No RokIsland Fest In 2025

The news came out this morning: promoters are pausing RokIsland Fest for 2025. It isn't clear what prompted this decision but it was obvious something was going on when new dates and artists were not announced yet for the annual event. My guess is RokIsland is an expensive festival to produce, mostly because of its location in Key West, Florida... in winter. That is a crazy expensive time to visit the area and hotels are many hundreds of dollars each night. I guess we will see what the future holds.

RokIsland Fest 2024 Announced

I've been waiting for this announcement: the 2024 RokIsland Fest lineup is here! The fest takes place January 17-20, 2024 in Key West, Florida.

Headliners including Night Ranger, Tom Keifer, Bret Michaels and Stone Temple Pilots. Surprises to me include Don Felder, Trixter and Bowling for Soup. See the whole lineup below. General on-sale happens July 18.

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2023 RokIsland Festival Lineup Announced

It looks like the next RokIsland Festival will be a good one.

The event is scheduled for January 17 - 21, 2023 in Key West, Florida. Styx, Loverboy, Tesla and another act TBA will headline. Other bands on the bill include Extreme, .38 Special, Quiet Riot, Stephen Pearcy and more. Tickets go on sale to the general public July 6. Clicking the image below will take you to the event website where you can get more information.

I know some of the regular BBG! readers went to the event last year. The reviews were all pretty good - and escaping the cold of January is never a bad idea!