WELCOME TO SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL, June 5-8 2019

Tomorrow, on Thursday November 1st at 11 am, the tickets for Sweden Rock Festival 2019 go on sale! Judging from last year's sales pattern, the tickets may sell fast - so if you want to be sure we suggest that you act fast.   Get your tickets here tomorrow from 11.00 CEST: https://www.ticketmaster.se/feature/swedenrock/index.en-us.html?language=sv-se   For more practical info and some handy tips on how to prepare for this years ticket on-sale klick here:  https://www.swedenrock.com/en/festival/tickets/information-about-the-ticket-release

KISS, RITCHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW, DEF LEPPARD, AMON AMARTH, DEMONS & WIZARDS, ARCH ENEMY, HAMMERFALL, KROKUS, SKID ROW, AT THE GATES, ANNIHILATOR, MAGNUM, JOE LYNN TURNER, ULI JON ROTH, DEATH ANGEL, DEMON and BEAST IN BLACK - the first batch of bands for Sweden Rock Festival 2019 are now confirmed!   This year's Sweden Rock Festival sold out in a week and turned into an amazing event with perfect weather, a peaceful atmosphere and lots of great performances by some of the best bands in rock and metal. Tickets for the 2019 edition of the festival are going on sale on Thursday at 11.00 CET and we are now finally able to announce the first batch of confirmed bands!   After a 45 year long and tremendously successful career, Kiss recently announced their farewell tour. We are happy to announce that the only Swedish date on next summer's European leg of this tour will be at the Sweden Rock Festival on Friday, June 7th. Fans can expect two hours of immortal rock classics and according to

Save the date! It's now settled that the tickets for Sweden Rock Festival 2019 will go on sale Thursday November 1st at 11 am sharp (Swedish time). Details and more information will be communicated a bit closer to the release, but mark your calendars now and get ready to rock!

One of the goals for the Sweden Rock management team is to continuously develop and improve the festival for each year. Hence, in the beginning of October we gathered a number of key persons from our organization for the yearly evaluation conference. With the support of all the input and feedback from you, our guests, we discussed how the 2018 festival turned out, and what we can be improved for next year.   A lot of work remains and some things need more time before they can be announced, but some of the improvements for 2019 are now "finished enough" for us to present.   The one most criticized thing this year was the toilets, which had been centralized to two main station areas. As requested, we are now changing back the number of toilet stations from two to four, spread out over the festival area. In order to minimize the risk of toilet-line build-ups, we will also improve the entrance- and exit logistics for each of the toilet-station areas.   We are also adding a water-flushing t

Vacation is over and the Sweden Rock-office is fully staffed again. We hope you all had a wonderful summer?! Our own batteries have been charged for sure, and we're now super excited to continue building a great festival for 2019.

Now it's time for some well-needed vacation for the Sweden Rock team. Before we temporarily close down the office for the summer, we will - as we always do - finalize the evaluation process. Every year we evaluate our festival, in order to further develop and improve our performance next year. Therefore, we would like to THANK everyone who has been in touch with us to pass on input! We read everything and appreciate your dedication. Besides, your comments become an important piece of the puzzle in the planning process for next year - so much appreciated! August 20th we'll be back at the office, fully "charged" and committed to building an even greater festival for 2019. In the meantime, wishing you all a wonderful summer!

Now there is a lot of pictures from this years festival in the Picture Gallery!

Unfortunately, The Quill have been force to cancel their opening day appearance at Sweden Rock. Vocalist Magnus Ekwall had emergency surgery just a few days ago and have not had enough time to recover. Ekwall is said to be expecting a full recovery, but is presently unable to perform. The band comments: "We've been preparing for this show for a long time and it's extremely sad we won't be able to deliver the ultimate THE QUILL show for you but right now Magnus' health, of course, has to come first. Once again we're all really sorry but we hope we'll be able to play the world's greatest festival again some other time." Their replacements will be one of the best tribute bands in Sweden, AC/DC Jam from Karlshamn.

The wonderful weather here in Sweden has made the ground and plants extremely dry. The local fire-fighting authorities have therefore asked us to appeal to all festival visitors to be EXTREMELY careful with all kinds of fire or flammable materials/equipment. Many people need to coexist in a small area here at the festival, and a fire in for instance a camp site could spread very rapidly. For everyone's safety, please note that neither disposable BBQs/grills nor electric generators are allowed. Furthermore, you can ONLY BBQ on the pre-prepared areas, where there is personnel to monitor the fire and extinguishing equipment available. Also, please be very very careful with your cigarette butts. Make sure that they are completely put out before throwing them away! Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!

On Tuesday June 5th at 14:00 we will open the ticket exchange, where you exchange your ticket for a festival wristband. The ticket exchange is located in the same spot as last year.   The wristband will be placed directly on your wrist as you make the exchange, which means that the person who is planning to use the ticket needs to be the one to pick the wristband up.   On Tuesday and Wednesday, everyone holding a 4-day, 3-day or Wednesday ticket can make their exchange. If you have a 1-day ticket for Thursday, Friday or Saturday, you need to wait to make the exchange until the day when the ticket is valid. This rule is put in place so that the lines will work as efficiently as possible each day.   On order to verify the age of children or youth, you need to bring either an ID card or a passport. Please also keep in mind that children under the age of 13 need to wear earmuffs whenever they're on the festival area. (If needed, earmuffs can be bought in the ticket exhchange customer servi