Rock En Seine

[andypcbruno]

First timer.

I noticed that previous forum posts have said you can leave the site, but it says in the information on the RoS web site that once out you can't get back in. Does anyone know if they hold to this ?

[Operator]

That would be new to me. You were always allowed outside of the festival if you had 3-day wristband. You need to go shopping somehow don't you?

Was that maybe in context with a one-day ticket?

[Operator]

First confirmations:

Phoenix

Paul Kalbrenner

System of Down

Same weekend as Reading and Leeds as always.

Edited January 18, 2013 by Operator

[deadst4r]

Really enjoyed this festival last year, such good atmosphere, food and weather.

Didn't see one fight or any trouble.

I'm considering going back next year, but can anyone recommend any other festivals in Europe where you can stay in a hotel but still be within walking distance of the site?

[DJL]

Really enjoyed this festival last year, such good atmosphere, food and weather.

Didn't see one fight or any trouble.

I'm considering going back next year, but can anyone recommend any other festivals in Europe where you can stay in a hotel but still be within walking distance of the site?

I've stayed in hotels or appartments within a half an hour's walk of benicassim, sonar, primavera and optimus alive - if you book early and search around you can normally find something.

[branvan]

we always stay at hotels last year we stayed at Hultsfred Festival in Sweden in 2min walking distance in an appartment. at rock im park there are many hotels in walking distance (we used to stay at the hilton, but there you have to book early), at zürich openair at the end of august, you can even walk from the airport to the festival (there are hotels there as well). then as well as mentioned FIB (but the near hotels are very expensive), primavera in barcelona (you have to book early to get a hotel in walking distance for a reasonable price). Frequency Festival in austria is in walking distance from the center of sankt pölten with many hotels. at main square festival we had to walk 10min to get to the hotel. just a few...

[Operator]

hopefully there'll be a lineup update next week after reading and leeds announce a bit more.

as its on the same weekend the lineups do tend to consist of a lot of the same bands playing, so reading and leeds will def. be up to not having rock en seine rant anything out before they do, but who knows.

[Nafalgar]

Not exactly a great announcement in my opinion so far . Paul is good though, saw him last year.

[the wonderwhy]

Does anyone know how quick the camping sells out?

[Operator]

Not tooooo quickly i.e. not within 2-3 days or so, it won't be like trying to get tix for stone roses at heaton park or anything similar.

but they are limited so I wouldn't leave it 'til the week before.
give it a few weeks after they are released which is on 21 March and they'll be gone.
New bands also to be announced on the 21st.

[the wonderwhy]

Not tooooo quickly i.e. not within 2-3 days or so, it won't be like trying to get tix for stone roses at heaton park or anything similar.

but they are limited so I wouldn't leave it 'til the week before.

give it a few weeks after they are released which is on 21 March and they'll be gone.

New bands also to be announced on the 21st.

Cheers

Yeah, i saw that they all went on sale then, was worried I'd have to get everything organised really quickly. Looks like a decent alternative to Reading, share a fair few acts with a few lesser known/european acts chucked in to check out. Half the price as well

What's the atmosphere like?

[Operator]

exactly! half the price and the half the amount of knobs

atmosphere is great, it's all a bit more "arty" with mini exhibitions of photographers and great food stalls and 1-2 other things running in the scope of the festival or that are sort of mini-additions towards the festival, the people are all OK, never had any trouble with anyone at any time there. very friendly neighbours at the campsite etc. everybody's just there to have a good time and that's it.

BUT: speak french, don't even think about english thoug I guess that's nothing new.
oh and if you buy a tshirt, always try it on directly, they often give you girls tshirts...

[the wonderwhy]

exactly! half the price and the half the amount of knobs

atmosphere is great, it's all a bit more "arty" with mini exhibitions of photographers and great food stalls and 1-2 other things running in the scope of the festival or that are sort of mini-additions towards the festival, the people are all OK, never had any trouble with anyone at any time there. very friendly neighbours at the campsite etc. everybody's just there to have a good time and that's it.

BUT: speak french, don't even think about english thoug I guess that's nothing new.

oh and if you buy a tshirt, always try it on directly, they often give you girls tshirts...

Sounds awesome

Foals & NIN announced on Thursday would be awesome, then I can work on convincing a few mates

Apparently Biffy are playing, according to Buzz En Seine?

[timeforheroes]

Looking back no one has played both Main Square and Rock en Seine? I know this is common with festivals close together (V and Leeds for example) to have agreements but would seem strange that festivals weeks apart have them. They are geographically close I suppose.

Is this a coincidence?

The reason I ask is Biffy play Main Square so seem to be a strange rumour.

[the wonderwhy]

Tomahawk have self confirmed apparently

Hoping for some of: Foals, Nine Inch Nails, Klaxons, Franz Ferdinand, Tame Impala, The Knife, White Lies, Biffy, Wu Tang, The Horrors, Tribes, TEED and Editors

Edited March 20, 2013 by MattDavies__

[Operator]

check it out: www.rockenseine.com 14 names announced.
NIN, Franz F., Tame Impala, Alt-J, Kendrick Lamar...
Camping tix are also on sale - 60 euros for a 2 person spot (if anyone needs infos on this 2 or 4 person spot stuff just ask)

and biffy are of course rumoured, they're playing in germany the weekend before and headlining R&L the same weekend. I'm not sure how string the rumour is though. hey might want to keep it at R&L for that weekend as it's their first ever headlining shows at those festivals.

Edited March 21, 2013 by Operator

[mrtourette]

I'm more interested in the fact that you can get breakfast with your camping ticket.

[the wonderwhy]

Pretty good announcement... not sure if its enough to convince my mates though. Hopefully they'll add some more acts before it sells out

Do you get allocated a camping spot?

Edited March 21, 2013 by MattDavies__

[Operator]

first off, the announcement. I agree, it's got some good names I'm looking forward too especially NIN and Franz the rest is ok but didn't get me jumping around in circles. there are four stages with at least 5 groups per day, so there's a quite a few names to come.

camping:
jep, don't thinking of "normal" camping at rock en seine...
at arrival you get welcomed by some nice french girls (seriously!) who take you to your allocated spot. jep, it's true.

no camping where you want or whatever, the spots are marked with uhhh...well you know the stuff they use to mark football pitch lines and what not. kinda funny the first time round - all the tents in any orderly line aso.

but don't worry, if your tents a bit bigger, longer, wider than the spot you get just arrange things with your neighbours. the two-person spots are really for two-person tents as well. I have a three to four person one but nobody mattered. the french are quite cool at festivals as said before. if you had the same in germany people'd probably call the police if you're 5 cm over their line

to the breakfast bit: i haven't had that yet but don't expect full english or anything similar, it's coffee and croissants (at least thats what i remember). who knows they might have stocked up meanwhile or I just didn't look properly.
similar in any cheaper hotel you go to in paris though. I've never had anything more than croissants and coffee/juice where I've been.

Edited March 21, 2013 by Operator

[Operator]

Johnny Marr apparently self confirmed himself but nothing official yet on this.

Maybe the first of a nice few names on Monday...hopefully.

[Operator]

supposedly, the rest of the lineup is to be announced this wednesday. hope there are a few nice names on the list.

[Operator]

Belle and Sebastian and the Eels announced today along with a few others names.

[timeforheroes]

Hello Operator (can you give me number 9?)

Am I right in thinking Sunday is due a 2nd headliner?

Franz + B&S

NIN + Phoenix

SOAD + ?

Also, do you have an idea how long it takes from campsite - CDG Airport on the monday morning?

[Operator]

i can, but I won't see you later and forget about your dime...it's been spent!

yeah, that's what I was thinking as well, friday and saturday both have sort of a double headliner thing going on (although one of them could as well be a smaller stage headliner...) but sunday's still lacking something similar. I also thought that wednesday would be the day of the complete lineup as i could be sure i read it somewhere (newsletter i.e.) but only 6 bands were announced so if we're lucky we'll be getting one last "big" name.

give yourself at least a good one and a quarter hours (maybe even 1 1/2 hours). you'll have to get from the festival site to one of the large stations (gare du nord or gare de l'est) that's about 20-30 mins. if i remember correctly, and from there on it's at least 3/4 of an hour (if not an hour) with the RER train.

[Dietediet]

Am I right in thinking Sunday is due a 2nd headliner?

Franz + B&S

NIN + Phoenix

SOAD + ?

I certainly wouldn't treat Franz+B&S as a headliner combo, especially compared to Phoenix+NIN. B&S could indeed be a smaller stage headliner, whereas Phoenix and NIN are both main stage for sure.

I'm guessing that the festival aims at just one headliner a day, but that they had the opportunity to book both NIN and Phoenix, and that they wouldn't let that pass.

Edited May 31, 2013 by Dietediet