The Pepsi Music Festival was a major Argentine music festival, held annually since 2003. Since 2005, it has been named after its main sponsor, Pepsi; before it was named after its previous sponsor, Quilmes, and it was known as "Quilmes Rock". It was held in several places in Buenos Aires, including the Ferro Stadium and River Plate Stadium. Since 2005, it has been held at Obras Stadium. It is the largest and longest music festival in the country, with more than 200,000 people attending in 2006, over 10 days.[1]

Pepsi Music Festival
GenreRock, alternative rock, indie rock, Argentine rock
DatesSeptember–October (10-11 days)
Location(s)Buenos Aires, Argentina Argentina
Years active2003 - present

The most important national rock singers and groups participated of the festival, along with some of the most notable international rock stars.[citation needed]

Annual festivals and musical acts

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Year Musical acts Notes
2003 Die Toten Hosen, Gustavo Cerati, Los Ratones Paranoicos, Divididos, Memphis, Bersuit Vergarabat, Café Tacuba, Babasónicos, Attaque 77, Los Pericos, Luis A.Spinetta, Mancha de Rolando, Intoxicados, El Otro Yo
2004 The Wailers, The Offspring, Los Cafres, Mimi Maura, Molotov, Dancing Mood, Las Pelotas, Charly García, Los Piojos, Vox Dei, Paralamas, Pappo, Los Auténticos Decadentes, Catupecu Machu
2005 Megadeth, Apocalyptica, The Wailers, Die Toten Hosen, Andrew Tosh, La Vela Puerca, Ska-P, Turf, Kapanga, No te va Gustar, Villanos, Massacre, Los Tipitos, Los Piojos, Cabezones, Almafuerte The Megadeth show was filmed and later released in a DVD called That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires.
2006 Iggy & The Stooges, Plastilina Mosh, Michael Rose, Mancha de Rolando, Guasones, Las Pastillas del Abuelo, Babasónicos, Intoxicados, No te va Gustar, Rata Blanca, Arbol, La Mosca, Bahiano, Las Pelotas and Miranda! The 2006 edition attracted approximately 200,000 people. During 11 days, important national and international rock bands played in several outdoor and indoor stages.
2007 Marilyn Manson, The Black Eyed Peas, Australian Pink Floyd Show, The Cloud Room, Diego Mizrahi, Molotov, Héroes del Silencio, The Wailers, Divididos, Almafuerte, Intoxicados, Pier, Guasones, Jovenes Pordioseros and Arbol The 2007 edition took place from September 22 to October 2
2008 The Hives, Mötley Crüe, Dave Matthews Band, The Cult, Ky-Mani Marley, Capibara, Catupecu Machu, Stone Temple Pilots, Beatsteaks, Nine Inch Nails and Índica The 2008 edition took place on September 13 (Opening Night) and from September 26 to October 5
2009 The Prodigy, Banda de Turistas, Los 7 delfines, Faith No More, Die Toten Hosen, Los Pericos, Los Cafres, Fidel Nadal, Las Pelotas, Pampa Yakuza, Cielo Razzo, Living Colour, Divididos, Cielo Razzo, Ratones Paranoicos, La Vela Puerca, Maxïmo Park, The Ting Tings, Calle 13, Los Tipitos, Gogol Bordello, Zoé, Índica, Dante Spinetta, Cultura Profética, Karamelo Santo, Kapanga, Los Auténticos Decadentes y Mamá Pulpa, Misterio y Los Fabulosos Cadillacs and Catupecu Machu The 2009 edition took place on October 30 (opening night) to November 8.
2010 Green Day, Rage Against the Machine, Queens of the Stone Age, Alain Johannes, The Abyssinians, Andrés Calamaro, No Te Va Gustar, Molotov, Massacre and Cadena Perpetua The 2010 edition took place on October 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22 and 23, indoors and outdoors
2011 Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jauria, Índica, Las pelotas, Katy Perry, Snow Patrol, Primal Scream and Jarabe de Palo The 2011 edition took place on September 18, 24, 27 and 28
2012 Garbage, Best Coast, Richard Coleman, Catupecu Machu, Kapanga, Las Pelotas, Evanescence, Carajo and Cirse The 2012 edition took place on October 18, 20 and 21
2013 Pearl Jam, Queens of the Stone Age, The Black Keys, Catupecu Machu, Kaiser Chiefs, The Hives, Hot Chip, Alabama Shakes, Massacre, Two Door Cinema Club, Cabezones, Passion Pit, Doctor Kràpula, Rosal and Utopians
2014 Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Dierks Bently, Big & Rich, Randy Houser, Love and Theft, Cassadee Pope, and Lonestar, Jon Pardi, Casey James, Blackjack Billy, and Andrew Salgado
2015 Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Hunter Hayes, Dwight Yoakam, Martina McBride, Sam Hunt, Scotty McCreery, Gary Allan, Ronnie Milsap, Kellie Pickler, Tyler Farr, Darryl Worley, Kristian Bush, Kirstie Lovelady, Nick Sturms, The Swon Brothers, Jack Ingram, Preston Summerville, Them Dirty Roses and the Pepsi Southern Original Winner
2016 Eric Church, Brad Paisley and Jake Owen
2017 Jason Aldean, Lee Brice, Tyler Farr, The Oak Ridge Boys, Darryl Worley, The Railers, Gal Friday Band, Little Big Town, Kip Moore, Dan + Shay, Colt Ford, Diamond Rio, William Michael Morgan, Muscadine Bloodline, Luke Bryan, Brett Eldredge, Granger Smith, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Them Dirty Roses, Pepsi Southern Original Winner
2018 Justin Moore, Chris Janson, Dustin Lynch, Chase Rice, Cam, Brett Young, Lauren Alaina, Rodney Atkins, Joe Diffie, Morgan Evans, Montgomery Gentry, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tyler Rich, A Thousand Horses, Drake White, The Georgia Thunderbolts, Raleigh Keegan and the Pepsi Southern original winner
2019

Midland, Locash, Big and Rich, Lanco, The Cadillac Three, Gretchen Wilson, Lauren Alaina, Thompson Square, Ashley McBryde, Jamestown Revival, Runaway June, The Outlaws, Nora Collins, Kyle Mitchell, Gabby Barrett, Matt Bennett, Dixie Jade

2020 Cody Jinks, Joe Nichols, Lindsay Ell, Jon Langston, CJ Solar, and Frank Ray, Cole Swindell, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jordan Davis, Tenille Townes, Shy Carter, and Alex Hall, Brothers Osborne, Riley Green, Walker Hayes, Ryan Hurd, Shelly Fairchild, and the Pepsi Southern Original winner

References

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  1. ^ "Pepsi Music Festival, en IndyRock".