Cock Rock 2009 - Rocked and Loaded!

CockRock ‘The UK’s best named festival’ was first established in 2005 and is now in its 5th year... Some acts have already been anounced, more to come!

Richard Dyer

Date published: 18th May 2009

The festival initially started by Adam Stitt and Clint Stamper has grown from a one day fundraiser to a 3 day festival which now attracts thousands of people from both the UK and from further afield.

This year CockRock will be held on – 17th, 18th and 19th July. Interest is currently very high and tickets are selling well. Band applications for the festival reached a record high with well over 600 applications being received from all over the country and even from USA, Spain and Australia.

Saturday and Sunday headliners are still tightly under wraps but are expected to be revealed very soon. Friday’s headliner has been confirmed as The Shallow Call who will be playing ‘The SiZe Sessions at CockRock’ on the Slingshot Stage.

The Shallow Call have played with bands such as Reverend & the Makers, the Enemy and The Paddingtons. They were invited by The Charalatans to support them on their Manchester dates and their debut release 'Frank Bruno' was named Single of The Week by Radio 1's Steve Lamacq, subsequently making his Top 10 singles of the year.

CockRock 2009 will see associations with local promotions companies SiZe Workington and The Mighty Boof from Whitehaven. As well as The Shallow call SiZe also brings along with them : Sick City Club, Autohype, The Dandilions and 1 more still to be announced. The Mighty Boof will showcase I am Spartacus, Colt 45, Mazzoni, My Amiga, Deathretro, Viva City and DJ’S Maud, Couch, Pavarotti and Unyan.

CockRock 2009 will see over 100 phenomenal bands and DJ’s play on the 6 stages across the weekend.

Bands confirmed for the festival so far are:

Adam Amor, Alex Hulme, Amy Sawers, Arockalypse Now, Autohype, Asezawallas, BB Blackdog, Blind Dogs, Black Jash,
Deafclub Delux, Borderville, Brightside, Broken English, Broken Toy, Censored, Corruption, Colt 45, Cotton Town Music Club, DJ Couch, Deathretro, Feed Me, Fiasco, FoxBusker, Gavin McKew, Geoff 'Hurricane' Watson, Head for the Hills, Hollowpoint, I am Spartacus, Image of a Busker, Kalmer, Ketimine Deco, Kinch, Leroy Johnson & The Flicks, DJ Maud, Mazzoni, Melodee Rockmore, Minim, My Amiga, Obrigado, DJ Pavarotti, Psycho Baby, Rhythm Dead Lady, Rodan, See Past Perfect, Serpico, Shaky Jake, Shore , Sicky City Club, Sour Mash, Steve McCormick, Sunflies, Suzi:Won, Telf, The Arkanes, The Breed, The Bromptons, The Cheap Suits,
The Conspirators, The Dangleberries, The Dandilions, The Following Announcement, The Hoodoo, The Mass, The Mooncats, The Naturalz, The Refreshers, The Rokettes, The Shallow Call, The Wooden Spoons, Tin Soldiers, Torn Asunder, Turbowolf,
DJ Unyan, Vertigo, Viva City, Volcanoes, Wasted Angels, Waters Edge, Witness The Fall, Zoltan + more still to come!!!