Rock Fest

Rock Fest is an annual four-day rock festival held near the town of Cadott, Wisconsin. Rock Fest is usually held on the third weekend (Wednesday-Saturday) of July.

The venue includes more than 7,000 campsites for campers. The amphitheater concert grounds host four days of rock concerts by national music acts each year. On site there are convenience stores, a merchandise store, concessions, and side stages that feature regional acts between main stage performances.

Due to COVID-19 and restrictions set in place for festivals and concerts, there was no Rock Fest held in 2020. Rock Fest returned in 2021.

Attendance
The annual attendance of Rock Fest is between 28,000 and 40,000 people daily, although crowds can reach numbers as high as 80,000 people.

Attendance is made up mostly from the Midwest areas in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

2024 Lineup
Day 1, Wednesday July 17
 * Vince Neil (headliner)
 * Quiet Riot
 * Burning Witches
 * Psychostick
 * Shallow Side
 * Feel
 * Killakoi
 * Evernoir

Day 2, Thursday July 18
 * Thirty Seconds to Mars (headliner)
 * 311
 * Killswitch Engage
 * Sevendust
 * Dirty Honey
 * Ayron Jones
 * Upon a Burning Body
 * Sleep Theory
 * Citizen Soldier
 * True Villains
 * Crossbreed
 * Until I Wake
 * Cultus Black
 * Softspoken

Day 3, Friday July 19
 * Shinedown (headliner)
 * Parkway Drive
 * Beartooth
 * Atreyu
 * From Ashes to New
 * Stabbing Westward
 * Cold
 * I See Stars
 * Saul
 * Silent Theory
 * Uncured
 * City of the Weak
 * Living Dead Girl

Day 4, Saturday July 20
 * Jelly Roll (headliner)
 * Chevelle
 * Of Mice & Men
 * Fever 333
 * The 2 Live Crew
 * Struggle Jennings
 * Austin Meade
 * Liliac
 * Holy Wars
 * Another Day Dawns
 * Blue Felix
 * Kingdom Collapse
 * Ignescent
 * Sepsiss

Previous lineups
2023

Wednesday, July 12: Soul Asylum, Alien Ant Farm, Gemini Syndrome, Tallah, The Lonely Ones, No Resolve, Moon Fever, Widow7

Thursday, July 13: Pantera (headliner), Ice Cube, In This Moment, The Ghost Inside, Jinjer, Orianthi, Suicide Silence, Vended, Fame on Fire, Eva Under Fire, Ghosts of the Mississippi, Sin7, Scattered Hamlet, Rebel Queens, Weekend Picnic, Mvrrow, Magg Dylan, Dark Heavens, Giznad, Thrash of the Titans, Carbellion, Saint Tragedy

Friday, July 14: Slipknot (headliner), Falling in Reverse, Ice Nine Kills, Asking Alexandria, Wage War, Mushroomhead, Cherry Bombs, Crobot, Gideon, Saul, Emperors & Angels, Nuisance, Artifas, 9th Planet, Kingdom Collapse, Versus Me, Normundy, The Almas, Kings County, Sons of Guns, Shotgun Superstars, Contingency, FM Down

Saturday, July 15: Godsmack (headliner), Papa Roach, Highly Suspect, Everclear, Gwar, Dorothy, 10 Years, New Years Day, Plush, Dayseeker, Silvertung, Bourbon House, The SoapGirls, Ratchet Dolls, Relent, Citizen Kane, Lovely World, Drift, Old Voltage, The Hybrid Theory, Scarlet, The Over Unders

2022

Wednesday, July 13: Who's on Top: Warrant (headliner), Lita Ford, Firehouse, Paralandra Budweiser's Boneyard Stage:, Versus Me, Otherwise, Islander, Dead Original

Thursday, July 14: Main Stage:, Disturbed (headliner), Lamb of God, Theory of a Deadman, Hatebreed, Ayron Jones, Fire from the Gods, Sweet Addiction

Who's on Top:, Unkle Daddy (after-party), Avatar (headliner), Spiritbox, Diamante, Ded, Wildstreet, The Midnight Devils

Jack's Tribute Stage: Peace of Mind, Rebel Queens

Loud & Local Stage: The Issue, Via

Budweiser's Boneyard Stage: NonGrata, Half Heard Voices, Seilies

Day 3, Friday July 15: Main Stage: Evanescence (headliner), Halestorm, The Pretty Reckless, Black Veil Brides, Butcher Babies, Volumes, Plague of Stars

Who's on Top: Fingertrick (after-party), Nothing More, Escape the Fate, John 5 (replaced Nita Strauss), Lilith Czar, Streetlight Circus, Bourbon House

Jack Daniel's Tribute Stage: Fresh Fighters, Sabbath Unleashed

Loud & Local Stage: Motherwind, Ignescent

Budweiser's Boneyeard Stage: Lydia Can't Breathe, Ratchet Dolls, Once Around, The Other LA

Day 4, Saturday July 16: Main Stage: Shinedown (headliner), Mudvayne, Jelly Roll, Starset, Shaman's Harvest, Lacey Sturm, Eaon

Who's on Top: Splitdriven (After-Party), Skillet (Headliner), Motionless in White, From Ashes to New, All Good Things, Divide the Fall, The Rumours

Jack Daniel's Tribute Stage: 10,000 days, Cowboys from Hell

Loud & Local Stage: Imperial Fall, Lake Effect

Budweiser's Boneyard Stage: Dreams Aside, Velvet Chains, Crashing Atlas

2021

Wednesday, July 14: Queensrÿche, Slaughter, Joyous Wolf, Royal Bliss, The Black Moods, Stitched Up Heart, Modern Mimes, Unkle Daddy.

Thursday, July 15: Rob Zombie (headliner), Staind, Anthrax, Steel Panther, Saint Asonia, Memphis May Fire, Fozzy, Nonpoint, Fire from the Gods, Carnifex, Any Given Sin, GFM, Falling Through April, Scattered Hamlet, Jett Threatt, NIVRANA, Digital Homicide, Anything But Human, Drama Queen, Contingency, Ignescent.

Friday, July 16: Limp Bizkit (headliner), Corey Taylor (CMFT), Philip H. Anselmo & the Illegals, Badflower, Of Mice & Men, Tommy Vext, All That Remains, Bones UK, Blacktop Mojo, Crobot, City of the Weak, Throw the Fight, Siin, Silvertung, Wildstreet, Fool Fighters, Dressed to Kill, Hammer Down Hard, Distal Descent, Strange Daze, Caster Volor.

Saturday, July 17: Korn (headliner), Danzig, Chevelle, Body Count, Pop Evil, We Came as Romans, Gemini Syndrome, Bad Omens, Hyro the Hero, Rachel Lorin, Your Screaming Silence, Evandale, Stormbreaker, Nuisance, Gypsy Road, Cowboys from Hell, Strate Jak It, Stellar Circuits, Probable Cause, FM Down.

2020

'2020 Rock Fest canceled due to COVID-19. Scheduled for July 16-18.'

Rock Fest Organizers said in a statement "In working with local health officials, we were told that having a festival of our size in July is at too high of a risk due to COVID-19. This is an unprecedented situation that we have to take seriously. The health and safety of our fans and rock music community is and always will be our #1 concern!,"

2019

Wednesday, July 17: Jackyl, Stryper, Kix, BobaFlex, Rachel Lorin, He-Nis-Ra, Silvertung, Streetlight Circus

Thursday, July 18: Evanescence (headliner), Mastodon, Skillet, Starset, Static-X, Nonpoint, DevilDriver, Sylar, Dope, Rachel Lorin, Revenant Soul, Gabriel and the Apocalypse, Sweet Addiction, The 9th Planet Out, Madman's Diary, Bleak Sabbath, The Zealots, Cold Kingdom, Krashkarma, Stare Across Un-Broken.

Friday, July 19: Five Finger Death Punch (headliner), Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Killswitch Engage, Asking Alexandria, Bad Wolves, Ice Nine Kills, From Ashes to New, I See Stars, Shallow Side, Rachel Lorin, Helivs, Stormbreaker, Days to Come, Sin7, Who's Who, Stone Type Pilots, Ignescent, Kore Rozzik, Reason Define, Catechize.

Saturday, July 20: Rob Zombie (headliner), Marilyn Manson, In This Moment, I Prevail, P.O.D. Lacuna Coil, Red Sun Rising, Ded, Diamante, Eve to Adam, Jacob Cade, The Rumours, Lydia Can't Breathe, A Light Divided, Piranha, TNT, Roxz, Neverwake, Standing Alliance, Electric Revolution.