Ball

The first edition of the Hard Rock Hell festival was subtitled "The Winter Ball". Held at Butlins Holiday Camp, Minehead, England over Friday 9th and Saturday 10 November 2007. The headliners for the first edition of the festival were Cradle of Filth and Twisted Sister.^[1]

Stage One
Friday	Saturday
Tokyo Dragons Crucified Babara Girlschool Vixen Lauren Harris Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction Spit Like This	Diamond Head Tesla UFO Twisted Sister Saxon Fastway McQueen

Stage Two
Friday	Saturday
Cradle of Filth My Dying Bride Tiamat Chthonic Amenti	Grand Magus Finntroll Sabbat 3 Inches Of Blood Turisas

Stage Three
Friday	Saturday
Tolerance Nemhain Forever Never Romeo Must Die Gu Medicine Zero Cipher Feicomodo Avenger Sacred Mother Tongue SKWAD Immanis	Raven Beyond The Grave Brazabon 4 bands in Battle of the Bands competition

Hard Rock Hell II : The Dragons Ball

The second edition of the Hard Rock Hell festival was subtitled "The Dragons Ball". Held at Pontin's Holiday Village, Prestatyn, Wales over Friday 5th and Saturday 6 December 2008, the headliners for the festival were Thin Lizzy and Black Label Society.^[2]

Stage One
Classic Rock
Friday	Saturday
Tigertailz Doro Thin Lizzy Budgie Benedictum Glyder	Viking Skull Wildhearts Black Label Society Clutch Orange Goblin Panic Cell Hawkwind Litmus

Stage Two
Metal Hammer / Radio 1	Born Again / Porshamar
Friday	Saturday
Cancer Bats Johnny Truant Ghost of a Thousand The Plight Textures Black Hole Hexes	Blitzkrieg Firewind Powerquest This is Menace Ravenscreed Outcry Fire Alestorm Korpiklaani Battlelore Waysted Tygers of Pan Tang Praying Mantis Pride Tiger Spit Like This

Stage Three
Young Blood	Clive Aid
Friday	Saturday
Jett Black Attica Rage Heaven's Basement Big Linda Get Vegas Lethargy	Chariot Warrior Soul Dope Pig Iron Million$Reload Hecate Enthroned Beholder

Hard Rock Hell III : The Vikings Ball

The third edition of the Hard Rock Hell festival was subtitled "The Vikings Ball". Held at Pontin's Holiday Village, Prestatyn, Wales over Friday 4th and Saturday 5 December 2009 with a pre-event show on Thursday 3 December, the headliners for the festival were Monster Magnet and Queensrÿche.^[3]

Hard Rock Hell IV

The 4th annual Hard Rock Well was held at Pontin's Holiday Village in Prestatyn, the line-up included Airbourne,9xDead, Helloween, UFO, Uriah Heep, Skid Row and MSG.

Hard Rock Hell V

The 5th edition of Hard Rock Hell was held at Pontins in Prestatyn, the theme was Village of the Damned, the line-up included Airbourne, Diamond Head, Enuff Z'Nuff, FM, Helloween, JettBlack, LA Guns, Lizzy Borden, MSG, Paul D'ianno, Pretty Boy Floyd, Saxon, Skid Row, Stratovarius, UFO and Uriah Heep.

Hard Rock Hell VI : A Fistful Of Rock

Hard Rock Hell VI took place on 29 November to 3 December 2012 at Hafan Y Môr Holiday Park, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, North Wales, LL53 6HJ.

Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
McCoy TNT Tigertailz Toadstool Night By Night Bad Touch Krusher	Sebastian Bach Molly Hatchet Grave Digger Blackfoot Dan Baird Vicious Rumors Skinny Molly Electric Mary Ten Dante Fox Serpentine Die So Fluid The Burning Crows Circus Town Havana Rocks BlackWolf The Idol Dead Estrella Chemicals Of Democracy	Testament Ugly Kid Joe The Quireboys Primal Fear The Dogs D'Amour Little Caesar Graveyard I Am I Electric Boys Rocky Shades' Wildside Riot Jettblack Bonafide Tytan More Soldier Overdrive Gaskin Chaser The Handsome Beasts	Buckcherry The Union Soil Red White N' Blues Dr. Feelgood Fozzy Breed 77 Kobra And The Lotus Pig Iron Stray Slam Cartel Savage Trucker Diablo

Hard Rock Hell VII: Cirque Du Rock

Took place from 28 November to 1 December 2013 in Hafan y Môr Holiday Park, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, North Wales.

Hard Rock Hell VIII: HRH Helloween (sic)^[4]

Returns to Haven Holidays, Hafan y Môr Holiday Park, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, North Wales from Thursday 13th to Sunday 16 November 2014.

The event completely sold out on 13/05/14.

W.A.S.P. return to HRH to headline the Friday night, and Blue Öyster Cult top the bill on Saturday, other acts announced include M.S.G., Y&T, Diamond Head, Bonafide, Electric Mary, Krokus, Vardis, Grifters, Heavy Metal Kids, and Carousel Vertigo. The latest additions are Big Elf, Truckfighters, Witchrider, Massive, Chemia, The Black Marbles, Thundermother, The Brew, Piston and Buffalo Summer. More bands will be announced in due course.

References

1. "Hard Rock Hell".
2. "Hard Rock Hell ii".
3. "Hard Rock Hell presents The Vikings Ball '09". Festivals. eFestivals. 16 September 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
4. "Hard Rock Hell viii".

External links

• Official Website