Rock on the Range

Rock on the Range
Genre	Hard rock, alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock
Dates	May 19, 2007 (Columbus) May 17–18, 2008 (Columbus) May 16–17, 2009 (Columbus) May 22–23, 2010 (Columbus) May 20–22, 2011 (Columbus) May 18–20, 2012 (Columbus) May 17–19, 2013 (Columbus) May 16–18, 2014 (Columbus) May 15–17, 2015 (Columbus) May 20–22, 2016 (Columbus) June 27, 2009 (Winnipeg) August 7, 2010 (Winnipeg) August 20, 2011 (Winnipeg)
Location(s)	Columbus, Ohio / Winnipeg, Manitoba
Years active	2007–present
Website
RockontheRange.com MTSRockontheRange.ca

Rock on the Range is an annual rock festival featuring mostly mainstream rock bands, with a classic band usually headlining the show. The festival is 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. It was founded by and is co-produced by Danny Wimmer.^[1]

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.^[2] 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 Jägermeister Music Stage is still the same, the "second" stage and the main stage (as they have been previously called) are now referred to as the Kicker 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 usually draws 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 festivals 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 Jägermeister 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.

Rock on the Range's Main Stage at Columbus Crew Stadium in 2008

Estimated attendance each year

• 2007 - 35,000 (one-day total) Sold Out Event ^[3]
• 2008 - 55,000 (two-day total)
• 2009 - 55,000 (two-day total)
• 2010 - 60,000 (two-day total)
• 2011 - 70,000 (two and a half-day total)
• 2012 - 70,000 (two and a half-day total)
• 2013 - 103,000+ (three-day total) Sold Out Event ^[4]
• 2014 - 120,000 (three-day total) Sold Out Event ^[5]
• 2015 - 120,000 (three-day total) Sold Out Event ^[6]

2007 Lineup

(14 bands, all 14 played)
(Saturday, May, 19)

Main Stage:

• ZZ Top
• Evanescence
• Velvet Revolver
• Hinder
• Chevelle
• Three Days Grace
• Buckcherry
• Breaking Benjamin

"Mad Packers" Second Stage:

• Papa Roach
• Puddle of Mudd
• Black Stone Cherry
• Operator
• 2Cents
• Whitestarr

2008 Lineup

(27 bands, 26 played)

Day one (Saturday, May 17) Main Stage: Stone Temple Pilots Disturbed Staind Killswitch Engage Serj Tankian Shinedown Finger Eleven The ODPS Stage: Filter 10 Years Red Theory of a Deadman Airbourne Ashes Divide Drive A

Day two (Sunday, May 18) Main Stage: Kid Rock 3 Doors Down Papa Roach Seether Flyleaf (Did not play) Alter Bridge Five Finger Death Punch The ODPS Stage: Sevendust Drowning Pool BobaFlex Black Tide Rev Theory Saving Abel

2009 Lineup

(38 bands, all 38 played)

Day one (Saturday, May 16) Main Stage: Slipknot Alice in Chains Korn Chevelle Flyleaf Saliva Black Stone Cherry Second Stage: Atreyu All That Remains Rev Theory Loaded Crooked X The Veer Union Early Pearl Jägermeister Stage: Static-X Hurt Halestorm X Factor 1 Leo Project

Day two (Sunday, May 17) Main Stage: Mötley Crüe Avenged Sevenfold Buckcherry Shinedown Blue October Saving Abel Hoobastank Second Stage: The Used Billy Talent Sick Puppies Pop Evil Cavo Framing Hanley Drive A Jägermeister Stage: Clutch Charm City Devils Adelitas Way Burn Halo Royal Bliss

2010 Lineup

(38 bands, all 38 played)

Day one (Saturday, May 22) Monster Energy Stage: Godsmack Three Days Grace Rise Against Deftones Papa Roach Puddle of Mudd Drowning Pool Sevendust Kicker Stage: Killswitch Engage Skillet Halestorm Adelitas Way Violent Soho Richy Nix Jägermeister Stage: Helmet Nonpoint Janus Taddy Porter Like a Storm

Day two (Sunday, May 23) Monster Energy Stage: Limp Bizkit Rob Zombie Seether Slash Theory of a Deadman Bullet for My Valentine Five Finger Death Punch Apocalyptica Kicker Stage: Mastodon Coheed and Cambria Anberlin Circa Survive Airbourne Shaman's Harvest Jägermeister Stage: Mushroomhead Taproot Year Long Disaster Noise Auction State Your Cause

2011 Lineup

May 20 Pre-party (Friday night)

FYE Stage Only (all 4 bands played): Steel Panther, Danko Jones, Lez Zeppelin and Red Line Chemistry.

May 21 and 22 Festival (Saturday and Sunday) (40 bands, all 40 played) Day one (Saturday, May 21) Monster Energy Stage: Avenged Sevenfold Korn Staind Alter Bridge Hinder Sick Puppies Rev Theory Finger Eleven FYE Stage: Danzig Escape the Fate My Darkest Days Crossfade Asking Alexandria Trust Company Jägermeister Stage: P.O.D. Black Veil Brides 2Cents Egypt Central Hourcast Downplay Day two (Sunday, May 22) Monster Energy Stage: A Perfect Circle Disturbed Puddle of Mudd (replacement for Stone Sour) Bullet for My Valentine Black Label Society All That Remains Saving Abel 10 Years FYE Stage: Hollywood Undead A Day to Remember Trapt Cavo Pop Evil Greek Fire Jägermeister Stage: The Damned Things Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Evans Blue Art of Dying Red Fang 7th Cycle 2012 Lineup May 18 Pre-party, Friday Night 4Play (Friday Night) FYE Stage Only (all four bands played): Hairball, Foxy Shazam, Black Tide, Hells Bells May 19 and 20 Festival (Saturday and Sunday) (40 bands, all 40 played) Day one (Saturday, May 19) Monster Energy Stage: Incubus Shinedown Five Finger Death Punch Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators Chevelle Theory of a Deadman Halestorm Adelitas Way FYE Stage: Cypress Hill P.O.D. Cavo Falling in Reverse New Medicine Emphatic Jägermeister Stage: Bobaflex In This Moment Kyng Rival Sons Otherwise Noise Auction Day two (Sunday, May 20) Monster Energy Stage: Rob Zombie Marilyn Manson Megadeth Mastodon Volbeat The Darkness Escape the Fate Black Stone Cherry FYE Stage: Anthrax Down Attack Attack! Trivium Redlight King see Kazzer Aranda Jägermeister Stage: Lacuna Coil 12 Stones James Durbin Soil Eve to Adam Ghost of August 2013 Lineup May 17, 18 and 19 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) (50 Bands, all 50 played) Day one (Friday, May 17) Monster Energy Main Stage: Korn Cheap Trick Buckcherry Hollywood Undead Love and Death Jägermeister Stage: In Flames Oleander Mindset Evolution American Fangs XFACTOR1 Day two (Saturday, May 18) Monster Energy Main Stage: Smashing Pumpkins Stone Sour Three Days Grace Papa Roach Bullet for My Valentine Halestorm All That Remains Pop Evil Pabst Blue Ribbon Stage: A Day To Remember Asking Alexandria Black Veil Brides Motionless in White Otherwise Young Guns Jägermeister Stage: Clutch The Sword Red Line Chemistry Heaven's Basement Gemini Syndrome Scorpion Child Old Milwaukee Comedy Stage: Ari Shafir Jim Florentine Big Jay Oakerson Bill Arrundale Bill Squire Day three (Sunday, May 19) Monster Energy Main Stage: Soundgarden Alice in Chains Bush Volbeat Skillet Steel Panther Sevendust Sick Puppies Pabst Blue Ribbon Stage: Lamb of God Device In This Moment Ghost B.C. Red Big Wreck Jägermeister Stage: Deuce Middle Class Rut Thousand Foot Krutch Beware of Darkness O'Brother Error 504 Old Milwaukee Comedy Stage: Jim Florentine Big Jay Oakerson Rod Paulette Dan Swartwout Bob Cook 2014 Lineup May 16, 17 and 18 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) (60 Bands, all 60 played) Day one (Friday, May 16) Monster Energy Main Stage: Guns N' Roses Staind Seether Black Label Society Killswitch Engage Black Stone Cherry Redlight King Ernie Ball Stage: Down Living Colour Reignwolf We Came As Romans Thousand Foot Krutch Kyng Devour the Day Jägermeister Stage: Lacuna Coil Butcher Babies ONE OK ROCK Truckfighters Werm Kill Devil Hill Old Milwaukee Comedy Stage: Jim Florentine Michael Harrisson Chuck Zumock Sumukh Torgalkar Keith Bender Day two (Saturday, May 17) Monster Energy Main Stage: Avenged Sevenfold Slayer Chevelle Theory of a Deadman Pop Evil Fuel Rev Theory Ernie Ball Stage: Suicidal Tendencies The Pretty Reckless Nothing More Texas Hippie Coalition King 810 We As Human Stars in Stereo Jägermeister Stage: Exodus Fozzy Avatar Crobot Wilson INFIDEL Old Milwaukee Comedy Stage: Don Jamieson Joe Howard Bill Crawford Bill Squire Brian Kenny Day three (Sunday, May 18) Monster Energy Main Stage: Kid Rock Five Finger Death Punch Alter Bridge Mastodon Wolfmother Adelitas Way Trivium Ernie Ball Stage: Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience Of Mice & Men Miss May I Harlot Heaven's Basement Gemini Syndrome Righteous Vendetta Jägermeister Stage: Gojira Kvelertak Jim Breuer Band Twelve Foot Ninja Monster Truck Sleepwave Old Milwaukee Comedy Stage: Jim Breuer Aaron Kleiber Chris Coen Darrell Dawson 2015 Lineup May 15, 16 and 17 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) (60 Bands, all 60 played) Day one (Friday, May 15) Monster Energy Main Stage: Slipknot Marilyn Manson Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators Breaking Benjamin Live Apocalyptica We Are Harlot Ernie Ball Stage: Falling In Reverse Yelawolf Dillinger Escape Plan Young Guns Vamps Islander Shaman's Harvest Jägermeister Stage: Hatebreed Beartooth DangerKids Dorothy Highly Suspect X Factor 1 Rolling Rock Comedy Tent: Brian Posehn Jim Florentine Mark Poolos Brent Terhune Joe Howard Day two (Saturday, May 16) Monster Energy Main Stage: Judas Priest Godsmack Papa Roach In This Moment Scott Weiland and The Wildabouts Of Mice & Men Saint Asonia Ernie Ball Stage: Ministry In Flames Babymetal Mark Tremonti Sabaton Like a Storm Screaming for Silence Jägermeister Stage: The Devil Wears Prada Nonpoint Saxon From Ashes To New Red Sun Rising Novallo Rolling Rock Comedy Tent: Jim Norton Don Damieson Bill Squire Jay Snyder Bill Arrundale Day three (Sunday, May 17) Monster Energy Main Stage: Linkin Park Rise Against Volbeat Halestorm Anthrax The Pretty Reckless Hollywood Undead Ernie Ball Stage: Tech N9ne Motionless In White Rival Sons Otherwise Starset Art of Dying Unlocking the Truth Jägermeister Stage: Periphery Upon A Burning Body Crobot Marmozets September Mourning Santa Cruz Rolling Rock Comedy Tent: Rob Schneider Rod Paulette Jake Innarino Craig Peters Chad Zumrock Winnipeg On February 13, 2009, Rock on the Range announced that the festival would travel to Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada to play at Canad Inns Stadium. The show was on Saturday, June 27, 2009. The weather throughout the day was rain and clouds, earning this year's festival the nickname "Rock in the Rain". After the set by Rise Against, it was announced that Rock on the Range would be returning to Winnipeg in 2010. 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. During Art of Dying's performance, the music video for Get Through This was filmed. It was announced during ROTR 2011, that MTS Rock on the Range Canada 2012 would take place at Investors Group Field. 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.[7] Estimated attendance each year 2009 – 14,239 2010 – 15,000 2011 – 10,000 2009 Lineup (15 bands, all 15 played) (Saturday, June 27) Main Stage: Billy Talent Rise Against Rancid Theory of a Deadman Shinedown Thornley Blue October Die Mannequin Second Stage: Anvil Silverstein Inward Eye Hollywood Undead Pop Evil Age of Daze Sick of Sarah 2010 Lineup (13 bands, all 13 played) (Saturday, August 7) Monster Energy Stage: Stone Temple Pilots Godsmack Three Days Grace Buckcherry Finger Eleven Crash Karma Danko Jones Jägermeister Stage: The Trews Airbourne Bleeker Ridge Domenica MENEW Sons of York 2011 Lineup (13 bands, 12 played) (Saturday August 20) Monster Energy Stage: Alice in Chains Evanescence Five Finger Death Punch Hinder Duff McKagan's Loaded Art of Dying Me Versus: Jägermeister Stage: The Sheepdogs Volbeat Anberlin The Reason Drive A References Inc, Nielsen Business Media (2010-04-03). 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