Rock en Seine

Rock en Seine is a three-day rock music festival, held at Domaine National de Saint-Cloud, the Château de Saint-Cloud's park, west of Paris, inside the garden designed by André Le Nôtre.

Name
The name is a pun, based on exactly the same pronunciation in French of the words scène meaning 'stage' and Seine (the river separating Saint-Cloud from Central Paris after which the Hauts-de-Seine département is called).

History

 * 2003: Birth of Rock en Seine on 27 August, with two stages and ten bands.
 * 2004: The festival extends over two days. It welcomes new artistic forms with Rockfolio, Rock en Strophes and Rock en Clips.
 * 2005: The festival site gets bigger: the third stage appears, as well as a campsite.
 * 2007: The festival extends over three days.
 * 2010: 105 000 people attending to this edition.
 * 2011: The fourth stage is emerging.
 * 2014: 120 000 people attending to this edition. The new stage named "Ile-de-France" hosts the Avant-Seine's bands.
 * 2017: Sarah Schmitt becomes the new director of the festival. The festival welcomes a "Firestone" stage.

COVID-19 pandemic: 2020 and 2021 editions
On 12 May 2020, it was announced that the 2020 edition of the festival would be cancelled because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 edition was also cancelled due to the same reason.

Previous years

 * 2003: 1st year, 2 stages, 10 artists, 22,000 spectators
 * 2004: 2nd year, extended to Two days, 22 artists, 48,000 spectators
 * 2005: 3rd year, Three stages, 30 artists, 46,000 spectators
 * 2006: 4th year, Three stages, 30 artists, 57,000 spectators
 * 2007: 5th year, extended to Three days, 45 artists, 68,000 spectators
 * 2008: Three stages, 34 artists, 76,000 spectators
 * 2009: Three stages, 47 artists, 97,000 spectators
 * 2010: Three stages, 47 artists, 105,000 spectators
 * 2011: Four stages, 63 bands, 105,000 spectators
 * 2012: Four stages, 62 artists, 108,000 spectators
 * 2013: Four stages, 56 artists, 110,000 spectators
 * 2014: Five stages, 65 artists, 120,000 spectators
 * 2015: Five stages, 66 artists, 110,000 spectators
 * 2016: Five stages, 65 artists, 110,000 spectators
 * 2017: Six stages, 78 artists, 110,000 spectators
 * 2018: Six stages, 78 artists, 90,000 spectators (to confirm)
 * 2019: Five stages, 62 artists, 100,000 spectators
 * 2022: Five stages, 58 artists, 150,000 spectators

The venue
The festival takes place in the down of the Park of "Domaine national de Saint-Cloud", a historical place at the gates of Paris, and five minutes from the nearest subway station, métro Boulogne - Pont de Saint-Cloud.

The park and the garden were designed by Le Nôtre in the 17th century, and it is the first park to be classed as a Monument historique in 1994. It is a 4.6 km2 park, and there are gardens and forest with basins, thickets, cascades, and statues.

Avant-Seine
In 2005, for its third edition, and with the support of Ile-de-France, Rock en Seine inaugurated "Avant-Seine", a selection of bands from Ile-de-France which join the official programming of the festival. Every year, six selected groups are playing on a stage, and one of their tracks is published on a compilation spread for free.


 * 2005: Stuck in the Sound, Flying Pooh, HushPuppies, Herman Düne, Sayag Jazz Machine, Hopper.
 * 2006: Rhesus, Dead Pop Club, Daddy Longlegs, Neïmo, French Paradoxe, Fancy.
 * 2007: Housse de Racket, Hey Hey My My, Nelson, Pravda, Rodeo Massacre, I Love UFO.
 * 2008: Narrow Terence, Brooklyn, The Latitudz, Molecule, Da Brasilians, Fortune.
 * 2009: Lilly Wood & The Prick, Hindi Zahra, Cheveu, Gush, Jil Is Lucky, The Tatianas.
 * 2010: Success, King of Conspiracy, I Am Un Chien, Quadricolor, Viva & the Diva, Roken is Dodelijk.
 * 2011: Frànçois and The Atlas Mountains, Concrete Knives, The Feeling of Love, Myra Lee, Beat Mark, Birdy Hunt.
 * 2012: Granville, Owlle, Yeti Lane, The Lanskies, Versus, Hyphen Hyphen.
 * 2013: FAUVE, Team Ghost, FI/SHE/S, J.C. Satàn, St. Lô, Wall Of Death.
 * 2014: ALB, Dorian Pimpernel, Feu! Chatterton, Jessica93, PEGASE, Petit fantôme.
 * 2015: DBFC, VKNG, Forever Pavot, We Are Match, Jeanne Added, Last Train.
 * 2016: KillASon, O, Adrien Soleiman, Kaviar Special, Maestro, Théo Lawrence & The Hearts.
 * 2017: Inuït, Barbagallo, Gracy Hopkins, Lysistrata, Therapie Taxi, Rendez-Vous.
 * 2018: 8 In Bloom, La Veine, Lily, Yanse, The Cage, Moons

Edition 2004

 * Replaced Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Edition 2006

 * Replaced Richard Ashcroft

Edition 2007

 * Replaced Amy Winehouse
 * Replaced The Horrors

Edition 2008

 * Were meant to play on the Scene de l'Industrie but were added to the Grande Scene when Amy Winehouse cancelled at the last minute for unknown reasons. She never arrived to the festival site, despite her support musicians being there.

Edition 2009

 * Madness, who played earlier, replaced headliners Oasis, after a fight between the Gallagher brothers backstage which lead to the band's disbandment.
 * Replaced Esser

Edition 2011

 * Replaced Young the Giant
 * Replaced Q Tip