Four – that’s the magic number behind this year’s Rock the South festival! That’s four as in this will be the fourth edition of this annual gathering at Zion in Marsascala, which has this year been expanded to a four-day event (9-12 April) and will feature more than 44 acts, among them four foreign acts. The live acts will be performing alternately on two stages, further to which, for the first time since the festival was launched, there will also be a Silent Disco with Hedon Crew and powered by PowerHouse Ltd, featuring a variety of genres, from indie, punk and dub to electro-swing, ghetto funk, dubstep and more.
The final line-up of the festival was announced last week-end, soon after the results of the Battle of the North contest came to an end last Saturday. Pyramid Suns and Central Strip came out on top to clinch the remaining two slots at this year’s Rock the South festival. Further to these two upcoming bands, the festival will also feature another two new bands this year, namely Dull Eyed Lama and Crux, which are essentially new projects featuring some familiar faces from the local indie scene.
The four foreign acts include Frenchman Brozer, who has already built up a local following in the course of his various sporadic appearances in recent months. Another familiar name is that of AIM, the Italian band who raised the roof more than once in previous editions. The band will be performing their blazing trademark garage rock riffage and an extended repertoire featuring new tunes off their latest album, Finalmente a casa. French band Temps Mort will be letting rip with their hardcore metal and last but not least, UK band Zatopeks will bring a taste of riveting punk-pop to the fray.
Of particular note, during this year’s edition London-based singer-songwriter Berne will be launching her debut EP, late-1990s alternative act Friday PM will be making a comeback and there will also be a revival of the notorious Festaħwid (if you’ve been to one before, you know what to expect) on the closing night. For more information, visit www.rockthesouthmalta.com.
Ticket info
Earlybird 4-day ticket : € 35 4-day ticket: € 40 2-day ticket (for any day): € 25 1-day ticket: € 15 Line-up
Thursday April 9
Geddumu, The Violent Violets, The Cosmic Erotic, Jane Doe, Central Strip
Berne, YEWS, Kriz Haze, The Busker
Friday April 10
Bass Culture, Brodu, Sempliciment Tat - Triq, Mistura
China (Three Stops to China), Fuzzhoneys, Juno and the Wolf, Dull Eyed Lama
Saturday April 11
CRUX, Aim (IT), Cable35, The Areola Treat, Clandestines, Pyramid Suns
Friday PM, For Strings Inn, Bark Bark Disco, Massacre House Party
Sunday April 12
Brozer (FR), Zatopeks (UK), Rage Against Society, Batteries Not Included, Dripht
Temps Mort (FR), Norm Rejection, Krishna, Mikaela
Sunday afternoon chill out
Cushion, Xarulu' acoustic duo
Silent Disco by Hedon crew powered by Power house featuring Electro-Swing Malta, Chris Radium, Gedz D, Clint (Dolls for Idols), Flien (PDM), I.YOU, Fre (Brodu), Earthrocker, Lauvemaax, Mike Bugeja, FDM Crew, Geddumu, Brozer and Gorgobot.
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