Soundbites
"The organisers of Rockaway Beach have come up with a better line-up than any of its competitors have mustered in recent times... one of the most enjoyable music events of the year..." - Drowned in Sound
“A crystalline magic hangs in the air...” - Louder Than War
“A brave new festival.” - Line of Best Fit
“The most wondrously surreal setting imaginable.” - Dots and Dashes
“Best Boutique Festival - Rockaway Beach” - Loud Noises!
2019 Line Up
Gary Numan
Echo & The Bunnymen
Maxïmo Park
Barry Adamson / Goat Girl / The Orielles / Art Brut / Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble / Luke Haines / Terry Hall DJ Set / Steve Lamacq / Gary Numan In Conversation / Will Carruthers Q&A + Exhibition
Algiers / Benin City / Chupa Cabra / Desert Mountain Tribe / Jemma Freeman and The Cosmic Something / John J Presley / Lorelle Meets The Obsolete / Madonnatron / Menace Beach / Spare Snare / Squid / The Filthy Tongues / The Luka State / The Spook School / Winter Gardens / Yassassin
Plus artist Q&As, film screenings, silent disco DJ battles, classic album playbacks, quizzes, record fayre, silent cinema plus much more.
2018 Line Up
Wild Beasts / The Horrors
British Sea Power
The Orb
Alabama 3
Peter Hook & The Light
Gang of Four
Honeyblood
Pulled Apart By Horses
She Drew The Gun
Helen Love
Desperate Journalist / Yonaka / Snapped Ankles / God Colony ft. Flohio / Melt Dunes / Moderate Rebels / Sweaty Palms / Drug Store Romeos
Plus
Tim Burgess (DJ Set)
Steve Lamacq (DJ Set)
'Lost in France' film screening
Plus much more
2016 Line Up
Suede
Saint Etienne
Killing Joke
We Are Scientists
Wire
The Wedding Present
Luna
Cats Eyes
Lee Scratch Perry
Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart / Damo Suzuki's Network featuring St Deluxe / Bill Ryder-Jones / Membranes / Jane Weaver
Kagoule / Black Honey / Blanck Mass / Eliza Shaddad / Desert Mountain Tribe / Gang / Bloody Knees / Man Made / TVAM / Multibird / FEWS
Girl Friend / CLINIC / Joanna Gruesome / Yuck / Eyre Llew / Batuk
Film Screening and DJ Sets
Suede's 'Night Thoughts' plus Q&A with Roger Sargent
Killing Joke's 'The Death and Resurrection Show' plus Q&A and gathering with classic deep cuts
'Where You're Meant to Be' plus live performance from Aidan Moffat
Don Letts (DJ set)
Chris Geddes (Belle & Sebastian) DJ Set
2015 Line Up
Friday 09 October
Astral Pattern
Soundtracks (DJ Set)
Film: The Lost Boys
Saturday 10 October
Gum Takes Tooth
Fever Dream
Stuart Braithwaite (DJ Set)
Pressure (DJ Set)
Film: The Big Lebowski
Sunday 11 October
Emmacosta
St Sleep
Walleater
Alex Ohm
Prince Vaseline
Borrowed Cassettes (DJ Set)
Pressure (DJ Set)
Shocking Pinks (DJ Set)
A Low Hum (DJ Set)
Film: Donnie Darko