RockNess 2009
GenreFestival
Date12–14 June
LocationClunes Farm, Dores, Scotland, United Kingdom
CountryScotland
PrevRockNess 2008
NextRockNess 2010
Attendance~35,000

RockNess 2009 was the fourth RockNess Festival to take place. It took place on the 12th, 13th and 14 June 2009 with for the first time acts playing on the Friday. The headlining acts were The Flaming Lips, The Prodigy, Biffy Clyro, Basement Jaxx, Dizzee Rascal, Orbital and Placebo.

The RockNess organisers held a DJ competition throughout Scotland to find new DJ talent. Heats were held across the country with final being held in Glasgow. The winner was 19-year-old Fuad from Aberdeen played just before Pete Tong on the 13th. There were also 2 runners up.[1]

The line-up was as follows.[2]

Mainstage
FridaySaturdaySunday
Clash presents Wonderland / Clash Arena
SaturdaySunday
Fat Sams / Rob Da Bank present Sunday Best
SaturdaySunday
Soco Social
FridaySaturdaySunday
Rizla Arena
FridaySaturdaySunday
Bollywood Skinny presents Soma Records / Ed Banger Records / Sub Club Party
FridaySaturdaySunday
Wrongness
Friday
RockNess Ceilidh Allstars

The following acts also played across the weekend on the ‘goNORTH’ stage: Alex Cornish, Barn Owel, Bronto Skylift, Call To Mind, Casiokids, Cast of the Capital, Colour-Coded, Come On Bang!, Daily Bread, Dotjr, The French Wives, Hey Enemy, Jack Butler, Keser, Mitchell Museum, Nacional, Our Lunar Activities, Pooch, Strawhouses, Spyamp, St Deluxe, Team William, Theatre Fall, The Naked Strangers, The Ray Summers, Tone, Trapped in Kansas, Vcheka, We See Lights and Yaweh.[3]

References

  1. ^ "RockNess — ROCKNESS 2009 DJ COMPETITION - THE RESULT!". Archived from the original on 2009-05-15.
  2. ^ "RockNess — Confirmed Headline Acts". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03.
  3. ^ "GoNORTH Stage line-up revealed for Rock Ness - eFestivals.co.uk"