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Firevolt Rock Festival is a 3-day rock festival held annually (since 2022) in August, at Whitebottom Farm close to Etherow Country Park in Stockport, Cheshire.

It quickly gained a reputation as one of the friendliest festivals around, in one of the most picturesque settings, and prides itself on having zero stage clashes. In addition the festival boasts a 99ft long, fully covered bar, alongside other bars, outlets and traders selling an impressive array of food, merchandise and drinks.

Event tickets and payment plans are available at Firevolt Ticket Sales.

History
The inaugural festival, named Firestorm, took place on 12th, 13th and 14th August 2022 and saw an impressive line-up including many bands that feature regularly in the New Wave Of Classic Rock (NWOCR) movement, which supports grassroots bands via its popular faceook group.

Following it's incredible success and many positive reviews, over 65% of attendees purchased tickets during the subsequent presale event, before a single band was announced for the next year. In its first year the festival was voted runner up in the "Festival Of The Year" poll (RockPoser.com), and has since featured highly in many polls.

The original Firestorm name came about as Owner (Stret) is a Deep Purple Fan and merged the names of the Deep Purple Albums FIREball and STORMbringer. However, the name was later found to potentially clash. Whilst the other party hadn’t used the name for a number of years, to avoid issues it was decided to rename the festival to Firevolt. The new, more unique name, also includes reference to the festival's character Voltairre, who is fictionally the creator of the infamous 27 club, and features prominently on the festival branding.

2022
The first Firevolt festival was held on 12–14 August 2022, under the festival's original name of Firestorm. Despite initial scepticism on social media when the festival was announced, largely due to the impressive lineup coupled with a seemingly impossibly short lead time, the festival was a complete success and has become a regular event for many rock fans.

Bernie Marsden was originally scheduled to play on Sat 13th, but was forced to pull out due to complications following surgery in June 2022. In addition, Hell's Addiction were also booked for the Big Top Stage but had to pull out due to unforeseen circumstances and were replaced by Scruffy Bear

2023
The second Firevolt festival was held on 11–13 August 2023. It's inaugural success attracting sponsorship from Robinsons, a local but very well established brewery renowned for its Premium Beer TROOPER (inspired by Iron Maiden). In addition to the beer being available at the many bars around the festival, the barn stage was also rebranded to the TROOPER stage.

The festival also partnered with Leaf Promotions, who ran a Battle of the Bands competition at Rebellion in Manchester in the run-up to the festival. It offered 2 winning bands the opportunity join the 2023 Firevolt line-up, and open Friday and Saturday. Luna Marble and Thieves Of Liberty were the eventual winners.

In addition to the BOTB winners, the Sunday openers (The Golden Leaves) travelled all the way from Trondheim in Norway to perform at the festival following a special invitation from the festival organiser, who, on his travels around Europe following Deep Purple, had met the fellow fans in a bar and just happened to mention they were in a band!

On Saturday, The Hot One Two opened the Big Top Stage at 11:30am in a newly created slot called "The Ones To Watch". The new slot was introduced after the owners saw the band performing live, and knew they had to put them on. To encourage festival goers to the early start, the organisers arranged for specially hand-crafted Purple Firevolt shots to be created, and offered them free to the first 50 who turned up; well over 300 turned up for the start. Those not tempted initially by the shots were quickly tempted by the music, with a large crowd assembling by the close of the set.

2024
The third Firevolt festival will be held on 09–11 August 2024.

Event tickets are available at Firevolt Ticket Sales.

Following the initial line up announcement, Hell's Addiction announced their sad break-up in January 2024 which saw the festival quickly moving to bring in Xander And The Peace Pirates. Additionally, The Damn Truth had to cancel a number of UK summer dates due to logistical challenges, and were replaced by The Treatment.

Building on the success of the previous Firevolt / Leaf Promotions "Battle of the Bands" competition, and after selecting from 60+ applications, the finals were held on Sat 11th May 2024 at Rebellion in Manchester. Gwailo, Revenant, Fate's Hollow and We Three Kings performed, with all bands delivering amazing sets and giving the judges a really tough decision. We Three Kings and Revenant were the eventual winners, and will both now be invited to open Firevolt 2024.

Also returning to headline the evening,  Thieves Of Liberty, put on a blistering performance and reminded everyone why they'd been crowned worthy winners 12 months earlier.

Jam With Jack (Blues Breakfast) - In association with Ancoats Guitars, Firevolt festival are offering festival attendees the chance to 'Jam With Jack' and to play live alongside the incredible Jack J Hutchinson and his band in new 'Blues Breakfast' slots on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Interested punters simply add their names on the day, with lucky winners being able to step up on stage to jam with one of the hottest names in the current UK Blues/Rock scene.